Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 8, Number 4, 1 April 1991 — OHA scholarships for marketing your crafts [ARTICLE]

OHA scholarships for marketing your crafts

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs Entrepreneurship Training Program is making full and partial scholarships available to Hawaiians for three arts and crafts marketing seminars in April, May and June: "Photographing your creative work," "Creating the artistic portfolio," and "Getting it straight: legal and tax basics for arts-related organizations." The seminars will be held on Kaua'i, O'ahu, Maui, Moloka'i and Hawai'i in Hilo and Kona. Deadline to register is one week before eaeh seminar. The seminars are sponsored by Hawaii Craftsmen, a non-profit arts and crafts educational organization. Partial funding is being provided by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and OHA. • "Photographing your creative work," a oneday seminar, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Tom Brown, photographer and instructor, has extensive experience as a photographer and will cover how to photograph two- and three-dimensional work, deal with reflective surfaces, and use positive and negative spaces, light and shadow. Participants are urged to bring their 35mm cameras and any existing photographs or slides for comment and critique. Cost: $55 per person ($50 for members of eosponsoring organizations, $45 for persons also taking the seminar "Creating the Artistic Portfolio.") Dates: Molokai — Sat. Apr. 13; Kona — Sat. Apr. 20, Keauhou Beach Hotel; Honolulu — Sat. Apr. 27, Honolulu Community College; Maui — Sat. May 4, Connecting Point classroom; Hilo, May 11, UH Hilo campus; Kaua'i — Sat. May 18, Kaua'i Community College. • "Creating the artistic portfolio." Learn the steps necessary for putting together a promotion-

al portfolio, biography, artist's statement, photographs and slides. Janis Beuret, noted art consultant, will cover the morning session on artist statement, biography and other promotional materials. The afternoon sessions will focus on getting your publicity into print. Leam how to work with the printer, the color separator and do hands-on desktop publishing. Guest artists from eaeh island will speak on how to successfully market your art. Cost: $55 per person ($50 for members of eosponsoring organizations; $45 for people taking "Photographing your creative work.") Dates: Molokai — Fri. Apr. 12; Kona — Sun. Apr. 21, Keauhou Beach Hotel; Honolulu — Sun. Apr. 28, Linekona School; Maui — Sun. May 5, Connecting Point classroom; Hilo — Sun. May 12, UH Hilo campus, Kaua'i — Fri. May 17, Kaua'i Community College. Times: 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Friday session; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday sessions. • "Getting it straight: legal and tax basics for arts-related organizations." This half-day-long seminar on non-profit board liability, fiduciary responsibilities, tax requirements, and by-laws will cut the confusion on your role as a board member, volunteer and/or staff person. A panel discussion on ethical considerations, conflicts of interest, financial and program planning will clarify these issues and suggest solutions to these complex and sticky issues. Seminars are presented by attorney Miehael Shea, Pat Hammond, and Jean Williams, consultants; presenters from different island eommunities will also participate. Cost: $25 per person ($22.50 per person for members of co-sponsoring organizations) Dates: Kaua'i — Sat. May 4, Kaua'i Community College; Kona — Sat. May 11; Maui — Sat. May 11; Hilo —

Sat. May 18. (Locations to be announced). For more information, brochure and registrations form, contact: O'ahu— Janis Beuret, 5379000 or Jean Williams, 946-7008. Deadline to register is one week before the session. Workshops may be charged to VISA or Mastercard. Maui — Pam Tumtub, 871-6802. Kaua'i— Deborah, 2456692; Hilo and Kona — Nomi, 933-3515. Co-sponsors of the seminars are: Kaua'i Eeonomie Development Board; Maui Eeonomie Development Board; Small Business Development Center Network, UH Hilo and Kauai Community College; Kaua'i Arts Society; West Hawaii Arts guild, the Academy Arts Center at Linekona, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu Community College, Department of Commercial Art.