by Heather Steinberger | Sep 12, 2019 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
On Labor Day weekend, the Cheyenne River Youth Project officially graduated 11 Lakota teens from its summer arts internship program. This is a record-breaking number for the nonprofit youth organization, which began offering teen internships in 2013. “Normally, we...
by Heather Steinberger | Sep 5, 2019 | CRYP Staff, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
The Cheyenne River Youth Project announced today that Tyler Read joined its full-time staff as art director on Sept. 3. In his new role, Read will oversee programming at the nonprofit youth organization’s Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count) Lakota Youth Arts & Culture...
by Heather Steinberger | Aug 1, 2019 | Partnerships & Awards, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
The Cheyenne River Youth Project has announced that its executive director, Julie Garreau, is now a member of Arts South Dakota’s board of directors. This nonprofit, nonpartisan organization is dedicated to enriching the lives of South Dakotans and their...
by Heather Steinberger | Jul 22, 2019 | Community, RedCan, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
The Cheyenne River Youth Project has announced that this year’s RedCan invitational graffiti jam is officially one for the record books. Nearly 1,600 people attended RedCan 2019 on June 19-22 in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, and the grassroots, nonprofit youth...
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...
