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Summer Travel Intensives

HAWAI'I: Tracing Colonial and Contemporary Hawai`i

Hawai'i’s history of global labor migration and U.S. colonialism and image as an exotic paradise make it an especially apt place to examine the production of history and visual culture.

Dates

Travel Dates: May 22 - June 15, 2019

Priority Deadline for scholarship consideration: November 30, 2018

Registration Deadline: February 1, 2019

Program Overview

Hawai'i’s history of global labor migration and U.S. colonialism and image as an exotic paradise make it an especially apt place to examine the production of history and visual culture. The instructors are experts in the history of Hawai'i and U.S. settler colonialism (Manganaro) and art practices informed by archival work (Adams). Their collaboration in Honolulu, in institutions such as the Bishop Museum and the Honolulu Academy of Art (which boasts perhaps the best collection of Asian art within U.S. jurisdiction) and in collaboration with local artists and scholars, will allow students to engage deeply with the history and sociology of the islands as they practice documentation and art making in the tradition of the artist-traveler (as in Gauguin in French Polynesia).

This intensive is designed to provide an immersive interdisciplinary experience specific to Hawai'i’s history and art, craft, and performance practices (e.g. kapa textile making, colonial quilting, and hula). Every student will maintain a detailed sketchbook in their medium of choice and participate daily in discussions, writing, and supplementary mixed media assignments that provide regular opportunities for analysis and reflection. The central organizing idea of the trip is to practice being artist-observers as we also develop a critical stance toward that persona or practice. In addition to working in archives, museums, galleries, and public art sites, participants will explore the local environment and perform documentary work on the land. Several excursions include hiking. Students will reside on the campus of the University of Hawai'i. The group will attend a number of events in Honolulu, including the popular First Friday events in Chinatown art galleries, attend studio visits with local artists, and attend lecture-workshops with local scholars and curators.

Program Fees

•  $5,700 estimated Includes tuition for 3 undergraduate credits in Humanistic Studies OR Painting, or $7300 estimated  for 6 credits in Humanistic Studies and Painting.

Questions

Contact program coordinator Christine Manganaro at cmanganaro@mica.edu.

Open to undergraduate and graduate students in all majors--18 years or older with a valid passport--who have completed at least one year of college. For all programs, credits can be applied to Studio Elective. For more information, or to inquire about scholarships, contact MICA Open Studies at openstudies@mica.edu or 410-225-2219.