VSA Hawai‘i, in partnership with University of Hawaii College of Education, received a National Endowment for Arts grant to continue its high school creative and cultural industry apprenticeship project for youth in transition.
For more information about how to participate in “Hawaii Arts@Work,” contact VSA Hawaii at 808-295-0659, email mail@vsartshawaiipacific.org
“Hawaii Arts@Work” includes collaborations with the Hawaii State Art Museum, the Honolulu Academy of Arts, the Art Center at Linekona, the Hawaii Department of Human Services (DVR and BESSD) and the Department of Education.
In the NEA category, “Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth,” VSA Hawaii continues its youth in transition campaign titled “Hawaii Arts@Work” — a fine arts and cultural crafts apprenticeship training program aimed at matching high school students with master artists to advance professional career training.
The youth in transition allows students to earn elective credit. It is a high-level museum education and professional studio training projected aligned with the Hawaii Department of Education and UH Center for Career and Technical Education.
“Hawaii Arts@Work” (HAW) aims to serve in-school youth (10th grade to one-year out of high school) with and without disabilities who live on Oahu as well as unserved and underserved areas.
The “Call for Application” began in July 15, 2010. Deadline to apply is August 25. In Youth artist candidate interviews and orientation are Aug. 30. Classes are slated to begin in October 2010 (see attached call for application).
Over the course of the HAW one-year training, working under the tutelage of master artists, apprentices will show increased levels of appreciation, knowledge and understanding and skills in visual arts creation and commercial production, based on the application of national arts education.
ABOUT THE APPRENTICESHIP: Selected Youth Artists will participate in museum education and studio education intensives at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii State Art Museum, and Academy Art Center at Linekona. Education visits are planned to Bishop Museum and the Contemporary Museum.
AMHD-VSA Hawai‘i Offer
Introduction to Supported
Self-Employment in a
Fine Arts Production Studio
Academy of Art Center at Linekona
June 1-Sept. 30, 2010
2:30-7 p.m. • Monday-Friday
• Creative Development in Fine Art and Cultural Craft
• Start-to-Finish Production Technical Assistance
• Retail Sales and Wholesale Marketing at “Made In Hawai‘i”
• Small Group and/or Individual Projects — Self Paced Project
• Drawing, Painting, Weaving and Sewing (looms, Lauhala), Ceramics (handbuilding/press molds), Block printing
Appointments and Registration (AMHD referral required)
Contact Kathleen O’Bryan 469-6651 • obryanstudio@gmail.com
Breaking Barriers Studio 202@Linekona • 1111 Victoria Street, HI 96814
Partners: Department of Health AMHD, Transformation Grant; University of Hawaii Center on Disability Studies, Hawaii Medicaid Infrastructure Grant (MIG), Hawaii Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) • VSA Hawaii is funded in part Hawaii Department of Health, Department Human Services DVR and by VSA International, an affiliate of John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Young Playwright Discovery Summer Festival
( July 11 matinee is ASL and audio described)
TAG (The Actors Group), in partnership with VSA Hawaii and the University of Hawaii Center on Disability Studies (MIG) announces "Opening Night" of the Hawaii Young Playwright Discovery Summer Festival, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. June 30, 2010.
Four plays were written, directed and acted by Hawaii high school students with and without disabilities. Each of the four plays has a theme that includes some aspect of disability. TAG mentors provided professional training to 30 students with and without disabilities in all aspects of theatre industry.
"VSA, TAG and University of Hawaii joined forces to bring an inclusive professional theatre training opportunity for youth in transition seeking serious career preparation in the arts," VSA Hawaii executive director Kathleen O'Bryan said.
Each year, young artists with and without disabilities are encourage to submit their plays with disability themes for a chance to have their work performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. TAG and VSA decided to stage the Hawaii plays.
This is the first time a Hawaii community theatre has worked with youth in transition with and without disabilities in an apprenticeship type format. This is the first time TAG has staged written by young playwrights that contain themes related to disability.
http://www.taghawaii.net/YoungPlaywrightFestivalParticipants.html>
WHAT: 2010 Summer Playwrights Discovery Festival
WHERE: TAG - The Actors Theatre (Hawaii Capitol Art District)
1116 Smith Street, Honolulu
WHEN: Opening Night: Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Closing Night: Sunday, July 11, 2010 (Sign Language Interpreted)
Show Times: Wednesday-Saturday June 30- July 10, 2010, 6:30 p.m.
Tickets:Three Plays/Cost $10
Order Tickets <http://www.taghawaii.net/OrderTicketsFestival.html
All Four Play Matinee
July 11, 2 p.m., Sunday
COST: Four Plays - $15
NO shows on Sunday, July 4
1. Invalidation
Written & directed by Samuel Spengler & Jackson Shimanoff
2. Play in Progress
Written & directed by Kelley Mitchell
3. Exceptional Hearing
Written & directed by Aliyah Flowe
4. The Honu and the Hare, a Hawaiian Parable
Written by VSA Hawaii Waianae GED Prep students
Directed by Kelly Cazinha
About the Plays <http://www.taghawaii.net/YoungPlaywrightFestivalPlays.html
About TAG
TAG is one of Hawaii's top community theatric organization, and is based in the Honolulu Arts District on Smith Street. The Young Playwrights Discovery Theatre is TAG's first effort in youth theatre with adult mentors working with youth in all aspects of theatre including actors, playwrights with and without disabilities.
