Hawaii State Foundation On Culture and The Arts DECEMBER 2021 Newsletter

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Hawaii State Foundation On Culture and The Arts DECEMBER 2021 Newsletter
December 2021

“Apuhuaʻa/Laulima” by Carol Bennett at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport
“My guiding force has been to re- present the nature and historical activities of the Apuhua'a in a modern and contemporary way, linking the past to present.” - Carol Bennett
The state’s new consolidated rent-a-car center opens on December 1, 2021, and features “Apuhuaʻa/Laulima”, a large glass installation by Kauaʻi artist Carol Bennett. (Art in Public Places Collection, 2021)
Photo: Carol Bennett and SFCA Art in Public Places Program Director Karen Ewald standing in front of part of the installation.

SFCA American Rescue Plan: Supporting Arts and Culture Sector Recovery in Hawaiʻi
The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA), Hawaiʻi’s state government arts agency, has distributed $759,500 to 41 Hawaiʻi arts and culture organizations and 20 individual arts/culture practitioners impacted by COVID-19. These American Rescue Plan funds, provided by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), are designed to support the arts sector as it recovers from the devastating impact of COVID-19. The full list of grantees is on the SFCA website: SFCA ARP Funds Distributed.
“The ARP Recover Grant from the Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts has provided support for Kāhuli Leo Leʻa’s episodic series, Mele Huliāmahi, a program featuring live performances of mele as a nexus for education, and community building through aloha ʻāina.” – Kāhuli Leo Leʻa
Image: Junior and Keoki from the Honolulu Theatre for Youth, one of the SFCA ARP grant recipients. Photo credit: Honolulu Theatre for Youth.⁠

Read more: SFCA ARP Funds Distributed
Calls for Student Artists

2022 Young Artists of Hawaiʻi
This year’s theme, “what does good leadership look like?”, is an exploration of the qualities of good leadership, how good leaders impact our communities, and who these good leaders are in our families, classrooms, schools, local neighborhoods, and global community. Through the incorporation of suggested classroom discussions and literature, students will be able to submit a piece of artwork to the 2022 Young Artists of Hawai‘i competition that captures these discoveries pertaining to the theme.
Submissions are due April 1, 2022. Please help us get the word out to schools, teachers, and students! All Hawaiʻi public, charter, and private school students grades K-6 are eligible.

SFCA.Hawaii.gov/YAH

2022 Hawaiʻi Regional Scholastic Art Awards
Call for student artists: Hawaiʻi students grades 7-12, ages 13 and up, are eligible to enter the 2022 Hawaiʻi Regional Scholastic Student Art Awards Competition. Please help us get this information out to students and teachers! Students do not need to be enrolled in an art class, and all entry costs (including mailing artwork) are covered by the SFCA.
Create an account at www.ArtAndWriting.org (the national Scholastic Art & Writing Awards) after submissions open on September 1, 2021. Students need to create an account to upload their work. Educators need to create an account to register their students. Students have until December 15, 2021 to upload their work for judging. SFCA will continue its commitment to cover all entry costs associated with the Scholastic competition for all Hawaiʻi public, private, charter, and home school students for the 2021-2022 school year.
The 2022 exhibit, displaying original award-winning artwork from the competition, will open at the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum (HiSAM) and will run from February 12, 2022 to March 12, 2022.

Learn more about the Hawaiʻi Regional Scholastic Art Awards
2022 Poetry Out Loud

Registration is open! Poetry Out Loud is a free national arts education program for high school students designed to fit a busy schedule, and can be done via distance learning. Students gain public speaking skills, build-self confidence, and learn about classic and contemporary poetry.
Participating teachers/staff receive a toolkit to teach poetry recitation and run class/school/organization level contests. Winners advance to the Hawaiʻi State Finals and ultimately the National Finals. To learn more, view this year's Teacher's Guide on the Poetry Out Loud website: 2021-2022 Teacher’s Guide.
State Finals: Sunday February 27, 2022. If possible, the finals will be held in person at Tenney Theatre in downtown Honolulu. If it is not safe to hold an in-person event at that time, the finals will be done by video submission. Registration deadline: January 10, 2022. Registration form: 2022 Hawaiʻi Poetry Out Loud Registration. Contact: Tamara Smith, Honolulu Theatre for Youth. EdAdmin@HTYweb.org or (808) 839-9885 ext. 704.
SFCA Grantee Spotlight

Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Living Culture
The Living Culture Series presentations at the Bishop Museum provide an opportunity for participants to meet Hawaiian cultural practitioners, talk with them about their area of expertise, and watch them practicing their skill. Each presentation is free to Museum guests and members.
Recent presentations have included ʻulana lau hala (lau hala weaving) with Mahina and Cheryl Pukahi, Hawaiian Kapa – making barkcloth with Dalani Tanahy, and Wao Lawaiʻa - Realm of the Fishermen with Alika Sing, Lawaiʻa.
Bishop Museum Living Culture Programs are supported by the Hawai‘i State Foundation for Culture and the Arts.
Image: photo of Alika Sing. Photo credit: Bishop Museum

Bishop Museum
Grants and Opportunities

Hawaiʻi State Legislature Grants-in-Aid
The Grant-in-Aid application forms and instructions for Fiscal Year 2023 (July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023) have been posted on the Legislature’s website: Capitol.Hawaii.Gov/GIA/GIA.aspx. Please contact the House Committee on Finance staff (808/586-6200) or Senate Committee on Ways and Means staff (808/586-6800) if you have questions.

Grant-in-Aid Application Forms and Instructions

NEA Creative Forces Community Engagement Grants
NEA's Creative Forces Community Engagement grants aim to improve the health, well-being, and quality of life for military-connected communities through art. Applications due: December 15, 2021
For application guidelines and more info, visit MAAA.org/CreativeForces
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Literature Fellowships: Translation Projects
Through fellowships to published translators, the National Endowment for the Arts (Arts Endowment) supports projects for the translation of specific works of prose, poetry, or drama from other languages into English. The work to be translated should be of interest for its literary excellence and merit. The NEA encourages translations of writers and of work that are not well represented in English, as well as work that has not previously been translated into English. Applications due January 12, 2022. For more information, please visit the NEA website: https://www.arts.gov/grants/translation-projects.
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Digital Humanities Advancement Grants
The Digital Humanities Advancement Grants program (DHAG) supports innovative, experimental, and/or computationally challenging digital projects, leading to work that can scale to enhance scholarly research, teaching, and public programming in the humanities. The program also supports research that examines the history, criticism, ethics, and philosophy of digital culture or technology and its impact on society. Closing date for applications: January 14, 2022. For more information, please visit the NEH website: NEH.gov/Grants/ODH/digital-humanities-advancement-grants.
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access is accepting applications for the Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections program. The purpose of this program is to help cultural institutions meet the complex challenge of preserving large and diverse holdings of humanities materials for future generations by supporting sustainable conservation measures that mitigate deterioration, prolong the useful life of collections, and strengthen institutional resilience (i.e., the ability to anticipate and respond to disasters resulting from natural or human activity.) Closing date for applications: January 13, 2022. For more information, please visit the NEH website: NEH.gov/Grants/Preservation/Sustaining-Cultural-Heritage-Collections.
National Institutes of Health
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to encourage research that will improve and increase the use of evidence-based interventions in end-of-life and palliative care (EOLPC) for American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) individuals with advanced illness and their families and communities. Eligible Applicants include the following: Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs). Applications close January 7, 2022. For more information, please visit Grants.gov.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program applications are currently open. Complete applications are due December 14, 2021. The Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program provides support for master’s and doctoral degrees in oceanography, marine biology, maritime archaeology—these may include but are not limited to ocean and/or coastal: engineering, social science, marine education, marine stewardship, cultural anthropology, and resource management disciplines—and particularly encourages women and members of minority groups to apply. For more information, please visit the NOAA website: FosterScholars.NOAA.gov.
National Park Service
•Save America’s Treasures: Save America’s Treasures grants from the Historic Preservation Fund provide preservation and/or conservation assistance to nationally significant historic properties and collections. Grants are awarded through a competitive process and require a dollar-for-dollar, non-Federal match, which can be cash or documented in-kind. The grant program is administered by the National Park Service (NPS) in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). There are separate opportunities for preservation and collections projects. The collections opportunity can be found under opportunity number P21AS00434. Applications close December 14, 2021. For more information, please visit Grants.gov.
•NPS Youth Programs - National Park Service youth programs include internships and job opportunities for youth and young adults 15-30 years old and veterans 35 years old and younger. Learn more at NPS.gov/subjects/youthprograms.
Shuttered Venue Operators (SVO) Grant
US Small Business Administration (SBA) deadline: until funds are exhausted. SVO Grants are available to
•Live venue operators
•Theatrical producers
•Live performing arts organization operators
•Relevant museum operators
•Motion picture theater operators
Learn more on the US SBA website: https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/covid-19-relief-options/shuttered-venue-operators-grant
Western Arts Alliance

