Hawaii State Foundation On Culture and The Arts MAY 2018 Newsletter

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Hawaii State Foundation On Culture and The Arts MAY 2018 Newsletter

In This Issue

It's Your Art: Nānākuli Public Library
Art in Public Places: Art at the Capitol
Arts, Music, and Culture Calendar
HiSAM Event Calendar
Holiday Schedule
Job Opportunities
Volunteer Opportunities

It's Your Art: Nanakuli Public Library

Nānākuli Public Library

The brand new Nānākuli Public Library opened on April 14, 2018, and the SFCA's Exhibit Specialist team installed artwork in the library shortly afterwards.

Top left: Zhi Situ installing a framed set of drawings, including Invisible Warrior / Christine Faye / pen and ink / 1999. Top right: Senior Exhibit Specialist Teig Grennan installing Watermelon Wedgies / Sally French / acrylic, synthetic resin, wax pencil on wood panel / 2017. Acquired from the Art Kauaʻi 2017 exhibit. Bottom: Teig Grennan and Kamakani Konia (right) discuss the artwork with a librarian. This is the first time that the artwork has been on display.

The library is located at 89-070 Farrington Highway and is open Monday - Saturday. Learn more about the design and features of the library on the Hawaiʻi State Public Library System website: Grand Opening and Dedication Ceremony of the New Nānākuli Public Library. For a full list of the artworks installed at this location, visit our website: It's Your Art: Nanakuli Public Library.

Photo credits: Top, Glenn Miura. Center left, Kamakani Konia. Center right and bottom, Nathan Balcombe.

The Art in Public Places Collection can be viewed online and searched by artist name, artwork title, type of media, and more: Search the Art in Public Places Collection. You can also search the Public Art Archive or the Locate Public Art web app for permanently installed artworks in the collection, such as sculptures at public buildings.

Art in Public Places: Art at the Capitol

Senator Michelle Kidani (18^th District) talking to Art at the Capitol visitors about the artwork in her office. Dragon Trellis / Cudra Clover / painted silk / 2011 / Art in Public Places Collection of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. Photo credit: Hawaiʻi Senate Communications

The Hawaiʻi State Capitol building has over 800 works of art from the SFCA's Art in Public Places Collection on display in the Governor's office, legislator's offices, conference rooms, and other public spaces.

Hawaiʻi Senate Communications has posted several photos of the 2018 Art at the Capitol event online: Art at the Capitol (April 6, 2018)

Maui artist Sidney Yee wrote "I want to have people value art before real estate" on the Before I Die... wall during the 2018 Art at the Capitol event. Senator Brian Taniguchi proposed having the Before I Die... wall at the event, partly because of the recent false missile alert and how it had people thinking a little more about their mortality. The wall was up April 3 - 6 on the fourth floor of the Hawaiʻi State Capitol Building.

Before I Die... walls started in New Orleans with artist Candy Chang and over 2,000 walls have now been in locations all over the world. Learn more about Before I Die... in Candy Chang's TED Talk video and at the official Before I Die... website.

View permanently installed works of art in the SFCA's Art in Public Places Collection across the state (and many other public art collections, including the Honolulu Mayor's Office of Culture and the Arts) in the Public Art Archive! Have you seen the Public Art Archive's new Locate Public Art tool? Try it out: locate.publicartarchive.org or go to www.publicartarchive.org and click the locate button.

This tool is a device-responsive web app. Use it on your desktop, tablet or smartphone. No download is required, and it is available at no cost!

Arts, Music, and Culture Calendar

The following events are sponsored in part by the SFCA Biennium Grants program, providing public funding (through appropriations from the Hawai‘i State Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts) to support projects designed to preserve and further culture, the arts, history, and/or the humanities beneficial to Hawai‘i, sponsored in part by the SFCA Folk & Traditional Arts program, or in partnership with the University of Hawai‘i Outreach College Statewide Cultural Extension Program (SCEP). Program availability and information is subject to change without notice; please contact the hosting organizations to confirm program information. To submit event information, please contact the SFCA's Public Information Officer, Mamiko Carroll (mamiko.k.carroll@hawaii.gov, 808-586-0305).

