ABRAHAM FERRER is Exhibitions Director at Visual Communications,
a Los Angeles-based Asian Pacific American media arts center.
Since 1988 he has served as co-director of The Los Angeles Asian
Pacific Film Festival (VC FILMFEST), and organizes year-round
screening programs for Visual Communications and a variety of
community arts and media organizations. He has also served as
a program consultant for international film festivals including
the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival,
Cinemanila International Film Festival and Singapore International
Film Festival, and has written extensively on issues relevant
to the development of Asian American cinema.
JOEL QUIZON received a Film Degree from CSUN back when
they still used film and has in subsequent years worked in independent
films of dubious distinctions. Shifting focus to the recording
industry, Joel had a four year stint with London-Sire Records
until they folded. Currently, he works for E! Entertainment. Joel
also hosts an afternoon of music at Tribal Café called
"diggin' Sunday" every 3rd Sunday of the month, where he and resident
selectors and music heads spin Jazz, Pinoy Rock, Asian Funk and
various other vinyl oddities and crate treasures.
WENDELL PASCUAL is an ascetic fish swimming through concrete
inhaling smog. he is the media arts facilitator for the pilipino
artists network and pushes buttons for kpfk 90.7fm los angeles
(www.kpfk.org)
as the producer and enginner for the weekly radio broadcast aziatik
rhythmz. designs for florasynthesis.com and is the in house graphic
designer for ucla live! (www.uclalive.org).
SPECIAL
THANKS:
Alex Cordero
Jilly Canizares
Alison De La Cruz
Lakandiwa de Leon
Mar Elepaño
Glenda Gamboa
Meg Imamoto
Leslie Ito
Diana Lee
Jeff Liu
Angela Makabali
Ernie Peña
William Phuan
Rudolpho Vera Quizon
Carolina San Juan
Vanessa Vela
Alden Villaverde
Phil Yu
All PINOY VISIONS 2006 artists
The presentation of PINOY VISIONS 2006 is part
of Visual Communications' ongoing screening series, Remapping
L.A. For additional program information, contact Visual Communications
at (213) 680-4462 x25; or on the World Wide Web at: www.vconline.org.
For more information on the FPAC Fiesta Weekend or FilAm ARTS,
Inc., please call (323) 913-4663; by e-mail: fpacla@yahoo.com;
or on the World Wide Web at: www.filamarts.org.
The ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF FILIPINO AMERICAN
ARTS & CULTURE (FilAm ARTS, Inc.) is a non-profit organization
founded in 1999 to promote and nurture the advancement of Filipino
arts and culture throughout Greater Southern California and North
America. Its year-round program of arts presentation and education
activities is highlighted by the Festival of Philippine Arts &
Culture, the Southland's premiere showcase of Filipino American
and Philippine contemporary and traditional visual, performance,
media, culinary and literary arts. Established in 1992, FPAC attracts
in excess of 20,000 visitors and features both world-renowned
and locally-cultivated artists in all disciplines.
VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS is the nation's premier
Asian Pacific American media arts center, and is funded in part
by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, Department
of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles, The Diane Middleton
Foundation, The Getty Foundation, The James Irvine Foundation,
The Japan Foundation, Japanese American Community Services, Los
Angeles County Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Arts,
Workplace Hollywood, and corporate and community supporters.
