Visual Communications Receives 2024 NEA Grant for Arts Projects

Visual Communications Receives 2024 NEA Grant for Arts Projects

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awards over $27.1 million in funding to support art organizations nationwide. Visual Communications is grateful to be a recipient of the 2024 Grants for Arts Projects Award to support the Los Angeles Asian American Pacific Film Festival.

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AWC Spotlight | Kristina Wong

AWC Spotlight | Kristina Wong

Performance artist, comedian, writer, and Pulitzer Prize finalist in Drama, Kristina Wong describes her aesthetic as “subversive, humorous, and endearingly inappropriate”, Wong employs humor to address difficult subjects, social issues, and amplify marginalized experiences.

Read more about how AWC shaped the future of Kristina’s performance work and what projects she has been working on.

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Visual Communications Receives 2023 NEA Grant for Arts Projects

Visual Communications Receives 2023 NEA Grant for Arts Projects

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced the first round of recommended awards for fiscal year 2023, with more than $34 million in funding to support the arts nationwide. This is the first of the NEA’s two major grant announcements each fiscal year and includes grants to organizations through the NEA’s Grants for Arts Projects, Challenge America, and Research Awards categories. Visual Communications is grateful to be a recipient of the 2023 Grants for Arts Projects Award to support the Los Angeles Asian American Pacific Film Festival.

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We Went to Hawai'i!

We Went to Hawai'i!

As part of our growing practice to center wellness and joy, Visual Communications Staff and Armed With a Camera Fellows took a renewal trip to Hawai'i.

“I loved connecting with people in a relaxed and casual atmosphere. It was really important as I came away, not only feeling closer to everyone, but also really valuing the community we have and inspired to keep building community.

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A Festival in Flux: VC and its Film Festival 1999 - 2003

A Festival in Flux: VC and its Film Festival 1999 - 2003

The years 1998 through 2003 were game-changing years for Visual Communications, as the organization shifted from a creation based organization to a talent incubator with a focus on developing programs like the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Take a look at some photos from the VC Archives that were selected by our 2020 Winter Quarter Program Associates from UCLA.

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