Dec 4, 2019 · In 1990, Cy Thao decided to paint the history of Hmong involvement in the Vietnam War, the secret war in northern Laos that killed tens of thousands of his people.

May 20, 2004 · Five thousand years of Hmong history unfold in an exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. "The Hmong Migration" is a series of 50 oil paintings by St. Paul artist Cy Thao. Thao is also a DFL state representative, and only the second Hmong state legislator in …

Taken together, the fifty canvases in The Hmong Migration comprise an epic narrative that recounts over 5,000 years of Hmong history -- from life in southern China and the mountains of Laos, to alignment with the U.S. during the Vietnam War and life in the refugee camps in Thailand, to resettlement in the United States.

May 6, 2018 · And so, I’ve made it a task to find and create a list of Hmong visual artists from around the world. Visual artists include painters, illustrators, photographers, graphic designers, cartoonists, sculptors, filmmakers, and more. The names listed below are …

Dec 2, 2019 · The only way to understand any part of the Hmong story is to learn the whole story, yet the whole story is always in the process of being composed. In our reading of their work, Mrs Lee and other Hmong story cloth artists create histories, narratives, protests and laments.

Hmong Chronicles focuses on Hmong oral storytelling combined with contemporary performative art. This collection consists of live performances and edited film versions.

Mar 14, 2025 · Rooted in her own HMong-American experiences and shaped by lore passed down by her elders, Her explores identity, longing, and belonging.

May 21, 2004 · "The Hmong Migration" is a series of fifty oil paintings by Thao, and represent the unfolding of 5,000 years of Hmong history. Thao said he feels an obligation to tell the Hmong story, and to preserve it for generations.

May 19, 2004 · Minnesota state legislator Cy Thao is a prominent figure in the Twin Cities’ large population of Hmong, a nomadic people of Chinese origin who fled to the U.S. from Laos following the Vietnam War.

Apr 13, 2015 · For the 40th anniversary since the first Hmong family settled in Minnesota, MPR’s Tom Weber interviews three Hmong American artists: spoken word and hip hop artist Tou Saiko Lee, painter Cy Thao, and writer Kao Kalia Yang. They discuss the value of the arts, through which personal and cultural pasts are melded with their present lives.