May 21, 2004
Cy Thao chronicles Hmong migration in Minneapolis Institute of Arts exhibitShare
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Laura McCallum - Reporter, Cy Thao - Interviewee, Doug Padilla - Interviewee
MPR’s Laura McCallum profiles Cy Thao, a legislator and artist, who has an exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. "The Hmong Migration" is a series of fifty oil paintings by Thao, and represent the unfolding of 5,000 years of Hmong history. Thao said he feels an obligation to tell the Hmong story, and to preserve it for generations.
Thao is a DFL state representative, and only the second Hmong state legislator in the country.
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