Finding Family Stories: A Collaboration between the Japanese American National Museum and UCLA Extension Visual Arts

2 Saturdays: June 14 and June 21, 2003

Venues:

• Japanese American National Museum
• California African American Museum

Fee: $95 non-members/ $85 members of the Japanese American National Museum and California African American Museum

Artists, curators, designers, and educators, involved in "Finding Family Stories" share their experiences in this arts partnership project initiated by the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) with the California African American Museum (CAAM), The Chinese American Museum, and Self-Help Graphics and Art.

Artists were invited into a collaborative process to produce work that speaks to the complexity of families, communities, and the urban environment. At the first meeting of this 2-day program, attendees participate in a guided tour and discussion with project staff of the exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum. At the second meeting, attendees are led by artist Dominique Moody at the California African American Museum and participate in a special arts workshop.

About the Artist:
Dominique Moody trained in classical western visual arts methods at the Philadelphia College of Art and Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. In 1979, she moved to San Francisco and was inspired by the Haight-Ashbury community of artists. In the 1980s Moody suffered a permanent alteration of her eyesight with the loss of depth of field, detail focus and color. Challenged with a blindness that made obvious the limitations of her classical skills, Ms. Moody returned to school, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California at Berkeley where she delved into collage and mixed-media work. Most recently Ms. Moody received a grant from the California Community Foundation through the Getty Arts Trust to continue her ground breaking artistic exploration.

Museum Staff

• Claudia Sobral, Project Director, Japanese American National Museum
• Kristine Kim, Project Associate, Japanese American National Museum

Venue Addresses:
Japanese American National Museum
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012

California African American Museum
600 State Drive
Exposition Park
Los Angeles, CA 90037

For more information about attending this program, please contact UCLA Extension Visual Arts Department at Tel: 310-206-1422, press 6.