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- By Cheyenne River Youth Project
EAGLE BUTTE, SD — It’s Day 3 of the Cheyenne River Youth Project’s 11th Annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam, and the action is moving to CRYP’s Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count) Art Park. The nine headlining graffiti and street artists will be painting and mentoring youth artists in the park while children and teens enjoy a variety of arts-related activities.
Later today, community members and guests are invited to a free evening meal hosted by the volunteer group from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, as well as several live performances on the Waniyetu Wowapi Art Park stage. Details are below.
Meanwhile, around the city of the Eagle Butte, the eight RedCan 2025 large-scale murals are now complete. A list of mural sites can be found below, and a digital map also is available at https://bit.ly/RC2025Map.
SCHEDULE OF FREE ACTIVITIES:
Friday, July 11: Art Park
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.: Painting in CRYP’s Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count) Art Park
11 a.m.: Art activities
12 p.m.: Spray painting, chalk painting
1 p.m.: Skateboard painting (ages 6-18)
2 p.m.: Field Day games and Lakota dance exhibition
3 p.m.: Spoken-word performance from Taté Walker’s students
5 p.m.: Taté Walker performance
5:30 p.m.: Community dinner hosted by volunteer group from University of Missouri-St. Louis
6 p.m.: Bazille performance
Saturday, July 12: Art Park
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.: Painting in CRYP’s Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count) Art Park
11 a.m.: Art activities
12 p.m.: Spray painting, chalk painting
1 p.m.: Skateboard painting (ages 6-18)
2 p.m.: Hoop-dancing class with the Sampson Brothers
3 p.m.: Water games
5:30 p.m.: Community dinner hosted by CRYP
6 p.m.: The Sampson Brothers performance
ARTISTS:
Returning artists include Cyfi, a Yaqui and Azteca artist from Minneapolis; 179, a Latine artist from Seattle; Hoka, an artist of Oneida, Oglala Lakota and La Jolla Band of Luiseño descent from Albuquerque; TamiJoy, a Cheyenne River Lakota artist; Minneapolis-based artists Biafra and Wundr; and Amp, a Ponca artist from Kansas.
Joining RedCan for the first time is Lady Rise, P'urhépecha from Michoacán, México. Born in California to a family of migrant farmers and raised amid the Chicago graffiti art scene, the artist currently lives in Phoenix, Arizona.
CRYP also has announced a second new RedCan artist: J.Duh, a Nicaragüense artist and muralist from San José in California’s Bay Area. For more than a decade, he has painted murals, created traditional hand-painted signs and designed public artwork across the West Coast.
GUEST PERFORMERS:
Guest performers for 2025 include Cheyenne River Lakota storyteller Taté Walker; Cheyenne River Lakota and Crow Creek Dakota rap artist, producer and sound designer Bazille; and renowned Mvskoke Creek/Seneca hoop dancers The Sampson Bros.
As always, the Cheyenne River-based Wakinyan Maza drum group will begin and end each day with songs and a blessing.
2025 COMMUNITY MURAL SITES:
CRST Property & Supply Warehouse: 719 Jefferson St., Eagle Butte (Artist: LadyRise)
Si Tanka Trailer: Located on East Landmark Avenue between CRST Fitness Center & Sacred Heart (Artist: J.Duh)
Golden Rule: 213 S. Main St. (Artist: 179)
Sturdevants, East Side: 826 N. Main St. (Artist: Hoka)
911 Building: 126 S. Main St. (Artists: Biafra & Wundr)
Woyuté/Old Dakota Chapel: 24339 US Highway 212 (Artist: Amp)
Old Nursing Apartments: 18 F Street W, 14 F Street (Artist: Cyfi).
CRHA Maintenance Shop : 24305 US Highway 212 (Artist: TamiJoy)
To purchase our new RedCan 2025 merchandise featuring artwork from longtime RedCan headliner 179, visit www.lakotayouth.org/shop/
To learn more about this year’s RedCan artists and performers, and to make a tax-deductible contribution to support RedCan 2024, visit www.lakotayouth.org/redcan.
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