Our deep gratitude to the Shakopee Mdewakanton Nation for your grant to support the Hoye Wayelo Summer Arts Program! Lela Wopila!
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May Art Contest Winners Announced!
Winners for the May Art Contest EARTH have been selected! Again we had so many wonderful submissions we had to add some extra prizes!
And don’t forget – everyone who submits is automatically entered into the Mitakupi Creator’s Club! Artists will earn points veery month they submit to save up towards prizes.
Winners for May:
Grand Prize Winner Darcy Hamilton – Oelrichs School Age 18
First Place Honors Denato Two Bulls – Oelrichs School Age 15
First Place Honors Baylie Her Many Horses – Oelrichs School Age 14
First Place Makana Little Sky – Rockyford School Age 10
Honorable Mention Rossey Long – Wolf Creek School Age 13
Honorable Mention Mitchel Crow – Oelrichs School Age 17
Honorable Mention Ryan Two Lance – Oelrichs School Age 18
Honorable Mention Breiana High Wolf – Wolf Creek School Age 11
Honorable Mention Tina Bear Nose – Rockyford School Age 11
Honorable Mention Taliah Standing Soldier – Wolf Creek School Age 10
Merit Sequoia Good Crow – Rockyford School Age 10
Merit Kaydence Carpio – Wolf Creek School Age 11
Merit Ciara Mesteth – Rockyford School Age 10
Merit Jeremy Andrews – Rockyford School Age 11
We have a few more merit awards winners but are waiting for their correct information. We will update this post when it comes in.
Thank You Sprague Guibord Family Foundation!!
Our deepest thanks to the Sprague Guibord Family Foundation for their generous grant to support the Hoye Wayelo Summer Arts Program! We can’t do what we do without generous organizations like this. Wopila!!!
Summer Happenings
We are sponsoring some amazing programs this summer!
Rick Gray Grass will lead the Annual 500 Mile Sacred Hoop Prayer Run, June 19-25. The event takes over 100 kids on a 6 day prayer run through the Black Hills to reconnect them with their culture, land and history. It teaches youth to turn to their traditions instead of drugs, alcohol and harmful behavior.
The Hoye Wayelo (“I am Sending a Voice”) Summer Arts intensives, July 5-16 will serve youth all over Pine Ridge. Professional artists from across the country will teach intensives in film, dance, music, visual arts, and writing/story telling. The two week workshops will culminate in a group spoken-word music video project that kids will be a part of both in front of and behind the camera. There will also be a public exhibition of their work for their families and communities. Details are below – register now!
And our Monthly Art Contest will be running throughout the summer as well! New themes are announced at the beginning of each month!
It was a very hard year for Lakota kids. With over 25 youth suicides and averages of 150 attempts per month we have been urgently working on creating opportunities for them. Experiences like these can help to lift one up out of the daily task of survival. These kids deserve the same opportunities that everyone else in this country have. They deserve to not just survive but to blossom and thrive. We are committed to creating every opportunity we can for them to do just that. We hope you will help!
You can Donate here and please note if you want to donate for “RUN” or “ART”. https://mitakuyefoundation.com/donations/ All contributions are tax deductible!
Launching Our Summer Arts Program!
Thrilled to announce our pilot program of the Hoye Wayelo ( “I’m Sending A Voice”) Summer Arts Program! Registration is open now! Contact us for details.
June Art Contest: FREEDOM
June theme is FREEDOM! What does that idea inspire you to create?
We encourage all forms of creativity! Interpret it any way you want! Deadline June 30th.
April Art Contest Winners Announced!
Congratulations to all of our participants! There were so many great submissions we had to add some extra awards!
Everyone who submits is enrolled in the Mitakupi Creator’s Club. Artists receive10 points for every month they submit which they can save up to earn prizes.
Our winners for the April 2016 Art Contest theme “COURAGE”:
Grand Prize Breianna High Wolf Age 11
First Place Honors (15-18) Jordan Cortier Age 18
First Place Honors (11-14) Jayden Giago Age 13
First Place (10 & Under) Jewelia Lebeau Age10
First Place (10 & Under) Ted White Plume Age 10
First Place (11-14) Aidan Pond Age 13
First Place (11-14) Joshua Archuletta Age 11
Honorable Mention Marena Eder Age 10
Honorable Mention Tayza Brave Heart Age 13
Honorable Mention Jasmine Big Crow Age 10
Honorable Mention Jacinda Tobacco Age10
Merit Award Tina Bear Nose Age 11
Merit Award Sevrano Arapahoe Age 14
Merit Award Joey Hill Age 11
Merit Award Makana Little Sky Age 10
Merit Award Lewis Wilson Age 13
Congratulations to all!
Please see our Media Gallery for all of the winning submissions.
NPR Covers Mitakupi Winners!
NPR did a special follow up story on us focusing on Jordan’s achievements – thank you Jim Kent!
http://listen.sdpb.org/post/mitakupi-foundation-presents-art-awards#stream/0
May In Pine Ridge
Just back from a whirlwind tour of Pine Ridge to hand out awards to the winners of our inaugural contest in person! 2 ½ days 700 miles – 5 schools, handfuls of awards, a radio interview, 5 meetings, a radio broadcast, and a good hot sweat! OLC Piya Wiconi campus has agreed to partner with us to host our Hoye Wayelo Arts Program this coming July and Tiny DeCorey and the BEAR program will be partnering with us too. Details coming!
Phew! Exhausted! See photos of our winners here:
May Art Contest: "EARTH"
The new theme for the May contest is “EARTH”. Submission deadline is May 31st. Thank you to our partners at One Spirit for creating this beautiful flyer for us!!
And thank you to all of the talented young creators who submitted for the April contest! We have our work cut out for us! Winners will be announced on May 15th.