Cross Currents
For summer's 2022 Cross Currents, please check back in May for details!
WELCOME TO THE MACC'S
EDUCATION PORTAL
The Maui Arts & Cultural Center's Education online brochure and handy information and registration source for all of the upcoming education programming
As we all recalibrate our lives after the past two years, we are excited to offer in-person programming once again! You’ll see on this website pages that highlight offerings for Students, including CanDo! Days and School Shows, our developing offerings for Teachers, Professional Development Programs and Teaching Artist Institutes. We also have developed a robust archive of virtual resources, including our Motivational Series, featuring local artists intimate messages of hope and inspiration! We will continue to update this site, so please check back often. We look forward to welcoming you back to the MACC this year.
With light,
Dr. Moira Pirsch, Education Director
Stacey Gonsalves, Senior Program Manager, Education
22-23 SY ARTS EDUCATION
Representing new growth, sprouting knowledge, numerous and many, to flourish, to gift
Representing foundation, origin of information and guidance, the beginning, nourishment, to feed and fulfill, fill with understanding, consciousness and skill
Representing protection and safe space to explore, a haven to give and receive ideas and instruction
LATEST UPDATES
There is still time to register to attend the commencement and crowning of the Hawaiʻi and National Youth Poet Laureate!
Show time: Friday, April 28, 2023, 10:00 am (1 hour)
For the first time ever, the MACC is offering in-person CanDo! Days! in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi!
If your school is interested in attending, please email education@mauiarts.org
Location: MACC Education Complex
In the last couple of years, MACC Education has reached out to a handful of local artists and asked them to share their motivational stories to uplift our community. As a bonus, each artist offers a mini virtual concert or performance just for our viewers! Below are snippets of Glenn Awong & Kilihune Kaʻaihue who are a couple of the wonderful talent we featured!
Full access is available and completely FREE to watch!
Glenn Awong of Maoli
Motivational Mele 20-21
Kilihune Kaʻaihue
Motivational Moments 21-22
We are excited to welcome Maui back to the MACC's in-person CanDo! Days! Beginning in December, students are welcome to come and experience a full day of art lessons! This year, even better news; It will be absolutely FREE to all students to attend! Registration will be posted soon!
For those unable to attend in person, you will still be able to participate! In addition to creating quicker versions of the in-person lessons for this school year, we've created a digital archival resource. This will include all virtual lessons from 2020-2021 & 2021-2022.
Visual Art
CanDo! Days at the MACC
Just as we are welcoming in-person CanDo! Days, we are just as thrilled to begin in-person Performance For Students! We have a brand new line-up of in-person shows at the MACC! These are also available to all students for FREE!
Visit our Performance page for more information on the upcoming artists and to register.
Youth Poet Laureate + National Poet Laureate Commencement
April 2023
This year in addition to our yearly Professional Development Course, we have partnered with the DOE to create a new Mini PD series. In this series, BKM & Canoe District teachers teachers can earn seat hours while diving deeper into Nā Hopena Aʻo (Hā) principles.
22-23 Mini PD Presenters