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State Foundation on Culture and the Arts DECEMBER 2024 Newsletter



2025 Legislative Session
The State of Hawaiʻi 2025 legislative session officially opens January 15, 2025.

Public testimony is an important part of the legislative process! The legislature has resources online, including workshops and tutorials through the Legislative Reference Bureau’s Public Access Room.  

•   Hawaiʻi State Legislature: capitol.hawaii.gov.

◦   My Legislature: create a free account to get hearing notifications, submit testimony, and track measures: capitol.hawaii.gov/account.

◦   Public Access Room: get free tutorials, workshops, and other resources for learning how to engage with the process and communicate with legislators: LRB.hawaii.gov/par.

•   State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA) news page: get updates on the SFCA website: sfca.hawaii.gov/news. Posts specific to the state legislature: sfca.hawaii.gov/category/news/hawaii-state-legislature-news.
 
SFCA Arts Education Programs

Photo: printmaking exhibition on Hawaiʻi Island featuring student work. Photo courtesy Bonnie Sol Hahn.

Museum Without Walls spotlight: Hawaiʻi island students connect to art, nature, and community
SFCA Artistic Teaching Partner Bonnie Sol Hahn instructed a 12-week Introduction to Printmaking course on Hawaiʻi Island through the Museum Without Walls arts education initiative. This joint grant from the SFCA and Hawaiʻi Community Foundation is focused on increasing access to arts education in Hawaiʻi. It supports residencies for communities experiencing barriers or challenges to accessing arts education, partnering an SFCA Artistic Teaching Partner with a community organization.
Bonnie’s course had nine students ranging in age from 9-13, from Volcano to Keaʻau.

The course connected students to art, nature, and community through printmaking. Students learned about various endemic birds and local plants in addition to printmaking techniques. Students were also able to take home the printmaking materials at the end of the course to continue their personal artistic journeys.

Museum Without Walls spotlight: Kupuna Clay at Palama Settlement
Rayna Galati (Create With Clay) sent Nikki a brief update reflecting on the Kupuna Clay class she taught at Palama Settlement in Kalihi. "The Kupuna Clay session was a huge success. The students really enjoyed working with clay and learning new techniques and their skills, creativity and confidence grew so much during these past seven months. They were prolific! Our classes became a social event and many of the kupuna came early because they loved helping with set up. They would bring their lunches and eat before our classes began. One 90-year old brought her son when he came to visit from Arizona, and he told us that his mother refused to miss clay class, so he came with her."

Museum Without Walls Education Initiative is a partnership of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation and the SFCA, a grant program focused on increasing access to arts education in Hawaiʻi. Learn more about Museum Without Walls on the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation website: HawaiiCommunityFoundation.org/strengthening/museum-without-walls.

Photo: museum visitors in the 2024 Hawaiʻi Regional Scholastic Art Awards exhibit at Capitol Modern.

Call for student artists: 2025 Hawaiʻi Regional Scholastic Student Art Awards competition open through December 15
The entry portal for the 2025 Hawaiʻi Regional Scholastic Art Awards competition is now open! Submissions are due by December 15, 2024, through the Scholastic Art Awards portal. For more information and to enter, please visit ArtAndWriting.org/regions/HI001A.

Questions? Please contact Kamakani Konia at Kamakani.P.Konia@hawaii.gov or 808-586-0736.

2025 Scholastic Student Art Awards portal



Poetry Out Loud competition school registration is open until December 20, 2024
Calling all high school educators! The national Poetry Out Loud competition school registration is open until December 20, 2024. No prior experience is needed. All Hawaiʻi 9-12 grade students are eligible. For more information, please contact Tamara and Honolulu Theatre for Youth, edadmin@htyweb.org.

Please help us get the word out! A printable PDF flyer can be downloaded from the SFCA website: sfca.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Updated_Poetry-Out-Loud-24-25_School-and-Organization-Flyer.pdf.

2025 Poetry Out Loud flyer
 
Capitol Modern


Photos: views of the “Quilted Legacies” 2024 World AIDS Day Memorial Quilt exhibit.

Exhibits closing soon: “Quilted Legacies”, Sculpture Lobby Kiʻi, Hula Kiʻi, “ʻAi ā manō”, and “Nā Akua Ākea”

Last days to view:

•   2024 World AIDS Day Memorial Quilt, Wednesday, December 18

•   Sculpture Lobby Kiʻi, Saturday, December 28

•   ʻAi ā manō and Nā Akua Ākea, Saturday, January 4

•   Hula kiʻi exhibit scheduled to be open through December

December events at Capitol Modern

•   First Friday (student dance showcase, world music, pop-up gift shop), December 6, 5:00 – 9:00 p.m.

