Bill Text: HI HR119 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requesting The State Foundation On Culture And The Arts To Report Information Relating To Expenditures From The Works Of Art Special Fund For The Curation And Preservation Of Native Hawaiian Art.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-2)

Status: (Passed) 2022-04-07 - Resolution adopted in final form. [HR119 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2022-HR119-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	119
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

rEQUESTING THE sTATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS TO REPORT information relating to expenditures FROM THE WORKS OF ART SPECIAL FUND FOR THE CURATION AND PRESERVATION OF NATIVE HAWAIIAN ART.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, the first chairman of the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (Foundation), Pundy Yokouchi, once said, "Art is as important as education, because art is education."; and

 

     WHEREAS, much Native Hawaiian art, like its language, is displayed through oral and dance performances, which are not supported through the Works of Art Special Fund; and

 

     WHEREAS, in the Foundation's 2019-2023 Strategic Priorities report, only one of the twelve objectives is dedicated to Native Hawaiians; and

 

     WHEREAS, under this single objective, three strategies are listed:

 

     (1)  Strengthen relationships with Native Hawaiian community-based organizations;

 

     (2)  Regularly liaise with representatives from community organizations serving Native Hawaiians; and

 

     (3)  Actively encourage, support, and acknowledge Native Hawaiian culture; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Foundation does not report on the need to perpetuate traditional and customary practices while supporting the self-determination and advancement of Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners and artists; and

 

     WHEREAS, the report also omits language on the need to secure Native Hawaiian culture, arts, and intellectual property against misappropriation and exploitation; and

 

     WHEREAS, the inclusion of performing arts as a permissible use of the Works of Art Special Fund would support hālau hula and other oli and mele practitioners and perpetuate Native Hawaiian cultural practices; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, that the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts is requested to provide a report on the total amount of funding expended from the Works of Art Special Fund for the curation of art produced by an individual of Native Hawaiian decent ("Native Hawaiian art"), number of Native Hawaiian art pieces acquired, percentage of all works collected through the Works of Art Special Fund that is Native Hawaiian art, cost per Native Hawaiian art piece acquired, and percentage of the cost of all works collected through the Works of Art Special Fund attributed to the cost of acquiring Native Hawaiian art; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Foundation is further requested to submit the report to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2023; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the Executive Director of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

SFCA; Native Hawaiian Art; Works of Art Special Fund; Report