by Heather Steinberger | Sep 24, 2018 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
This fall, the Cheyenne River Youth Project will host six Lakota Culture Camps at its Cokata Wiconi (Center of Life) teen center. Scheduled for October and November, the 15-hour camps were made possible by a NEA ArtWorks grant for folk and traditional arts, and the...
by Heather Steinberger | Jul 16, 2018 | Community, Special Events, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
The fourth annual RedCan invitational graffiti jam is now in the books, and the Cheyenne River Youth Project has announced that its media production team is hard at work on a full RedCan 2018 documentary film. In the weeks leading up to its mid- to late August...
by Heather Steinberger | Jun 18, 2018 | Community, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
In just 10 days, the Cheyenne River Youth Project in Eagle Butte will once again host its annual RedCan invitational graffiti jam, a three-day celebration of art and culture. This innovative event, the first and only graffiti jam in Indian Country, will incorporate...
by Heather Steinberger | Jun 4, 2018 | Community, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
The Cheyenne River Youth Project’s Spring Performing Art Series came to a close on May 25, when it welcomed Prolific the Rapper, Gunner Jules and Let It Bee and a crowd of nearly 150 people to its free, public Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count) Art Park for a special...
by Heather Steinberger | May 17, 2018 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
On Friday, May 25, the Cheyenne River Youth Project will officially kick off its summer 2018 Midnight Basketball season—and bring its spring Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count) Performing Arts Series to a close—with an eagerly anticipated celebration at its Eagle Butte...
by Heather Steinberger | May 14, 2018 | Community, Fundraisers, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
RedCan is rising once again. The Cheyenne River Youth Project’s fourth annual RedCan invitational graffiti jam is less than two months away, and today the nonprofit youth organization officially announced the official lineup of guest artists and performers, as well as...
