Art In This Present Moment
Indigo: A Music, Dance and Video Project
Indigo is a Hmong girl group created by Lucy Vang, Nancy Thor and Alexis Vang, whose goal is to shine light on their community through music and dance.
In their video project captured by Lucy, they hope to empower young Hmong women interested in being artists in the entertainment field.
The Indigo project was created in partnership with Funny Asian Women Kollective (FAWK), founded in 2014 by Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay, May Lee-Yang, and Naomi Ko as a way to combat the invisibility and dehumanization of Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) women through humor and comedy.
About the Organization
To combat the invisibility and dehumanization of Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) women, Funny Asian Women Kollective (FAWK) uses humor and comedy to tell distinct stories of the Asian community.
“ I think this will allow more Asian Americans to also think in a way that they can also go into the creative field and be like ‘oh this person created this, maybe I can create that too.”
Alexis Vang
Art In This Present Moment
This project is part of Art in This Present Moment, an initiative of the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation. We provided grants to three Minnesota-based nonprofit organizations to fund work by BIPOC artists who are changing and challenging dominant narratives through their craft.
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