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​Upcoming Events

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Creating inclusive and culturally relevant spaces for Asian youth to grow as individuals using arts & culture.

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FELLOWSHIPS

SEA Us Fellowships are a series of creative workshops for Southeast Asian youth to grow as performers, writers, and artists. Striving to cultivate creative, leadership, and entrepreneurship skills led by professional and experienced Southeast Asian artists.

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Mondays
Sep. 15 - Nov. 18, 2025
​6:30PM - 8PM

Ages 12 - 18 Arts Entrepreneurship

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Join the 10 week program on how to create your own children's book and how to create products to sell. Stipend for youth included

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Thursdays
Sep. 18 - Dec. 12, 2025
4:15PM - 6:15PM

Lao Circle

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SEA Us Write & Design is a 12-week long fellowship program for youth who are writers and artists and want to learn:

 

  • Explore how to build a career as a writer and artist. 

  • Explore how to make sustainable income as a writer and artist

Through the creative workshops, youth will meet with various established SEA writers and artists who will share their journey, creative skills, and resources.

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Thursday
Sep. 18 - Dec. 12, 2025
6:30PM - 8:30PM

Hmong Boys Circle 

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We welcome art and writing lovers who are of ages 15-18 years and identify as male, masc, Hmong and/or multi-racial of Hmong ethnicity to apply.

  • Explore how to build a career as a writer and artist. 

  • Explore how to make sustainable income as a writer and artist

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Friday, October 3rd | 6-9pm

​Yellownoise - Where Color Meets Culture: Queer Asian American Art

​Opening Reception

Step into a space where identity, heritage, and imagination collide.

Join us for the opening of Yellownoise: Where Color Meets Culture: Queer Asian American Art presented by The Starfruit Collective (formerly known as the Queer Southeast Asian Creative Circle).

 

Student magazines will be available for sale.

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Saturday, November 1st 2025

កូន Koun: A Khmer Youth Archive

​Opening Reception

Inheritance is about what is passed down — not just through blood, but through memory, culture, silence, and storytelling.


Legacy is about the impact we leave behind — through our actions, our stories, and how we choose to live.

Join us for the opening of កូន Koun: A Khmer Youth Archive.

 

Student magazines will be available for sale.

YOUTH ARTISTS

Empowering youth to express their voices and stories unapologetically and confidently through creative arts

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Artist

Cece

2024 Grant Awardee of Ann Bancroft / Artist

Bio Soon to Come

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Digital Artist / Writer

Julie Lee

2023 Grant Awardee of Ann Bancroft / Visual Artist

In my free time, I enjoy both writing and drawing. I like writing short stories and poetry. I also like drawing things from nature and anything else that inspires me. What fuels my drive to create, be it through words or pictures, is the idea of being able to tell a story. I want to create pieces that are simply fun to look at or that can inspire others. Something I aspire to do one day is capture the stories of my family’s history and maybe even other Hmong stories through my work. I like reading books, going on walks when the weather’s nice, and occasionally playing mobile games.

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Visual Artist

Natalie Vuong

2023 Grant Awardee of Ann Bancroft / Visual Artist

My pronouns are she/they/he. I am imaginative, curious, and timid. I have a thirst for knowledge and a love for nature and video games. You can often find me doodling muscular people with cute little cat and frog heads or playing open-world games that let me explore to my heart’s content. I am passionate about traditional mediums such as pencil, watercolor, and clay. However, I occasionally use digital programs such as Illustrator, Magma, and Procreate to create my art. I usually draw people and animals in very inconsistent styles. 

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Acknowledgements

This initiative is funded in part by MHC with money from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund that was created with the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.

 

This initiative is also made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

 

Lastly, we thank Asian Economic Development Association and XIA Gallery & Cafe for providing space and resources to incubate this initiative. 

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