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Weaving Lau Hala: Living Lau Hala
A Native Hawaiian Way
In partnership with Honolulu Academy of Arts, VSA arts of Hawaii-Pacific is conducting class on Lau Hala weaving. Detail:
August 27-30, 2009
$55 half-day session (3 hours)
$75 full-day session is (6 hours)
$280 four-day Immersion Weekend
(meals and refreshments are included in tuition)
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-$60. Kits
are prepared by the weaving community through the kako`o from Na Mea Hawai`i.
Opportunity to participate in a hands-on lau hala 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!
A group of Hawaii’s renowned kumu lau hala (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) 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.
Click here to download flier and registration form. Also visit www.honoluluacademy.org for more information
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Call for Performers
2010 International VSA arts Festival
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 Deadline: August 3, 2009 VSA arts is seeking performing artists/groups with disabilities who are interested in performing at the International VSA arts Festival in Washington, D.C. in June, 2010. AXIS Dance Company. Photo: Trib LaPrade. |
From June 6-12, 2010, VSA arts - the premier arts and disability organization - will bring together artists, educators, researchers, and policy makers with disabilities from around the world for a multicultural celebration of the arts and arts education. The festival will feature visual, performing, literary, and media artists from all corners of the globe.
For more information and to apply, please visit www.vsarts.org/callforperformers.
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SAORI-NO-MORI — Japanese Hand Weavers return to Honolulu 
The hand weaving studio, SAORI-NO-MORI, in Osaka, Japan will conduct workshops on July 9-11, 2009 in cooperation with VSA arts of Hawaii-Pacific, the University of Hawaii Center on Disability Studies and UH Department of Family and Consumer Sciences. For more information and to make a reservation, contact:
Hawaii: Norrin Lau (VSA arts of Hawaii-Pacific) at njti4@hotmail.com, or
Japan: Akiko Jo (SAORI-NO-MORI) at info@saorinomori.com - English is okay.
WHO: SAORI Hand Weaving Workshop at UH, Honolulu WHAT: Free Hands-on Workshop
WHEN: July 9, 2009 (Thursday) Morning Session 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Afternoon Session 2-4:30 p.m.
WHERE: UH-Manoa, Miller Hall #101
* Choose from one of two sessions and reserve your seat.
WHAT: Two-Day Basic Workshop for Loom Owners
WHEN: July 10 (Friday) - July 11 (Saturday) 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. WHERE: UH-Manoa, Miller Hall #101
 *This workshop will be offered free of charge to SAORI loom owners.
*Reservation is required.
*Workshops presented by SAORI-NO-MORI in corporation with the UH department of Family and Consumer Sciences and VSA arts of Hawaii-Pacific and UH Center on Disability Studies Detailed information is available on the following
*Web sites: http://saorinomori.com/ENGLISH_PAGE/eng.index.html
VSA arts and CVS Caremark Announce Hawai'i's National Children’s Art Contest Winner "All Kids Can." 
Self Portrait by Momoe Johnson of Lanai High and Elementary School has been selected to represent the state of Hawaii in this year’s All Kids Can…CREATE! exhibition. For the second year, CVS Caremark All Kids Can joined VSA arts in the effort to expand inclusive arts education programs toward improving the lives and learning of young people with disabilities across the United States. The annual call to create allowed children around the country to create and submit artwork to the All Kids Can…CREATE! online gallery, coming soon to Artsonia.com.
51 artists were selected as representatives of their states from over 4,500 submissions to have their artwork displayed in the All Kids Can…CREATE! exhibition. This year, children were encouraged to create artwork based on the theme, Celebrating Who I Am. The exhibition will debut at Washington, D.C.’s Union Station from June 1 – 21, 2009, in conjunction with our Start with the Arts Family Festival on June 5-6, and will then commence a two-year tour to children’s museums across the country.
Stay tuned to our website for more information and an online version of the exhibition that you can share with your family and friends. www.vsarts.org
VSA arts and CVS Caremark All Kids Can are encouraging children and youth to share their creativity through a national call for visual art. The theme, “Celebrating Who I Am,” invites young people with and without disabilities across the United States to create visual art about their interests, talents, and dreams. All artwork submitted before the March 6, 2009 deadline will be included in an online art gallery. One piece of art from each state and the District of Columbia will be displayed summer 2009 at Union Station in Washington, D.C., as part of a children’s art exhibition. Ten representatives of the exhibition will be selected to travel to Washington to be honored at a reception on Capitol Hill.
The call for art is part of VSA arts and CVS Caremark’s yearlong campaign, “All Kids Can…CREATE!” to encourage learning and community engagement through creating art. The program includes the call for art, artist-in-residence programs in schools that will expand access and document learning through the arts for students with disabilities, and community volunteer activities with CVS Caremark employees that engage their communities and/or schools in building inclusive environments.
To find out more about the teachers’ award or to submit artwork, please visit
www.vsarts.org/allkidscancreate or call (202) 628-2800.
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