Performing Arts Discovery (PAD) program – an international video showcase opportunity for US-based performing artists. All US-based performing artists with readiness to tour internationally are eligible for the program. PAD encourages those who self-identify as Black, Indigenous, People of Color and/or LGBTQ+ to apply. Applications are open through January 7, 2022. For more information, please visit the Western Arts Alliance website: WestArts.org.
Hawaiʻi Triennial 2022
Call for goods for artist projects: donated surfboards and discarded bottles will become a part of an art installation by artist Leeroy New in the upcoming Hawaiʻi Triennial 2022. Donations of gently used household items, books, art supplies and other items will be accepted for the Double A Projects Free Store at Hawaiʻi Triennial 2022. For more information or to schedule a drop-off, email Emma at Hawaiʻi Contemporary at fellow@HawaiiContemporary.org.
Historic Hawaiʻi Foundation: Native Hawaiian Organization Stewardship Training Program
In 2022, Historic Hawai‘i Foundation will launch a new program to partner with Native Hawaiian Organizations (NHO) on hands-on stewardship training for the preservation of historic and cultural sites that are significant to Native Hawaiian organizations and communities. The Request for Expressions of Interest will open in December 2021 with a submittal deadline in early 2022. Eligible NHO Partners meet the definitions and criteria of P.L. 114–221 (130 STAT. 847) as stated in Section 3(3). The term “Native Hawaiian Organization” means a nonprofit organization that (A) serves the interests of Native Hawaiians; (B) in which Native Hawaiians serve in substantive and policymaking positions; and (C) is recognized for having expertise in Native Hawaiian culture and heritage, including tourism. For more information, please visit the Historic Hawaii Foundation website: HistoricHawaii.org.
Made in Hawaiʻi Film Festival
Submissions are open for the Made in Hawaii Film Festival (MIHFF) through January 30, 2022. MIHFF is sponsored by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. For more information, please visit their website: MIHFF.org/Submit
Kumu Kahua Theatre/Bamboo Ridge Press
Go Try PlayWrite Contest: Each month Kumu Kahua Theatre co-sponsors this playwriting contest with Bamboo Ridge Press in their combined effort to nurture local playwrights and authors. All plays submitted are read by Kumu Kahua Theatre Artistic Director, Harry Wong III. For more information, please visit the Kumu Kahua website: KumuKahua.org/GoTryPlaywrite
Kumu Kahua Theatre/University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa Department of Theatre and Dance
Each year Kumu Kahua Theatre co-sponsors this playwriting contest with the UHM Department of Theatre and Dance in its effort to nurture local playwrights. Kumu Kahua Theatre is now accepting entries for the 2022 Playwriting Contest. Deadline: January 2, 2022. For more information, please visit the Kumu Kahua website: KumuKahua.org/Contests-Writing.
State Foundation on Culture and the Arts: Temporary Positions
Arts Program Specialist positions include art installer and grant administrator. Send resume to SFCA Secretary Rhiannon Keene at Rhiannon.MK.Keene@hawaii.gov.
Volunteer to be an SFCA Visual Arts Consultant
Participate in making decisions about artworks for the SFCA Art in Public Places Collection. Informed community panelists make decisions at the SFCA regarding artwork purchases and gifts. Participate by volunteering as a Visual Art Consultant! Application on the SFCA website: Volunteer as a Visual Art Consultant
Calls for Artists in Hawaiʻi
The Call for Entry (CAFE) website can be searched by state (choose the “sort by” menu on the left side of the screen). Search the Café website: CallForEntry.orgSFCA
SFCA in the Media

