New art exhibition explores what it means to be ‘here’ for immigrants in America

Reported by STLPR

Mee Jey was six months pregnant when she and her husband took a leap of faith and left India in 2017. The young couple were St. Louis bound after Jey earned a scholarship to pursue a master of fine arts from Washington University.

“It was an incredibly hopeful yet an incredibly risky move that we made,” Jey said. “But in some part of our heart we knew we’d make it through.”

Much of that transition is a blur for Jey, but what she does remember is the many identity shifts she experienced after moving to the U.S. She went from being viewed as a woman, wife and accomplished artist in India to a mother, student and an immigrant in America. (Listen to the full story here).