STAND. COM. REP. NO. 4084

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: GOV. MSG. NO. 705

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 705, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of:

State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Commission

G.M. No. 705

TAYLOUR CHANG, for a term to expire 06-30-2026,

begs leave to report as follows:

Your Committee reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by Taylour Chang for service on the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Commission.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination for the appointment of Ms. Chang from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Commission.

Upon review of the testimony and her qualifications, your Committee finds that Ms. Chang's education, knowledge, and experience in film and theater qualify her to be nominated for appointment to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Commission. After graduating from Punahou School, Ms. Chang attended Yale University's Ezra Stiles College, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in her double major of Film Studies and Theater Studies. In her senior year, Ms. Chang received two awards--the Paul H. and Brigitte P. Fry Cup, awarded to the senior who has made the greatest contribution to the arts; and the Howard R. Lamar Prize for Film and Video for her outstanding work in her short film "LAN". Ms. Chang is currently the Director of Public Programs and Community Engagement at Bishop Museum. Her previous professional positions include the Co-curator of Artists of Hawai‘i Now; Curator of Film and Performance with the Honolulu Museum of Art; and Director and Theatre Manager for Doris Duke Theatre at the Honolulu Museum of Art. Ms. Chang's dedication to arts and the community is also reflected in her service as a board member on various arts and culture organizations, including Hawaii Women in Filmmaking, Friends of the East West Center, Art House Convergence, and Board of Farrington High School Creative Arts and Technology. Furthermore, Ms. Chang is the co-founder of Alliance for Action, a collective of art house exhibitors and distributors addressing equity issues in the art house and independent cinema community.

Your Committee finds that Taylour Chang's expertise in the arts, specifically, film and theater, and dedication to public service will be a great asset to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Commission and its mission to promote, perpetuate and preserve culture and the arts in Hawaii.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair