Master Lei Yixin in front of his Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. sculpture of the Stone of Hope Statue on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (National Park Service Photo)

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The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial was dedicated this month on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

The memorial site is described as invoking the memory and spiritual presence of MLK with a sense of place of the Civil Rights movement. A path of water, stone and landscape demonstrates the relevance and timelessness with passages from his sermons and speeches and all leading to his sculpture in the “Stone of Hope”.

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A New National consortium of arts funders called ArtPlace selected project for potential to be replicated across the U.S.

Soon, hundreds of projects led by local artists will bring new life and vibrancy to the Central Corridor Light Rail Line in Saint Paul, thanks to a new partnership announced today between the City of Saint Paul, Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support Corporation and Springboard for the Arts.

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Join celebrated urban photographer Wing Young Huie, creator of Lake Street USA and The University Avenue Project-during the Twin Cities Northern Spark Festival, in viewing 1500 photos while batting glow-in-the-dark ping-pong balls with friends and strangers!

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Led by Pan Asian Arts Alliance, local Asian American & Pacific Islander arts groups have come together to host first ever – Pan Asian Arts Festival, a month-long celebration of the May Pan Asian Heritage Month. All events are free and open to the public. The free events begin with Part I on May 1, 2011 from Noon to 5:00 p.m. at the Landmark Center, 75 West 5th Street, St. Paul, MN 55102. The Asian style festival is a family day celebration of pan Asian heritage with dance, music, storytelling, arts and crafts and carnival games.

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Wing Young Hui (artist photo)

Hosted by Public Art Saint Paul and Wing Young Huie, the University Avenue Project Showcase includes live music, silent auction, photos and meet the artists opportunities on February 27, 2011 from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Dancers Studio, 1508 University Avenue W., St. Paul. The event is free and open to the public.

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ArtStart will present its annual fall festival, the ”Children’s EcoArts Festival” on Saturday, October 9, 2010 from 12-5 p.m. in Mears Park and Cray Plaza (formerly Galtier Plaza), in Saint Paul, Minnesota. A free family event, the festival celebrates the common bond as one people reliant on a healthy environment, most especially water, through the arts.

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Few cities in America are feeling the cultural changes of urban immigration as rapidly and intensely as Minnesota’s capital of St. Paul.

The Mexican, Chinese and African American community of Minnesota has been present for over a century, with Japanese and Taiwanese communities emerging in the past half century. However, it has been the past 20 years that the tapestry of St. Paul and Minneapolis has transformed from its largely Irish, German and Scandinavian feel to include a quadrupling of the Asian and Pacific Islander community, particularly the Southeast Asians, and more recently the growing immigrant Africans, Latin Americans and East Europeans.

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Dr. Francois Nguyen, his 3 year-old son, Mike, right, and 9 year-old son, Duke (not pictured), were on hand early Sunday to fly kite at Wishes for the Sky. (AAP staff photos by Tom LaVenture)

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ST. PAUL (April 25, 2010) – The constant threat of rain last Sunday didn’t hamper the spirits of Wishes for the Sky, the annual green, zero-waste interactive public art experience celebrating Earth Day alongside the Mississippi River on St. Paul’s Harriet Island.

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