AHA Guest Artists

Halau 'o Keikiali'i

Halau 'o Keikiali'i (formerly Halau Aloha Pumehana 'o Polyneisa) is a traditional Hawaiian Cultural Group based in San Francisco Since 1994. Their goal has been to educate the general public by learning about the Hawaiian people, the traditional customs, values and protocols. Besides having regularly scheduled classes, they strive to help perpetuate the rich culture of the Hawaiian people through stage productions held for the general public throughout the year, including educational workshops, performances and other cultural events. AHA students participated in a master class on September 28th 2005.

AHA STUDENTS IN A HALAU MASTER CLASS

10-19-2005 Mark Bamuthi Joseph

Marc Bamuthi Joseph is one of an emerging class of hip hop theater artists who combines a variety of art forms in his work. Bamuthi uses theater, West African and tap dance, spoken word, poetry, and live music to stretch the bounds of traditional hip hop and create a new forum for expressive performance art. His works challenge audiences of all ages to reevaluate the relationship between spoken language, body language and the body politic.

Bamuthi performance in the Little Theater with AHA!

Keith Knight

Keith Knight is part of a new generation of talented young African-American artists raised on hip-hop; artists who infuse their work with urgency, edge, humor, satire, politics and race. His work has appeared in various publications worldwide, including Salon.com, ESPN the Magazine, L.A. Weekly, MAD Magazine, the Funny Times and World War 3 Illustrated. Three of his comix were the basis of an award-winning live-action short film, Jetzt Kommt Ein Karton, in Germany. And his original comic strip art has appeared in museums and galleries from San Francisco (CA) to Angoulême (France).

Keith has published six books; four collections of his multi-panel strip, the K Chronicles, and his first collection of single panel strips called Red,White, Black & Blue: a (th)ink anthology, and most recently, The Beginner's Guide to Community-Based Art.

ShadowLight Productions

ShadowLight Productions, founded by Larry Reed in 1972, has a mission to bring the stories of the world to light. They hope to build a world community through crosscultural storytelling and the magic of shadow theater

below is an AHA student in a shadow puppet workshop