January 2021 ARTS & CULTURE CALENDAR ON KAUAI

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January 2021 Arts & Culture Events

“May We Toot Our Horn?” — a message from Garden Island Arts Council

As this strangely convoluted 2020 year draws to a close, GIAC would like to review and share our work accomplished in spite of the many unexpected hurdles that we all have been facing.

We have put a hold on our direct appeal mail to GIAC membership at this time when “asking” becomes difficult.

Instead, we are sending this open letter of appeal to a wider audience who have been receiving our twice-monthly “Arts and Culture E-Calendar” which has faithfully brought to you up-to-date listing of events since 2005. We started this Calendar to help event organizers reach a wider audience for their events, but we get the most appreciative feedback from the attending audiences.

Our regular GIAC program of work, which included eight weeks of our usual ten-week E Kanikapila Kakou Hawaiian Music Program, completed its 37th year and received an unexpected but much appreciated recognition from HARA (Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts) with the Krash Kealoha Lifetime Achievement Award in Industry on December 6 of this year. No one knows yet what 2021 has in store for EKK at this precarious time. We appreciate the many inquiries from all over asking about EKK 2021.

In spite of the nearly empty airports, GIAC has managed to design and install window displays at the Lihue Airport including the “Malama Huleia” restoration project, “ … and how does your garden grow?” about the ingenuity of Kaua’i backyard gardeners, “One Man’s Artistry – Joseph Hoonani Kaauwai,” an airport security guard’s remarkable pen-stippled drawings on paper towels, and “A Gem of a Garden – Princeville Botanical Garden”. We have been working on a display about the environmental threat of “Rapid Ohia Death”.

Our “Van Go!” Mobile Art Room program, which has been taking the Arts into the schools since 2003, has been on hold due to the pandemic. Plans to assist teachers to plan and present videotaped art lessons for their students will soon be underway, thanks to the generous support of the Florence iwamoto Kaua’i Fund of the Iwamoto Family Foundation, our primary supporter of this program for over a decade.

GIAC’s visual arts program, Kauai Crafts Studio, has been busy and productive the past two years spearheading the two-part ceramic mural at the playground entrance of the Anaina Hou Community Park. Notecards featuring the artwork of the Ocean mural have been printed and will be donated to the Anaina Hou gift shop. The “stay-at-home” mandate has prompted Kauaians to spend more time on their own creative projects; this has brought renewed activity in the visual arts at the Art Pod Studio where many ongoing art workshops are being held. Firing all the hand-painted ceramic tiles for the Sparky Matsunaga Peace Park in Lihu’e was another contribution to the community.

Another community support project for the initial “Mental Health Awareness” event held at the former Sports Authority store was to coordinate and create inspirational decorations for the event.

The Shops at Kukuiula awarded a huge donation to GIAC for our assistance in “machinemachine’s” printmaking workshops for the community.

The “stay-at-home” mandate has prompted Kauaians to spend more time on their own creative projects; this has brought renewed activity in the visual arts at the Art Pod Studio where many ongoing art workshops are being held. Firing all the hand-painted ceramic tiles for the Sparky Matsunaga Peace Park in Lihu’e was another contribution to the community.

A major community project includes ongoing efforts to secure NEA federal funding to support programs for the “Art Hub” Community Gathering Place to be housed in the former Kress Store building, which is an important cornerstone of the Rice Street Revitalization project. Our early effort toward this end was to treat the public to an exciting “Art Feast” which included the on-site painting of a mural fronting the Kress Store renovation and a Keiki Mural activity. GIAC also supported the NirMANAFest Mural Painting project in Lihu’e town by providing the mural painting supplies.

In these days of austerity, GIAC continues its work as a strong community partner with its small army of dedicated volunteers. We ask for your support in any amount that we might continue the meaningful and worthwhile work to encourage, promote, support and inspire work that makes Kaua’i the special place that it is. The ARTS can do a lot to uplift spirits in this period of tension and uncertainty.

Contributions to help GIAC carry out its program of work can be donated on our website at www.gardenislandarts.org or mail your check in any amount to GIAC, P.O. Box 827, Lihu’e, Kauai, HI 96766.