•   Friday Night Tempo (jazz), December 20, 5:00 – 9:00 p.m.

•   Museum calendar: CapitolModern.org/events
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CapitolModern.org


 
Calls for Artists, Jobs, Grants, and Other Opportunities

A list of federal, state, and other arts and culture grants/opportunities. Questions regarding a particular opportunity should be directed to the organization listed with the opportunity. Inclusion here should not be interpreted as an endorsement.

A longer list is on the SFCA website news page: sfca.hawaii.gov/calls-for-artists-jobs-grants-and-other-opportunities-december-2024.

•   The Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant program aims to improve the health, well-being, and quality of life for military service members and veterans exposed to trauma as well as their families and caregivers through experiences of art or art making. Applications for qualified organizations are open now and close January 15, 2025. Learn more at CreativeForcesNRC.arts.gov.

•   2025 Performing Arts Showcase (PAD) applications open through January 17, 2025. Performing artists from all traditional, classical, contemporary, and culturally specific art forms – including musicians, hip-hop artists, spoken word artists, dancers, and performance groups – are eligible to apply. Applicants must be US-based professional performing artists, be US citizens or have permanent resident status, have work ready to tour within the year, and submit a complete online form by the January 17 deadline. PAD encourages those who identify as Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) and/or LGBTQ+ to apply. 
For more information and to apply, please go to the Western Arts Alliance website: WestArts.org/pad-application.

•   Hawaiʻi Arts Alliance Engagement Survey: the Hawaiʻi Arts Alliance (State Captain for the national arts advocacy organization Americans for the Arts) would like your input and involvement as they embark on new initiatives. Take the five-question survey online: Hawaiʻi Arts Alliance Engagement Survey.

•   Call for Hawaiʻi Island choreographers: aspiring, emerging and established choreographers across Hawaiʻi Island are invited to apply to the Hawaii Island Choreographers Concert, hosted by West Hawaii Dance Theatre. Applications accepted December 1, 2024 to January 20, 2025. For more information, please visit the West Hawaii Dance Theatre website: whdt.org/hicc.

•   Call for Pacific Northwest artists with multi-generational ties to both Hawaiʻi and the Pacific Northwest: Wing Luke Museum (Seattle, WA) “DISplace” exhibition telling the ongoing story of the communities that connect Hawaiʻi and the Pacific Northwest, with a particular focus on Native Hawaiian and Asian American histories. Learn more and apply: “DISplace” at Wing Luke Museum – Visual Art Application.

•   Call for artists: Kahilu Exhibits “ʻOni: Disturbances & Resilience” entry deadline December 13, 2024. Open internationally. For more information, please go to the call on CallForEntry.org: artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=14294.

•   Call for artists: Go West Exhibition 2025, Dairy Arts Center (Colorado). “This group exhibition will center the experiences of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community, exploring how their stories of migration, settlement, and identity from the global "East" to the global "West" have both embraced and challenged the legacy of the American West.” – Dairy Arts Center. Entry deadline December 6, 2024. For additional information, please go to the call on Call For Entry: artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=14328.

•   Artist residency: Joshua Tree Highlands Residency 2025-6. Seven-week artist residencies in Joshua Tree, California include visual art and writing. Submission deadline December 15, 2024. For more information, please go to the call on Call For Entry: artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=13121.

•   College Radio: KTUH FM Monday Night Live, 9:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m. Local bands can schedule an appearance on the University of Hawaiʻi’s radio station by contacting the KTUH Live Director at 808-956-5288. Leave a message with your name, your band’s name, and your phone number. Learn more about KTUH on their website: ktuh.org.

More jobs, grants, and other opportunities


Student Art Competitions

•   2024 Hawaiʻi Regional Scholastic Art Awards Competition and Exhibit open to Hawaiʻi students grades 7-12, ages 13 and up. Submissions are due by December 15, 2024, through the Scholastic Art Awards portal. Hawaiʻi students grades 7-12 (ages 13 and up) are eligible to enter. Gold Key award-winning artworks will be displayed at Capitol Modern February 22 - March 22, 2024. For more information and to enter, please visit ArtAndWriting.org/regions/HI001A.

•   2025 Naomi Rabb Winston Scholarship for 2-D visual artists ages 16-22:
Applications are open for the 2025 Naomi Rabb Winston Scholarship, offering $16,000 in awards for artists aged 16-22. Hosted by the National Society of Arts and Letters Hawai'i Chapter, the competition provides local and national recognition, with winners advancing to compete for additional awards up to $1,500. Submissions are due by February 1, 2025. For details, rules, and forms, visit arts-NSAL.org or contact Cheri Rauckhorst at cheri.rauckhorst@gmail.com or 808-777-0151.

