Hawaii State Foundation On Culture and The Arts DECEMBER 2023 Newsletter

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Hawaii State Foundation On Culture and The Arts DECEMBER 2023 Newsletter
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State Foundation on Culture and the Arts DECEMBER 2023 Newsletter

December 2023

Get ready for the 2024 Legislative session
The State of Hawaiʻi 2024 legislative session officially opens January 18, 2023. 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. The Hawaiʻi Arts Alliance, Hawaiʻi’s statewide arts advocacy organization, is a part of the Creative Resurgence Task Force and provides information on legislation to watch.
•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.
•Hawaiʻi Arts Alliance: HawaiiArtsAlliance.org.
•State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA) news page: get updates on the SFCA website: sfca.hawaii.gov/news.

Art in Public Places Program

Art in Public Places Collection Artwork Spotlight: works recently installed in Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Kapolei office
Several artworks from the SFCA Art in Public Places Collection were recently installed in the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Hawaiian Home Lands office in Kapolei. Works include two kapa pieces by National Heritage Fellow Roen Hufford, who grows wauke, makes kapa, and teaches on Hawaiian Home Lands in Waimea, Hawaiʻi Island. A full list of the artworks and a gallery of artwork images is on the SFCA website news page: sfca.hawaii.gov/art-in-public-places-hawaiian-home-lands-kapolei-office-november-2023.

Photo: SFCA Art in Public Places Exhibit Specialists Pete Powlison and José De Jesus González hanging “Makawalu” by Herman Piʻikea Clark, SFCA Art in Public Places Collection.
SFCA News: Hawaiian Home Lands Installed Artworks

“Our Sea of Islands” call for art deadline extended
Call for art: deadline extended to December 31, 2023! The Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and Gravitas Pasifika are accepting submissions of artwork for an upcoming art exhibition, “Our Sea of Islands”, at Capitol Modern (Hawaiʻi State Art Museum). This is an international call and is open to submissions of any medium, inclusive of contemporary and of heritage art objects. Submissions should center issues related to Pacific identity, oceanic connectivity, and cultural resilience. ⁠
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This call is open to artists Indigenous to the following Pacific Island nations or territories: American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaiʻi, Kiribati, Republic of the MarshalI Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand (Aotearoa), Niue, Norfolk Islands, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Island, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, and Republic of China (Taiwan). ⁠
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All submissions must be done online on CallForEntry.org.
CallForEntry.org Our Sea of Islands

SFCA Arts Education Programs

Artists in the Schools spotlight: Volcano School of Arts and Sciences Public Charter School
Photos: left, students looking at self portraits made with paint, paper, leaves, and kapa. Right, a group of students sitting on the floor, facing their classroom teacher and Kumu Puakea. They are surrounded by the art they made on the walls, the bags they stamped, and a kapa display on a small stage.

SFCA arts education coordinator Danica Rosengren observed the final Artists in the Schools hō'ike (presentation) for Volcano School of Arts and Sciences recently. This Artists in the Schools residency was focused on kapa and partnered Donkey Mill Arts Center and Kumu Puakea Forester. The students printed on bags, made stamps, and made self portraits.

Artists in the Schools provides high quality arts education to State of Hawaiʻi Department of Education public and charter schools, grades pre-K through 12. All Hawaiʻi public schools are eligible to apply to the program. Learn more about Artists on the Schools on the SFCA website: sfca.hawaii.gov/aits.
Artists in the Schools

Artists in the Schools applications open now!
School year 2024-2025/6 applications are now open on the SFCA online grant portal, Hawaii.GoSmart.org. Artists in the Schools provides high quality arts education to State of Hawaiʻi Department of Education public and charter schools, grades pre-K through 12. All Hawaiʻi public schools are eligible to apply to the program. Learn more about Artists on the Schools on the SFCA website: sfca.hawaii.gov/aits.
Hawaii.GoSmart.org

Call for student artists: 2024 Hawaiʻi Regional Scholastic Student Art Awards Competition and Exhibition
Submissions now open for the 61st Annual Hawaiʻi Regional Scholastic Student Art Awards! Please help us get the word out to Hawaiʻi students, teachers, and schools. This art competition is open to all state of Hawaiʻi students (public, charter, home, and private) grades 7-12 (ages 13+). Winning entries will be displayed at Capitol Modern (Hawaiʻi State Art Museum). Submissions close December 15, 2023. For more information, please visit the Art and Writing Awards website: ArtAndWriting.org/awards/how-to-enter.