~ Carol Kouchi Yotsuda and the Garden Island Arts Council Board ~

PS:
If you missed the Sunday, December 6, 12:00 noon Live Viewing of the The Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts (HARA) Lifetime Achievement Awards Celebration held at Blue Note Hawaii in Waikiki, you can see it at the following link and catch Garden Island Arts Council’s E Kanikapila Kakou Program receiving the Krash Kealoha Lifetime Achievement Award in Industry.
Thanks to Angus Sweitzer for sending the link and specifics on EKK:
Congratulations again. Here is specific info you can forward to folks to view the EKK achievement award video.
The link to view Carol Yotsuda’s Lifetime Achievement Award for EKK (starts at – 50:00 minutes):
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1337690089897328&t=3000
• Carol’s specific acceptance video starts at ~54:00
• Music performance by Kuuipo Kumukahi starts at ~01:02:05
Congratulations to all ! Enjoy! Enjoy!! ENJOY!!!
Angus

Chris “Angus” Sweitzer Wildwood Studios – eclectic enterprises LLC

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The University of Hawai`i Community Design Center is working on a challenge to come up with designs for the L?hu‘e town areas and would like feedback from community members and specifically artists. Please feel free to take the survey and share with your connections throughout the arts and culture community on Kaua`i.

The information below provides more details on the project along with the ‘Take the Survey’ button. The following link will direct you to the survey as well. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MICD2021-Kauai

Mahalo for your time!

We are seeking your input to explore ways that we can better utilize our “public realm” for performing and visual arts as we plan for our post-COVID future.

This outreach is hosted by the University of Hawai?i Community Design Centerand Institute for Sustainability and Resilience, in partnership with County offices, with funding from the U.S. Conference of Mayors through the Mayors’ Institute on City Design Partnership.

We are reaching out to you because this exploration will include sites in L?hu?e Town. This brief survey will take no more than 5 minutes to complete. Responses will be reported in a way that will protect the identity of respondents. We humbly invite your perspectives and look forward to envisioning new ways of responding to our current challenges.

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Innovation Grant>>KauaiForward.com   
Due date and time:  Tuesday, January 19, 2021, 4:30 pm
Innovation Grant proposals for 2020-2021 being requested by County of Kauai’s Office of Economic Development (OED)
Innovative projects to generate short-term and long-term economic growth and diversification on Kauai. Grant aims to support new programs or projects that advance innovation by identifying and solving local problems in small business, technology, transportation, agriculture, local manufacturing, circular economy and tourism in Kauai County.
Sign up for informational webinar on kauaiforward.com
Apply ONLINE in the Amplifund system
http://www.kauai.gov/oed

11th Annual Princeville Community Fine Arts Exhibit Goes VIRTUAL!
Due to COVID concerns the exhibit, which is normally an in-person event, is virtual this year.
It is available on the Princeville Community website  and can be viewed at http://www.princevillecommunity.com/view/fine-art-exhibit.aspx. The exhibit can be enjoyed online in the comfort of your home without social distancing or masks.
Drawings, paintings, sculptures created by NorthShore artists never before exhibited on Kauai; Contact info for artists are on the slides.
Info:  el@pcsonline.org; (808) 826-6687

Kauai Community College Free Classes
Are you a Kauai resident?  Have you been affected by the pandemic? Lost your job?  Decrease in work hours?  Take a class to increase your employability
Info:  https://ocet.kauai.hawaii.edu/
Call (808) 245-8313 to register: Email:  ocet@hawaii.edu

Kumu’s Cupboard is Open (former Payless Shoes location)
The Free School Supply Store for Kauai Educators
Regular Store Hours:
Tuesdays:  3:30 – 7:00 pm
Fridays:  3:30 – 7:00 pm
Saturdays:  10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Sundays:  1:00 – 4:00 pm
Covid-19 Safety Rules in effect
Info:  kumuscupboard1@gmail.com
www.kumuscupboard.org

January 3, 3021, 4:00 pm
KCP – Kauai Community Players Annual Membership Meeting
It’s a Virtual Meeting
Info:  KauaiCommunityPlayers@gmail.com

Saturday, November 2, 2020 – January 8, 2021
KSA Small Works Art Show
Congratulations to Award Winners – David Dinner, Liedeke Bulder, Joshua Huntoon, Natalie Segal, Carol Meckling, Shannon Hiramoto. Licia Mcdonald
KSA Exhibition Hall; Kukui Grove Center
Exhibition Dates: November 21 – January 8, 2021
Hours, Noon – 4 pm/Fridays Noon – 7 pm
No opening reception
Register:  www.kauaisocietyofartists.org
Info:  artinkauai@gmail.com

January 15, 2021
Martin Luther King Jr 92nd Birthday
Holiday is on Monday, January 18, 2021
Invitation to Participate in Video Presentation:
What I envision is a massive response of creative offerings that can be included in our video. These can be written pieces: essays, speeches, poems, stories. Or they could be video recordings of spoken word, songs, dances, visual art. The prompt for these creations is “ If you were Martin Luther King, Jr alive now, how would you respond to present day challenges and create the world you dream of.”

If you have questions about format for submissions or any other way you might love to participate in this project please email me at sbackinoff24@gmail.com or text/call 808-346-2587.