{"id":596,"date":"2022-11-30T05:15:39","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T05:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vaala.org\/art-exhibitions\/on-refuge\/?page_id=596"},"modified":"2025-09-11T18:02:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T18:02:25","slug":"special-thanks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vaala.org\/art-exhibitions\/on-refuge\/special-thanks\/","title":{"rendered":"Acknowledgement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"g-rerkrqm\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m3 section-g-rerkrqm gutentor-module gutentor-container-cover\"><div class=\"grid-container\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading special-thanks\"><strong>Acknowledgement<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"g-6l0crfb\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m3 section-g-6l0crfb gutentor-module gutentor-container-cover\"><div class=\"grid-container\">\n<p>We sincerely thank curator Audrey Bui and the talented artists featured in the exhibition <em>On Refuge: 50 Years of Recomposition <\/em>for their creativity and dedication. Our appreciation also goes to the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA) and its supportive staff, especially Jeffrey Frisch (Executive Director), Robin Repp (Executive Secretary), Debra Vodhanel (Exhibitions Director) and Brennan Roach (Chair, Technology Committee), for graciously hosting the exhibition. This exhibition is made possible by the Stop the Hate Program Funding from The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) Civil Rights, Accessibility and Racial Equity (CARE) Office.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We would also like to recognize Camille Wong for web development, Brenda Huynh for graphic design, Corey Linh as the Communication Specialist, Alan Trinh as the Volunteer Recruiter, and An Le for marketing and photography. A special thanks to all the volunteers who helped make this exhibition possible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Board of Directors, VAALA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About VAALA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>About the Vietnamese American Arts &amp; Letters Association: VAALA was founded in 1991 by a group of Vietnamese American journalists, artists, and friends to fill a void in the community and provide a space for newly resettled immigrant artists to express themselves. VAALA\u2019s mission is to connect and enrich communities through Vietnamese art and culture. Historically run entirely by volunteers, VAALA is a community-based non-profit organization. Over the years, VAALA has collaborated with diverse community partners to organize numerous cultural and artistic events. VAALA\u2019s four core programs include the annual Viet Film Fest and Viet Book Fest, the Gallery Beyond Walls program featuring art exhibitions, and free art and film workshops for youth, such as Youth in Motion: A Filmmaking Workshop for Emerging Filmmakers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaala.org\/art-exhibitions\/on-refuge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaala.org\/art-exhibitions\/on-refuge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaala.org\/art-exhibitions\/on-refuge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaala.org\/art-exhibitions\/on-refuge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaala.org\/art-exhibitions\/on-refuge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/vaala.org\/art-exhibitions\/on-refuge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2332,"href":"https:\/\/vaala.org\/art-exhibitions\/on-refuge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/596\/revisions\/2332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaala.org\/art-exhibitions\/on-refuge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}