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HAPPY WHO AM I is an exploration of identity, and what makes you YOU. A group of 12 youth, working with professional videographers and artists created videos that reflected their own identities. These videos are now shared via an "interactive treasure hunt" on the streets of Frogtown, connecting the youth to the community. The world premier of this work was at the Center for Hmong Arts and Talent in Frogtown on May 20, 2016.
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The Artists
Thaiphy Phan-quangVideo Artist/Teacher
Thaiphy picked up his first video camera in 1995 and started shooting skateboard videos of his friends. Since then he has filmed some of the top professional skateboarders in the world, as well as taught video skills to teens in the Bay Area and New Orleans. He's a Frogtown resident and a new father! |
Nadia HonaryVideo Artist/Teacher
Nadia is passionate about working behind the lens, with over 10 years of experience in photography and 8 years experience in video production. Currently, she works full time for St Paul Neighborhood Network leading workshops in storytelling and video production techniques for youth and adult members, gently guiding individuals in methods to best achieve their vision and ways to tell their own story. |
Farrington LlewellynVideo Artist/Teacher
Farrington is founder of the Black Identity Series, 1/2 of the socially conscious hip hop duo Khem Clan and a multi-media artist. Seeking healing and clarity through storytelling, he’s interested in expressing ideas that cannot be taken out of context. |
Tyler OlsenArtistic Director
Tyler is the leader of Dangerous Productions, as well as a theater artist, director, and writer. He does everything from horror theater to parkour projects to musicals, and is excited to explore new ways that video can engage and change a community for the better. |
Happy Who Am I? is a part of Dangerous Productions' Happy Frogtown Project, made possible, in part by a grant from the Knight Foundation's Knight Arts Challenge.
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This project made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
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HAPPY FROGTOWN is also supported by and working towards the work of the Victoria Theater Arts Initiative (VTAI). Over the past several years VTAI has been working to turn a long vacant historic theater near University Avenue and Victoria into a community-owned venue with space for visual and performing arts. Your donation towards this project will help create a stronger, more beautiful community in Frogtown and Summit-University. www.victoriatheater.org
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