{"id":625861,"date":"2026-10-09T23:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T23:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/625861\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T23:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T23:28:10","slug":"muse-wins-sioux-falls-sculpturewalks-2026-peoples-choice-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/625861\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Muse\u2019 wins Sioux Falls SculptureWalk\u2019s 2026 People\u2019s Choice award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) &#8211; The public has picked its favorite downtown Sioux Falls sculpture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cMuse,\u201d by Cameron Stalheim, won the top $3,000 prize in SculptureWalk Sioux Falls\u2019 2026 People\u2019s Choice Awards.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\u2018Muse\u2019 wins Sioux Falls SculptureWalk\u2019s 2026 People\u2019s Choice award\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PJGPGILK2ZHDLBNHMZUFXDCWBU.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"1507\" \/>\u2018Muse\u2019 wins Sioux Falls SculptureWalk\u2019s 2026 People\u2019s Choice award(Cameron Stalheim)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI\u2019m incredibly honored to receive the People\u2019s Choice Award,\u201d Stalheim said. \u201cAs an artist, there\u2019s something especially meaningful about having a work connect directly with the people who experience it. Public art becomes part of a community, and knowing that this sculpture resonated with so many people means more to me than I can say. I\u2019m deeply grateful to everyone who voted, supported my work, and continues to make art an important part of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\u2018Moon Woman\u2019 by Jacob Harvey\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GTH3VHCTYBGKHNK2TT4GARFUNI.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"1507\" \/>\u2018Moon Woman\u2019 by Jacob Harvey(Jacob Harvey)<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\u2018Michael J. Fitzmaurice, Congressional Medal of Honor\u2019 by Darwin Wolf\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6I65LSAEIVEPLJD6ZSLQKQZRIA.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"1507\" \/>\u2018Michael J. Fitzmaurice, Congressional Medal of Honor\u2019 by Darwin Wolf(Darwin Wolf)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u2018Moon Woman\u2019 by Jacob Harvey placed second, winning $2,000. Finally, \u2018Michael J. Fitzmaurice, Congressional Medal of Honor\u2019 by Darwin Wolf placed third, winning $1,000. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Dakota News Now. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) &#8211; The public has picked its favorite downtown Sioux Falls sculpture. \u201cMuse,\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,307401,501,156,307400,292648,111,139,69,11690],"class_list":["post-625861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-deadly-crash","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-fatal-crash","tag-kota","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-scenic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}