RedCan is no longer rising. It’s finally here. After months of fundraising, planning and development, the Cheyenne River Youth Project® will officially kick off its first-ever RedCan graffiti jam on Wednesday, July 8 at the CRYP campus on East Lincoln Street in Eagle Butte.
The revolutionary arts event is scheduled for July 8-10 in Eagle Butte on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. From there, artists will head west for a second RedCan event in Rapid City’s Art Alley on July 11. Headline artists include East Foster from Denver, Kazilla from Miami, Meme from southern California, Tyler “Siamese” Read from Rapid City, and Peyton Scott Russell (pictured here), Biafra Inc. and Wundr from Minnesota’s Twin Cities. Also on hand will be a variety of native and non-native artists, hip-hop groups, native drum groups and native dancers.
The majority of the RedCan events will take place at CRYP’s Waniyetu Wowapi (“Winter Count”) Art Park and the Cokata Wiconi (“Center of Life”) teen center, which also is home to CRYP’s acclaimed farm-to-table Keya (“Turtle”) Cafe. Participating artists will be working in the art park and at select sites throughout the Eagle Butte community. The schedule of events includes:
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8
8 a.m. Welcome, Opening Prayer (Wakinyan Maza), Honoring (Art Interns)
Art Intern Exhibition, Keya Cafe (All Day)
10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Artist Mural Painting (Waniyetu Wowapi Art Park & Community Sites)
2:30-4 p.m. Lakota Dance and Drum Exhibition
3-6 p.m. Face Painting, Balloons, Youth Activities, Cotton Candy, Popcorn, Snow Cones. Free of Charge.
Courtesy of Calvary Church (Dupree, SD & Melbourne, FL)
6 p.m. Community Dinner, Barbecue Smoked Pork
Courtesy of Calvary Church
THURSDAY, JULY 9
9 a.m. Opening Prayer and Blessing (Wakinyan Maza)
10 a.m. Skateboard Exhibition Activity for Ages 12-18
(Skateboard Stencil Painting Booth, Waniyetu Wowapi Art Park)
Youth Spray Art for Ages 3-12
(Waniyetu Wowapi Art Park’s Outdoor Classroom)
Artist Mural Painting (Waniyetu Wowapi Art Park & Community Sites)
1-6 p.m. Live DJ – Micah Prairie Chicken
2:30-4 p.m. Lakota Dance and Drum Exhibition
4-6 p.m. Cultural Sharing, Open Mic
6 p.m. Hot Dogs in the Art Park
FRIDAY, JULY 10
10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Skateboard Exhibition with Meme (Eagle Butte Skate Park)
For Ages 12-18, Free of Charge
Courtesy of CRYP, Youth Diabetes Prevention, Tribal Ventures, Title I
SATURDAY, JULY 11
10 a.m. Artist Mural Painting
Art Alley, Rapid City, South Dakota
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.