Archives for December 2017

We are happy to announce the winners of our 2017 Fall Art Contest!

There are so many ways to interpret this idea. While some of the work focused on color and incorporated color into the work – some submissions were about the absence of color and how that artistic choice made an impact.

 

Every student who submits artwork for a contest is automatically enrolled in our Creators Club. Every time they submit work they earn points to save up for prizes. We are most interested in keeping young people engaged in the creative process – and the Creators Club was born for that very purpose. It goes us a way to reward effort as well as merit and keep kids engaged in the ongoing process of creativity.

 

2017 was a busy year at Mitakuye!

We gave out hundreds of prizes and awards for our Monthly Art Contests and Creators Club.

 

We sponsored the 500 mile Sacred Hoop Run with over 130 runners

The Hoye Wayelo Arts Intensives brought teachers from all over the globe to work with young Lakota Artists in the fields of Dance, Music, Visual Arts, Filmmaking, and Traditional Arts:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check out the 2017 Summer Films here:

Lakota Lady Warriors: https://vimeo.com/242417125

The Institution: https://vimeo.com/242418054

We sponsored the Thunder Lake Boxing Club for Boys and Girls in events all over the region:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We launched our LIFELINE posters – designed by winners of the poster contest.

We did a Spring School Tour in schools across the reservation. We brought art opportunities, handed out prizes for our Art Contest Winners and Creators Club participants, and shared posters and information for the LIFELINE and other suicide prevention programs run by the BEARS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We brought prom dresses and make up for kids going to prom!

 

 

 

 

 

 

We worked with the BEAR program to help get Pine Ridge Youth to the Unity Conference in Arizona:

 

 

 

 

 

Brian Sherman, one of the young people we mentor, was selected as a 2017 Running Strong For American Indian Youth DreanStarter! We helped Brian apply for the grant and developed a training program and curriculum for him to realize his goals of bringing dance to the Pine Ridge Reservation. We brought Brian to Los Angeles in June to train at studios all over Los Angeles and to receive his Zumba Certification so he can teach not only on the reservation but any where across the world.

 

 

 

 

 

And we are not done yet! Our New Year’s Safe Events for all ages will run from 6pm 12/31 to 6 am 1/1/18.

2018 is shaping up to be even more exciting! Thank you for all you do to help support these young people. Don’t forget to make your Year End Donations here: https://mitakuyefoundation.com/donate/

 

Submit to our Winter Art Contest!

What does the idea of IMAGINATION inspire you to create?

All forms of creativity are encouraged!

Deadline is February 1st 2018.