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Meet a VC Intern: Kate Ahn
Meet Kate Ahn, our Archives Exhibition Intern this summer! Kate is a recent graduate from UCLA with a degree in film.
Meet a VC Intern: Isaac Bolanos
Meet Isaac Bolanos, our Archives Preservation Intern this summer! Isaac is joining us as a part of the Getty Marrow Internship Program to help with managing the archives.
Meet a VC Intern: Valerie Naing
Meet Valerie Naing, our Artistic Programs Intern this summer! Valerie is an outgoing UCLA student in the Fall majoring in Philosophy and minoring in Asian-American Studies.
In Memory of Robert A. Nakamura, Our Founder
In 1970, Bob founded Visual Communications as a community based media organization to document and empower our communities. Through his work, Visual Communications became a story of peoples and communities in movement.
Meet a VC Intern: Penelope Jia
Meet Penelope Jia, our Development and Communications Intern this summer! Penelope is a D.C. native entering her third year at Occidental College with a major in Economics and a minor in Asian Studies.
VC and COLOR CONGRESS Present: Resistance & Joy
In celebration of Pride Month, Visual Communications is partnering with Color Congress for the Resistance & Joy Screening Tour and to present a community screening in Los Angeles!
Introducing VC Archives Artists-In-Residence
Visual Communications is proud to announce the VC Archives Artists in Residency, a program years in the making, rooted in our commitment to resourcing artists as stewards, creators, and extensions of our community-first values.
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.
Little Tokyo’s Response for the Fires in the Los Angeles Area
Our hearts are with our friends, families, and communities impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires. We hold space to grieve and offer resources to help our community rebuild. Together, we will get through this.
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.
LAAPFF Presents: Hong Kong Generations of Cinema 2024
The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) is proud to announce the lineup for the third annual LAAPFF PRESENTS: HONG KONG GENERATIONS OF CINEMA, sponsored by Hong Kong Economic And Trade Office, San Francisco. The special 2-day showcase will take place on October 26 and 27, 2024 at AMC Atlantic Times Square 14 in Monterey Park.
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
Celebrating John Esaki
We would like to congratulate John Esaki on his recent retirement from the Japanese American National Museum!
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!
AWC Vol. 2023 & HITO HATA Screening at the Honolulu Museum of Art (HoMA)
VC is thrilled to announce we will be going back to Hawai'i to present a collection of films at the Honolulu Museum of Art (HoMA) from May 23-26, 2024!
Meet Our 2023-2024 AWC Fellow: Alfred Bordallo
Meet one of our 2023-2024 Armed With a Camera (AWC) fellows, Alfred Bordallo! Alfred is a CHamoru visual artist from Guåhan currently based in Los Angeles. His work focuses on recollecting and honoring the fragmented and, more importantly, repurposed facets of CHamoru identity through the analog mediums of photography and video.