SAVE THE DATE – March 10, 2018 for a Full Life benefit event at the Palace Theater in Hilo, a celebration of National Developmental Disability Awareness Month!

This Magical evening for the whole family will include Josie the Jokester (Full Life participant) performing a comedy routine and Full Life artist entrepreneurs. Net proceeds from the ticket sales will be divided with Full Life/AHA, Bruce Meyers the magician, and the Palace Theater.  Mahalo nui loa to Ke Ola Magazine, our advertising sponsor!

Please share with your friends and our supporters and go to our Facebook Event Page for more information!

APRIL FIRST FRIDAY EVENT:  Full Life, Abled Hawai’i Artists, New Alchemist and East Hawai’i Cultural Center presents “Fuzzyland”!

Friday April 7th – Enjoy an original play inspired by Full Life Participant  Jennifer Poblano’s children’s book “Fuzzyland”, performed by Full Life participants and circle of supports, showing at the East Hawai’i Cultural Center on Friday, April 7th at 7pm.  FREE EVENT!

Full Life and Abled Hawai’i Artists entrepreneurs in the arts will be participating in the First Friday event with vendor tables.  Josie “The Jokester”, who made her Palace Theater debut last month, will be the opening act!

Listen to this fantastic interview of Lilly Raabe from New Alchemist, explaining the collaboration and importance of “Fuzzyland” for inclusion in theater.  Hawai’i Public Radio:  “Opening the Arts to Disabled Community”

For more information, contact Mar Ortaleza, mar@fulllifehawaii.org or (808) 935-7699.

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REHEARSING A SCENE FOR FUZZYLAND AT FULL LIFE!

GROUP SELFIE AT FULL LIFE “FUZZYLAND REHEARSAL

Pua Nā Pua 1st Annual Art Festival Celebrates Artists
With and Without Disabilities!

Keauhou, HI – The first annual Pua Nā Pua Art Festival will debut in the Keauhou Shopping Center courtyard on Saturday, August 13 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This free event will inclusively celebrate the work of artists with and without disabilities, featuring artwork and handmade crafts, artisanal goods, musical performances, a silent auction, free face painting for the kids, and mouth-watering food and ice cold drinks for sale.

The Pua Nā Pua Art Festival is a production of Donkey Mill Art Center (DMAC), Full Life Hawaii, and Abled Hawai’i Artists (AHA), and is modeled on the highly successful AHA event in Hilo at the Prince Kuhio Shopping Center, now in its ninth year.

AHA, led by Mar Ortaleza, promotes inclusive events for artists with and without disabilities, and helps artists of diverse abilities to explore employment opportunities.

DMAC is the nonprofit arts education center based in Kona coffee’s historic Donkey Mill where people of all ages and abilities gather to ignite their creativity and develop their artistic skills through classes and exhibitions.

Full Life assists in the empowerment of individuals with developmental disabilities by providing free services that include community based supports, personal assistance, and employment services authorized by State of Hawai’i Department of Health.

contact:  ahaarts808@gmail.com

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Full Life Hawaii, Abled Hawai’i Artists and Donkey Mill Art Center are pleased to announce the Pua Na Pua Art Festival, empowering people of all abilities to explore self-employment through the arts.

This art fair is the first of its kind in West Hawaii, and will inclusively celebrate the contributions of artists with and without disabilities with booths available to artists of all abilities. The event will feature arts, crafts, and artisanal items, live music, demos, a silent auction and more.

Get Involved in the Arts!

Sign up for a booth

We still have space for artists with and without disabilities. Sign up today for a table and join us on August 13th to sell your work. Contact Mar Ortaleza at Mar@fulllifehawaii.org

Volunteer 

A wide variety of volunteer roles are available both before and during the event. Come be a part of the festivities and support this vital community event!

Donate 

Are you a local artist or business owner who supports local artists of all ability levels? Please consider contributing to our silent auction. Donations are tax deductible and will help support the festival. Contact Jim Kilgore at Jim@fulllifehawaii.org

Full Life distinguishes itself from other agencies by it’s approach. Full Life embraces each participant as a whole person and together with the person, pursues the path of highest good.

As a person with a disability, I understand what it is to be told what you can and cannot do, with the bar of possibility usually set so low. Full Life allows each individual to explore their fullest potential and discover what he/she can achieve.  Participants are not just looked at for who they are. They are looked at for whom they can become.

By being a part of Full Life, we are declaring that we are in agreement with the foundation upon which our country was founded on. The Declaration of Independence states,

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

Day in and day out, Full Life upholds and lives these truths in the ways they interact and treat each other as staff, board members and participants. With Full Life we get to be a part of something great, something worthy.  We get to treat others the way we’d want to be treated, with love, acceptance and respect.  Full Life is not just an agency; it’s a way of life and one I’m honored to be a part of.

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