SFCA has also posted some updates on changes for this competition and information about how the SFCA administers the regional competition and programming: sfca.hawaii.gov/student.
How to Enter

Call for volunteer judges
SFCA is seeking volunteers who are passionate about the arts to participate on our adjudication panels for the 61st Annual Hawai‘i Regional Scholastic Art Awards. Interested judges should be prepared to review student artwork from the middle school to high school level within an artistic medium that they are the most familiar with or passionate about. For more information, please visit this SFCA news post: sfca.hawaii.gov/sfca-seeks-volunteer-judges-for-2024-hawaii-regional-scholastic-art-awards-competition.
Volunteer to judge student artwork

2024 Poetry Out Loud School Registration closes soon!
Please help us get the word out to Hawaiʻi high school teachers and students! Poetry Out Loud school registration is now open through December 21, 2023. For more information and to register, please visit the SFCA website: sfca.hawaii.gov/poetry-out-loud.
Poetry Out Loud

Grants and Community Programs

December 2023 Grants and Opportunities
These currently open federal, state, and other arts and culture grants/opportunities will also posted on the SFCA website in the near future (due to technical difficulties, posting has been delayed).

Questions regarding a particular opportunity should be directed to the organization listed with the opportunity. Inclusion here should not be interpreted as an endorsement.
•ArtsHERE grants for organizations. Through grants and peer learning opportunities, ArtsHERE invests in organizations that have demonstrated a commitment to equity within their practices and programming, with the goal of increasing arts participation for underserved groups/communities and sharing insights that may inform similar funding programs in the future. Statement of interest due January 19, 2024. For more information, please visit the ArtsHERE website: usregionalarts.org/artshere.
•Performing Arts Discovery (PAD) Showcase Program applications open through Friday, January 5, 2024. PAD introduces international presenters to U.S.-based performing artists, aiming to generate overseas touring opportunities. Artists/ensembles selected for PAD Showcase will receive support from an expert video production team to create a professionally produced live performance video, which will be promoted and showcased to international markets, along with other marketing opportunities. For more information and to apply, please go to the PAD Showcase website: WestArts.org/pad-showcase.
•Hoʻākea Source grants prioritizing visual artists, collaboratives, and collectives living across the island of Oʻahu. For more information, please visit the Hoʻākea Source website: HoakeaSource.org.
•Hawaiʻi State Legislature is hiring for the 2024 House and Senate session. Full-time and part-time temporary positions are available for an employment period spanning December/January to April/May, with medical, dental, and vision benefits available for most positions and on the job training provided. Legislative experience is not required. Individuals with a variety of skills, experiences, and unique and varied backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
◦House of Representatives: for more information visit the House employment page on the Hawaiʻi State Legislature website: www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hjobs.aspx.
◦Senate: for more information, visit the Senate employment page on the Hawaiʻi State Legislature website: www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sjobs.aspx.
Calls for Artists and Exhibitions

