Hoye Wayelo Fall Arts Workshops is a WRAP!

Artists and teachers gather around the drum!

Back from an amazing workshop with the young people of Pine Ridge!

Young artists from all over the reservation created content for our quarterly magazine and a gallery full of painting, drawing, collage, and three dimensional art. They built a traditional drum and carved and painted their own drum sticks. They did traditional bead and quill work and wove baskets from sweetgrass. One group wrote, directed, and shot a scary movie which they created original choreography, music, and sound effects for! They did Halloween make-up and face painting with a professional hair and make-up artist. They all participated in an art/service project – braiding fresh sweetgrass for Tiny and the BEARs program and took part in painting our new mascot Big Red. Phew – that was a lot of creating!

We all kept the people in Standing Rock in our thoughts and prayers and used our time together to discuss and create art that reflected what was on our minds. These beautiful young people chose to use their time and energy for something positive and constructive. We finished the program with a movie screening, some spoken word poetry, and an Art Walk to see everything the students created. We finished by handing out awards for the September art contest and then celebrated with Indian Tacos!

Thank you to all of the people who helped make this workshop possible!

Chris Bordeaux, Julie Yellow Hawk, and the Porcupine School staff! Simon J. Joseph, Tiny DeCorey, Rick Gray Grass, Waylon Black Crow, JT Shinning Oneside, Paula Cantu, Maryan Captain, Brittanie Sterner, Mary Gleason, Sandhya Ramachandran, Vanne Mocilac, Outlast Film Program, Charlyn Griffith, Sam Spetner, Lakota Prairie Ranch Motel, Terry Pechota, Lee Linehan and Oelrichs School, Cheryl Locke, Kellee Brewer and Wolf Creek School.

Our Mascot BIG RED welcomes the students. Photo Simon Joseph.

Our amazing hosts Pahin Sinte Owayawa! Photo Simon Joseph.

Morning Circle. Photo Simon Joseph.

Morning greeting! Photo Simon Joseph.

Waylon Bllackcrow makes a traditional drum with the students. Photo Simon Joseph.

Preparing the Buffalo Hide for the drum. Photo Simon Joseph.

Preparing the drumstick for sanding and painting. Photo Simon Joseph.

Drum Sticks. Photo Simon Joseph.

Students painting BIG RED. Photo Simon Joseph.

Painting Big Red. Photo Maryan Captan.

Kids setting up our Mascot BIG RED! Photo Sandhya Ramachandran.

Our newly designed mascot – painted by the students – makes its debut! Photo Simon Joseph.

Working on content for the magazine. Photo Maryan Captan.

Even Vampires love writing class! Photo Brittanie Sterner.

Art Class. Photo Sandhya Ramachandran.

Painting. Photo Sandhya Ramachandran

Drawing. Photo Simon Joseph.

JT teaches traditional arts to the students. Photo Simon Joseph.

Beading. Photo Sandhya Ramachandran.

One of our artists shows off a sweetgrass basket in progress. Photo Sandhya Ramachandran.

Students create Halloween monsters with our resident Hair and Makeup artist Paula Cantu. Photo Jennifer Jessum.

Students help get the monsters ready for filming. Photo Mary Gleason.

Our filmmaking team rehearses a scene! Photo Sandhya Ramachandran.

Our DP Tailyn sets up a shot for the film. Photo Mary Gleason.

Our camera operator shoots the exterior scenes. Photo Sandhya Ramachandran.

Braiding the sweetgrass for our art/service project. All the sweetgrass grown and donated by our friend Vanne Mocilac! Photo Sandhya Ramachandran.

Sweetgrass braided by the students in our art/service project for Tiny and the BEARs program. Photo Maryan Captan.

Little Beau belts out a prayer song! Photo Jennifer Jessum.

Our young resident singers! Photo Sandhya Ramachandran.

Traditional drum and sticks created by the students. Photo Jennifer Jessum.

Art Walk. Photo Maryan Captan.

Final Art display for the Art Walk. Photo Jennifer Jessum.

Students check out each others work during the Art Walk. Photo Jennifer Jessum.

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