Check out the recent articles and videos featuring Mama Suzanne.
Videos
Project Paj Ntaub Featuring Suzanne Thao
Hmong Museum's longest running program, Project Paj Ntaub, is a space for intergenerational communities to gather together and learn the art of paj ntaub.
Minnesota woman teaches Hmong needlework to keep cultural traditions alive
May 14 is Hmong American Day in Minnesota. An integral tradition of that culture is “paj ntaub” or needlework.
How to make a moj pob for Hmong New Year
In this video, Suzanne Thao demonstrates how to make and explains what a moj pob ball is and what it is used for. Young Hmong men and women would participate in a ball tossing activity as a form of courtship during the Hmong New Year.
List of recent workshops, presentations, & knowledge sharing opportunities on Hmong Paj Ntaub
April 2016 – Present: Project Paj Ntaub – Monthly workshops https://hmongmuseummn.org/project-paj-ntaub/
May 2017: Workshop presenter at Hmong American Day - MN History Center, St Paul, Minnesota
February 2019: Paj Ntaub making classes at the Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, Minnesota
October 2019: Participant as photo subject for one of Paul Rome’s photo art gallery on artists and their creative place – Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, Wisconsin (https://paulrome.photo/portfolios/creative-spaces/)
November 2019: Workshop presenter at New Professional Development Workshop for Educators! – TPT, St. Paul, Minnesota
January 2020: Quiltfok Publication – Issue 13: Minnesota “Hmong Textiles”, pgs. 104-115 (https://www.quiltfolk.com/issue-13-minnesota/)
December 2021: Workshop instructor – Making balls for pov pob (ball toss game at Hmong New Year) – Hennepin & Ramsey County Library systems
November 2021 – January 2022: Hmong clothing expert for “From Our House to Yours” Holiday Exhibit at American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (https://asimn.org/exhibition/from-our-house-to-yours/)