•Call for Artists: “Our Sea of Islands” exhibit at Capitol Modern (Hawaiʻi State Art Museum). Submissions open to indigenous Pacific Islanders represented in the 2024 Festival of the Pacific. Submissions due by November 30, 2023 on CallForEntry.org. For more information, please visit the SFCA website: sfca.hawaii.gov/call-for-artists-our-sea-of-islands.
•Call for Student Artists: 2024 Hawaiʻi Regional Scholastic Student Art Awards competition and exhibition, open to Hawaiʻi students grades 7-12 (ages 13+). Gold Key Award winning artworks will be exhibited at Capitol Modern (Hawaiʻi State Art Museum). Submissions due by December 15, 2023 through the online Arts and Writing awards portal. For more information, please visit the SFCA website: sfca.hawaii.gov/call-for-student-artists-2024-hawai%ca%bbi-regional-scholastic-art-awards-competition-and-exhibition.
•Call for Artists: Honolulu Mayor’s Office on Culture and the Arts (MOCA). ‘Ewa Mahiko District Park Gymnasium. The City and County of Honolulu Commission on Culture and the Arts desires to commission a work of art for the ‘Ewa Mahiko District Park Gymnasium (91-1205 Renton Rd, ‘Ewa Beach, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i, 96706). One location has been designated to receive art. This Request for Qualifications is open to all artists, or artist teams, qualified to work for the City and County of Honolulu. Application deadline is January 1, 2024. For more information and to apply, please go to the Call For Entry website: artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=11723.
•Hawaiʻi Island Art Alliance (HIAA) Call for Artists: "Plein Air Perspectives 2024" exhibit. Entry deadline December 15, 2023. Exhibit January 5 - 25, 2024 at Wailoa Center (Hilo, Hawaiʻi Island). For more information, please visit the call detail on CallForEntry.org: artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=12542.
•Kahilu Exhibits call for artists: "Interisland Action" exhibit. Entry deadline: December 10, 2023. Exhibit dates: January 18 - March 3, 2024 at Kahilu Theatre. For more information, please visit the call detail on CallForEntry.org: artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=12560.
•NOAA Marine Debris Program Art Contest and Calendar for students, grades K-8 in all U.S. states and territories. Entries due December 15, 2023. The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Debris Program holds an annual art contest to reach students and help raise awareness about marine debris. Learn more on the NOAA website: marinedebris.noaa.gov/annual-noaa-marine-debris-program-art-contest-and-calendar.
•University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Art Department and English Department call for artists: "The Paths We Cross: Perspectives from the Korean Diaspora" exhibit seeks artworks and audio files. International call open to artists of Korean heritage ages 18 years and older. Entry deadline February 14, 2024. Exhibition May 3 - June 27, 2024 at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. For more information, please visit the call detail on CallForEntry.org: artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=12537.
•Wailoa Center call for artists: “Full Bleed, Art at the Edges: Anime, Manga and Urban Art”. Entry deadline January 5, 2024. For more information, please visit the call detail on CallForEntry.org: artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=12654.
•Call for Artists: Kauaʻi Society of Artists (Kukui Grove Center, Lihue)
◦Small Works Show entry day Saturday, November 11, 2023. Exhibit November 18-January 5, 2024.
◦For more information, please visit the Kauaʻi Society of Artists website: KauaiSocietyOfArtists.org.
•Kumu Kahua Theatre "Go Try Playwrite" monthly playwriting contest in collaboration with Bamboo Ridge Press. Submission due dates are the last day of the month. Learn more on the Kumu Kahua website: KumuKahua.org/gotryplaywrite.

Capitol Modern

December Events
•First Friday, December 1. All-ages evening of live music 6-9 p.m.
•The Vibe, Friday December 8. All-ages evening of live music. 6-9 p.m.
EVENT CALENDAR

RENT THE MUSEUM

Hold a special event at the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum! Indoor and outdoor spaces are available for events, parties, and film sets. Learn more about the facilities rental program on the Capitol Modern website: CapitolModern.org/rent-space.

Photo credit: Black Book Hawaii
RENT THE MUSEUM

SFCA 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 will be posted to the SFCA website news page (due to technical difficulties, the post has been delayed).

