Mountain View printmaking residency program awarded $8K from new state initiative

A Big Island printmaking residency program is one of 10 arts education programs throughout the state awarded a portion of more than $72,000 from the Hawai‘i Community Foundation’s new Museum Without Walls Arts Education Initiative.

The initiative is a collaborative effort with the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and dedicated to making arts education accessible to communities that face barriers and challenges in accessing these resources.

Koana Cultural Community of Mountain View was awarded an $8,000 grant for its “Introduction to Printmaking” residency.

The program will introduce Koana Cultural Community’s rural East Hawai‘i hometown to various printmaking methods, focusing on relaying the natural world through art. Techniques include mono printing, collage printing and using natural materials. The residency is open to ages 8 and older.

The Museum Without Walls Arts Education grants support diverse programs from April 1 to Dec. 31, offering arts education opportunities outside traditional school settings to participants from keiki to kūpuna.

Each of the 10 programs awarded is a partnership between a teaching artist from the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts artistic teaching partners roster and a local community organization.

They also will focus on increasing engagement with and appreciation of works in the Art in Public Places Collection.

“This new pilot program provides an opportunity for experienced teaching artists to partner with community organizations to bring a diverse array of arts including dance, music, printmaking, painting and more through residencies designed to meet the needs and interests of community member,” said Hawai‘i Community Foundation program director Elise von Dohlen.

Karen Ewald, Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts executive director, said her organization is excited to expand its partnership with the Hawai‘i Community Foundation to support arts education in the community.

“With residencies focused on works of art in the Arts in Public Places Collection, we are reaching youth in rural communities, low-income seniors and others in the community who experience barriers to accessing arts education,” said Ewald.