Background
The Art
in Public Places — Artists in
Residence (APP-AIR) Program is a
collaborative program between the
Department of Education (DOE) and
the Hawai'i State Foundation on
Culture and the Arts (HSFCA). The
program was established to
implement an integrated visual
arts in education program, while
providing commissioned works of
art in public schools. Funding is
made available through the HSFCA
Works of Art Special Fund, under
Section 103-8.5 of the Hawaii
Revised Statutes.
Program
funds allow for the participation
of approximately four school
projects per year. Each project
will be budgeted with a maximum of
$100,000 for middle, intermediate,
or high schools and $75,000 for
elementary schools, to hire the
services of a professional visual
artist as chosen by the Art
Advisory Committee (AAC). The AAC
for each school is composed of
five members, including the
school’s principal, one teacher,
one student, one community member,
and one HSFCA commissioner. The
school selects the teacher,
community member, and student
representative, and the HSFCA
Board of Commissioners selects the
commissioner.
The
AAC, representing the larger
school and community population,
is guided through the process of
selecting an appropriate site and
style of artwork for their school
campus. Artists appropriate to the
project are recommended from
artists who have sent in a
qualified application through the
online website www.CallforEntry.org,
CAFÉ. The AAC recommends an
artist from this group to the
HSFCA Board of Commissioners, and
works collaboratively with the
selected artist on the concept of
the artwork for their school. All
recommendations are made to the
HSFCA Board to satisfy state laws
and agency requirements.
Culminating
works of art at the school might
include sculpture fashioned out of
metal, stone, glass, concrete, or
wall murals created with ceramic
and/or mosaic tiles, metal, glass,
or concrete. The budget is paid
directly to the artist in phases.
There are five phases delineated
in the contract, spreading over an
estimated two-year period of the
project. The DOE’s APP-AIR
Resource Teacher coordinates and
attends all meetings. The HSFCA
manages the contracts and payments
to artists for all projects,
alleviating these burdens from the
schools.
Program goals
- Teaming
among a professional artist,
teachers, students, and the school
community to develop a work of art
in the school, which reflects and
is appropriate to the school’s
environment, curriculum, cultural
values, and aesthetics.
- Providing
meaningful and authentic
experiences for students and staff
to learn the processes of
conceptualization, design,
decision-making, production, and
evaluation of works of art, while
building capacity of teachers to
incorporate or infuse art into
school curriculum.
The APP-AIR
project includes an educational
component that is integrated into
the school’s curriculum. As part of
the educational component, the
artist is required to provide a
residency in the school equivalent
to 14-16 days of instruction during
the term of the project. The AAC
decides on the appropriate grade
level or classes that will have the
benefit of direct contact with the
selected artist. The DOE’s APP-AIR
Resource Teacher is available to
assist the artist and principal in
formulating lesson plans for
teachers and students.
Additionally,
the artist must conduct a minimum of
one in-service training workshop for
teachers, one presentation to the
school and community, and one studio
visit for a select number of
students and teachers (only if the
studio is safe and conducive for
such a visit).
Photo:
E
A`a Mua Pehe Pueo La is
the product of the King Kekaulike
APP-AIR program where students
designed and produced the mural.
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