Preserving Hmong Minnesota Heritage and Paj Ntaub in a Holiday Coloring Book Project

The project went very well. Our original proposed to complete this project is June 2023, in fact, we completed the project three month earlier (March 2023) because of community efforts. We cannot thank you our team, volunteers, and community members enough for this amazing collaboration for the many hours for in-person meetings and zoom meetings to organize, coordinate, and assign tasks/duties for completing the project for the community. WHAT WORK WAS ACCOMPLISHED?
Thank you so much for the grant opportunity on our Preserving Hmong Minnesota Heritage and Paj Ntaub in a Holiday Coloring Book Project.We were able to pull this project through because of the Minnesota Humanities Center with money from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund that was created with the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008 (we also included this statement in the book publication). Because of the Center's support and commitment to preserving ethnic Minnesotans' communities' cultures and identities, this book project is one of our BEST coloring books that showcases of Hmong arts, illustrations, and traditional clothing and Paj Ntaub. We're very pleased with the outcome as a result of this funding.

GOAL ACHIEVEMENT:
We achieved our goal by meeting monthly (whether in-person or Zoom) with all volunteers and committee members. Working with our Hmong artists, designs, and volunteers at the Hmong Archives, we were able to organize the book project by blending designs and symbols from traditional Hmong culture with the magic of the Winter season. The amazing result speaks for itself, and the book celebrates the best of both worlds: Hmong Minnesota & Winter Wonderland.

GOAL MEASUREMENT:
We want to make sure that the project includes the diversity of Hmong Paj Ntaub in Hmong characters, our designers and volunteers drafted, illustrated, and drew over 80 detailed and imaginative pages that feature the beautiful Hmong Paj Ntaub identity to reflect the ethnic Hmong people and culture. It is our hope that this coloring book will teach Hmong and non-Hmong children and families about the beautiful winter wonderland of Hmong Minnesotans.