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Visual Communications Receives 2025 NEA Grant for Arts Projects
The 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.
Meet a VC Intern: Blair Black
Meet 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.
Visual Communications Receives Perenchio Foundation General Operating Support Grant
Visual 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.
Meet a VC Intern: Esperanza Bey
Meet 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
Meet a VC Intern: Dana Worrell
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!
Meet a VC Intern: Dani Nalangan
Meet 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!
Meet a VC Intern: Emma Fukunaga
Meet 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!
Meet a VC Intern: Emma Cho
Meet 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!
We Went to Joshua Tree!
As 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!
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.
What We See "Through Linda's Eyes"
Visual Communications is excited to celebrate the art of photography by sharing the results of our latest Linda Visions programming: "Through Linda's Eyes".
Meet a VC Intern: Margarita Verde
Meet 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!
Meet a VC Intern: Kimmy Rice
Meet 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!
A Reminder to Love Everyday
June 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.
Meet a VC Intern: Bella Kwan
Meet, 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!
39th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Recap
As 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.
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.
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.
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.”
Meet a VC Intern: Kathy Ou
Meet 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!