WEST ENCOUNTERS EAST® documentary
Japanese Brazilians
West Encounters East®, a 60-minute documentary film released in 2013 by PBS, explores the themes of immigration, alienation and assimilation through the works of Japanese-Brazilian artists, descendants of a century-old diaspora that has given São Paulo, Brazil, the largest Japanese population outside Japan.
WEST ENCOUNTERS EAST® documentary
The Fragility of Tradition
In the upcoming documentary, The Fragility of Tradition, we see how generations of artists find the strength to endure, while remaining flexible- much like the natural form of bamboo.
A JOURNEY TO THE SOUL OF GUNA YALA©
ArtLab @ The Lowe
The documentary, A Journey to the Soul of Guna Yala, is about a young University of Miami student, Jessica Figueroa, who makes a return trip to the Guna Yala Islands off the coast of Panama.
ARTLAB @ the lowE
Fish Tales
The eighth edition of ArtLab @ The Lowe is the result of the collaboration of undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in a museum studies course during the spring 2017 semester, drawing on the impressive collection of the Lowe Art Museum.