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APIA MN Film Collective | Savage | apiamnfilm.com
The Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) Minnesotan Film Collective was
founded in 2018 to create space and opportunities for the APIA filmmaking
community in Minnesota. They train filmmakers, provide arts learning opportunities,
and grant funds so filmakers can produce their original narrative fiction work.
The Minnesota Humanities Center has given me
the chance to direct my first short film. This has
been a dream in the making and is now my new
reality. As an emerging filmmaker, this is an
incredible opportunity to help further develop
my skills and it gives me hope for a better future
in my artistic practice.
–Tsuab Yang, Artist
StoryArk | Red Wing | storyark.org
What’s your story? How do you want to tell it? Story Ark helps elementary, middle,
and high school students empower, uplift, and amplify by initiating creative
teams in which they communicate, collaborate, and connect with each other to
produce podcasts, short films, and an Online Arts Magazine. This grant will fund a
Youth Executive Board to create an anthology of youth stories and experiences
that describe their identities, stories, and experiences.
“It is difficult to find words to express how grateful I
am for my cultural traditions…to show my culture and
where my motivation comes from…and knowing that
my story will be published out in the world and that
I will get to express my feelings.”
Student quotes submitted by Meghan Bridges, Executive Director, StoryArk
(Neo) Muralismos de México | St. Paul | mnlatinomuseum.org
(Neo) Muralismos de México (NMM) aims to revitalize and reclaim Mexican cultural
heritage through culturally-specific, socially-informed, historically-grounded, and
community-engaged public art. NMM has led 5 community-engaged muralism
and public art projects to uplift their cultural heritage throughout the state.
MHC’s support allowed us to develop transformative
programs in Mexican and Latino cultural arts
including the creation of the first Day of the Dead
altar at the Minnesota State Capitol, family-friendly
workshops on papier-mache, workshops on
Indigenous Maya weaving and cotton-spinning,
and ongoing cultural exchange programs with
Mexican and Minnesota-based muralists.
–Aaron Johnson-Ortiz, Executive Director, Minnesota Latino Museum
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