SFCA in the news: Arts agency copes with funding gaps (Honolulu Star Advertiser July 15, 2025)

July 21, 2025
front page of newspaper with photo of people in a gallery and photo of No. 1 Capitol District building.

“While the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts is due to receive about $1 million in federal funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, it grapples with about a $1 million shortage in state funds after the Legislature dramatically changed how the state agency can use money from its Works of Art Special Fund.” Full story by Mia Anzalone on the front page of the Honolulu Star Advertiser, July 15, 2025.

Artwork in photo is Lehuauakea, “Still Finding My Way Back Home”, mixed media, 2025. On loan from the artist for the Hawaiʻi Triennial 2025; on view at Capitol Modern: the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum through December 6, 2025. Capitol Modern: the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum is a part of the SFCA Art in Public Places Program. The SFCA is administratively attached to the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Accounting and General Services and publicly funded through the Hawaiʻi State Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts.⁠

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