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Students from Pua Ali‘i ‘Ilima perform a hula ‘ulī ‘ulī (Hawaiian dance using the feathered rattling gourd). Photo courtesy of PA‘I Foundation
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Chautauqua Elementary School’s 4th grade students gather with teaching artist Bruce Morser in front of their gallery show, Birds of Vashon. This show was a part of VCA’s First Friday gallery event and was open to the public for the month of June. Photo courtesy of Stephanie Johnson Blomgren, Vashon Center for the Arts
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Students participating in the 2018 Arts Liberation and Leadership Institute (ALLI). Photo by Amy Piñon
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