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Presentation given at the WMA on the Hawai`i Capital National Heritage Area
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Western Museum Association
Portland, Oregon
October 20, 2010
Trisha Kehaulani Watson, JD, PhD
Community Outreach Coordinator
Hawai`i Capital National Heritage Area
In 2003, a diverse group of community members joined together to establish The Hawai`i Capital Cultural District, creating a partnership of arts and cultural institutions in the downtown, Nu`uanu, and Kalihi areas, arts and culture-related associations, state agencies, and businesses with an interest in working together to nurture and celebrate the legacy of Honolulu’s historic core. The organization was re-named the Hawai`i Capital Cultural Coalition in 2008.
Our History
Our Feasibility StudyThe group commissioned a study of the area.
The “National Heritage Area Sustainability / Feasibility Study” was completed in December 2008. The study's chief author was Dr. William Chapman, Director of the Historic Preservation Program in the American Studies Department of the University of Hawai`i, Mānoa. Dr. Chapman is an expert in historic preservation and has no relationship with the coalition other than the authoring of this study.
THEME 1 — NATIVE HAWAIIANS’ STRUGGLE FOR CULTURAL PRESERVATION AND SELF DETERMINATION.
THEME 2 —HAWAI`I’S EXCEPTIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MULTICULTURALISM.
THEME 3 — HONOLULU’S ROLE AS A LINK BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES, ASIA, AND THE PACIFIC.
Understanding Hawai`i’s Heritage:Our Themes
Original area
Original area
included only the
Downtown/Chinato
wn areas
Current Area
Current area includes the
ahupua`a of Honolulu and
Kapālama
Ahupua`a System
Community Culture Economics
Stone Barns Center
for Food &
Agriculture - housed
in the former
Rockefeller family
farm complex - is a
working farm,
restaurant and
education center
devoted to teaching,
demonstrating and
promoting
sustainable,
community-based
food production.
Achievements Strong partnerships Diverse coalitionStrong base in
research, heritage and natural resource
Excellent marketing and outreach base
Misinformation campaigns
Outreach resourcesGovernance The evolving role of
residents
Process: Outreach and Education
Challenges
PlanningFocusing on
designationOutreach that
focused on conceptsStanding on the
outside looking inChasing our tails
OpponentsLegislature
Focusing on programming
Outreach that highlighted activities and products
Setting a course and excellingScholarshipOutreach
Critical Evolutions:Moving from Planning to Programming
Programming
Find your championsPick your low-hanging fruit
Minimal resourcesBuild partnershipsCollaborate
Document your achievementsDon’t be afraid of press
(e.g., Civil Beat)
Be great at what you do
Steps for Successful Implementation
Examples of Our Fruit
Results
Hawaiian Heritage Research and Projects
Implementing the National Heritage Area Initiative
The Land Has a Story to Tell
Cherokee
BLUE RIDGE
NATIONAL
HERITAGE AREA,
CHEROKEE
HISTORICAL
ASSOCIATION
Historical Heritage
Our People… Our Place… Our Stories…
Living Cultural History
Letting Our Landscapes Tell Their Stories
Researching the Past
To Share with the Future
Provide research support
Provide outreach support
Provide programming support
We Focus on Partnerships
Research Support
Outreach Support
Programming Support
2010 Heritage EventsKing Kamehameha
Parade and Ho`olaule`a
PEWA (MAMo Gallery)Ka Himemi Ana105th Anniversary of
`Ahahui Ka`ahumanu`Ōiwi Journal Book
LaunchTaste of HelumoaAloha Festivals
Farm FairArt SpreeI Love Liliha FestivalWe Value Hawai`i –
Youth FestivalGirl FestFirst Friday (Gallery
Walk)Community Clean-upsFarmers Markets
200 th anniversary of the unification of the kingdom
June 12th
Ho`olaule`a
Partnership with
KKCC, HCCC, and
Friends of `Iolani
Palace
June 12th
Hawai`i Capital
Cultural Coalition
table at `Iolani
Palace during the
King
Kamehameha
Celebration
Ho`olaule`a
King Kamehameha Day
Volunteers from
various
organizations
gather in front of
`Iolani Palace
before the Parade
www.hawaiicapitalculture.org
Mahalo nui!A hui hou!
(See you next year in Honolulu)