Enriching the Public Sphere through the Arts STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS 2019 Annual Report What’s Inside Board of Commissioners | Inside Cover Mission | 1 Year in Review | 2 2018–2019 Budget | 3 Strategic Plan | 4 Community Mahalo | 6 Education | 8 Schools Served | 12 Fellowships | 14 One Percent for the Arts | 16 Art in Public Places | 20 Hawai‘i State Art Museum | 24 Grants | 26 Biennium Grants | 28 Folk & Traditional Arts Partnership | 30 Arts First Partners | 34 Legislative Initiatives | 36 SFCA Financial Summary | 38 SFCA Staff | 41 BOARD OF C OMMISSIONERS JULY 1, 2018–JUNE 30, 2019 Patricia Hamamoto Karen Tiller Polivka Chairperson, At-Large At-Large Susan Browne Clyde Sakamoto At-Large Maui County Nalani Brun Sherman Warner Kaua‘i County At-Large Jane Clement Allison Wong Hawai‘i County At-Large Ronald Michioka City & County of Honolulu MISSION To promote, perpetuate and preserve culture and the arts in Hawai‘i. VALUES WE CELEBRATE and emphasize the cultural richness and diversity of Hawai‘i. WE BELIEVE in equitable access, transparency, and community-based decision making. WE SHARE in the responsibility to perpetuate the Native Hawaiian culture and the arts. WE VIEW art and cultural engagement as critical to the educational, economic, and social well-being of individuals, communities, and the state of Hawai‘i. 1 sfca STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS FISCAL YEAR 2019 Year in Review This Annual Report of 2018–2019 This year the Foundation’s work included three legisla- tive initiatives: awarding Teaching Artists Fellowships; offers an overview of the past year’s leading the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Hawai‘i efforts by the State Foundation State Capitol task force; and completing the US Rep. Patsy T. Mink Monument. This legislative session the on Culture and the Arts (SFCA) to SFCA received a $2.6 million capital improvement focus on the implementation of the project appropriation for construction improvements goals of its new 2019–2023 Strategic to the No. 1 Capitol District Building and Site, the home of HiSAM and the SFCA offices. These improvements Plan priorities of Culture, Education, will accommodate increased and safer access and Engagement and the Arts. building use. The Legislature also raised the budget ceiling for the Art in Public Places Program by $991,777. In recognition of the shared responsibility to perpet- The increased budget will help us to reach more uate Native Hawaiian culture and arts, this year SFCA communities and bring more people together through adopted the Kamehameha I statue in North Kohala. the power of the arts. In fiscal year 2021 we will be The project supported the community conservation requesting that the Legislature and the Administration effort of the painted statue and included a community establish a Director of the Hawai‘i State Art Museum engagement component to bring hula ki‘i (traditional position. As you will see on the following pages, the Hawaiian puppetry) to the community in the form of growing role HiSAM plays within the arts and culture storytelling around the statue. fabric of society warrants a director. Education remains a pillar of the Foundation and this June 30, 2019 marked the completion of year one of year we funded all 111 qualified schools that applied our 2019–2023 Strategic Plan. As we continue to assess for an Artists in the Schools Residency. With a diverse our initial progress with the Plan, we are setting our funding base that included a 50% match by the Hawai‘i sights on the next four years of implementing the Plan Community Foundation, we continued to expand our with a focus on rebranding HiSAM, hosting the Festival capacity for excellent arts education to public and of Pacific Arts & Culture 2020, implementing HiSAM’s charter schools statewide. construction project and re-organizing so the agency can best reach its goals in serving the community. As Hawai‘i’s communities are engaged in the arts through your state arts agency, the commission, leadership and the work of many arts organizations. This year we staff of the SFCA are committed to furthering the arts redesigned our biennium grants program to better and culture in our state. serve the community by creating an online application and reporting structure, and streamlining the applica- tion by eliminating the previous revised proposal step. All this was done with a goal of simplifying the Mahalo, process for the grant applicant and making more funding available. Each year our annual report focuses on a different strategic priority, and this report focuses on the Arts. Within the following pages you will see the role of Jonathan Johnson Patricia Hamamoto the SFCA and its programs play in supporting the Executive Director Chairperson, Fiscal Years 2015–2019 Arts in Hawai‘i. 2 sfca 2018–2019 Budget ANNUAL BUDGET 22% $1,463,587 STATE GENERAL FUND $681,800 FEDERAL FUND* $6,710,410 10% $4,565,023 WORKS OF ART SPECIAL FUND APPROPRIATION 68% *National Endowment for the Arts Priorities of Education, Folk and Traditional and Underserved. MATCHING GRANT SUPPORT $9,548,088 GRANTEE MATCH 3% $265,538 $9,934,118 1% PRIVATE $120,492 SCHOOL SHARE 96% 3 sfca Strategic Plan The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts goals are outlined in our current Strategic Plan which includes strategic priorities, vision, mission and values. The plan is effective July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2023 as required by the agency’s federal partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The priorities adopted are reflective of input by the community, SFCA Commissioners and staff. In implementing the plan’s priorities and accompanying strategies, SFCA intends to strengthen existing programs and services, pursue new initiatives, embrace a culture of transparency and accountability, and set and meet benchmarks that communicate our intentions clearly to our staff, partners, and the broader community. 4 sfca STRATEGIC PRIORITIES Fiscal Year 2019 Strategic Plan Implementation Highlights Began implementation of the SFCA 2019–2023 Strategic Plan Culture Engagement Support, foster and celebrate Enhance public Culture the artistic expressions engagement in • Conservation of the Kamehameha I of Hawai‘i’s diverse cultures culture and the arts. statue in North Kohala. and communities. • Supported the making, creating stories, songs and performing of hula ki‘i, (traditional Hawaiian puppetry); including 3 Kohala halau hula, 4 kumu hula ki‘i, and 50 cultural practitioners. Engagement • Dedicated monument to the late United States Representative Patsy T. Mink. Education The Arts • Facilitated the 50th Anniversary celebration of the Hawai‘i State Capitol. Strengthen arts education Enrich the public sphere for all learners. through the arts. Education • Awarded 12 individual artist fellowships for outstanding teaching artists, from 4 islands. • Expanded Artists in the Schools program statewide to more than 100 schools. • Served 108 public and charter schools and 13,317 people statewide through the initiatives for teaching artists and classroom teachers. The Arts • Acquired 76 works of art for the Art in Public Places collection and commis- sioned two public art works. • Opened three new exhibits at the Hawai‘i State Art Museum (HiSAM). 5 sfca Community Mahalo We believe in equitable access, transparency, O‘AHU Beverly Major and community-based decision making. Informed Lei Ahsing Gladys Marrone community panelists make decisions at the SFCA Brianne Atwood Mary Mitsuda regarding grants and art acquisitions. Mary Babcock Darin Miyashiro With the dedication and expertise of these volun- Donna Blanchard Marcia Morse teers, we make informed decisions that result in Sean Browne Lisa Nakandakari effective programming. Momi Cazimero Noreen Naughton Deborah Nehmad Mahalo to all the individuals who participated in the Donnie Cervantes Greg Northrup decision making of the State Foundation on Culture Alitta Charron and the Arts in fiscal year 2019. Norma Chun Amber O’Harrow Charlie Cohan Celeste Ohta Wayne DeMello Lauren Okano Ashley DeMoville Josiah Patterson HAWAI‘I MAUI Sue Deuber Michael Pili Pang ISLAND Jennifer Sabas Neida Bangerter Deborah Dunn Sanna Saks-Deutsch Pam Barton Sarala Dandekar Marika Emi Franco Salmoiraghi Mary Begier Lori Gomez-Karinen Ava Federov Amy Schiffner Lynn Capell Ilima Greig-Hong Akiemi Glenn Hannah Shun Kaholo Daguman Lynn Kaho‘ohalahala Scott Groeniger Jamie Simpson Steele Joy Holland Sandra McGuinness Jaimey Hamilton Timothy Slaughter Sally Lundberg Michael Moore Toni Han Amanda Smith Michael Marshall Richard Nelson Selena Harkness Lee Edward Spencer Hiroki Morinoue Jennifer Owen Aly Ishikuni-Sasaki Dawn Sueoka Margo Ray Chadwick Pang Kira Iwamoto Aljon Tacata Margaret Shields Lisa Schattenburg- Jay W. Junker Donna Starr Raymond Grant Kagimoto Rae Takemoto Dennis Taniguchi Daniel Schultz Wendy Kawabata Jeff Tam Noe Noe Michael Takemoto John Keaka Friend Allicyn Tasaka Wong-Wilson Nancy Young Tamsen Cheryl Kealohamakua Fox Treiber-Kawaoka KAUA‘I Louise King Lanzilotti Ricardo Trimillos MOLOKA‘I Chris Faye Damaris Kirchhoffer Inger Tully Diane Abraham Sally French Tom Klobe Shuzo Uemoto Nathalie Hosten Bernie Sakoda Val Krohn-Ching Malia Van Heukelem Helen Cecelia Maya Lea Portner Jay W. Junker Lydia Trinidad LĀNA‘I Gregg Lizenbery Fae Yamaguchi Ron Yamakawa Robin Kaye Maile Loo Katherine Love Maile Yawata Jon Magnussen Sidney Yee Wendy Yoshimoto 6 sfca SFCA 2020 Goals Culture Host venue for the Festival of the Pacific Arts & Culture 2020 to be held on O‘ahu in June 2020. Showcase unique Native Hawaiian cultural arts and practices at the Hawai‘i State Art Museum. Provide presentations free to the public for 7 days. Engagement • Redesign Biennium Grants Process. • Expand Statewide Cultural Extension Program outreach to more than 7,000 adults and children with services offered to: homeless, public housing, SFCA 2021 Goals and corrections. Culture Education Build cultural capacity and public awareness • Expand Artists in the Schools program statewide by for 3 Native Hawaiian practices that are not 8% (111 schools, approximately 75% to rural and/or robust; such as hula ki‘i, ‘ukeke and ulana ‘ie.