Join us on April 20, 2024, at Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia for a discussion between Colombian-born photographer Idalia Vasquez-Achury and Indonesian dancer/community advocate Sinta Penyami Storms where they will explore what it means to make art across nationalities, racial identities, and diasporic communities.
This program is presented as part of the upcoming exhibition “Community of Images: Japanese Moving Image Artists in the US, 1960s–1970s” which will take place June 14–August 9, 2024, at the Philadelphia Art Alliance. Visit the Exhibition Website >>
Some artists featured in the exhibition were Japanese expatriates in America. Navigating a complex landscape of dislocation and new connections is a common experience among immigrant artists working outside their homelands. That experience of otherness and of cultural exchange is one of the essential threads that will be explored by the exhibition.
April 20, 2024
6:00–7:30pm
Fleisher Art Memorial
719 Catherine St, Philadelphia / Google Maps >>
Admission to this program is free, but advance registration is requested.
Exhibition Organizers
“Community of Images” is curated by the collective members of Collaborative Cataloging Japan (CCJ) — Go Hirasawa, Julian Ross, and Ann Adachi-Tasch — and co-presented with Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia (JASGP), with community engagement leadership by Rob Buscher.
Drawing from specific instances represented in the exhibition, the program organizers aim to form connections between the historic practices to the contemporary and the local. By collaboratively thinking through these specific instances with Philadelphia-based artists and media-making organizations, they aim to organize programs that bring this history alive and meaningful to today’s audiences.
Acknowledgments
“Community of Images” is co-presented by Collaborative Cataloging Japan and Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia in partnership with the Philadelphia Art Alliance at University of the Arts. Major support has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, with additional support from the Andy Warhol Foundation, the Toshiba International Foundation, Pola Art Foundation, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
