Coming out of a generation that witnessed the ramifications of the Cultural Revolution, the Tiananmen Massacre and the landmark 1989 China/Avant-Garde exhibition and its subsequent closing by state authorities, Hangzhou-based artist Zhang Peili and Beijing-based artist Zhu Jia have used the medium of video and photography since the early 1990s to navigate the sea of changes in contemporary China.

A Cloud of Hope, is a feature film that wishes to address the hopes/dreams, actualization, and eventualities of the African Independence Movements of the ’60s. The project will take three countries. The first is Guinea, a French Colony the only country in West Africa to declare independence. The second will be Nigeria, a former British Colony that in the aftermath of independence went through a great ethnic divide. The third example will focus on the Congo…

The haudenschildGarage is working in partnership with the Migdalia Rubio Foundation. Its mission is to offer scholarships to economically disadvantaged elementary and high school students in Tijuana, Mexico. The Migdalia Rubio Foundation is committed to supporting students by providing all necessities for their academic success. Their intent is also to encourage the students’ families to become active and involved participants in the basic education of their children.