Visual Communications, Los Angeles CA | Nearby Businesses

• Arts and Entertainment
• Community Organization
• Non-Profit Organization

120 Judge John Aiso St, Bsmt
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 680-4462

The Union Center for the Arts anchors the northwestern end of the Little Tokyo Historic District. It was formerly Union Church, the combined home of three Japanese American congregations, was completed in 1923. With the onset of World War II, it was in front of this building that residents of the district joined the residents of Terminal Island, whose community had been razed 48 hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Residents lined up with a single suitcase allowance awaiting transportation to join 10,000 people sent to the War Relocation Center in Manzanar in 1942. Most of those transported to the internment camps lost all of their property, and were unable to return to living in their old community after the war, scattering the population throughout the city. During the war the building was used as a community center for African Americans arriving from the deep south in search of work in wartime industry as part of the 'Great Migration'. The neighborhood had some of the only housing in the city that did not have restrictive housing covenants based on color, and quickly became highly populated. Three years into the war, the neighborhood was renamed Bronzeville, and was home to crowded conditions and 'breakfast clubs' - jazz clubs that were known to stay open until dawn. In 1943, a part of the 'Zoot Suit Riots' spread into the area. At the close of 1945 the Japanese Americans gradually began re-establishing a community center, where LIttle Tokyo remains a very diverse part of central Los Angeles. The building located on Judge John Aiso Street was damaged during the 1994 Northridge earthquake, leaving it unusable. The Little Tokyo Service Center Community Development Corporation completed a multi-million dollar renovation of the building in 1998 to house three arts organizations - the East West Players, Visual Communications and LA Artcore, and is a successful example of adaptive reuse.

For the audiences that attend the live screenings, Channel 101 is a chance to sit in the worn-out chair of the fat network exec, drunk on the blood of lowly artists whose right to exist is given in exchange for their ability to nourish. If there are 10 shows in the screening and 7 of them are good, that means 2 good shows aren't coming back and the power of life and death is in your hands. Base your decision on whatever you want. You run the network. You pick the programming. Then come back in a month and see the next episodes of the shows you picked- plus a healthy crop of new pilots. Dump the whole lineup and start fresh, or keep your favorite show running all year. Unlike "real" television, at Channel 101, what you want is what you get more of, and the day you stop wanting something is the day it stops. For the creatives that participate, Channel 101 is where the rubber meets the road. The deadlines are unreasonable, the time limit is impossible, the pay is non existent and the judgment is blunt. The amount of ego and sense of entitlement with which you enter is exactly proportional to the amount of pain you'll experience before you leave. Channel 101 is where you learn three things: How to fail, how to succeed, and finally, how there is no difference between the two. After all, the only thing as bad as being told your pilot failed is being told that your third episode was worse than your second. And the only thing as good as having the number one show is having a chance to come back with something new. In the mean time, you become harder, faster and fearless. You surrender to the audience as life-giving God and acquire total creative freedom through that surrender. You make connections with fellow creatives, you have something to look forward to all the time and for a few shining moments here and there, you're in the zone and your life takes on a little meaning. Audiences: Please join us at our next FREE screening. We have one every month here in Los Angeles. Directors: Be a part of our movement. Every month you sit around and think about what you're going to do is a month you could've done something. Turn yourself loose and submit to Channel 101.

The Little Tokyo Art Complex is an artist studio work-space, art gallery and artist community. During the downtown Artwalk the LTAC opens it's doors to the public, to allow studio tours, live mural paintings and public art projects that allow the walking public to stop by and paint.

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Established in 1965, East West Players has been called “the nation’s pre-eminent Asian American theater troupe” (New York Times 12/16/01) for our award-winning productions blending Eastern and Western movement, costumes, language, and music. EWP has premiered over 100 plays and musicals about the Asian Pacific American experience and has held over 1,000 readings and workshops. Our emphasis is on building bridges between East and West, and one measure of our success is an audience of 56% Asians and a remarkable 44% non-Asian attendance.

From its inception, as a not for profit organization, Artcore has dedicated itself to the task of finding and exposing artists locally and internationally whose work shows dedication, excellence and originality. Artcore focuses on artists of all walks of life spurring the creativity of both emerging and established artists. Artcore's operative word has always been "opportunity," both for the artists, and for the community to have access to art. Artcore is committed to its mission of making art accessible without the constraints of the market economy. As such it exercises freedom of choice based strictly on quality and contribution to the community. One of our strategies is to expand contact between visual artists regionally and internationally by seeking the artists’ involvement in our vision. Another strategy is to draw increasingly diverse audiences from the widest possible spectrum of our community. Mature developed artists will establish year-round art programs and workshops designed for children, youth and adults to discover visual arts and its core values.

