Community of Images: Japanese Motion Image Artists in the US 1960s-1980s
Co-sponsored by Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia and Philadelphia-based digital archive Collaborative Cataloging Japan, the exhibit that ran June 14 - August 9, 2024 was the culmination of a two-year project funded by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.
Rob led community outreach and engagement programs for the exhibit, including a one-day symposium at University of Pennsylvania that was co-sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies and Asian American Studies Program.
In addition to the exhibit taking place at the Philadelphia Art Alliance, Rob organized a series of events and community programs highlighted Philadelphia-based artists and media-making organizations. Events included a youth media workshop presented in partnership with public access station PhillyCAM, a film screening of commissioned works by contemporary Japanese/Japanese American artists at Asian Arts Initiative, artist talks with contemporary immigrant artists at Fleisher Art Memorial and Twelve Gates Arts, and the temporary construction of a geodesic dome on the Oval near the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Visit www.collabjapan.org/documentation-community-of-images-japanese-moving-image-artists-in-the-us-1960s1970s to learn more about the exhibit.