May 2018

HAWAI‘I ISLAND -- Hawai‘i Concert Society, Joyce Yang, piano

5/09 University of Hawaii-Hilo Performing Arts Center

For more information: Hawai‘i Concert Society

HAWAI‘I ISLAND -- Kahilu Theatre, Intersections: Considering Imbalance (Kahilu Annual Juried Exhibition)

5/10 - 6/30 Kahilu Theatre, Kamuela

For more information: Kahilu Theatre Exhibits

KAUAʻI - Kauai Chorale Spring Concert, Carmina Burana

5/19 Kauai Beach Resort

For more information: Kauai Chorale

KAUAʻI -- Garden Island Arts Council. Mid-April 2018 Arts & Culture Calendar (includes April events)

MAUI -- Maui Portuguese Cultural Club, Portuguese Festa

5/12 Kepaniwai Park (Iao Valley, Wailuku)

For more information: Maui Portuguese Cultural Club

O‘AHU -- Hawaii Academy of Performing Arts (HAPA)/The ARTS at Marks Garage May 2018 Event Calendar

O‘AHU -- Chamber Music Hawaii, Season Finale: The Glorious Appalachian Spring

5/27 Palikū Theatre (Windward Community College, Kāneʻohe)

For more information: Chamber Music Hawaii

O‘AHU -- 2018 Hawaiʻi Book & Music Festival

5/02 - 5/03, Chinatown Pre-Event Pop-Up, Arts at Marks Garage (downtown Honolulu/Chinatown)

5/05 -- 5/06, Frank F. Fasi Civic Grounds (Honolulu)

For more information: Hawaiʻi Book & Music Festival

O‘AHU -- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM) Department of Art + Art History. MERGE: 2018 Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition

4/22 -- 5/11 The Art Gallery + Commons Gallery, UHM Art Building. For more information: UH Department of Art and Art History Exhibitions + Events

O‘AHU -- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM) Department of Art + Art History. Music@Art

5/02 Free lunchtime concert, UHM Art Building, breezeway by the Galleries. For more information: UH Department of Art and Art History Exhibitions + Events

Hawai‘i State Art Museum (HiSAM) Event Calendar

250 South Hotel St., downtown Honolulu

5/04 EXHIBIT OPENS: Young Artists of Hawaiʻi (elementary school student work). Through June 29, 2018. *Questions about artwork pickup, awards ceremony, etc. may be directed to the State of Hawaii Department of Education (DOE): Michelle Chun, (808) 305-9709, michelle_chun@hawaiidoe.org

5/04 First Friday. Nidaime Teishin Kai -- Okinawan music

5/12 Second Saturday. Activity to be announced.

5/23 Artist Pau Hana at HiSAM Museum Gallery Shop x MORI (ground floor). 5:30 - 7:00 p.m., presentation by artists from the shop's April 2018 Sustainability Now! art sale.

5/29 Art Lunch. Apprentice Mentoring Grant public presentation -- Okinawan Kucho, Allison Yanagi and Yukiko Pierce.

Halau o Kekuhi, Kumu Hula Nalani Kanakaole at the Prince Lot Hula Festival. Photo credit: Joe Solem

Coming up in 2018

OʻAHU - 41st Annual Prince Lot Hula Festival

7/21 and 7/22, Iolani Palace grounds

SFCA Board of Commissioners

Next meeting: Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Unless otherwise specified, the public is invited to attend SFCA Standing Committee and Commission Meetings. All meetings take place in the Multipurpose Room of the No. 1 Capitol District building, 250 South Hotel Street, Honolulu (Hawai`i State Art Museum), unless otherwise noted. Meetings and agendas are posted just prior to the meetings on the State of Hawai‘i Calendar of Events. Select "State Foundation on Culture and the Arts" from the search menu.

Art in Public Places

Recent & Upcoming Exhibit Visits

UPCOMING EXHIBIT VISITS

The SFCA Board of Commissioners has approved Acquisition Award Selection Committee (AASC) visits to these upcoming exhibits:

MAUI: Auwahi Forest Exhibition Hui No‘eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, Maui. Mixed media, curated and juried.

OʻAHU: Altered Visions: Diana Nicolette Jeon Honolulu Museum of Art at First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu, HI.

OʻAHU: Arrangements in Glass: Alan P. Ness Honolulu Museum of Art at First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu, HI.

OʻAHU: For the Birds: Paul Levitt Honolulu Museum of Art at First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu, HI. Mixed media, curated.

EXHIBITS VISITED APRIL 2018

O‘AHU -- Contact 2018: Contact Zones, Pu‘uhonua Society, Honolulu Museum of Art School Gallery, Honolulu

EXHIBITS VISITED MARCH 2018

MAUI -- Art Maui 2018, Schaefer International Gallery, Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Kahului

O‘AHU -- Intimate Orbits: Mixed Media Works by Charlotte Forsythe and Juvana Soliven, Honolulu Museum of Art at First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu

O‘AHU -- Matt Shallenberger: The Leaping Place, Honolulu Museum of Art at First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu

O‘AHU -- Self Assembly: Ceramics by Christopher Edwards, Honolulu Museum of Art at First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu

The role of the Acquisition Award Selection Committee (AASC) is to make recommendations to the SFCA regarding the purchase of works of art, including the review, nomination, evaluation and selection of the recommended artworks for acquisition. The AASC is generally composed of SFCA commissioners, staff members, and visual arts consultants.

