sNAPshot August 2011

"I’ll Get Through This"
Rebekah Dalton
Amateur, Best of Show
Painting
Relative; Police Dept.

Honolulu, HI Increases Participation

The Sixth Annual National Arts Program® Exhibit for the City of Honolulu hung throughout the month of June and included a beautiful collection of art from the employees and their family members. “The creativity displayed in these works is amazing,” said Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts Executive Director Kaleve Iosefa.

Once again, Coordinator Tory Laitila was successful in producing a professional gallery feeling and added to the participants overall experience by including catering and music at the awards reception which was attended by an estimated 120 guests. The awards ceremony took place in Honolulu Hale and the winners were announced by Acting Mayor and Managing Director Douglas Chin.

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Art Helps Heal at NAPA State Hospital, CA

Napa State Hospital in California held its Fifth Annual NAP Exhibit this year, which hung for more than a month in the gallery space within the hospital. There were over 100 artworks displayed including 35 from the adult categories and 33 from both the youth/teen categories. Coordinator Sally Denman commented that the additional youth/teen category participation was, “especially nice and that many of them came to the award ceremony,” adding that “it’s always fun to have children there and see their faces when they win a prize!”

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