The Volcano Art Center has received three new grants to expand its education, outreach and forest restoration programs. The Volcano Art Center has received three new grants to expand its education, outreach and forest restoration programs. Hawaii County approved VAC’s
The Volcano Art Center has received three new grants to expand its education, outreach and forest restoration programs.
Hawaii County approved VAC’s request to create a Hawaii Island Network of Artists economic impact report and website, awarding $21,250 to help fund the undertaking.
Hawaii’s state tourism agency, the Hawaii Tourism Authority, awarded VAC a $35,527 grant to continue the Volcano Rain Forest Restoration and Education project that has been active since 2006. The funding enables VAC to serve as stewards of the Niaulani Rain Forest, a 5.5-acre old-growth native forest in Volcano Village that makes up most of the land on which the organization houses its administrative campus.
VAC will soon be offering a Youth Media Arts program, thanks to another grant of $5,000 awarded by Friends of Hawaii Charities. Funds will be used to purchase equipment for an open Media Arts Lab, and to provide classes, courses and workshops in digital photography, storyboarding, storytelling, camera and film basics, and filmmaking. Intended for youth ages 5-19, technical aspects of photography and video production will be taught. Visit www.volcanoartcenter.org.
