“Indigo Shade Map is a research-based interactive storytelling online map and community project that started as introducing four different types of indigo plants. The purpose of developing the Indigo Shade Map, is to compile a reference of indigo art and share how indigo plays a significant role in connecting people, understanding different cultures, and inspiring curiosity and cultural unity. With the online map, my goal is to publish a periodical paper magazine in order to share them with people who have limited internet access.
Moving forward, I would like to provide a free in-person indigo dye session and project the online map to the public so people get the chance to interact with it. F.E.A.S.T funds will be used for supporting all of those productions. The map was originally created in 2016 and re-developed during the beginning of pandemic in 2020. The map was being implemented as an online project, including online educational contents and a storytelling series. It was the most effective way of being connected with people during the Pandemic. Online indigo dye workshops and lectures about Asian indigo were provided by collaborating with several local organizations. My ultimate goal is to provide a rich, beneficial, educational, and joyous ecosystem to get through these difficult times. I hope to be continuously connected with BIPOC farmers, Artists, Asian diasporic immigrants and youth communities in order to let them find time to honor their own cultures and have healing moments from the current events.”