2026 State of the Art Prize, South Dakota

2026 State of the Art Prize, South Dakota

Anna Robins

Anna Robins

Anna Robins is a media/musical storyteller, arts advocate, and collaborator based in the Black Hills of South Dakota. For over ten years, she has created films, digital works, and compositions with rural artists on subjects inspired by life lessons, the land, and community.

Discipline:

Documentary Film, Moving Image

Award Year:

2026

Logline: A young woman's dull routine is disrupted by a pesky housefly she captures in a jar, leading to bizarre occurrences and forcing her to confront the truth of who is actually trapped. This is a screengrab from my short film

About Anna Robins

Spearfish, SD

Anna Robins Headshot Anna Robins is a media/musical storyteller, arts advocate, and collaborator based in the Black Hills of South Dakota. She has been professionally creating for over ten years in the form of narrative and documentary films, mixed media, musical compositions, songs, and digital designs. Inspiration for her work draws from life lessons and experiences in rural life, environmentalism, mental health, community building, and self-identity. Her work has been screened in festivals across the country, in programs with the Journey Museum of Rapid City, and The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in Indianapolis. An award-winning filmmaker and multi-grant recipient, she is passionate about sharing ideas from the rural northern plains using the local talent and voices that inspire them.

Anna Robins is a media/musical storyteller, arts advocate, and collaborator based in the Black Hills of South Dakota. She has been professionally creating for over ten years in the form of narrative and documentary films, mixed media, musical compositions, songs, and digital designs. Inspiration for her work draws from life lessons and experiences in rural life, environmentalism, mental health, community building, and self-identity. Her work has been screened in festivals across the country, in programs with the Journey Museum of Rapid City, and The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in Indianapolis. An award-winning filmmaker and multi-grant recipient, she is passionate about sharing ideas from the rural northern plains using the local talent and voices that inspire them.

Anna Robins Headshot