The selection of short films in “Our Voices” was curated for Grand Park’s Our L.A. Voices, a spring pop-up Arts+Culture Fest that celebrates the diverse and powerful artistic voices in Los Angeles County. These films premiered on Grand Park’s digital platforms from Saturday, April 25 - Sunday, April 26, 2020; but don’t worry, you can watch them all again here!
Read MoreWe are grateful to the Mike Kelley Foundation for an Artist Project Grant to work on a project that will explore the changing landscape of Little Tokyo's First Street North, started by our 2018 +LAB Artist-in-Residence Tina Takemoto. We look forward to celebrating how the diverse cultures and histories of Los Angeles converge in Little Tokyo.
Read MoreWe are proud to announce our Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Virtual Showcase, slated for Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May. The Virtual Showcase aims to highlight artists whose stories are critical at this moment. From celebrating our histories and cultures, to mobilizing our communities to be socially and politically active, we are looking forward to presenting FREE films and panels to keep us connected.
Read MoreGrand Park’s popular spring arts experience, Grand Park’s Our L.A. Voices: A Pop-up Arts+Culture Fest, goes virtual as Grand Park celebrates the richness and resilience of Los Angeles’ arts community with a free performing and visual arts exhibition, featuring some films produced by VC’s Digital Histories and Armed With a Camera filmmakers.
Read MoreThanks to Ava DuVernay and her foundation ARRAY Alliance, Visual Communications is honored to be a recipient of an ARRAY GRANT. We are grateful for the support to continue our work.
Read MoreWith the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), we understand that it has been an extremely challenging time for our creative community. We recognize that many people are feeling anxious about the immediate future and the loss of income. We are compiling a list of as many emergency funding sources and additional resources for artists as we can find, and we will continue to add to this listing as more resources become known and available.
Read MoreThis past summer, our VC Archives Program Associate Rino Kodama worked on a photo-journalistic project documenting portions of the 21st season of Tuesday Night Cafe, the longest running spoken word/open mic venue in all of Southern California since 1999.
Read MoreWe’re excited to launch VC CONNECT, an online destination through which just some of the hundreds of films and media productions created by Visual Communications can be found for your enjoyment. Each week, we’ll roll out a new batch, specially themed for our audience’s diverse cinematic palate. Our focus this week is Little Tokyo, featuring films made by participants in our Digital Histories program.
Read MoreAs a member of the Asian Pacific American Media Coalition, Visual Communications is proud to support the premiere of two new television series on cable networks that feature South Asian Americans: the unscripted FAMILY KARMA on Bravo and the animated MIRA: ROYAL DETECTIVE on Disney Junior.
Read MoreWe are closely monitoring the latest developments of coronavirus (COVID-19) and are listening to the recommendations of our local health officials at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. We are moving forward with our Festival as planned, and should the situation change, we will update you right away.
Read MoreCo-organized by Visual Communications, the “Sweet 16” edition of the Asian Pacific Filmmakers Experience in Park City was another successful event, comprised of eight filmmaker panels, over thirty speakers, and audience members of nearly 800 cinematic and media artists, activists, and casual movie-goers.
Read MoreSign up for one of Visual Communications’ “tagging parties" to help us add historical info to images in our VC Archives! If you have knowledge of some (or even many) of the people, places, and/or events that took place over VC's nearly 50-year history, we need your help.
Read MoreFor the 16th year, Asian Pacific filmmakers are making their presence felt throughout Park City with a wide range of remarkable films and creative projects at the 2020 Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals. Join us at our 2020 Asian Pacific Filmmakers Experience to celebrate from Jan 24-Jan 26.
Read MoreOur September 19th event “REFLECTIONS/REFRACTIONS: 10 Works Inspired by At First Light” brought together ten artists — and two musicians — who were invited to select an image from the current “At First Light” exhibit that inspired them to create an original written work to perform in front of a live audience. Read about how this event was a success!
Read MoreOn Tuesday, October 8, join Visual Communications and Sustainable Little Tokyo for “Spaces to Grow, Spaces to Protect: An Arts and Community Conversation with Place-Makers,” a special panel of arts educators, activists, and curators and their role in nurturing and supporting community artists as part of the new series “ART4FSN.”
Read MoreOn Thursday, October 17th, join Visual Communications and UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs for the closing program of At First Light: The Dawning of Asian Pacific America, “Dawn of a New Day: Asian American Women Who Are Changing Media.” The event consists of a panel of Asian American women in film/TV/media who promote social change with their work discussing how the Asian Pacific American movement has evolved and continues to change the face of media.
Read MoreAttention filmmakers and media artists! Are you looking for money to fund your project documenting California and need help writing your grant? On Monday, September 23, 2019, join California Humanities for an informational workshop hosted by Visual Communications on how to apply to the 2019 California Documentary Project grant program.
Read MoreJoin Visual Communications and Japanese American National Museum on Thursday September 19th for REFLECTIONS/REFRACTIONS: 10 WORKS INSPIRED BY “AT FIRST LIGHT,” a program presented in conjunction with At First Light: The Dawning of Asian Pacific America, on view at the Japanese American National Museum from May 25 through October 20, 2019.
Read MoreVisual Communications is proud to host our 2019 +LAB Artists in Residence (+LAB AIR) Amy Sanchez Arteaga & Misael Diaz from Cog•nate Collective and their project addressing the most recent cycle of displacement that is affecting Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo.
Read MoreOn Thursday, August 15 at the Tateuchi Democracy Forum, Visual Communications will be hosting the program “At First Site”, opening with a reception at 6:00 PM and starting the program at 7:00 PM. Come witness the power of arts activism as we showcase artists who use their work to resist and organize.
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