Meet one of our our latest #VCSummerInterns, Dana Worrell! Dana Worrell is joining us from UCLA to be the Getty Marrow Archive Preservations Intern.
Learn more about her involvement in and passion for the arts, favorite noodle soup, and experience with storytelling through research and dance!
Read MoreMeet one of our our latest #VCSummerInterns, Dani Nalangan! Dani recently graduated from UCLA and is joining us in the Archives team as the Getty Archives Exhibition Intern.
Learn more about her many artistic hobbies and her professional and research interests as a first-gen Filipino American!
Read MoreMeet one of our our latest #VCSummerInterns, Emma Fukunaga! As our 2024 Artistic Programs Intern, Emma is joining us as a graduate from Scripps College to support our program development!
Learn more about why she chose VC and her love for baking and dancing!
Read MoreMeet one of our our latest #VCSummerInterns, Emma Cho! As our 2024 Development and Communications Intern, Emma is joining us from Occidental College to support the marketing, fund development, and external communication efforts.
Learn more about why she chose VC, her interests in AAPI history, and her toothless cat Buff!
Read MoreAs part of our growing practice to center wellness and joy, Visual Communications Staff and 2024 Armed With a Camera Fellows took a renewal trip to Joshua Tree!
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreVisual Communications is excited to celebrate the art of photography by sharing the results of our latest Linda Visions programming: "Through Linda's Eyes".
Read MoreMeet VC's new Programs Intern: Margarita Verde! Learn more about her role in the Armed With a Camera (AWC) fellowship, her favorite VC moments, and stay tuned for her TikTok on @vcmediaorg!
Read MoreMeet Kimmy Rice, VC’s 2023 Archives intern. Learn more about her daily duties in the archives, the Getty Marrow Undergraduate Intern experience, and her songs of the summer!
Read MoreJune is over and we are excited to show love to our LGBTQIA+ artists and organizations who continue to share their work and experiences with us year-round.
Read MoreMeet, Bella Kwan, our 2023 Development and Communications Intern! Learn more about her favorite VC moments, interest in the history of Asian Americans in media, and her favorite food/drink spots in Little Tokyo!
Read MoreAs May comes to an end, Visual Communications reflects on the 39th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. This year, VC presented 10 days of films and events, from May 4th to 13th.
Read MorePerformance 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreAs 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.”
Read MoreMeet Kathy Ou, our 2022 LACDAC Development and Communications Intern! Learn more about her roots in southern China, her curiosity for Asian American history and communities, and her latest obsession with a Chinese dance show!
Read MoreMeet Cindy Nguyen, our 2022 LACDAC Programs Intern! Learn more about her coming-of-age from SGV to UCLA, enthusiasm for culture and community, and love for window shopping.
Read MoreMeet Jenny Park, our 2022 Archives Exhibition Intern! Learn more about her experience at VC, her passion for art, art-making, and telling and uncovering stories from the depth of history that uplift and empower the AAPI community.
Read MoreAfter a year and a half of virtual presentations, we brought back the 37th annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, presented by Visual Communications, to in-person theatres and celebrated the works of seasoned and emerging artists from September 23 to October 2, 2021. The largest Festival of its kind in Southern California and an Academy Award® qualifying Festival for the Short Film Awards, LAAPFF was a 10-day Festival that recognized the works of more than 140 artists, 19 countries, and 34 languages.
Read MoreWe understand that this Festival presentation was not what our artists had imagined when they began creating their projects, with a dream to openly celebrate their films with our communities. To create the Festival’s in-person moments to connect and converge, we are highly focused on protocols and procedures to keep us all safe. We ask you to be mindful and protective of each other. Let us be graceful to one another.
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