Hla mus rau cov ntsiab lus

8 min nyeem

Ua kev zoo siab rau peb Renamed Artist thiab Culture Bearer Fellowships.

Kev caw rau Hloov Kab lis kev cai.

Los ntawm Bao Phi

Peb yog tsim los ntawm cov lus, dab neeg,
infinite txoj hauv kev los ntawm qhov twg
peb xav txog peb tus kheej. 

-excerpted los ntawm "Lub Npe" los ntawm Karenne Wood 

Nrog rau ntau tus neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw thiab cov neeg tawg rog los ntawm ib lub tebchaws uas tsis yog lus Askiv, tsis yog lus Romance yog tus qauv, Kuv tau raug yuam ntev los suav nrog lub zog ntawm cov npe hauv Asmeskas. Ib lub npe tuaj yeem ua ib qho khoom plig rau cov poj koob yawm txwv thaum ua rau kev thuam ntawm qhov chaw ua si. Nws tuaj yeem yog ob qho tseem ceeb ntawm kab lis kev cai, thiab tsis muaj kev hu rov qab rau kev xam phaj haujlwm. Lub npe tuaj yeem yog kev caw, lub nra, kev sib cav, pib. 

Raws li pab neeg ua yeeb yam tau tshaj tawm cov tswv yim tshiab hauv 2021, pom lub hom phiaj los txhawb lub zog, muaj tswv yim, thiab kev coj noj coj ua ntawm Minnesota cov kws ua yeeb yam, muaj ntau qhov xav paub, tej zaum qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws: leej twg ploj lawm? Leej twg yog McKnight nrhiav los ua haujlwm rau? Raws li peb txuas ntxiv txhim kho txoj kev ua yeeb yam hauv Minnesota kom ua tau zoo dua qub, muaj tswv yim, thiab muaj ntau lub neej yav tom ntej uas tib neeg thiab ntiaj chaw vam meej, peb nruj me ntsis tshuaj xyuas peb qhov kev txhawb nqa mus. Txoj kev sib raug zoo ntev ntev uas muaj cov tswv cuab hauv zej zog, cov koom tes, thiab ntau tus neeg ua haujlwm McKnight tau txheeb xyuas qhov tseeb tias qee tus thawj coj muaj tswv yim los ntawm qee cov kab lis kev cai, xws li Neeg Qhab Asmeskas thiab Hmoob, feem ntau tsis siv lo lus "tus kws kos duab," tab sis yog leej twg yog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev sib kis thiab kev txuag. ntawm kab lis kev cai lifeways. McKnight xav tsim lub aperture loj dua, tshwj xeeb los txhawb cov keeb kwm marginalized thiab underrepresented pab pawg neeg uas nws xyaum tej zaum yuav tshwm sim nyob rau sab nraum kev teeb tsa thiab nruj Eurocentric framings.  

Ib Lub Npe Tshiab los nthuav dav thiab txais kev coj noj coj ua

Xyoo 2022, Arts Program, qhov kev pab cuam ntev tshaj plaws ntawm McKnight, tau hloov nws lub npe mus rau Arts & Culture Program. Kev hloov lub npe yog ob qho kev caw thiab kev sib tw: kev caw rau kab lis kev cai loj los rov xav txog peb lub ntsiab lus ntawm tus kws ua yeeb yam tuaj yeem yog, thiab kev sib tw sab hauv txhawm rau txheeb xyuas qhov cuam tshuam, thiab rhuav tshem cov teeb meem, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog hauv kev pabcuam rau cov neeg tsis muaj npe. . 

Ua raws li tus thawj coj ntawm nws qhov kev pab cuam niam txiv, Kev Sib Koom Tes tau hloov nws lub npe mus rau McKnight Artist & Culture Bearer Fellowship. Muab khoom plig $25,000 rau 49 Fellows hauv Minnesota hla 15 ntau yam kev qhuab qhia txhua xyoo (saib 2023 cov phooj ywg), nws yog ib qho ntawm cov nyiaj pub dawb tshaj plaws rau cov neeg ua yeeb yam hauv lub tebchaws. Qhov kev hloov ntawm Artist Fellowship mus rau Artist & Culture Bearer Fellowship tau qhia meej txog ntau yam kev qhuab qhia thiab kev coj noj coj ua uas ua rau Minnesota qhov chaw zoo. Tsis tas li ntawd, cov lus invokes peb tsom ntsoov rau lub tus neeg tsim kev kos duab thiab enacting cov kab lis kev cai es tsis yog ib yam khoom los yog tshwm sim.  

