Honolulu Mayor’s Office of Culture and Arts (MOCA): “This series of concrete and lyric poetry by Mānoa Elementary School is now on view at Kapolei Hale part of the exhibit “Aloha ‘Āina Art by Hawai‘i’s Keiki and ‘Ōpio.”
Students from Mānoa Elementary School worked with professional writer Laurel Nakanishi to create concrete and lyric poems as a part of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA) Artists-in-the-Schools program. After studying the history, geography, and moʻolelo of Mānoa, including visits from three kūpuna who grew up in the valley, students wrote lyric poems that expressed their relationship with Mānoa. Nakanishi then led the students in the creation of concrete poetry inspired by the work of Native Hawaiian photographer Kapulani Landgraf.”
The exhibit is open through June 23, 2023 at Kapolei Hale (Kapolei Satellite City Hall).
About the SFCA Artists in the Schools program
SFCA Artists in the Schools (AITS) arts residency grants provide engaging, creative, and fun learning experiences based on the Fine Arts standards for all grade levels, through residencies with qualified, trained teaching artists from the Artistic Teaching Partners (ATP) Roster. Many of these teaching artists integrate their art form with other core curriculum areas, such as language arts, math, social studies, and science, meeting both Fine Arts and other core standards.
Artists in the Schools is funded with state appropriations from the State of Hawai‘i Legislature, federal funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, and private matching funds from the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.
All public and charter schools in the state are eligible to apply for Artists in the Schools for classrooms pre-K through 12. In the 2023-2024 school year, 125 schools received funds to conduct their arts residencies.
- Learn more about Artists in the Schools: sfca.hawaii.gov/aits.
- Additional Artists in the Schools spotlight posts: sfca.hawaii.gov/category/arts-education/artists-in-the-schools.