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Some recent good news:
2023 Gold Signal Award for Public Service & Activism - “WORTHY: Colorado Reentry Stories”
2021 U.S. Water Prize for Outstanding Artist - The Salmon Speakers, Pacific NW Story Collective
2019 NBC Out Queer Performer Spotlight - For “Saints of Failure” at Lafayette Ave Church in Brooklyn, NY
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"[Ryan’s] work continues to challenge, inspire, & push boundaries." -JUNEAU EMPIRE
“Sweet & Lucky: Echo” by Third Rail Projects at Denver Center for the Performing Arts | Summer-Fall 2025
Ryan is an ensemble member in Sweet & Lucky: Echo by Third Rail Projects, a new immersive performance work presented by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, opening August 16th. More info, and tickets, here.
Colorado Radio for Justice
Ryan is Co-Director of Programs & Partnerships for Colorado Radio for Justice, a 24/7 radio station and podcast production organization by and for people impacted by the criminal-legal system in Colorado and beyond. The station emerges from the team’s past work as Inside Wire: Colorado Prison Radio. For more about Colorado Radio for Justice and to listen, visit here: https://www.radioforjustice.org/
And, check out this 8-minute CBS Mornings segment about Inside Wire: Colorado Prison Radio, from within Limon Correctional Facility.
Audio Storytelling with Youth on Record, Sealaska Heritage Institute, & Kake City Schools
Ryan is Media Arts Partner Artist at Youth on Record in Denver, where he facilitates the paid Podcast Production Internship and serves as a co-producer on the podcast “Youth on Rewind.”
At Sealaska Heritage Institute, he’s teaching Podcast Storytelling at the SHI summer Arts Storytelling Camp.
And with Kake City Schools, Ryan co-led with community artist Sarah Campen the year-long project “Stories of Kake“ in southeast Alaska in the 2024-25 school year. To learn more, and hear students’ and community members’ works and voices, please check out the project here.
“Daily Inspiration”: Feature Interview with Voyage Denver
Voyage Denver featured Ryan in a May 2021 interview. Check it out here.
