Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 10, Number 8, 1 ʻAukake 1993 — State Foundation on Culture and the Arts announces apprenticeship awards [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

State Foundation on Culture and the Arts announces apprenticeship awards

Hawaiian arts and crafts account for more than half of the apprenticeship awards recently approved by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. Eighteen 1993 Folk Arts Apprenticeship Awards averaging $2,900 were approved; the apprenticeships will last six to eight months. These are the Hawaiian recipients and the traditions the SFCA is helping them to perpetuate: Lā'au lapa'au (herbal healing) Master: Papa Henry Auwae Apprentice: Anne Kahn Lauhala weaving Master: Minnie Ka'awaloa Apprentice: Irene Perry Lauhala weaving Master: Elizabeth Maluihi Lee Apprentice: Kathleen Puanani Nishida Kālai lā'au (wood carving) Master: Levan Keola Sequira Apprentice: Konrad Kala Mossman Hawaiian gourd propagation Master: Paul Reppun Apprentice: Calvin Hoe

Hula ki'i (Hawaiian puppetry) Master: Nona Beamer Apprentice: Christina Mauliloa Cook Hawaiian eanoe making Master: Wright Bowman, Jr. Apprentice: Milton John Falemalama Coleman, Jr. Hawaiian steel guitar Master: Alvin "Barney" Isaacs, Jr. Apprentice: Lawrence B. Reis

Hawaiian steel guitar Master: Henry Kaleialoha Allen Apprentice: Kevin Kulakamaka Brown Ki Ho'alu (slack key guitar) Master: Raymond Kane Apprentice: Harry Koizumi Hawaiian chant Master: Keali'i Reichel Apprentice: Cliff Ahue

Herbal healer Papa Henry Auwae will train Anne Kahn in the art of lā'au lapa'au with the support of the SFCA. Photo by Carl Hefner