Hawaii State Foundation On Culture and The Arts APRIL 2020 Newsletter

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Hawaii State Foundation On Culture and The Arts APRIL 2020 Newsletter

Message from the Executive Director
COVID-19 Resources
AFTA COVID-19 Arts Impact Survey
Arts Education Resource Page
Arts in Federal Stimulus Bill
Poetry Out Loud
Scholastic Art Awards
Artists in the Schools
Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture 2021
Public Art Archive
Arts, Music, and Culture Calendar
Hawaii State Art Museum Calendar
Holiday Schedule
Job Opportunities
Volunteer Opportunities

Message from the Executive Director
Aloha,

As Hawaii faces the effects of the public health crisis surrounding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), we recognize the culture and arts field is particularly vulnerable to the economic impact of the emergency. We also know we are one of the most innovative sectors and we will find our way through this time. At the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, we will continue to support the arts infrastructure statewide through grants, initiatives and services. Our goal is to ensure the safety of our staff and continue operations consistently.

State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA) administrative offices are closed to the public, however, our work to promote, perpetuate and preserve culture and the arts in Hawai‘i will continue! SFCA staff are working remotely Monday through Friday during state business hours. Please contact staff by telephone or email (staff list on our website). If you aren’t sure who to contact, please call our main line, (808) 586-0300 and leave a voice message, or email HawaiiSFCA@hawaii.gov. We are also posting updates and links on our social media: @Hawaii_SFCA on Facebook, @Hawaii_SFCA on Instagram, and @Hawaii_SFCA on Twitter.  In this issue of our email newsletter, read about Arts and Culture Information and Resources on our website, how nonprofit organizations can help Hawai‘i get funding for COVID-19 relief, our new Arts Education Resource page compiled by SFCA staff, arts support in the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and amendments we are making to grantee contracts to fund general operations.
Take care,
Jonathan Johnson
Executive Director
State Foundation on Culture and the Arts

COVID-19 Resources and Information for Artists and Arts/Culture Organizations

The SFCA COVID-19 Information and Resources page is a collection of resources that may be relevant to you and/or the artists, arts professionals, and organizations with whom you work. We will continue to update this page for as long as it may be useful.

Nonprofit Organizations: Help Hawai‘i Get Funding for COVID-19 Relief
The National Endowment for the Arts together with Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit for advancing the arts, have created a survey to assess the economic impact of COVID-19 on nonprofits arts organizations. We urge all Hawai‘i nonprofit arts organizations to participate, so the virus’ effect on our state’s arts infrastructure can be documented.

Your answers are critically important. They create the data-backed case for advocacy to include the arts in emergency relief funding that might be allocated at the federal or state levels.

Take the five-minute survey online at AFTA COVID-19 Arts Impact Survey.

Arts Education Resource Page
A curated list, compiled by our SFCA staff, contains various arts experiences accessible online, for all ages and abilities. This list will be updated as more resources become available. Read more on our website: SFCA Arts Education Resource Page

One of the resources on our list is the Honolulu Theatre for Youth's “The HI Way: Bringing Theatre into Your Home” with new digital content for families and Children. The HI Way will bring the magic of their educational stage performances and the resident ensemble’s creative energy into a digital format for viewing at home on any device. The series will be broadcast locally on television as well as online. Learn more on their website: Honolulu Theatre for Youth.

Arts Included in Federal Stimulus Bill
On Wednesday March 25, the U.S. Senate and Congress approved a $2.2 trillion emergency relief package, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, designed to support the U.S. economy and provide critical investment in resources to help hospitals contend with the COVID-19 outbreak. The $2 trillion emergency stimulus package included important provisions supporting the arts sector and creative workforce. The nation's arts and culture industry is experiencing devastating economic losses with closed venues and cancelled performances, exhibitions, and events as a result of the pandemic.

This vital piece of legislation includes direct support for both nonprofit cultural organizations and state and local arts and humanities agencies, as well as economic relief provisions for independent contractors, "gig economy" workers and artists, entrepreneurs, and small businesses working in the creative economy.