Denby Fawcett: A Historic Mural Now Belongs to the People of Hawaiʻi
“It will be a major challenge and a major expenditure but it is also a major work of art,” said Jonathan Johnson, executive director of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.“We have the capacity,” he said. “There are some amazingly large spaces in state buildings such as airports and on university campuses with enough room to display the mural. We just need to find the right place.”
Image: the mural inside the First Hawaiian Bank Waikīkī Branch. Photo credit: Cory Lum/Civil Beat.
Read the entire article online: CivilBeat.org/2021/11/denby-fawcett-a-historic-mural-now-belongs-to-the-people-of-hawaii

Civil Beat Honolulu
Honolulu Magazine: “Don’t Miss these 3 Events This December at the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum”
November 23, 2021
“With the opening up of gatherings we celebrate the return of events at HiSAM. Craving a much-needed break from this year’s hectic holiday season? Unwind with a relaxing combination of jazz, art, food and libations.” Read the full article online: HonoluluMagazine.com
Acquisition Award Selection Committees (AASCs) Upcoming Exhibit Visits
Acquisition Award Selection Committee (AASC) visits continue to provide important support for artists and arts organization venues statewide. The SFCA has conducted over 20 AASC visits during the pandemic so far.
Exhibit holders invite the SFCA to send an AASC (application form on the SFCA website), and the qualifying invitations are presented to the SFCA Board of Commissioners for approval.

The SFCA Board of Commissioners recently approved Acquisition Award Selection Committee (AASC) visits to these exhibits:
•Hawaiʻi Island - “Remittance: Melissa Chimera and Maikaʻi Tubbs”, Above the Equator, Hilo. Mixed media, curated. November 5 – January 7, 2022.
•Hawaiʻi Island - “Hawaii Nei 2021”, Wailoa Center, Hilo. Mixed media, juried. November 5 – December 2, 2021.
•Hawaiʻi Island - “Brilliance of Now”, Kahilu Theatre Foundation, Kamuela. Mixed media, juried. November 9 – January 10, 2022.
•Maui - “2022 Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center”, Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center, Makawao. Mixed media, juried. January 14 – February 18, 2022.
•Maui - “Celebration of Hawaiʻi 2022”, Viewpoints Gallery, Makawao. Mixed media, curated. February 27 - April 16, 2022.
•Oʻahu - “Hawaii’s Woodshow 2021”, Hawaii Opera Plaza, Honolulu. Wood, juried. November 20 – December 5, 2021.
•Oʻahu - “Artists of Hawaiʻi Now”, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu. Mixed media, curated. September 16, 2021 - January 16, 2021.
•Oʻahu - “Honolulu Printmakers 2022 Annual Juried Exhibition”, 1142 Bethel St., Honolulu. Printmaking, juried. January 14 - February 18, 2022.  Approved AASC visits are also posted on the SFCA's website: Selling Your Art.
Learn more about selling your art
Hawaiʻi State Art Museum (HiSAM)
The Hawaii State Art Museum (HiSAM) and sculpture garden are open Monday through Saturday, 10:00am to 4:00pm. The restaurant and gift shop are closed.
In accordance with Governors Executive Order 21-07, Access to State Property, visitors to State facilities (including the No. 1 Capitol District building, which houses the SFCA offices and the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum), visitors must provide verification of being fully vaccinated, or of a COVID-19 negative test result, and must wear a mask and practice physical distancing. For details and updates on this Executive Order, please refer to the Hawaiʻi Governor website, Governor.Hawaii.Gov.

The Vibe: Jazz Night at the State Art Museum
Thursday, December 9. 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. Tickets/pre-registration are not required for this event.

