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Cheyenne River Youth Project Retains Pyatt Studio to Design
New Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Youth Arts & Culture Institute
Monday, April 5, 2021
Press Release, Cheyenne River Youth Project
EAGLE BUTTE, South Dakota — The Cheyenne River Youth Project announced today that it has retained the services of Boulder, Colorado-based Pyatt Studio for the design of its new Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count) Lakota Youth Arts & Culture Institute. The grassroots, nonprofit organization will break ground for its new art center during RedCan 2021, scheduled for July 7-10.
“We are thrilled to be working with Pyatt Studio in the creation of our new art center,” said Julie Garreau, CRYP’s executive director. “I’ve known Rob Pyatt and Janna Ferguson for years, so it’s an honor to have them be part of this project. Pyatt Studio is an amazing company with great people, and our new art center will be a beautiful addition to our community, providing a wide variety of creative spaces for our treasured young people.”
CRYP has ambitious goals for the 8,000-square-foot art center. It will be net zero, meaning it will produce as much energy as it uses in a year, and Lakota culture will infuse both its design and construction.
“During one of our recent listening sessions with the Cheyenne River community, one tribal member said the building should give back more than it takes,” Pyatt said. “This is a Lakota principle, one that’s important to use as a design goal. With this understanding, we see this as an ‘energy-plus building,’ meaning it produces more energy that it consumes — and shares this extra energy with others.”
The Cheyenne River Youth Project, founded in 1988, is a grassroots, not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing the youth of the Cheyenne River reservation with access to a vibrant and secure future through a wide variety of culturally sensitive and enduring programs, projects and facilities that ensure strong, self-sufficient families and communities.
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