by Heather Steinberger | Jul 3, 2019 | CRYP Staff
This Friday, July 5, the Cheyenne River Youth Project will close its doors for a very special occasion. In the wake of the wildly successful 5th annual RedCan invitational graffiti jam, the grassroots, nonprofit youth organization will be hosting Staff Appreciation...
by Heather Steinberger | Jun 14, 2019 | Community, RedCan, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
RedCan 2019 starts this Wednesday, June 19, and the Cheyenne River Youth Project is working hard to prepare for its 5th annual invitational graffiti jam in Eagle Butte, South Dakota. To help raise awareness, the nonprofit youth organization has released a second...
by Heather Steinberger | Jun 14, 2019 | Partnerships & Awards, RedCan, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
Americans for the Arts today honored the Cheyenne River Youth Project’s groundbreaking RedCan invitational graffiti jam among 50 outstanding public arts projects created in 2018 through the Public Art Network Year in Review program, the only national program that...
by Heather Steinberger | Jun 14, 2019 | CRYP Hall of Fame
One of our greatest joys at CRYP is witnessing a child who attended our youth programming at The Main successfully transition to our Cokata Wiconi (Center of Life) teen center. A’Leigh RedDog is one such success story: She first started coming to The Main at age 7,...
by Heather Steinberger | May 23, 2019 | Social Enterprises
The Keya (Turtle) Cafe and Coffeehouse has been a mainstay of the Cheyenne River Youth Project’s social enterprise initiatives since it opened in 2013. In recent years, it also has led the charge as the nonprofit youth organization seeks to become more environmentally...
