From Myanmar to Minnesota: Stories of Resettlement, Reconciliation, and Revolution opening reception

Join us for the opening reception for this exhibit featuring the work of many artists from the Myanmar community in Minnesota. There are more than 30,000 residents of Minnesota who are of the Myanmar diaspora community, making it the largest concentration of the Myanmar diaspora anywhere outside of Southeast Asia. This exhibition is appropriate and timely given the proximity that Metro State and the broader Minnesota community has to the Myanmar diaspora, as well as the current realities this community is facing. Myanmar is home to the longest running civil war in the history of the world and is currently under its third violent military coup. At this moment, more than 2,000,000 people around the world have been displaced by violence in Myanmar.

The opening reception takes place 5–7:30 p.m., Thursday, October 26, with a talk starting at 7. Gallery hours are 1–7 p.m., Monday to Thursday, October 30 – November 30. The gallery is located at the university’s Saint Paul Campus on the third floor of the Library and Learning Center, 645 East Seventh Street.