•   NOAA Annual Marine Debris Program Art Contest, submissions due by December 13, 2024. Students grades K-8 from the United States and U.S. Territories. For details, please visit the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) website: MarineDebris.noaa.gov/annual-noaa-marine-debris-program-art-contest-and-calendar.

•   Science Without Borders 2025 International Student Art Contest, open to primary and secondary school students 11 – 19 years old. Entries must be received by March 3, 2025. For more information and application instructions, please go to the Living Oceans Foundation website: LivingOceansFoundation.org/education/science-without-borders-challenge.

•   ʻŌlelo Community Media Youth Xchange Statewide Student Video Competition categories for Hawaiʻi students K-12, K-8, high school and college. Submissions due by March 25, 2024. Learn more on the ʻŌlelo Community Media website: olelo.org/yxc2025/contest.

•   U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission K-12 Art Contest celebrating Civil Rights Act: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is inviting K-12 students across the country to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act through original art projects. EEOC encourages submissions in all mediums, including drawings, paintings, photos, dance, songs, videos, poetry, essays, etc. The contest is open to all students grades K-12 who are residents of the United States. Submissions due by January 20, 2025. Additional information and application on the EEOC website: eeoc.gov/history/60th-anniversary-1964-civil-rights-act-art-contest-visual-performing-literary-and-media.

•   New York Times Where We Are: Photo Essays About Community, December 4, 2024 – January 15, 2025. Students ages 13-19 in middle school or high school. International. For more information, please visit the New York Times website: NYTimes.com/2024/07/25/learning/our-2024-25-student-contest-calendar.html.
 
Arts and Culture Calendar

This arts and culture calendar features SFCA grantees, partners, and Hawaiʻi state and local government programs and events. A longer list of events is on the SFCA website news page: sfca.hawaii.gov/ arts-and-culture-calendar-december-2024.

Questions regarding a particular program or event should be directed to the organization listed with the opportunity. Inclusion here should not be interpreted as an endorsement.

•   Hawaiʻi Sea Grant “Refuse Refuse” 2024 Annual Hawaiʻi Sea Grant Sci-Art Exhibit, November 1 – 23, 2024 at The Arts at Marks Garage. Opening reception Friday November 1, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. For details please visit the GoHawaii calendar item: GoHawaii.com/islands/events/sci-art-exhibit-refuse-refuse-third-annual.

•   2024 Artists of Hawaiʻi Biennial exhibit at the Downtown Art Center November 1 – December 21, 2024. Opening reception Friday November 1, 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. https://www.downtownarthi.org/artistsofhawaii.

•   Kāhuli Festival 2024 at Bishop Museum, Saturday November 9, 3:00 – 9:00 p.m. “Hosted by the Bishop Museum, the festival offers an opportunity for the many partners in research, conservation, education, and natural resource management to showcase how we mālama pū i ka ʻāina, especially through the lens of our endangered Hawaiian land snails. The festival brings together the community of research and conservation partners, along with artists and community members to showcase the collective efforts necessary to save these jewels of the forest and the ecosystems on which we all rely.” – Bishop Museum. For more information, please visit the Bishop Museum website: BishopMuseum.org/calendar/kahuli-festival-2024/.

•   Honolulu Museum of Art “Home of the Tigers: McKinley High and Modern Art” through January 12, 2025. Features work by seven artists who graduated from McKinley High School, one of Honolulu’s oldest and largest high schools. For more information, please visit the museum website: HonoluluMuseum.org/pQpDjCN/home-of-the-tigers--mckinley-high-and-modern-art

•   Honolulu Museum of Art HoMA Nights every Friday, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Interactive art experiences and activities, live music. Free with admission. Learn more on the HoMA website: HonoluluMuseum.org/events/128//homa-nights.

•   East-West Center “Expressions of Gratitude: Works of Art from the East-West Center Collection” October 20, 2024 – January 22, 2025. For more information, please visit the East-West Center website:  www.eastwestcenter.org/education/arts-program/gallery-exhibition-expressions-gratitude-works-art-east-west-center.

•   ʻIolani Palace Kamaʻaina Sunday, November 10, 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Free audio tours of ʻIolani Palace, concert in the park, keiki activities, and Hawaiian cultural workshops. Learn more on the ʻIolani Palace website: IolaniPalace.org/visit/kamaaina-Sundays.

•   Donkey Mill Art Center "Hānau Ka Moʻolelo" exhibit through December 14, 2024. For more information, please visit the DMAC website: DonkeyMillArtCenter.org/event/?event=5552.

•   University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Commons Gallery “Nana I Ke Kumu, Pay Attention to the Source” artworks by Michele Zalopany, November 3 – December 1, 2024. Gallery walkthrough November 3, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Opening reception November 3, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Learn more on the UHM Art and Art History Department website: hawaii.edu/art/exhibitions-events-museum.

