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MEDIA RELEASE The nonprofit arts and culture industry generates $159,605,567 in annual economic activity in the State of Hawaii – supporting 4,426 full-time equivalent jobs and generating $17,494,000 in local and state government revenues, according to the national research study, Arts & Economic Prosperity IV. Partnering with State of Hawaii’s Department of Business, Economic Development […]

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On Thursday, November 16, Parker Middle School received a 2011 Arts Excellence Award from the Hawaii Arts Alliance. Ex-officio Hawaii Arts Alliance board member Roberta Bishop presented the award certificate and a $1000 check to Parker School fine arts director Maren Oom on stage at the historic Parker School Theatre in front of an audience […]

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MEDIA RELEASE For more than three decades the Hawaii Arts Alliance has been recognizing exemplary schools that teach the arts as disciplines as well as integrating arts into other subjects with Arts Excellence Awards. Parker Middle School has been selected to receive a 2011 Arts Excellence Award. The Hawaii Arts Alliance is dedicated to cultivating […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii Arts Alliance announces the 2010 Alfred Preis Honoree, Marie McDonald, one of Hawaii’s most respected kupuna in the arts of lei and kapa-making. The Alliance will recognize her contributions to the arts of Hawaii at a celebration in December. Big Island resident Marie McDonald has spent 50 years producing the exquisite lei […]

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