“BE ORIGINAL” Refuting STIGMA AGAINST PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS - Ends May 11 at Linekona
The Arts Center at Linekona in Honolulu joins the University of Hawaii Center on Disability Studies, VSA Hawaii and the Department of Health Adult Mental Health Division (AMHD) in staging a statewide juried exhibit for artists willing to use their artwork to make a statement to combat discrimination against people with mental illness.
Forty visual artists will show work in the Sixth Annual Breaking Barriers exhibit, April 20-May 11, 2010, at the Honolulu Academy of Arts Center at Linekona. Linekona Center Alban Cooper designed and installed the show.
An opening reception is Friday, 5:30-7:30 p.m. April 23, at Linekona, 1111 Victoria St., in Honolulu.
“For the past six years, the goal of “Breaking the Barriers” has remained the same — to showcase the diversity of two- and three-dimensional visual pieces by artists united to promote the end of negative stigma toward mental illness,” said Philippe L. Gross, Ph.D., of AMHD to founder of the exhibit.
“We continue the education campaign to eliminate discrimination against adults and youth with mental illness. The exhibit emphasizes the human dimension, which we’ve found is the best way to show creativity and the arts.”
Public opinion about mental illness has been negatively skewed by sensationalized coverage of tragic events involving people with mental illness. As a result, people with mental illness can be too ashamed to seek treatment and those already in treatment are often further ostracized.
For more information or comments, please contact Philippe L. Gross, Ph.D., (AMHD philippe.gross@doh.hawaii.gov), Kathleen O’Bryan (VSA Hawaii Executive Director obryanstudio@gmail.com), Susan Miller (UH Center on Disability Studies, millers@hawaii.edu)
100 x 100
Be a Part of Something Big!
A Unique Sale of Original Art that
Makes Collectors of Everyone!
2010 Pacific Rim Conference at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu
100 x 100 All Original, All Affordable
(100 pieces of art for under $100 each)
VSA Hawaii
Call for Creative Art and Cultural Crafts of Hawaii Artists with Disabilities
Hawaii is made up of many cultures and unique environments and its artwork tells the many stories of our communities and the aina. Now you can become a collector of original art made in Hawaii by emerging and master artists with disabilities.
VSA Hawaii is seeking the diverse two- and three dimensional arts and cultural crafts by Hawaii artists with disabilities to exhibit and sell for two days at the Pacific Rim Conference, April 12-13, 2010, at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu.
Hawaii artists with disabilities interested in submitting up to five (5) pieces of work to sell for under $100, contact Kathleen O’Bryan at 808-469-6651, obryanstudio@gmail.com.
Drop off April 5-9, 2010: at VSA Hawaii at the Linekona Center at the Honolulu Academy of Arts 1111 Victoria St., Diamond Head end of Thomas Square.
VSA International in Washington D.C., is an nonprofit organization founded 35 years ago by Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith to create a society where people with disabilities learn through, participate in, and enjoy the arts. VSA arts provides educators, parents, and artists with resources and the tools to support arts programming in schools and communities.
VSA Hawaii showcases the accomplishments of artists with disabilities and promotes increased access to the arts for all people. Each year, 7 million people participate in VSA arts’ programs through a nationwide network of affiliates and in 54 countries around the world. VSA arts is an affiliate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Prince Jonah Kuhio Day Lau Hala Weaving
Native Hawaiian Cultural Products
March 25-28, 2010
First-time weavers receive a manuwahi – a free lau hala kit for weaving a bracelet, bookmark, or star. Additional materials fees for Lau Hala kits range from $15 to $60. Kits are prepared by the weaving community through the kako`o from Na Mea Hawai`i.
Participate in a hands-on lauhala experience; learn about gathering, cleaning, and rolling Hawaiian lau hala, to preparing, stripping and weaving it. All levels of experience are welcome; everyone can learn to weave!
VSA Arts Hawaiii-Pacific at Linekona A group of Hawaii’s renowned kumu lauhala (expert teachers), Aunty Gwen Kamisugi, Aunty Gladys Grace, and their long-time weavers will gather with you at the Academy Art Center at Linekona.
They will introduce students to the values of ho‘ohanohano (honoring culture with pride and care), aloha (respect and care for each other), malama aina (care of place and resources). All are living aspects of what is learned in the weaving of lau hala. We weave to create relationships and understanding of Hawaiian cultural traditions, knowledge, resources and place.
In the not-so-distant past, weaving the leaves (lau) of the Hala Tree was a traditional practice in most Hawaiian families. Weaving was a way to create objects of beauty for every day living as well as things of wealth, exchange and offerings. The lessons learned through the weaving of lau hala reinforce deeper cultural values, ones that are being embraced and cherished once again by the Hawaiian community and the people of Hawaii.
Novice, intermediate and veteran weavers may come by any time during the four days for a half or full day of weaving, sharing prepared meals and relaxing conversation with new and old friends. New and returning weavers will be able to finish a simple lau hala project in a session or two. For those looking for more involved weaving projects, the commitment of the longer immersion weekend
will bring them the reward of a hat, purse or mat as well as the embrace of a portion of community of lau hala aficionado.
Shorter lau hala projects include making bracelets, earrings, turtles, bookmarks, placemats and baskets. The kumu will help you get started on a weaving project that is geared to the amount of time you have available to weave, and your prior weaving experiences. Advanced projects include: hats, round mats and piko purses.