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Community Celebration: Exhibition Openings
Cloth as Land: HMong Indigeneity and Cloth Origins: Textiles from the HMong Journey
Saturday, November 18, 2023
1:00–4:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. Welcome remarks by the artists
Free
All ages
Celebrate the opening of two exhibitions, Cloth as Land and Cloth Origins, that explore contemporary and traditional HMong art. Festivities will feature entertainment, demonstrations, and conversation. Light refreshments will be available. At 2:00 p.m. the artists will give welcome remarks.
Special guests include curator Pachia Lucy Vang; artists Ger Xiong/Ntxawg Xyooj, Pao Houa Her, Tshab Her, Kaying Yang of RedGreen Rivers, Xao Yang Lee, and Ka Oskar Ly; and exhibition graphic designer Christina Vang.
Find out more about Cloth as Land (on view Nov. 18, 2023–June 16, 2024) and Cloth Origins (on view through Jan. 14, 2024).
Artists/Scholars
Cloth as Land: Hmong Indigeneity is funded by grants from the Henry Luce Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Terra Foundation for American Art, Travel Wisconsin, and Wisconsin Humanities, with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Additional support provided by the Kohler Trust for Arts and Education, Ruth Foundation for the Arts, the Frederic Cornell Kohler Charitable Trust, Kohler Foundation, Inc., and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this project do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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