North Shore NewsFRIENDS OF SUNSET BEACH Celebrates 10 Years of Keeping The Arts Alive for The North Shore Youth.
Live music and art auction featuring, Jack Soren. City Boys and Makua Rothman to perform.
Friends of Sunset Beach (FOSB), a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing art and music education to the North Shore community’s youth, announced their tenth annual fundraiser, Celebrating the Arts, will be held on Saturday, February 22, 2020 from 5:30 – 10 p.m. at Waimea Valley Pikake Pavilion.
Celebrating the Arts is one of the North Shore’s most magical and anticipated evenings. Live performances by City Boys, Makua Rothman, Tiara Hernandez and other special guests will round out a night of silent and live auctions with art from some of Hawaii’s most accomplished professionals. The live auction will be headlined by Laie artist, Jack Soren. Jack’s highly coveted work is inspired by iconic styles of Hawaiian surfing and surf history.
Each year, sales from this event raise money to provide the supplies and salaries for two dedicated art instructors to teach at Sunset Beach Elementary —art education is not in the public school’s budget. This 2019-2020 school year, FOSB has been able to fund full-time art instruction, as well as supplies, for the K-6 students at Sunset Beach Elementary. FOSB also provides support to the music program through a joint effort with the PTCA. Art teachers Lilly Barels and Steven Kean and music teacher Tiara Hernandez are now teaching daily. In the past ten years, FOSB has continued to meet their commitment to serve 450 Sunset Beach Elementary students annually, in addition to 700 more children throughout the year, hosting popup art tents at community events like the Menehune Surf Contest where children can take part in painting, crafts and other forms of artistic expression for free.
“Although art is generally the first course to go in budget cuts, it is often recognized as one of the most important aspects of a child’s development and is proven to increase attendance, graduation rates, and test scores,” explains FOSB Vice President, Suzannah Kennedy. “Our long-term goal is to have enough funds to support art education at other North Shore schools”.
General admission tickets are $65 each, however if guests purchase online by February 21, early bird tickets are only $55. Heavy pupus by Ke Nui Kitchen included in ticket price. To purchase tickets or a table, go to:
http://www.friendsofsunsetbeach.org/fundraiser/ To contact FOSB please email friendsofsunsetbeach@gmail.com