We use real, licensed teachers in America to deliver content-based language instruction to Asia via high-tech teleconferencing equipment. Our teachers are licensed, experienced professionals who have graduated from some of the finest schools in the U.S., including Princeton, Harvard, Columbia, Brown and UCLA.

DIY Media engages youth from underserved and underrepresented neighborhoods in Los Angeles and trains them in digital filmmaking and media technology. Students who excel in our DIY Media program are selected to participate in DIY Productions. DIYP student apprentices earn stipends and gain valuable on-the-job training while making films and media for clients. DIY Productions is a cohort of youth filmmakers, media professionals, and non-profit educators who create public service announcements and social media for non-profits and small businesses.

Follow us on: Twitter at twitter.com/gfbnec Flickr at https://www.flickr.com/photos/131894057@N06/? YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/442vets Website: www.goforbroke.org OUR MISSION: To educate the public about the responsibilities, challenges and rights of American citizenship by using the life stories of the Japanese American soldiers of WWII.

The Asian Business Association was founded in 1976 to proactively help Asian Americans gain access to economic opportunities and advancement. Through the efforts of the organization the ABA works towards bringing together divergent groups spanning the Asian business community on issues which mutually affect their business interests. Asian Business Association is a non-profit membership based organization that has been proactively assisting Asian American small businesses to gain access to economic opportunities and advancement for over a quarter of a century. ABA makes every effort to provide members with current information on business opportunities and outreach programs with major corporation and public agencies. Through our activities, we continue to build a strong business relationship among our members. Our events include our monthly mixers, golf tournaments, award banquets, business education training seminars and more.

The Japanese American National Museum is the first museum in the United States dedicated to sharing the experience of Americans of Japanese ancestry as an integral part of U.S. history. In 1985 the Japanese American National Museum was incorporated as a private, nonprofit institution. Over the next several years, volunteers sought backing from community groups. Seeking to safeguard the rich oral histories of first generations immigrants, or Issei, and the artifacts, photographs, written records and other materials documenting the lives of Japanese Americans before, during, and after the World War II mass incarceration, National Museum founders enlisted the support of the Japanese American community. In 1992, the Japanese American National Museum opened its doors to shed light on the Japanese American experience--a process of immigration and re-settlement common to so many Americans. _____________ Core exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community Incorporating hundreds of objects, documents and photographs collected by the National Museum, this exhibition chronicles 130 years of Japanese American history, beginning with the early days of the Issei pioneers through the World War II incarceration to the present. Among the notable artifacts on display is a Heart Mountain barracks, an original structure saved and preserved from the concentration camp in Wyoming.

Maid cafes are a recent but quickly growing phenomena that originated in Tokyo at the turn of the millennium. They mainly appeal to anime fans, giving them the chance to interact with a stock character of many animes. However, anyone who relishes the idea of being waited on as if they where the master or mistress of a private estate instead of a mere cafe patron, might also enjoy a trip to a maid cafe. Not surprisingly, many butler cafes have also sprung up in order to offer the same experience to women who want to be pampered by attractive male domestics. While such “cosplay cafes” offer the usually assortment of food and drinks, the main attraction is the atmosphere and the waitstaff, and patrons will often pay for the chance to, for example, play a card game with their favorite maid. The closest parallel to a maid cafe one can find in American culture might be restaurants like Hooters, where the attractiveness of the waitstaff is the major selling point. However in terms of aesthetics, it would be hard for them to be more different. In some respects, they resemble a beauty salon, where many people consider the pleasant, congenial atmosphere to be as great an enticement as the services offered.

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Founded in 1971, the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center is one of the largest ethnic arts and cultural centers of its kind in the United States. The mission of the JACCC is to present, perpetuate, transmit and promote Japanese and Japanese American arts and culture to diverse audiences, and to provide a center to enhance community programs. The Japanese American Cultural and Community Center is the preeminent presenter of Japanese and Japanese American, and Asian American performing and visual arts nationally. The JACCC also provides office space to a wide variety of nonprofit cultural, educational and community-based organizations in Los Angeles.