2004 Grant Awards: State Listings

Arts on Radio and Television/Folk Arts Infrastructure/Heritage & Preservation/Learning in the Arts/Partnerships

Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

HAWAII

Hawaii Alliance for Arts Education
Honolulu, HI
$60,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education 
To support Arts First. Now in the second of a three-year plan, the research and demonstration project of the Hawaii Arts Education Partners will develop, integrate, document, and evaluate an arts-integrated curriculum for kindergarten through fifth-grade students at Waiahole Elementary.

Hawaii Craftsmen
Honolulu, HI
$20,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support the creation of a video archive of Hawaii's diverse floral artistic traditions. Art forms documented include Hawaiian lei making, Chinese New Year narcissus carving, ceremonial Laotian flower offering, and Japanese ikebana flower arranging.

Hawaii's Volcano Circus
Pahoa, HI
$25,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education 
To support Project Playmates which provides year-long instruction for youth in video production, drama, dance, acrobatics, and circus skills. The culmination of the project is Malama I ke Kai (Family of Life), a community-based drama performed by children and assisted by their parents.

Honolulu Theatre for Youth (consortium)
Honolulu, HI
$70,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education 
To support Developing Creative Curriculum, a consortium project that will train pre-service teachers in the processes of drama education. Through intensive workshops and drama sessions with the University of Hawaii's College of Education, pre-service teachers will learn how to integrate drama education practices throughout the school curriculum.

Hula Preservation Society
Kaneohe, HI
$25,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support the preservation of ancient hula through an online hula library. Through digital technologies the voices, faces, movements, stories, and knowledge of Hawaiian hula masters are being gathered, preserved and disseminated.

Maui Community Arts & Cultural Center (consortium)
Kahului, HI
$60,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education 
To support Quality Learning by Design. The project will implement the statewide Arts First: Hawaii Arts Education Strategic Plan 2001, including teacher and artist training through a consortium with the Hawaii State Department of Education.

Pacific Resources for Education and Learning
Honolulu, HI
$57,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education 
To support Image to Word--Word to Image. The professional development program is designed to increase student achievement in visual arts, reading, and language arts. Teachers and administrators from two underserved elementary schools will participate, with an emphasis on grades four through six.

State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
Honolulu, HI
$605,100
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional 
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

HAWAII total grants: 8
HAWAII total dollars: $922,100

National Endowment for the Arts · an independent federal agency
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Washington, DC 20506