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.
Announcing the 2010
VSA arts Playwright Discovery Call for Scripts
For more information on how to submit via the local
VSA arts of Hawaii, contact Kathleen O'Bryan at
mail@vsartshawaiipacific.org or obryanstudio@gmail.com
or call 808-697-1202
Go to http://www.vsarts.org/x244.xml for guidelines.
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Lauren Williams and Michael Vitaly Sazonov in For the Love of Goldfish, the 2009 Playwright Discovery Award recipient.
Photo: Scott Suchman. |
The VSA arts Playwright Discovery Program invites middle and high school students to take a closer look at the world around them, examine how disability affects their lives and the lives of others, and express their views through the art of playwriting. Playwrights may write from their own experience or about an experience in the life of another person or fictional character. Scripts can be comedies, dramas, or even musicals—be creative! Young playwrights with and without disabilities are encouraged to submit a script. Entries may be the work of an individual student or a collaboration by a group or class of students.
The winning play will be professionally produced or staged at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The winning playwright receives $2,000 and a trip to Washington, D.C., to see his or her play performed. All submissions must be received by April 15, 2010, for consideration.
Prince Jonah Kuhio Day
Lau Hala Weaving
Native Hawaiian Cultural Products
March 25-28, 2010, Tuition: TBA
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.