HiSAM Calendar

Guides at the State Art Museum
Visitors to the State Art Museum are now greeted by guides! A group of museum guides are present on both the ground floor and second floor to aid in the visitor experience. Image: guide Makoto Gamblin with visitors from Japan. Makoto speaks both Japanese and English.

“Dear Saumolia” in the POD
Artist Saumolia Puapuaga will be painting in the POD (Passion On Display) space on the ground floor through early December. POD is a collaboration with the Friends of the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum volunteer group.
Image: “Dear Sofia” painting by Saumolia Puapuaga.

Dear Saumolia
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Arts and Culture Calendar
This arts and culture calendar features SFCA grantees, partners, and Hawaiʻi state government programs and events.
•Friends of the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum (HiSAM): “Dear Saumolia”, an artist residency by Saumolia Puapuaga in the POD (Passion On Display) space, through early December. Questions? Please contact the Friends of HiSAM at FriendsOfHiSAM@Gmail.Com.
•The Hawaiʻi State Public Library offers free access to Gale Courses, highly interactive instructor led courses that you can take entirely online. Course offerings include “Introduction to Guitar”, “Drawing for the Absolute Beginner”, and “Music Made Easy” (fundamentals of music theory). For more information, visit their website (go to the Learn tab and look under Online Classes): https://www.librarieshawaii.org/.
•Historic Hawaiʻi Foundation’s Hilo Story Map will be the subject of a presentation and panel discussion, “Sharing the Multilayered History of Hilo from the Wailuku to Wailoa River”. December 10, 12:00 – 1:15 p.m. virtual presentation on Zoom. This event is free, and registration is required. For more information, please visit the HHF website: HistoricHawaii.org.
•Honolulu Theatre for Youth (HTY) The HI Way season 4 continues with the episode “Emotions” airing on television (12/2 on K5, 12/4 on KGMB, and 12/5 on K5). For more information go online to www.htyweb.org.
•Kahilu Theatre the annual juried exhibition of Hawaiʻi artists will be on view November 12 – December 19, 2021. For more information, please visit the Kahilu Theatre website: https://kahilutheatre.org.
•Mānoa Heritage Center has reopened for in-person tours. For more information, please visit the MHC website: ManoaHeritageCenter.org.
•Maui Arts and Cultural Center (MACC) “Taiji Terasaki: Reset/Reshape” at the Schaefer International Gallery through December 18, 2021. MACC will be hosting several public events for this exhibit. To learn more, please visit their website: MauiArts.org.
•University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa Department of Art and Art History Exhibition “Ken Okiishi: A Model Childhood” through May 5, 2022. Curated by Maika Pollack. Exhibition “Jon Moritsugu: HYPERRRRREALITY” through December 9, 2021. For more information, please visit the UHM Art and Art History website: Hawaii.edu/Art/Exhibitions-Events-Museum
•University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa John Young Museum of Art exhibition “Dorothea Lange: The War Relocation Authority Assignment.” February 7 – December 7, 2021. For more information: Hawaii.edu/Art/Dorothea-Lange.
•University of Hawaiʻi Outreach College Statewide Cultural Extension Program (SCEP) online performances and presentations by local artists, supported by funding from the SFCA. For more information, please visit the SCEP website: https://www.outreach.hawaii.edu/arts-culture/statewide-cultural-extension-program.
SFCA Board of Commissioners 2021 Meeting Schedule
•Wednesday January 19, 2021
Thjs meeting schedule is also posted to the SFCA website calendar: https://sfca.hawaii.gov/events/. For a link to the meeting, please contact Sara Beth Newell at Sara.B.Newell@hawaii.gov.
Learn more about the meetings on the SFCA website
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.
In accordance with Governors Executive Order 21-07, Access to State Property, visitors to State facilities (including the No. 1 Capitol District building, which houses the SFCA offices and the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum), visitors must provide verification of being fully vaccinated, or of a COVID-19 negative test result, and must wear a mask and practice physical distancing. For details and updates on this Executive Order, please refer to the Hawaiʻi Governor website, Governor.Hawaii.Gov.

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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.

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he 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 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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