Sahan Journal: Each November, the Hmong American Farmers Association offers artwork people can buy alongside produce grown by Hmong farmers. This year’s art -- candles featuring flowers from a Hmong family’s field -- comes with a good story.

MPR News: Sisters Xee and Pachia Vang didn’t want the unsold flower bouquets at their family’s farm stand to go to waste.  

When the sisters were invited to create a piece of art to accompany the Hmong American Farmers Association’s Thanksgiving farm share, they decided to preserve their family’s flowers in candles.

After her son, hip-hop artist John Walt, was murdered in 2017, Nachelle Pugh started a foundation to honor his memory and invest in the next generation of young Chicago artists. This fall, the John Walt Foundation awarded its first scholarships.