The Cheyenne River Youth Venture has introduced that it’ll host its tenth Annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam on July 10-13, 2024. The Native-led nonprofit group is making ready to welcome 14 graffiti and road artists for this yr’s four-day arts and tradition competition within the coronary heart of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation.
Returning artists embody: East, an artist of Cherokee descent from Denver; Cyfi, a Yaqui and Azteca artist from Minneapolis; Dwayno, a Salt River Pima-Maricopa and Tohono O’odham artist from Arizona; 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; Yukue, from the Pascua Yaqui Tribe in Guadalupe, Arizona; Rezmo, a Diné and Mexicá artist at the moment dwelling within the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Neighborhood in Arizona; and Minneapolis-based artists Biafra and Wundr.
New this yr are: Phat1 and Woman Diva, Māori artists from Aotearoa (New Zealand); Midwestern artist Brady Scott; and Kansas-born Ponca artist Amp.
“We’re so excited concerning the lineup for our tenth annual RedCan,” mentioned Julie Garreau, CRYP’s chief government officer. “Eleven of our featured artists have indigenous heritage, from our Nice Plains homelands to as distant as New Zealand. 5 of them are girls.
“Ten artists are returning, some for the ninth or tenth time,” she continued. “Our RedCan household is powerful, and it’s rising. We’re wanting ahead to welcoming our 4 new artists to Cheyenne River — and to welcoming again so many elderly mates.”
Held within the coronary heart of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation, RedCan is the primary and solely occasion of its type in Indian Nation. Each summer time, this modern and award-winning occasion affords an unprecedented alternative for the Cheyenne River group and its visitors to attach with Lakota tradition whereas additionally experiencing the most important artwork motion within the historical past of humankind.
On July 10-11, the artists will carry Lakota language, tales and tradition to life at large-scale mural websites throughout town of Eagle Butte whereas native youngsters take part in volunteer-led artwork actions in the neighborhood. CRYP’s teen artwork interns and Lakota Artwork Fellows will assist the artists — and have alternatives to study, collaborate, and observe new abilities.
“RedCan is all about connection and cultural alternate,” Garreau mentioned. “It provides our youth artists alternatives to work alongside established artists with thriving careers, and for all of us to construct significant relationships whereas sharing our experiences, tales, and concepts.”
On July 12-13, the motion will transfer to the youth venture’s Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Depend) Artwork Park. All 14 featured artists will paint within the park whereas visitors take pleasure in hands-on artwork actions, conventional Lakota dancing, hoop-dancing workshops, music, and group meals.
As at all times, the Wakinyan Maza drum group will start and finish every day with songs and a blessing. As well as, RedCan 2024 will embody performances by The Wake Singers, an Oglala Lakota band from Mni Luzihan; Cheyenne River Lakota storyteller Taté Walker; entertainer Jackie Hen, a member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Tribe of South Dakota and Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota; and famend Mvskoke Creek/Seneca hoop dancers The Sampson Bros.
CRYP will welcome 14 graffiti and road artists to the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in July 2024 for the tenth Annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam. Eleven of the featured artists have indigenous heritage, together with Māori artists Phat1 and Woman Diva.
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CRYP will welcome 14 graffiti and road artists to the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in July 2024 for the tenth Annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam. Eleven of the featured artists have indigenous heritage, together with Māori artists Phat1 and Woman Diva.
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CRYP will welcome 14 graffiti and road artists to the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in July 2024 for the tenth Annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam. Eleven of the featured artists have indigenous heritage, together with Māori artists Phat1 and Woman Diva.
Courtesy photograph.
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CRYP will welcome 14 graffiti and road artists to the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in July 2024 for the tenth Annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam. Eleven of the featured artists have indigenous heritage, together with Māori artists Phat1 and Woman Diva.
Courtesy photograph.
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CRYP will welcome 14 graffiti and road artists to the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in July 2024 for the tenth Annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam. Eleven of the featured artists have indigenous heritage, together with Māori artists Phat1 and Woman Diva.
Courtesy photograph.
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CRYP will welcome 14 graffiti and road artists to the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in July 2024 for the tenth Annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam. Eleven of the featured artists have indigenous heritage, together with Māori artists Phat1 and Woman Diva.
Courtesy photograph.
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CRYP will welcome 14 graffiti and road artists to the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in July 2024 for the tenth Annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam. Eleven of the featured artists have indigenous heritage, together with Māori artists Phat1 and Woman Diva.
Courtesy photograph.
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CRYP will welcome 14 graffiti and road artists to the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in July 2024 for the tenth Annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam. Eleven of the featured artists have indigenous heritage, together with Māori artists Phat1 and Woman Diva.
Courtesy photograph.
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CRYP will welcome 14 graffiti and road artists to the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in July 2024 for the tenth Annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam. Eleven of the featured artists have indigenous heritage, together with Māori artists Phat1 and Woman Diva.
Courtesy photograph.
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CRYP will welcome 14 graffiti and road artists to the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in July 2024 for the tenth Annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam. Eleven of the featured artists have indigenous heritage, together with Māori artists Phat1 and Woman Diva.
Courtesy photograph.
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CRYP will welcome 14 graffiti and road artists to the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in July 2024 for the tenth Annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam. Eleven of the featured artists have indigenous heritage, together with Māori artists Phat1 and Woman Diva.
Courtesy photograph.
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CRYP will welcome 14 graffiti and road artists to the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in July 2024 for the tenth Annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam. Eleven of the featured artists have indigenous heritage, together with Māori artists Phat1 and Woman Diva.
Courtesy photograph.
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CRYP will welcome 14 graffiti and road artists to the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in July 2024 for the tenth Annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam. Eleven of the featured artists have indigenous heritage, together with Māori artists Phat1 and Woman Diva.
Courtesy photograph.