Muaj ib lo lus uas nrov: tib neeg xav tau kev kos duab, tab sis lawv tsis xav them nyiaj ua yeeb yam. Raws li cov kab kev xav, peb paub tias cov kab lis kev cai muaj feem ntau tsis muaj nqis. Lub tswv yim ntawm Txoj Haujlwm Sib Koom Tes ib txwm muaj, yooj yim thiab tsis txaus ntseeg, tsom mus rau kev txhawb nqa rau cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv nruab nrab ntawm kev kos duab thiab kab lis kev cai. Yog tias koj tsis pab txhawb nqa lub neej thiab kev coj ua ntawm cov kws ua yeeb yam thiab cov neeg coj noj coj ua, koj tsis tau txais kev kos duab thiab kab lis kev cai.  

Cov phooj ywg thiab cov qhua ntawm 2023 McKnight Foundation kev ua koob tsheej saib cov yeeb yaj kiab qhuas cov neeg laus hauv zej zog, tus kws kos duab, thiab 2023 Culture Bearer Fellow Nothando Zulu.

Txhawb cov kws kos duab thiab kab lis kev cai ua cov thawj coj rau yav tom ntej zoo dua

Tab sis vim li cas thiaj li pab nyiaj rau cov neeg ua yeeb yam thiab cov kab lis kev cai thaum muaj ntau qhov chaw tseem ceeb los txhawb nqa? Nyob rau lub sijhawm keeb kwm no ntawm cov ntaub ntawv xov xwm tsis tas yuav xaus thiab kev sib cais ntawm kev sib raug zoo, ntau tus hauv kev pab nyiaj txiag thiab sab nrauv tau txheeb xyuas qhov tsim nyog ntawm kev hloov pauv. Txhawm rau hloov lub ntiaj teb mus rau ib qho kev ncaj ncees thiab muaj zog dua, peb yuav tsum hloov pauv kab lis kev cai. Raws li keeb kwm, neeg sau xov xwm, thiab tus thawj coj hloov pauv Jeff Chang hais tias, "Kev nom kev tswv thiab txoj cai yog qhov twg qee tus neeg nyob rau qee lub sijhawm, tab sis kab lis kev cai yog qhov chaw uas tib neeg feem ntau nyob hauv lub sijhawm."  

Cov kws ua yeeb yam thiab cov neeg coj kev coj noj coj ua yog qhov tseem ceeb rau kev hloov pauv kev coj noj coj ua uas peb xav pom kom muaj kev ncaj ncees thiab ntau haiv neeg. Lawv yog ob leeg tuav keeb kwm thiab cov thawj coj mus rau yav tom ntej zoo dua. Piv txwv li, Delina White, ib tug 2023 Fellow nyob rau hauv Textile, melds Native American beadwork mus rau niaj hnub khiav khiav, thiab nws txawv txawv thiab revolutionary txheej txheem koom nrog kev sib ntsib thiab ua hauj lwm nrog cov qauv ua ntej nws tsim rau lawv. Thiab Dr. Artika Tyner, ib tug 2022 Fellow in Children's Literature, yog tus kws lij choj paub zoo, tus thawj coj xav, thiab tus neeg saib xyuas kev hloov pauv hauv zej zog, uas ua rau cov khoom zoo li no rau hauv nws cov menyuam cov phau ntawv. 

"Artists thiab culture bcov pob ntseg yog ib qho tseem ceeb rau kev hloov kev coj noj coj ua peb xav pom kom muaj kev ncaj ncees thiab ntau haiv neeg. Tnyob zoo ob tus tuav keeb kwm thiab cov thawj coj mus rau yav tom ntej zoo dua.”

