Cheyenne River Youth Project hosts 10th Annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam

JULY 18, 2024: The Cheyenne River Youth Project’s 10th Annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam (July 10-13, 2024) is in the books. Nine new murals have come to life around Eagle Butte, and the public Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count) Art Park is filled to the brim with new pieces from the 14 featured RedCan artists, CRYPs Lakota Art Fellows and teen art interns, local youth and community members of all ages. On RedCan’s final day, the art park bustled with spray painting, skateboard design, youth arts and crafts, hoop-dancing lessons, and field day games — with plenty of water activities and a frozen T-shirt contest to help kids beat the heat.  Despite temperatures in the 90s and high humidity, the community came together for a hearty evening meal in the park and live performances by Oglala rock band The Wake Singers and acclaimed Mvskoke Creek/Seneca hoop dancers The Sampson Brothers. The CRYP team was able to button up all tipis, shade tents, art and youth activity supplies, performance equipment, and meal supplies before a powerful line of storms hit the region with 80-mile-per-hour winds and heavy rain. Thankfully, the CRYP campus — including its 2.5-acre Winyan Toka Win Garden — saw...