![Women in blue dresses holding feathered gourds perform a traditional Hawaiian dance.](/https/www.arts.gov/sites/default/files/styles/hero_image_small/public/images/ShangriLa_CMYK-Enhanced.jpg?h=6dd58669&itok=V5-VTQlr)
Students from Pua Ali‘i ‘Ilima perform a hula ‘ulī ‘ulī (Hawaiian dance using the feathered rattling gourd). Photo courtesy of PA‘I Foundation
![Devesh Chandra demonstrates drumming techniques to students](/https/www.arts.gov/sites/default/files/styles/hero_image_small/public/images/devesh_chandra_photo_feb_06_2024_11_21_04_am.jpg?h=e5cfaa55&itok=-XOegVLG)
Devesh Chandra demonstrates tabla to students in the Schenectady School District. Photo courtesy of the New York Folklore Society
![A group of students and one male adult stand in front of a gallery of artwork.](/https/www.arts.gov/sites/default/files/styles/hero_image_small/public/images/vashon-group_shot.jpg?h=91eae4b0&itok=7iR2ZC7N)
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
![Student wearing hat dancing while a girl sitting cross-legged nearby watches.](/https/www.arts.gov/sites/default/files/styles/hero_image_small/public/images/2018_ALLI_Pinon_146.jpg?h=bce43f61&itok=tv_fKNUX)
Students participating in the 2018 Arts Liberation and Leadership Institute (ALLI). Photo by Amy Piñon
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