Updated at 3:38 p.m., Thursday, May 1, 2008
NEA grants $1M to Hawaii arts groups
By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Staff Writer
Eight Hawai'i arts organizations — theaters, an orchestra, museums and presenting groups supporting education programs— have been awarded 13 National Endowment for the Arts grants totaling $1,069,200 to carry on their missions.
NEA today announced these awards — part of more than $77 million handed out to 1,014 recipients across the country — with the largest Hawai'i grant of $713,000 going to the State Foundation of Culture and Arts. Three organizations — the Maui Community Arts & Cultural Center, the Honolulu Theatre for Youth and the Hawaii Alliance for Arts in Education — earned multiple grants. The Hawai'i recipients: Friends of 'Iolani Palace, $15,000, to support installation of storage equipment to re-house textiles, paintings, prints and photographs in the permanent collection, and new state-of-the-art equipment to preserve 1,000 objects. Hawaii Alliance for Arts in Education, $20,000, for a series of arts events engaging the local community. The events will include community-based arts projects, exhibitions, and performances. Hawaii Alliance for Arts in Education, $45,000, to support Arts First, in partnership with the state Department of Education, with teacher and artist collaboration, to deliver arts lessons using the Arts First Toolkit, a kindergarten to fifth-grade, arts-integration curriculum framework. Hawaii Youth Symphony Association, $32,000, to support the Symphonic Orchestra Program. Orchestra students from the Hawaiian Islands are brought to Honolulu to rehearse and subsequently perform in one of three youth orchestras. Hawaii's Volcano Circus, $10,000, to support the Puna Performing Arts Festival and outreach activities, including a series of workshops in circus arts, music, drama and dance targeting area youth, culminating in public performances. Honolulu Theatre for Youth, $15,000, to support the production and tour of "Aladdin's Luck" by Janet Stanford and Fahir Atakoglu; the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools will be involved in the production at Tenney Theatre and in tours of O'ahu schools, and upper and lower elementary schools throughout the state. Honolulu Theatre for Youth, $18,000, to support the YouthArts Downtown: Afterschool! theater arts education program, where students will study drama with theater artists, attend professional productions and create original works. Kalihi-Palama Culture & Arts Society, Inc., $5,000, to support the Kalihi-Palama Folk Arts Training Program and provide instruction in music, dance, and crafts of the traditional Asian/Pacific cultures. Maui Community Arts & Cultural Center, $45,000, to support a series of performances and related residency activities, plus professional development workshops for teachers, student performances, workshops and exhibitions. Maui Community Arts & Cultural Center, $45,000, to support the Kulanihako'i project, a series of performances and residency activities by Hawaiian master artists Sonny Ching and Keali'i Reichel. Maui Community Arts & Cultural Center, $40,000, to support Telling Our Stories: The Past is Our Future, in partnership with the state Department of Education, including year-long classroom instruction in Hawaiian storytelling and the elements and principles of drama culminating in student performances. Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, $65,900, to support partnership agreement activities. State Foundation of Culture and the Arts, $713,000, in support of state and regional partnership programs.The grants by NEA are the second allotment made this year to various national, regional, state and local organizations in a number of arts-related fields. On the Web: www.arts.gov/news/news08/Announce4-08.html
Reach Wayne Harada at wharada@honoluluadvertiser.com.
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