At this time, the amount that will be distributed to the State of Hawai‘i, when that funding will arrive, and any requirements are all unknown. The SFCA will provide updates as we learn more.

Learn more about Arts Support in the Federal COVID-19 Relief Bill:
•National Endowment for the Arts: National Endowment for the Arts to Distribute $75 million in Relief Aid to Arts Organizations in Need
•Americans for the Arts: Federal Economic Stimulus Relief Funds Provide Encouraging Support to the Nation’s Community-Based Arts and Culture Organizations Experiencing $3.6 Billion in Devastating Losses
•National Assembly of State Arts Agencies: Arts Included in Federal Stimulus Bill

Poetry Out Loud

Congratulations to Erisan Awaya, the 2020 Poetry Out Loud Hawai‘i State Champion! Erisan recited “On Listening to Your Teacher Take Attendance” by Aimee Nezhukumatathil, “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain” by Emily Dickinson, and “Golden Retrievals” by Mark Doty. The text of the poems are available online: Poetry Out Loud. Erisan is a student Mid-Pacific Institute in Honolulu.

Judges: Mark Branner, Terence Liu, Laurel Nakanishi, and Maya Soetoro-Ng.
Accuracy Judge: Kat Nelson.
Prompter: Rebecca Dunning.
Master of Ceremonies: Ben Gutierrez.
Opening remarks were given by Daniel A. Kelin, II, the Honolulu Theatre for Youth Director of Drama Education and an SFCA Artistic Teaching Partner Fellow. Additional remarks were given by Jonathan Johnson, SFCA Executive Director.

The Poetry Out Loud National Finals Competition scheduled for April 27-29th in Washington D.C. is cancelled. The Poetry Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts are exploring ways to honor the achievements of the Poetry Out Loud State Champions.

Scholastic Student Art Awards: National Awards for Hawaiʻi Students

Thirteen Hawai‘i students received national medals in the 2020 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards! View the full list of Hawai‘i students on our website: 2020 Scholastic Art Awards: National Medals.

A full list of national awards is posted on the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards website: 2020 National Medalists List.

Arts Education

The Artists in the Schools (AITS) program for State of Hawai‘i Department of Education (DOE) schools, grades K-12, is currently open for school applications. All Hawai‘i public and charter schools are eligible to apply. The deadline (previously April 27, 2020) is being extended; please contact SFCA Arts Program Specialist Danica "Nikki" Rosengren (telephone: 808-586-0768 or email: danica.rosengren@hawaii.gov) with any questions. AITS arts residency grants provide engaging, creative and fun learning experiences based on the Fine Arts standards for all grade levels, through residencies with qualified trained teaching artists from the Artistic Teaching Partners (ATP) Roster. Many of these teaching artists integrate their art form with other core curriculum areas, such as language arts, math, social studies, and science, meeting both Fine Arts and other core standards.

For more information: Artists in the Schools.

13th Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture (FestPac)
New dates announced: June 18-27, 2021. For more information: FestPacHawaii.org.

Public Art Archive
View permanently installed works of art in the SFCA’s Art in Public Places Collection across the state (and many other public art collections) in the Public Art Archive with the 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!

Art in Public Places
Recent & Upcoming Exhibit Visits

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

HAWAI‘I ISLAND - Kahilu Theatre 5th Annual Juried Exhibition, Kahilu Theatre Galleries, Kamuela. March 12 – April 19, 2020.

MAUI - Art Maui 2020, Schaefer International Gallery, Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Kahului. Mixed media, juried. March 8 - 29, 2020.

O‘AHU - Then and Now, Honolulu Museum Art School Gallery, Honolulu. Mixed media, curated. February 29 – March 27, 2020.

O‘AHU - Fiber Hawai‘i: In, Of, or About Fiber, Gallery ‘Iolani, Windward Community College, Kāne‘ohe. Fiber, juried. April 3 - May 3, 2020.

O‘AHU - Downtown Drawing, the Honolulu Museum of Art at First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu. Drawings, curated. July 23, 2020 - January 8, 2021.