•   Gallery ʻIolani, Windward Community College: discussion program for the exhibit “The OG’s: Photographers of the Silver Gelatin Process”

◦   “Capturing Our Past for Our Futures – Preserving the Photographer’s Opus” roundtable with experts on the importance of archiving and caring for photographs. Saturday November 9, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.

◦   “Mai Nā Kūpuna Mai”, Renee Iijima and Shuzo Uemoto, Saturday November 16, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.

◦   “Franco Salmoiraghi: Photography + Experience”, Saturday November 23, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.

◦   “Waiāhole: Photography As a Weapon” Saturday November 30, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.

◦   Learn more on the Gallery ʻIolani website: gallery.windward.hawaii.edu.

More in the arts and culture calendar


 
SFCA Board of Commissioners

SFCA Board Art in Public Places Committee approves all agenda items at November meeting

Photo: surfer/photographer/model Haʻa Keaulana signing the back of a photograph recently approved for addition to the SFCA Art in Public Places Collection. Keaulana is from a family of renowned Native Hawaiian watermen and waterwomen in West Oʻahu.

The SFCA Board of Commissioners Art in Public Places Committee meeting on November 13, 2024 approved and passed all agenda items, including the purchase of 17 artworks for the SFCA Art in Public Places Collection and 3 exhibits (“2024 Pacific States Biennial North American Juried Print Exhibition”, “Hawaiʻi Triennial 2025: ALOHA NŌ”, and “Celebration of Hawaiʻi 2025: 20th Annual Invitational”).


•   Recent purchases and gifts are listed on the SFCA website: sfca.hawaii.gov/art-in-public-places-program/#recent-adds.

•   Approved exhibit visits are also posted to the SFCA website: sfca.hawaii.gov/art-in-public-places-program/#aasc-visits.
Upcoming SFCA Board of Commissioners Meetings

•   December 19, 2024: General Meeting on Maui (details to be announced).
Decisions about grants, artwork purchases, and more are made by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA) Board of Commissioners. Meetings are currently being held virtually on Zoom, and the public is invited to attend. Appointed by the state governor, the Board of Commissioners oversees the Executive Director, provides input, and approves spending. Commissioners are volunteers and do not receive compensation for their duties.

Individuals may submit written testimony on posted agenda items in advance of the meeting via email to Rhiannon.MK.Keene@hawaii.gov or by mail addressed to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, 250 South Hotel Street, 2nd Floor, Honolulu, HI 96813. Individuals interested in signing up to provide oral testimony on posted agenda items at the meeting may submit their name, email, and phone number to HawaiiSFCA@hawaii.gov. Individuals may provide oral testimony at the meeting via the above-listed video conferencing link or by calling the above listed telephone number. Testimony presented during the meeting will be limited to three minutes each.
Agenda items for General Meetings may include approval of artwork acquisition recommendations and Acquisition Award Selection Committee (AASC) art exhibit visit recommendations.

Agendas and minutes are also posted on the SFCA Board of Commissioners page.
 
SFCA Office
The SFCA office is open by appointment. SFCA is operating in a hybrid model of teleworking where all staff are available by email or telephone. If you aren’t sure who to contact, email HawaiiSFCA@hawaii.gov or call (808) 586-0300 and leave a voice message, including your name and telephone number.


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The mission of the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts is to promote, perpetuate, preserve and encourage culture and the arts, history and the humanities as central to the quality of life of the people of Hawai‘i. HSFCA funding is provided by the State of Hawai‘i and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Hawaii State Art Museum

The Hawai'i State Art Museum is dedicated to presenting the largest and finest collection of works by Hawai'i artists that celebrate the diverse artistic and cultural legacy of Hawai'i.

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To promote, perpetuate, preserve and encourage culture and the arts, history and the humanities as central to the quality of life of the people of Hawai`i. HSFCA funding is provided by the State of Hawai`i and the National Endowment for the Arts. The HSFCA is administratively attached to the Department of Accounting and General Services.

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The musuem is open from Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed State and Federal Holdays. Always free admission. For pre-recorded information call 586-0900.

The Hawai'i State Art Museum is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. For pre-recorded summary information on the museum, call (808) 586-0900. For current museum program information, call the HSFCA Art in Public Places Program at (808) 586-0305. To arrange an educational tour of the museum, call (808) 586-9958.


For information on the HSFCA; the Hawai'i State Art Museum; HSFCA grants, programs, and services; Hawai'i arts and culture events; and USA and worldwide arts opportunities, visit the HSFCA website, www.hawaii.gov/sfca.
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