Meet our VC Archives Artists-in-Residence: Linda Wei! As a first-generation Chinese-American adopted into a Black and mixed-race family, she found refuge in the visual arts amid a tangle of identities. Ever since, she has fiercely championed the right to choose one’s own name and tell one’s own story.
Read MoreMeet our VC Archives Artists-in-Residence: Habiba Hassaan! Habiba is an Egyptian filmmaker and a multi-disciplinary artist with a BFA degree in animation from California State University Long Beach and a minor in Photography.
Read MoreMeet our VC Archives Artists-in-Residence: Derek Benig! Derek is a writer, director and content producer based in Los Angeles, CA by way of SF, Boulder and Boston. He is an alumni of Emerson College.
Read MoreMeet our VC Archives Artists-in-Residence: Mia Barnett! Mia is a freelance filmmaker and organizer based in Los Angeles with a passion for building community.
Read MoreMeet Gillian Gee, our UCLA Mellon MLIS Graduate Intern! She is currently a second-year MLIS student at UCLA specializing in Archival Studies.
Read MoreVisual Communications mourns the passing of our former staff member and lifelong friend, Mariano “Mar” Elepano, who was part of the VC family from 1985 to 2007.
Read MoreMeet Kate Ahn, our Archives Exhibition Intern this summer! Kate is a recent graduate from UCLA with a degree in film.
Read MoreMeet Isaac Bolanos, our Archives Preservation Intern this summer! Isaac is joining us as a part of the Getty Marrow Internship Program to help with managing the archives.
Read MoreMeet Valerie Naing, our Artistic Programs Intern this summer! Valerie is an outgoing UCLA student in the Fall majoring in Philosophy and minoring in Asian-American Studies.
Read MoreIn 1970, Bob founded Visual Communications as a community based media organization to document and empower our communities. Through his work, Visual Communications became a story of peoples and communities in movement.
Read MoreMeet Penelope Jia, our Development and Communications Intern this summer! Penelope is a D.C. native entering her third year at Occidental College with a major in Economics and a minor in Asian Studies.
Read MoreIn celebration of Pride Month, Visual Communications is partnering with Color Congress for the Resistance & Joy Screening Tour and to present a community screening in Los Angeles!
Read MoreVisual Communications is proud to announce the VC Archives Artists in Residency, a program years in the making, rooted in our commitment to resourcing artists as stewards, creators, and extensions of our community-first values.
Read MoreThe National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awards over $31.8 million in funding to support art organizations nationwide. Visual Communications is grateful to be a recipient of the 2025 Grants for Arts Projects Award to support the Los Angeles Asian American Pacific Film Festival.
Read MoreOur hearts are with our friends, families, and communities impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires. We hold space to grieve and offer resources to help our community rebuild. Together, we will get through this.
Read MoreMeet Blair Black, our newest UCLA Mellon MLIS Graduate Intern! Blair is a L.A. native in her second year of the Masters Library Information Science (MLIS) program at UCLA with a specialization in (Media) Archival Studies.
Read MoreThe Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) is proud to announce the lineup for the third annual LAAPFF PRESENTS: HONG KONG GENERATIONS OF CINEMA, sponsored by Hong Kong Economic And Trade Office, San Francisco. The special 2-day showcase will take place on October 26 and 27, 2024 at AMC Atlantic Times Square 14 in Monterey Park.
Read MoreVisual Communications is thrilled to be 1 of 35 Los Angeles organizations to receive a General Operating Support Grant. With the support of the Perenchio Foundation, we can continue to deliver high-quality arts programming and expand our capacity to serve our community.
Read MoreMeet Esperanza Bey, our UCLA Mellon MLIS Graduate Intern! Esperanza is an Archivist/Librarian and recent graduate of University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Library & Information Science program with a specialization in Archival Studies
Read MoreWe would like to congratulate John Esaki on his recent retirement from the Japanese American National Museum!
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