For more information on AASCs, including how to invite a committee to an exhibit, or to volunteer as a visual art consultant, please visit our website: Art in Public Places Relocatable Works of Art. For more information about specific exhibits, please contact the exhibit host organizations.

AASC Exhibit Visits made earlier this year andAASC Purchase and Gift Recommendations are posted on our website: SFCA News Blog: Acquisition Award Selection Committees

Hawaii State Art Museum

Due to safety concerns during renovation work, the Artizen by MW cafe is temporarily closed (April 16 - May 14) and the HiSAM Museum Gallery Shop has limited hours (Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and First Friday May 4 from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.) through May 14.

New Exhibit: Young Artists of Hawaiʻi

2018 Young Artists of Hawaiʻi

My Culture, My Family, and Me

Hawaiʻi State Art Museum (HiSAM) exhibit dates: May 4 -- June 29, 2018

HiSAM is in downtown Honolulu and is open Tuesday -- Saturday 10:00 a.m. -- 4:00 p.m., with evening hours on the first Friday of each month, 6:00 -- 9:00 p.m. Admission is always free.

For information about award notification, shipping, artwork pickup, and the awards ceremony, please contact Michelle Chun, (808) 305-9709, michelle_chun@hawaiidoe.org.

Hawaiʻi Convention Center exhibit dates: April 2018 -- March 2019 (reproductions of the original artwork)

The Young Artists of Hawai‘i is an annual student art exhibition that recognizes creative excellence among Hawaii's public and private school students in grades Kindergarten through sixth grade.This exhibit is presented by the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Hawai‘i State Department of Education, and the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority.

First Friday: Nidaime Teishin Kai

Free, family-friendly evening of art and music! Take the elevator or stairs to the second floor. Museum galleries will be open. Admission is always free.

Nidaime Teishin Kai

Traditional Okinawan folk music

Friday, May 4, 2018

6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Hawaiʻi State Art Museum

Second Floor Sculpture Lobby

On the ground floor, the shop and Friends of HiSAM volunteer group will be hosting art sales and a wine and beer bar. For more information:

HiSAM Gallery Shop x MORI

info@shophisam.com

(808) 566-6615

Friends of the Hawaii State Art Museum

friendsofhisam@gmail.com

(808) 225-1072

Second Saturday: Pop-Up Cards

Pop-Up Cards

Drop in at any time during activity hours, allowing at least 30 minutes to complete a pop-up card. All ages welcome, all materials provided. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Saturday, May 12, 2018

11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Hawaiʻi State Art Museum

Ground floor Multipurpose Room

Artist Pau Hana

Informal get-together for artists, with a presentation by presentation by artists from the shop's April 2018 Sustainability Now! art sale.

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

HiSAM Museum Gallery Shop x MORI (ground floor)

Art Lunch: Okinawan Kucho

Apprentice Mentoring Grant public presentation

Okinawan Kucho, Allison Yanagi and Yukiko Pierce

Learn about the kucho, a traditional stringed instrument, from a master and apprentice team. This presentation is a part of the Folk & Traditional Arts grants program of the SFCA.

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Hawaiʻi State Art Museum

Ground floor Multipurpose Room

Coming Up in 2018 at HiSAM

June 2018

6/01 First Friday, Sean Cleland, guitar-based pop, rock, and soul

6/09 Second Saturday, activity to be announced

6/26 Art Lunch: "Artists of Hawai‘i" documentary series featuring artist and teacher Fred Roster

6/29 Exhibit Closing: last day to view Young Artists of Hawai‘i at HiSAM (duplicate exhibit stays open all year in the Pa Kamali‘i courtyard of the Hawai‘i Convention Center)

July 2018

7/04 CLOSED for Independence Day

7/07 First Friday, Evening of Jazz with the Hawaii Friends of Civil Rights

7/15 Second Saturday, activity to be announced

7/25 Art Lunch: Regina Bode

August 2018

8/04 First Friday, performer to be announced

8/12 Second Saturday, activity to be annouced

8/17 Closed for Statehood Day

8/29 Art Lunch, presenter to be announced

2018 State Government Holiday Schedule

New Year's Day - Monday, January 1, 2018

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - Monday, January 15, 2018

President's Day - Monday, Feburary 19, 2018

Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day - Monday, March 26, 2018

Good Friday - Friday, March 30, 2018

Memorial Day - Monday, May 28, 2018

King Kamehameha I Day - Monday, June 11, 2018

Independence Day - Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Statehood Day - Friday, August 17, 2018

Labor Day - Monday, September 3, 2018

General Election Day - Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Veterans' Day - Monday, November 12, 2018

Thanksgiving - Thursday, November 22, 2018

Christmas - Tuesday, December 25, 2018

The Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and the Hawai‘i State Art Museum operate on the Hawai‘i State Government schedule.

