State Foundation
names master and
apprentice teams

The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts has awarded $69,564 to 19 folk arts master/ apprentice teams. The apprenticeships gives advanced one-to-one instruction between a master traditional artist and an experienced apprentice.

The awards are open to practitioners of any traditional art form in any culture in Hawaii. To apply for the awards, master artists and apprentices were asked to select each other and apply together as a team. The average award ranges from $2,000 to $4,000 and is designed to cover master artist fees, supplies and mileage costs essential to the apprenticeship.

The 19 master/apprentice teams and their traditional art forms are:

>> Bonnie Miyashiro and Lisa Wakasugi for Okinawan koto

>> Masatoshi Shamoto and Darin Tokuo Miyashiro for gagaku (Japanese court music)

>> Harry Seisho Nakasone and Tsuyoshi Gima for Okinawan utasanshin (singing)

>> Peter Soong and Yuen Lan Chan for Cantonese opera

>> Jia Ai Quan and Beatrix Pui Yee Mow for Cantonese opera

>> Kalena Silva and Marvin Liko Puha for Hawaiian chanting

>> Amphol Sisouphanthong and Michael Sisounthone for Laotian wood carving

>> Alicia Smith and Kanoelehua deSilva for hula

>> Richard Ho'opi'i and Mitchell Akau "Bobo" Miles Jr. for Hawaiian falsetto singing

>> Kingo Gushikuma and David Fuertes for Hawaiian noho lio saddlemaking

>> Esther Westmoreland and Marques Marzan for lauhala weaving

>> Nedward Ka'apana and Edward Ka'iama Jr. for Hawaiian slack-key guitar

>> Wright Bowman and Ka'ili Chun for Hawaiian woodworking

>> Peter Park and Anna Akaka for Hawaiian lauhala hat weaving

>> Moana Eisele and Kathleen de Silva for Hawaiian kapa making

>> Nona Desha Beamer and Maile Beamer Loo for hula kahiko (ancient hula)

>> Mitsuko Toguchi and Toshiko Kaneshiro for Ryubu (Okinawan dance)

>> Dennis Kamakahi and Jon Yamasato for Hawaiian song composition/slack key

>> Makia Malo and Diana Hina Kahanu for storytelling

For information on the SFCA Folk Arts Program, call Michael Schuster at 586-0306.

For information on the SFCA, grants, programs, arts and culture calendar events, and opportunities, visit the SFCA website, www.state.hi.us/sfca.

Funding for the SFCA and its programs is provided by the State of Hawaii and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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