Meet a VC Intern: Matthew Scarlett
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Meet Matthew Scarlett, our 2021 Development Associate! Learn more about his experience interning with VC, what’s on his bucket list, and why running competitively brings him joy.
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An Online Multi-Media Exhibit: Where Are You At?
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The UCLA undergrads who interned at Visual Communications during their Spring 2021 quarter have endured over a year of remote learning and social isolation. Check out this virtual gallery to see how Leah Janelle “LJ” Isorena, Keana Mataalii, Yang Xi, and Janice Yun have harnessed the power of the creative arts to show us how they are coping with the effects of the pandemic in their respective parts of the world.
Read MoreVisual Communications Recognized as One of "America's Cultural Treasures" and Receives LA Arts Recovery Fund Grant
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We are thrilled to be a recipient of the LA Arts Recovery Fund! As one of 90 nonprofits receiving grants, we are humbled to be recognized as one of “America’s Cultural Treasures,” and are excited to continue serving our community and contributing to the rich cultural fabric and economic recovery of LA County.
Read MoreVC Connect #22: F*** Your Bad Day
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Racial and sexual violence against marginalized communities have been long standing issues in the United States. These Armed With a Camera films are commentaries on fetishization, violence, and white supremacy that subvert your expectations.
Read MoreVC Connect #21: Kith and Kin
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Whether it be a nuclear family or individuals banded together to memorialize the good times, the need for “family” is strong within the Asian American & Pacific Islander community. So it is in this set of intimate portraits of people whose bonds are unshakeable, created by our Armed With a Camera and Digital Histories filmmakers.
Read MoreMeet a VC Intern: Tommy Tang
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Meet Tommy Tang, our 2020-2021 LACAC Marketing & Social Media Intern! Learn more about his experience working remotely with VC during the pandemic.
Read MoreMeet a VC Intern: Serena Rodholm
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Meet Serena Rodholm, our 2020-2021 UCLA Archives Intern! Learn more about her experience working remotely with VC and how she balances student & intern life during the pandemic.
Read MoreVisual Communications to Receive Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
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Visual Communications has been approved for a Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support our annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. We look forward to being able to continue our work with the Festival.
Read MoreCorky Lee: Undisputed, Unofficial, Unforgettable
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Corky Lee was a New York City photographer and activist who documented Chinatown and Asian Pacific American communities. He passed at the age of 73 after battling COVID-19. In this article, our Archives & Distribution Manager Abraham Ferrer recounts his 30+ year long friendship with Corky.
Read MoreVisual Communications Receives Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funding
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Visual Communications is proud to announce that we have received a prestigious community-based archives grant from New York-based Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which will enable VC to complete “Making Memories Matter Again,” a years-long process to digitize, preserve, and activate the “born-on-film” component of its Asian Pacific American Photographic Archive.
Read MoreJoin us at Suite VC during the 2021 Sundance Film Festival!
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Join us at Suite VC during the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Here is a starting point for media-based conversations that can bridge understanding between communities and different allies. By amplifying storytellers and centering their friendships and experiences, we hope to align diverse perspectives to build a better world for all of us.
Read MoreMeet a VC Intern: Jennifer Payan
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Meet Jennifer Payan, our 2020 LACAC Archives Intern! Learn more about her experience working remotely with VC and how she balances student & intern life during the pandemic.
Read MoreMeet a VC Intern: Jocelyn Song
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Meet Jocelyn Song, our 2020 Getty Multicultural Programs Intern! Learn more about her experience working remotely with VC and how she balances student & intern life during the pandemic.
Read MoreVisual Communications a Recipient of LACAC CARES Act Funds
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Visual Communications is grateful to be a recipient of the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture (Arts and Culture) CARES Act fund, awarded to 337 arts nonprofits suffering from COVID-19 business interruption and closures through its LA County COVID-19 Arts Relief Fund.
Read MoreVC Connect #20: The Stories Behind the Picture
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In anticipation of Visual Communications’ 50th anniversary celebration, we are pleased to bring back a series of documentaries built around the vast holdings of the VC Archives, compiled, lensed, and edited by VC co-founders Duane Kubo and Eddie Wong. Accompanied by revealing interviews with many of the subjects who were captured in their younger days by VC founders and core staffers, these short films provide a glimpse into the spirit and vitality of the burgeoning Asian American Movement in all its forms. Join us for a special Monday Nite VC conversation on Monday, November 16, 2020 at 5pm PT featuring special guests as they discuss the VC Archives and its ongoing legacy.
Read MoreHighlights of the 2020 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
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In our continued work to create spaces for expression, engagement, and empowerment, we proudly kicked off the 36th annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, presented online from September 24 to October 31, 2020, reflecting a lineup that centered conversations that are most critical and compelling at this time. Here are some of the highlights of our Festival.
Read MoreJoin us for a virtual VC Archives "Tagging Party"!
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Sign 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! All sessions will take place via Zoom.
Read MoreART4FSN: What Can Us Artists Do?
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As we count down to Election 2020, join Visual Communications and the Sustainable Little Tokyo/Arts Action Committee on Tuesday, October 27 at 5pm PT for a lively conversation on how community artists can use their talents to engage their constituents.
Read MoreVC Connect #19: Which Way, Little Tokyo?
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Post-WWII community “re-development” initiatives have created waves of disruption, casting the vitality of Los Angeles Little Tokyo in doubt. In this program curated in cooperation with the Little Tokyo Community Impact Fund and featuring many highlights from our Digital Histories production program for older adults, we cast an observant eye on our community-builders and institutions that no longer exist, and hold out hope for a brighter future. Join us on Monday, October 5, 2020 at 4pm PT for a Monday Nite VC conversation about measures being undertaken by stakeholders to advocate for long-term solutions to protect the character and legacy of Little Tokyo.
Read MoreVC Connect #18: Lessons Learned from GRASSROOTS RISING
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We’re excited to bring back a special Monday Nite VC presentation featuring GRASSROOTS RISING, a documentary produced by Visual Communications and directed by Robert C. Winn. Join us on Monday, September 7, 2020 at 11am PT for a FREE daytime webinar as we chat with director Robert C. Winn and special guests whose work in various labor fronts are as vital today as they were when GRASSROOTS RISING was first screened in 2005. In the face of perhaps the most consequential Presidential election in over a generation, the lessons learned from the various organizing actions depicted in the film are sure to resonate strongly today.
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