The 10th Annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam is Under Way at the Cheyenne River Youth Project

Details By Cheyenne River Youth Project, July 11, 2024 EAGLE BUTTE, SD — The 10th annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam got under way this morning at the Cheyenne River Youth Project’s campus in Eagle Butte. Joining CRYP staff and volunteers this year are 14 featured artists from around the world, including two Maori artists from New Zealand.  Also joining the RedCan family this year are a Native youth group from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in Arizona, and Native youth leaders and staff from the American Indian Community Housing Organization in Duluth, Minnesota. Longtime volunteer groups from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and Ohio’s Ursuline College also are on hand for the four-day event, which draws hundreds to CRYP’s Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count) Art Park and community mural sites. Never miss Indian Country’s biggest stories and breaking news. Sign up to get our reporting sent straight to your inbox every weekday morning.  Today and tomorrow, July 10-11, artists will be painting and working with local youth artists at large-scale mural sites around Eagle Butte (see locations below). On Friday and Saturday, July 12-13, the action will move to the Waniyetu Wowapi Art Park. Returning artists include:  East, an artist...