by Frances Phillips | Jan 24, 2014
In the middle decades of the 20th Century, the Modernist architecture of Modesto, California, was on the cutting edge of environmental and artistic design. The Heckendorf Residence, designed by John Funk in 1939, attracted national museum and press attention and is...
by Frances Phillips | Dec 20, 2013
Media artist Jen Gilomen collaborated with COLAGE to create Family Time, a 15-minute film and a participatory multimedia exhibit tracing two decades of evolution in the concept of family as experienced by people with one or more Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender,...
by Frances Phillips | Nov 27, 2013
Collaborating with the acclaimed artist and teacher Ruth Asawa and the Ruth Asawa Fund, media artist Valerie Soe created a 23-minute impressionistic video, “Each One Teach One: The Alvarado School Art Program,” tracing the history of a pioneering...
by Frances Phillips | Nov 15, 2013
Filmmaker Ellen Bruno collaborated with Kids’ Turn to create SPLIT, a one-hour documentary film exploring the inner world of children, ages 6-12, who are maneuvering through the often frightening and always life altering separation of their parents. Studies have shown...
by Frances Phillips | Nov 1, 2013
Filmmaker Sophie Constantinou is collaborating with Urban Strategies, Inc. to create a 20-minute documentary that tells the story of Tyrone Mullins and Demario Lee, two young-adult residents of public housing who developed a trash cleanup and recycling business, Green...
