REmix: Intergenerational Hmong Art Exhibition
July 4 through July 31, 2008
Homewood Gallery
2400 Plymouth Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55411
Curated by Sai Ntxhais Vang, photographer and visual art coordinator at Hmong Arts Connection, this is an introspective show of emerging Hmong artists as they reclaim, reinterpret, reinvent, and rejuvenate the traditional to the contemporary by learning from their elders.
Artists who are contributing to this exhibit include:
Seexeng Lee
Mai C. Vang
Nikki Yang
Alyssa Velasquez
Yer Yang
Sai (Ntxhais) Vang
Pa Houa Her
Pakou Yang
Lisxeem Lis & Dr. Txhiaj Lis
Hmong arts activities each week in July at Homewood Gallery
The following events will be taking place throughout the month of July at Homewood Gallery:
• Opening Reception: July 4 / 6pm - 9pm
• Ka Vang, Hmong playwright, fiction writer and poet, will be reading her short stories that were included in two best selling anthologies Riding Shotgun: Women Write About Their Mother and Haunted Hearths and Sapphic Shades: Lesbian Ghost Stories. The event will also feature readings by local author, Shannon Olson, and be hosted by actress, Katie Ka Vang: July 19 / 6:30pm – 9pm
• Closing Reception: July 25 / 6pm – 9pm
• Paj ntaub (pa dow, Hmong needlework) workshop with paj ntaub artist Yer Yang during the Northside Art Flow: July 26 / 4pm – 8pm
Come to the reception and still make it to see the fire works! We look forward to enjoying an evening of Hmong art and culture with you.
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REmix: Intergenerational Hmong Art Exhibition is funded by individual contributors, the McKnight Foundation and Saint Paul Travelers Foundation.
Hmong Arts Connection's mission is to promote and inspire artistic expressions of Hmong culture. HArC is also the home of Paj Ntaub Voice, the longest-running Hmong literary journal.
Accessibility: Gallery is ADA compliant.
