We Value Hawai'i: Art/Music/Dialogue

September 25, 2010 - September 26, 2010
Fresh Cafe on 831 Queen Street, Honolulu Add to Calendar

Ask any teacher or artist or writer--in Hawai'i, these days there is less and less support and money for the arts, both in public education and afterward.
As a result, we are experiencing a mass migration of creative people, especially younger artists and musicians, who are leaving Hawai'i for better opportunities elsewhere. As one young local visual artist puts it, "I feel like I don't have a future here, and my children don't have a future here. What can I do?"

We Value Hawai'i: Art/Music/Dialogue
Saturday, Sept. 25, 1 pm--1 am
An all-day, all-ages celebration of the creative arts in Hawai'i, with art and digital media workshops, multi-media installations, slam poetry, bands, and more. Support local art and music, apply for the CMA grant award for Hawai'i-based artists, and at 6:00 pm join scholars, activists, and politicians for an important discussion and re-visioning of the future of the arts in Hawai‘i.

>>We value Hawai'i, and we're not going anywhere.<<

Co-sponsored by The Hawai'i Council for the Humanities, The Center for Biographical Research, Creative Modern Activism, Flux Hawaii, and Fresh Cafe.
In conjunction with The Value of Hawai'i: Knowing the Past, Shaping the Future published by UH Press.


Ticket Information
Free and open to the public from 1 pm, $5 cover and 18+ starting at 8 pm

Event Sponsor
Center for Biographical Research, Mānoa Campus

More Information
808-358-0871, thevalueofhawaii@gmail.com, http://thevalueofhawaii.com/wevaluehawaii

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