Waniyetu Wowapi Institute and Art Park
Arts Center Capital Campaign
Double Your Contribution
Donate to the new Waniyetu Wowapi Arts Center today!
Thanks to generous donors across the country, we are more than three-quarters of the way to meeting our fundraising goal. To raise the final $1 million, the Wayfarer Foundation is offering a matching grant of $500,000.
That means that every $1 you donate between now and Dec. 31, 2023 becomes $2 for our new arts center.
How can you support our Arts Center Building construction?
Please mail your check with “Arts Center Capital Campaign” in the memo line to:
CRYP
P.O. Box 410
Eagle Butte, SD 57625
Or visit our Give page and select “Art Center Construction” in the Gift Designation field.
Vibrant New Spaces for Exploration, Expression, and Wólakȟota
The new Waniyetu Wowapi Arts Center will provide dedicated spaces for our youth and community members to learn, explore, create, collaborate, and express themselves in positive, healthy ways. Here, traditional Lakota arts and culture will intersect with contemporary mediums and styles, giving art students access to a variety of resources, tools and inspiration.
The exterior walls will be constantly changing to reflect the vibrant culture of our Cheyenne River Lakota Nation, and generations will gather here to celebrate Wólakȟota, our sacred way of life.
There is no word for “art” in Lakota. Art is simply culture. When we create art and share it, we are reclaiming our ancestral rights, our identity, and our spaces. And together, we are lifting up our community.
We deeply appreciate all contributions to help bring this incredible new arts and culture facility to life — for our young people, and for our community.
THANK YOU TO THE GENEROUS DONORS WHO ARE MAKING THIS
ART CENTER POSSIBLE
Start Small Foundation
Arts Midwest
National Endowment for the Arts
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Schmidt Family Foundation/
11th Hour Project
Vadon Foundation
John T. Vucurevich Foundation
The Wayfarer Foundation
The Mellon Foundation
Sheldon Reese Foundation
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
Individual Donors
Blanco Borrero
Brooke Linsenbardt
Colleen Rooney
Daniel Smith
Daniel W. Smith
Erin Archuleta
John Roberts
Judith Gordon
Julie Garreau
Kris Oosting
LT Graffiti Podcast
Richard Honish
Mark Zigerelli
Mary Christine
Michael Welch
Nokomis Tattoo
Paul Thibodeau
Patricia Filkins
Richard Marchand
Ron Severson
Sharon Carson
Sheldon Reese Foundation
Todd Truver
Vera Grossman
Winston Sparks
