Grants
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Humanities projects aided
The Hawai'i Council for the Humanities awarded six grants totaling more than $27,000 in support of humanities projects. The recipients included:
• Kumu Kahua Theatre received $7,948 to sponsor a series of public presentations devoted to examining historical events and cultural legacies that have shaped Hawai'i's political, legal, cultural and historical identities.
• Mission Houses Museum was awarded $7,810 to sponsor a series of interpretive panels and lectures to complement its exhibition on the Marquesas. The lectures on Marquesan history, culture and artistic traditions will feature scholars specializing in the Pacific Islands.
• University of Hawai'i Anthropology Department received a preservation grant of $4,598 toward the completion of the inventory and description of archaeological materials recovered between 1958 and 1960 by the Bishop Museum at a settlement site on the Napali Coast of Kaua'i.
• Biographical Research Center was awarded a $2,500 planning grant to develop a script for a video documentary on the life of Koji Ariyoshi, with an exploration of the contributions of Japanese Americans to Hawai'i and America's military, labor and political history.
• Kathy J. Phillips received a $2,500 grant to assist with the publication of a book of poetry and photographs of Kuan Yin, the Buddhist bodhisattva of compassion, with an introduction on the religious, artistic and social significance of this figure.
• Miriam Fuchs was awarded a $2,500 grant to assist with the publication of a book on the lives of five women profoundly affected by different forms of catastrophe: a deposed Hawaiian queen, an American expatriate, a German Holocaust survivor, a victim of the bombardments in Italy during World War II and a Chilean woman watching her comatose daughter die.
Opera theater given $8,000
Hawaii Opera Theatre has received an $8,000 grant from the Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation to underwrite its education outreach programs, including Opera for Everyone, Opera Residency and Opera Express.
A&B money helps 'Ragtime'
Diamond Head Theatre has received $2,500 from Alexander & Baldwin Foundation to support show sponsorship. The money will support the production of the 2003-04 season opener, "Ragtime," which will feature three professional guest artists from the national tour.
$5,000 benefits Maui church
Historic Hawai'i Foundation received a $5,000 grant from Persis Corp. to finance the restoration of Huialoha Church in Kaupo, East Maui.
Volunteers from the area have been working this summer to rebuild the church's window frames, replace sections of flooring and replace siding and shingles on its steeple. Interior and exterior painting is also planned for the 1890 stucco structure that was built on the isolated and rugged coast of Maui.