—Bao Phi, Arts & Culture Program Officer

McKnight txoj haujlwm tsis tuaj yeem tshwm sim yog tias tsis muaj kev koom tes tseem ceeb uas peb tau tsim nrog cov koom haum tsis muaj txiaj ntsig uas tswj hwm thiab tswj hwm Kev Sib Koom Tes raws li hom. Peb cov neeg koom tes muaj txiaj ntsig suav nrog Minnesota Center for Book Arts (Book Artists), Northern Clay Center (Ceramic Artists), Lub Chaw Cowles (Choreographers thiab Dancers), American Composer's Forum (Composers), Pillsbury House Theatre (Cov Zej Zog Koom Tes Ua Yeeb Yam), Hauv paus txawm. Hauv paus (Culture Bearers), Textile Center (Textile Artists), FilmNorth (Media Artists), MacPhail Center for Music (Musicians), Playwrights' Center (Playwrights), Highpoint Center for Printmaking (Printmakers), Minneapolis College of Art thiab Tsim ( Visual Artists), thiab Loft (Creative Writers). Qee qhov kev sib koom tes no ncav cuag ntau dua plaub xyoos, thiab qee qhov muaj tsawg dua tsib xyoos. 

Raws li ib tug me nyuam, kuv yuav nquag taug kev hauv cov chav tsev ntawm ntau lub tsev cia puav pheej zoo nkauj, los yog saib kev ua si, los yog nyeem ib phau ntawv, thiab xav paub seb cov duab tsim los ntawm cov neeg zoo li kuv, lossis ntau tus neeg hauv kuv lub zej zog, puas yuav muaj nuj nqis.

— Bao Phi

Boa Phi nrog nws tsev neeg nyob rau xyoo 1975.

Ib kauj ruam muaj zog, Ib qho kev nug txuas ntxiv

Hloov peb lub npe mus rau McKnight Artist thiab Culture Bearer Fellowship yog ib kauj ruam tseem ceeb thiab tseem ceeb, ua kom peb ncav cuag thiab rhuav tshem cov kev xav tsis tu ncua ntawm kev pab nyiaj txiag hauv kev ua yeeb yam zoo li cas. Tab sis peb txoj haujlwm tsis ua tiav. Nrog rau peb cov neeg koom tes, peb txoj haujlwm, thiab peb cov zej zog, peb yuav tsum tau nug txuas ntxiv mus, leej twg raug tso tseg? Thiab peb xav tau dab tsi los pab loj hlob hauv txoj haujlwm no? 

Ntau xyoo dhau los, raws li ib tug menyuam yaus uas nyiam txhua yam kev kos duab loj hlob hauv thaj chaw muaj nyiaj txiag tsis zoo thiab ntau haiv neeg ntawm Minneapolis, kuv yuav taug kev hauv ntau lub tsev khaws puav pheej zoo nkauj, lossis saib kev ua si, lossis nyeem phau ntawv, thiab xav paub tias kos duab tsim los ntawm cov neeg zoo li kuv, lossis ntau tus neeg hauv kuv lub zej zog, puas yuav muaj nuj nqis.  

Tsuas yog ob peb lub hlis dhau los, kuv tau mus koom kev ua koob tsheej qhuas txog 2023 Culture Bearer Fellows ntawm Hauv paus hauv paus. Ib tug ntawm Fellows, Ginga da Bahia, tus ua las voos, choreographer, thiab tus kws qhia seev cev uas tau kawm hauv Modern, Technical, Afro, thiab Jazz seev cev, ua ib yam dab tsi txawv los ntawm kev hais lus ib txwm muaj. Nws caw sawv daws tuaj seev cev nrog nws. Thiab cov neeg coob coob nyob ntawd, ntawm txhua lub hnub nyoog thiab txhua qhov chaw ntawm lub neej, tau mus rau lawv ko taw thiab koom nrog nws. Kuv xav tias, qhov ntawd yog hom ntiaj teb uas peb xav kom loj hlob mus rau hauv. 

Hmoob