Questions regarding a particular opportunity should be directed to the organization listed with the opportunity. Inclusion here should not be interpreted as an endorsement.
December 2023 Arts and Culture Highlights

Photo: view of “Mai Nā Kūpuna Mai: From the Ancestors” exhibition, “Ka Piko” by Sean K.L. Browne in the foreground, “Ascending” by Maile Andrade in the background. Photo credit: University of Hawaiʻi.
•FIFO: The International Oceanian Documentary Film Festival screenings of “No Māori Allowed” and “Kāhuli” at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM), Moore Hall 285. Tuesday December 12, 2023, 2:00 p.m. FIFO Honolulu is organized by the UHM Center for Pacific Island Studies.
•“Mai Nā Kūpuna Mai: From the Ancestors” exhibition and public programming at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (Honolulu, Oʻahu). Art Building, Department of Art and Art History, through February 11, 2024. Exhibition features artworks by Ivy Hāliʻimaile Andrade and Sean Kekamakupa'aikapono Kaonohiokalani Lee Loy Browne. Both have included several artists that they have mentored and developed a relationship with to exhibit with them: Puni Jackson, Charlton Kūpa‘a Hee, Kawika Lum-Nelmida, Marques Hanalei Marzan, Abigail Kahilikia Romanchak, Cory Kamehanaokalā Holt Taum, and Maikaʻi Tubbs. Public lectures: Abigail Romanchak, Thursday January 18, 5:00 – 6:00 p.m., Art Building, Room 101. Puni Jackson, Thursday January 25, 5:00 – 6:00 p.m., Art Building, Room 101. For more information, please visit the UH Dept. of Art and Art History website: hawaii.edu/art/exhibitions-events-museum.
•"Ghosts of War” art exhibit at the Hoikeakea Gallery (Leeward Community College) October 28-December 30, 2023. For more information, please visit the Leeward Community College website: leeward.hawaii.edu/hoikeakea.
•Hawaiʻi Nei 2023 Exhibition through December 14, Wailoa Center (Hilo, Hawaiʻi Island). For more information, please visit the Hawaiʻi Nei Art Contest website: HawaiiNeiArtContest.org.
•Ke Kumu Hawaiʻi ʻieʻie weaving (Hawaiian basketry) workshops at the Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center (Makawao, Maui), December 2-3, 2023. For more information, please visit the Ke Kumu Hawaiʻi website: KeKumuHawaii.com.
•“Jean Charlot as Critic: Art in Hawai‘i, 1950–1970” exhibit at the John Young Museum (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa). Four artworks from the SFCA Art in Public Places Collection are on display in this new exhibit at the John Young Museum (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa): "Can Not Be Heard" by Betty Tseng Yuho Ecke; "Hose" by Kenneth Bushnell; "Madge Tennent" and "Iolani in Her Dance" by Francis Haar. Through December 3, 2023. For more information, please visit the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Art Department website: hawaii.edu/art/jean-charlot.

SFCA Board of Commissioners

SFCA Board approves visits to exhibits on Hawaiʻi Island, Maui, Oʻahu
Acquisition Award Selection Committee (AASC) visits continue to provide important support for artists and arts organization venues statewide. The SFCA Board of Commissioners has approved Acquisition Award Selection Committee (AASC) visits to these exhibits:
•“2023 Hawaiʻi Nei Art Exhibition”, Wailoa Center (Hilo, Hawaiʻi Island), November 3 - December 14, 2023.
•“Artists of Hawaiʻi 2023”, Downtown Art Center (Honolulu, Oʻahu), November 3 - 25, 2023.
•“Marcia Morse and George Woollard”, Maui Arts and Cultural Center (Kahului, Maui), November 14 - December 30, 2023.
•“Portal 2 @ Firehouse Gallery”, Firehouse Gallery at the Waimea Arts Council, (Kamuela, Hawaiʻi Island). November 4 - December 24, 2023.
•“Mai Nā Kūpuna Mai” at The Art Gallery, University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa (Honolulu, Oʻahu). November 19, 2023 - February 11, 2024.
•“Hui Noʻeau 2024 Annual Juried Exhibition”, Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center (Makawao, Maui). January 12 - February 16, 2024.
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
•November 15, 2023
Meeting schedule is also posted to the SFCA website calendar: sfca.hawaii.gov/events.

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 HawaiiSFCA@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.

2023 State Holiday Schedule
The Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts office is closed on Hawaiʻi state government holidays. Capitol Modern (Hawaiʻi State Art Museum) is open on some holidays - please check the museum website to confirm: CapitolModern.org.

2023 Hawaiʻi State Holidays
•December 25, Christmas

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.

OUR MISSION
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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