Monica Perriera is a consummate cartoon illustrator. Now in her 70s, she was born in Kalaupapa on Molokai, and having moved to Honolulu as an infant, she began drawing cowboy cartoons as a young girl. Her illustrations are of characters of her own invention and revolve around the theme of dogs, aliens, and the University of Hawaii (where Monica retired as a dishwasher). Monica enjoys playing with her cartoon characters in her imagination and in real life (she may hold up two illustrations in each hand, and have them talking together, which is a very concrete, dramatic and artful way of infusing meaning into her art). In this way Monica brings her characters, colored illustrations, to life and in the process develops storylines, themes, and situations that aid situating her 2D characters on paper.
VSA Institute
For Art Educators and Teaching Artists
April 15-16, 2011 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
A Pre-Conference to the
Pacific Rim Conference on Disabilities
Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel, Waikiki
To Register, Contact Victoria Pratt vickypratt@gmail.com
• Free to all Hawaii and Pacific Island teachers and teaching artists (Includes lunch and certificate of completion)
• Increase your knowledge and skills about the concept of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework related to inclusive arts-integrated teaching and learning for preK-12 students
• Develop strategies that address the challenges, issues, and opportunities inherent to a wide range of educational settings with children and youth (US and internationally) for teaching and learning through an inclusive arts-integrated framework.
• This workshop is recommended for teachers K-12, community arts educators, college and university faculty, special education teachers, and teaching artists.
Updated Brochure/Application
Click 2011 Deadline April. 1, 2011 HERE FOR APPLICATION
in 2011, VSA Hawai‘i, and its partners, University of Hawaii College of Education, National Endowment for Arts, continue its high school creative and cultural industry inclusive apprenticeship project for youth in transition.
For more information about how to participate in “Hawaii Arts@Work,” contact VSA Hawaii at 808-295-0659, email vsa@vsahawaii.org.
“Hawaii Arts@Work” includes collaboration with the Hawaii State Art Museum, the Honolulu Academy of Arts, the Art Center at Linekona, the Hawaii Department of Human Services (DVR) Department of Education.
In the NEA category, “Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth,” VSA Hawaii continues its youth in transition campaign titled “Hawaii Arts@Work” — a fine arts and cultural crafts apprenticeship training program aimed at matching high school students with master artists to advance professional career training.
The youth in transition allows students to earn elective credit. It is a high-level museum education and professional studio training projected aligned with the Hawaii Department of Education and UH Center for Career and Technical Education.
“Hawaii Arts@Work” (HAW) aims to serve in-school youth (10th grade to one-year out of high school) with and without disabilities who live on Oahu as well as unserved and underserved areas.
The 2011“Call for Application” deadline to apply is April 1. In Youth artist candidate interviews and orientation are Feb. 10. Classes are slated to begin in April 18, 2011 (see attached call for application).
During the 10-week training, working under the tutelage of master artists, apprentices will show increased levels of appreciation, knowledge and understanding and skills in visual arts creation and commercial production, based on the application of national arts education.
ABOUT THE APPRENTICESHIP: Selected Youth Artists will participate in museum education and studio education intensives at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii State Art Museum, and Academy Art Center at Linekona. Education visits are planned to UH Art Gallery and the Contemporary Museum of Honolulu.
SAVE the DATE
“BE ORIGINAL” Refuting STIGMA AGAINST PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS - April 2011 at Linekona
2011 VSA Young Soloists Award
VSA International Young Soloists Award Recipients to be announced Feb.
Honolulu pianist Nat Stanton is the state of Hawaii's finalist for the VSA International Young Soloist competition to be announced in early February.
Stanton is studying music at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
"As a classically trained musican, Nat has a very good chance of winning this year's competition," VSA Hawaii executive director Kathleen O'Bryan said.
The award provides an opportunity for emerging musicians to each earn a $5,000 award and a performance in Washington, D.C.
Since 1984, the VSA International Young Soloists Program has been seeking to identify talented musicians who have a disability. The VSA International Young Soloists Award is given annually to four outstanding musicians, two from the United States and two from the international arena.
AMHD-VSA Hawai‘i Offer
Introduction to Supported
Self-Employment in a
Creative and Cultural Crafts Production Studio
Academy of Art Center at Linekona
Feb. 1 through Dec. 31, 2011.
1-6 p.m., Mon.-Wed.-Fri. Tues., - Thurs. 2-6 p.m.
• Creative Development in Fine Art and Cultural Craft
• Start-to-Finish Production Technical Assistance
• Retail Sales and Wholesale Marketing at “Made In Hawai‘i”
• Small Group and/or Individual Projects — Self Paced Project
• Drawing, Painting, Weaving and Sewing (looms, Lauhala), Ceramics (handbuilding/press molds), Block printing
Appointments and Registration (AMHD referral required)
Contact Kathleen O’Bryan 469-6651 • obryanstudio@gmail.com
Breaking Barriers Studio 202@Linekona • 1111 Victoria Street, HI 96814
Partners: Department of Health AMHD, Transformation Grant; University of Hawaii Center on Disability Studies, Hawaii Medicaid Infrastructure Grant (MIG), Hawaii Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) • VSA Hawaii is funded in part Hawaii Department of Health, Department Human Services DVR and by VSA International, an affiliate of John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Call For Art: VSA and CVS Caremark invite you to submit artwork showing your child's or student's creativity!
Children of all abilities between the ages of 5 and 15 are encouraged to submit their artwork in any artistic media related to the theme of Imagination
Across America by Feb. 4, 2011. For complete details and sample activities, visit the vsarts.org/prebuilt/showcase/gallery/exhibits/calls/AllKidsCan/
In February, each VSA state affiliate will select four representative artworks to be sent to the VSA national office. Two pieces from each state and the District of Columbia will be selected for the inclusive exhibition featuring artwork created by children with and without disabilities. A selection of young artists will be invited to a reception in Washington, D.C. In addition, teachers who submit their students’ artwork are eligible to receive one of five $1,500 cash awards for use in their classroom. All submissions to the call will be included within the exhibition in an interactive kiosk even if not selected for the touring show.
Who can submit?
Open to all children of all abilities, ages 5-15, living within the United States (all 50 states and the District of Columbia.) For complete details and sample activities, visit the All Kids Can Create www.vsarts.org/prebuilt/showcase/gallery/exhibits/calls/AllKidsCan/
Artwork must be submitted online through Artsonia, a website that shares children's art, by Feb. 4, 2011. Email Annie Moriyasu amoriyasu@hawaii.edu with questions.