Job Opportunities

OFFICE ASSISTANT III

The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA) has a vacancy for an Office Assistant III (permanent hire). Please note that this job listing includes the entire State of Hawaiʻi Executive Branch and is not exclusive to the SFCA. For more information and to apply, please visit the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Human Resources Development website. On their Civil Service Job Opportunities page, search for Job Number 217402.

ARTS PROGRAM SPECIALIST III

The SFCA anticipates an 89-Day Hire for an Arts Program Specialist III (APS III). The APS III conducts program activities in the development, negotiation and completion of statewide ethno-cultural and arts activities; and performs other duties as required. Interested applicants may send a resume to Karen Ewald, Art in Public Places Manager, at karen.a.ewald@hawaii.gov.

Get Involved: Volunteer Opportunities

The Art in Public Places Program of the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA) seeks volunteers, particularly on the Neighbor Islands, with expertise and knowledge in the visual arts field to serve as Visual Arts Consultants on Art Advisory Committees and Acquisition Award Selection Committees.The role of the Art Advisory Committee is to make recommendationsto the SFCA regarding the development and design of a given commissioned art project,including location, medium, distinguishing features of the artwork, and selection of theartist. The role of the Acquisition Award Selection Committees is to review and makerecommendations regarding the purchase of works of art. The SFCA appoints thecommittee members -- generally composed of two SFCA commissioners, two staff members,and three visual arts consultants. The application form is available here:Visual Arts Consultants Application.

Questions?

Contact Karen Ewald, Art in Public Places Manager, at (808) 586-9950 or karen.a.ewald@hawaii.gov.

The Friends of the Hawai‘i State Art Museum (Friends of HiSAM) is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization established to work effectively with the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA), which operates the museum, and its professional staff to enhance and support the work of the museum, its ancillary programs, and amenities.

In supporting the mission of the SFCA, the Friends of HiSAM have four objectives: (1) expose and engage all grade school students at the museumto the arts in Hawai‘i, (2) encourage all high schooland college students who are focused on the arts through meaningful events and programs at the museum (3) expose, excite, educate and engage those living in and visiting our state to the art and artists of Hawai‘i through visits to the museum, and (4) assist the SFCA in the recognition of Hawaii's art and artists. Most recently, Friends of HiSAM has hosted exhibits of local artists in the museum restaurant, Artizen by MW: Harry Tsuchidana: Forgotten Paintings; Across Generations, featuring Satoru Abe, Hamilton Kobayashi, and Kainoa Gruspe; Across Generations II, featuring Ka-Ning Fong and Erin Marquez; Yvonne Cheng: Recent Works; The 2017 HiSAM Portfolio Artists Show; and Across Generations: Charles Higa and Michael Teruya. Friends of HiSAM has also hosted a soft opening for the new museum shop, HiSAM Museum Gallery Shop x MORI.

The museum cafe and museum shop are independently operated under a lease agreement between the Friends of the Hawai‘i State Art Museum, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization, and the State of Hawai‘i Department of Accounting and General Services.

Questions?

For more information, including membership forms and how to make a donation, contact Friends of HiSAM at friendsofhisam@gmail.com or visit the Friends of HiSAM website. (808) 225-1072.

The Hawai‘i State Art Museum (operated by the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts) is looking for enthusiastic, outgoing volunteers to assist museum visitors and help offer a greater understanding of the exhibitions currently on view. If you have an interest or background in the arts, we encourage you to volunteer.

Volunteers are needed in the following areas:

Gallery Attendant -- Assist visitors in the galleries.
Info Desk Attendant -- Greet and orient visitors to the museum.
Docent -- Conduct tours of the exhibitions.
Education Assistant -- Assist with education programs.
Special Events Assistant -- Assist staff in event coordination.
General Clerical Help -- Assist staff in office chores.

Please download an application form:HiSAM Volunteer Application Form,and return completed form to: Visitor Services, HSFCA, 250 S. Hotel Street, 2nd Floor, Honolulu, HI 96813.

Questions?

For more information or to request a Volunteer Application Form by mail, contact Scott Young, HiSAM Visitor Services Manager, at scott.m.young@hawaii.gov or call (808) 586-9959.

About the SFCA

The Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA) is a government agency, established by the Hawai‘i State Legislature in 1965, 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. SFCA funding is provided by the State of Hawai‘i and the National Endowment for the Arts.The SFCA is administratively attached to the Department of Accounting and General Services(Hawai‘i Revised Statutes Chapter 9).

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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.

Courtesy of: Hawaii State Art Museum

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.

HOURS:
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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