Location: Minnesota

Hello! My name is Jocelyn Yang, I am a second generation Hmong American woman and fashion scholar. The nickname "Jocii" (pronounced "Jaw-see") was given to me by my grandmother and family. I strive to create innovative, inclusive and sustainable designs for the modern woman. I began my fashion design journey…

Pao Houa Her was born somewhere in the northern jungles of Laos. She fled Laos with her family when she was a baby, crossed the Mekong on her mother’s back, was fed opium to keep from crying, lived in the refugee camps in Thailand and landed in America on a…

RICK SHIOMI is an internationally recognized, award-winning Japanese Canadian playwright, stage director, artistic director and taiko artist. Rick Shiomi is an award-winning taiko artist. He began playing in 1979 as a member of Katari Taiko in Vancouver, British Columbia. In the 1980s, he studied with Grandmaster Seiichi Tanaka of the…

Coalesce Collective MN is an AAPI organization with a focus on celebrating AAPI + BIPOC creatives.

Yuya Negishi is an artist from Japan. Currently living in Minneapolis MN he is mural-ing the cityscape with Yuyart! A fun combination of SUMI painting, calligraphy and other classical Japanese mediums and motifs; his work is an expression of cultural heritage, wonder and amusement.