O‘AHU - A Deeper Shade of Soul, Sculpture by Jonathan Swanz, the Honolulu Museum of Art at First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu. Drawings, curated. July 23, 2020 - January 8, 2021.

Approved AASC visits are also posted on the SFCA's website: Acquisition Award Selection Committees.

An AASC visited the following exhibit in February 2020

MAUI – Honor Hawaii, Honor Maui, Royal Lahaina Resort Ballroom, Lahaina. Painting, curated. February 15 -23, 2020.

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 and AASC Purchase and Gift Recommendations are posted on our website: SFCA News Blog: Acquisition Award Selection Committees

Arts, Music, and Culture Calendar
April 2020
Governor Ige's statewide order to stay at home, work from home to fight COVID-19 through April 30 has led to the postponement or cancellation of events for the entire month of April.

Hawaiʻi State Art Museum
The Hawai‘i State Art Museum is temporarily closed to the public. All events in April have been canceled. Please check the HiSAM website calendar for upcoming events and updates.

2020 State Government Holiday Schedule
Good Friday - Friday, April 10, 2020
Memorial Day - Monday, May 25, 2020
King Kamehameha I Day - Thursday, June 11, 2020
Independence Day - Friday, July 4, 2020
Statehood Day - Friday, August 21, 2020
Labor Day - Monday, September 7, 2020
General Election Day - Tuesday November 3, 2020
Veterans' Day - Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Thanksgiving - Thursday, November 26, 2020
Christmas - Friday, December 25, 2020

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

SFCA Board of Commissioners Meetings
2020 SFCA Board of Commissioners Meetings
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Committee meetings usually begin at 9:00 a.m., followed by the general meeting at 11:00 a.m.

Unless otherwise specified, the public is invited to attend SFCA Standing Committee and Commission Meetings. 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.

Job Opportunities
Job Listings
There are no SFCA job listings as of March 30, 2020. Job listings are posted in our website news blog and in the monthly email newsletter (subscribe here), as well as on our social media (@hawaiisfca on Facebook, @hawaii_sfca on Instagram, and @hawaii_sfca on Twitter).
Internships
SFCA and HiSAM do not have an active internship program at this time.
Art Acquisitions and Commissions
Artwork acquisitions and commissions are done through the Art in Public Places Program. For more information: Opportunities for Artists.
eProcurement
For doing business with the state as a contractor, the State of Hawaii eProcurement (HiePro) is a system for issuing solicitations, receiving responses, and issuing notices of award. Solicitations and awards are posted and searchable. State Foundation on Culture and the Arts solicitations have included graphic design services, printing services, custom framing, artwork conservation and restoration.To find SFCA solicitations, search under Department: Accounting and General Services (the SFCA is administratively attached to the Department of Accounting and General Services).

Get Involved: Volunteer Opportunities
Help the SFCA Select Artwork
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 recommendations to the SFCA regarding the development and design of a given commissioned art project, including location, medium, distinguishing features of the artwork, and selection of the artist. The role of the Acquisition Award Selection Committees is to review and make recommendations regarding the purchase of works of art. The SFCA appoints the committee members for each exhibit visit — generally composed of SFCA commissioners, staff members, and 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.

Volunteer at the Hawai‘i State Art Museum
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.

Hawaii State Government Resources
2018 State of Hawai‘i Data Book
The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) has released the 2018 edition of the “State of Hawai‘i Data Book.”
The book is in electronic form and is available on the DBEDT website at: dbedt.hawaii.gov/economic/databook. The data may be downloaded in whole or in part as either PDF or Excel files.
The state’s Data Book is the most comprehensive statistical book about Hawai‘i in a single compilation. With more than 800 data tables, classified into 24 sections, it covers a broad range of statistical information in areas such as population, education, environment, economics, energy, business enterprises, government, tourism and transportation.
Section 7, Recreation and Travel, includes information on Performing Arts, Symphony Orchestra Activities, and Attendance at Museums and other Cultural Attractions.

For information on nationwide arts and culture economic impact: Arts & Economic Prosperity 5 (produced by Americans for the Arts, a non-profit organization).

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.

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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