STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1511-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.C.R. No. 119

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Culture, Arts, & International Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 119 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS TO REPORT INFORMATION RELATING TO EXPENDITURES FROM THE WORKS OF ART SPECIAL FUND FOR THE CURATION AND PRESERVATION OF NATIVE HAWAIIAN ART,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to report information relating to expenditures from the Works of Art Special Fund for the curation and preservation of Native Hawaiian art.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and four individuals.

Your Committee finds that the mission of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts is to promote, perpetuate, and preserve culture and the arts in Hawaii, many of which are supported through the Works of Art Special Fund. However, Native Hawaiian art and culture are often also displayed through oral and dance performances, which are not supported through the Works of Art Special Fund. Your Committee further finds that the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts does not report on the need to perpetuate, support, and secure Native Hawaiian culture, arts, and intellectual property or on the number, amount, or cost of art produced by artists of Native Hawaiian descent that have been collected through the Works of Art Special Fund. This measure requests the reporting of that information as a first step toward the acquisition of more Native Hawaiian art through the Works of Art Special Fund and the inclusion of performing arts as a permissible use of the Works of Art Special Fund to perpetuate Native Hawaiian cultural practices.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Culture, Arts, & International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 119 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Culture, Arts, & International Affairs,

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CEDRIC ASUEGA GATES, Chair