{"id":449207,"date":"2026-08-31T21:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T21:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/449207\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T21:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T21:08:10","slug":"threads-of-belonging-mural-debuts-in-south-sacramento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/449207\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Threads of Belonging&#8217; mural debuts in south Sacramento"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Threads of Belonging&#8217;: Weavers from Hmong, Palestinian and Filipino communities bring mural to south Sacramento library<\/p>\n<p>8-foot by 30-foot mural now up on Valley Hi-North Laguna library building<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/news-team\/1f41bb28-c7a4-455b-8f7c-863fbf73bff1\" aria-label=\"Melanie Wingo profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1f41bb28-c7a4-455b-8f7c-863fbf73bff1_1610307638.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Melanie Wingo\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">A hand-woven work of art is now on display at south Sacramento&#8217;s Valley Hi North-Laguna Library.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Artists, local officials and people from the community came together Monday to celebrate the installation of the new Threads of Belonging mural.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">The 8-foot by 30-foot mural went up on the on the library building after about six months of work.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Project creators say the mural reflects the themes of memory, migration, resilience, and belonging.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">It was crafted by about 40 weavers from various cultural backgrounds after several workshops were held to discuss the project.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">&#8220;The project blends three different cultures. Hmong, Palestinian and Filipino, and textiles are such an important part of our cultural heritage and our sense of belonging and place,&#8221; explained artist Pachia L. Vang, who along with Jamie P. Cardenas and Ren Allathkani created the design. &#8220;We wanted to put that up in a public way, in a big way, so that people can all see the great diversity here in south Sacramento.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">Project coordinators say the mural was paid for by community contributions, grants and fundraising efforts.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">&#8220;The project is supported by the city but is not city-funded,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/sacramentocityexpress.com\/2026\/02\/13\/threads-of-belonging-mural-highlights-cultural-textile-traditions-in-south-sacramento\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a statement about the project<\/a> on the city of Sacramento&#8217;s website read. &#8220;To support placement of the mural on City property, the Office of Arts and Culture is partnering with the District 8 Council Office through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofsacramento.gov\/ccs\/oac\/public-art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Art in Public Places<\/a> program. City staff have provided planning, permitting and licensing support for the installation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">The mural is weather-resistant, and it will be in place for the next two years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;Threads of Belonging&#8217;: Weavers from Hmong, Palestinian and Filipino communities bring mural to south Sacramento library 8-foot by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[177775,38699,4962,20055,109695,3799,43279,177773,16780,788,177772,37484,5392,177774,121,123,122,6508,33066,177769,177771,177770,177776],"class_list":["post-449207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-art-in-public-places","tag-belonging","tag-city-of-sacramento","tag-cultural-traditions","tag-district-8","tag-filipino","tag-hmong","tag-jamie-p-cardenas","tag-migration","tag-mural","tag-pachia-l-vang","tag-palestinian","tag-public-art","tag-ren-allathkani","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-south-sacramento","tag-textiles","tag-threads-of-belonging","tag-valley-hi-north-laguna-library","tag-valley-hi-north-laguna","tag-weavers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}