International visitors to the Termesphere Gallery
10 Black Hills State University International students visited the Termesphere Gallery last Friday. The Office of International Relations and Global Engagement brought 10 students from China to the gallery. They are all students at BHSU. They were a great group!
Friends, Family and Fans share their memories
On July 12th, in honor of Dick’s 50 years of painting Termespheres, we reached out to the Facebook fans of the Termesphere Gallery. We asked them to share their favorite memories they have had with Dick Termes, at the Termesphere gallery or just with Termespheres in general. The results were (to say the very least) overwhelming! Here are some of …
Why Geodesic Domes?
We now have five domes in our complex. How did that happen? In the early 70s, Buckminster Fuller came to Black Hills State University. Dick Termes had read his books and was fascinated by his concepts. Fuller was the inventor of the Geodesic Dome. Dick was asked to pick up Fuller and his wife (Anne Hewlett) from the airport and …
The Big Bang on a Big Deal Book
In the Summer of 2009, Dick Termes received an email from publishers Editions Flammarion who were creating a French translation of Stephen Hawking’s book, The Brief History of Time (Une Belle Histoire du Temps). They had recently discovered the sphere “The Big Bang” on the internet and wanted to know if they could use it for the cover of his …
Order/Disorder
This is a 7 1/2 foot diameter Termesphere I did in 1985 for the Law Enforcement Academy in Douglas Wyoming. The artwork was painted from the inside to help protect it from the weather. It lights up and rotates from an inside motor and light. I bought the sphere from the company that made Union 76 gas station signs. Young …
Artist Dick Termes To Visit Vermillion July 7
Workshop, Lecture Among Community Events Planned That Day During the month of June, the First Dakota National Bank Coyote Gallery is showcasing a stunning exhibition of unique paintings by artist Dick Termes, as part of a series of events sponsored by the Vermillion Area Chamber & Development Company and hosted by the Vermillion Cultural Association. Based in Spearfish, South Dakota, …
Throwback Thursday: Termes in Black Hills Monthly
In February 1980, Black Hills Monthly launched its first edition by featuring Dick Termes on the cover with an article. Below is the text from the article as well as a PDF of the scanned issue. If you think Spearfish. South Dakota is an ordinary town filled with ordinary folks, please close your eyes and conjure up a vision of …
Black Hills Boomer: The Mind of a Maker: Dick Termes
Article Source by Jenny Van Zanten // Photos by Kevin Ryan, Eyefrogs Photography In the air above the rolling grasslands of Wyoming, a helicopter hovered toward the Law Enforcement Academy—a 7-1/2-foot polycarbonate sphere tethered to its belly. The pilot skillfully lowered the piece of art entitled “Order/Disorder” to its permanent location on the Center’s grounds; a moment representing …