Pacific Island Ethnic Art MuseumAt — Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum

Opportunity Summary 

A guiding principle of PIEAM is to practice indigenous care and cultural protocols. We focus on cooperative approach to learning, and foster shared responsibility between artist, cultural practitioners, students, and the community-at-large.

Opportunity Learning Outcomes 

Given the immensity and diversity of the Pacific Islands region, with approximately 20% of the world's languages spread across islands in the world's largest body of water, we remind people of our complexity and not let them try to paint us with a single brush stroke.

Art is medicine

Indigenous care

Opportunity Training 

Guidance on the Classification of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders
NASA Climate Kids: Water
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Legacy of a Data Category
Teaching Oceania Series
(all links available on https://www.pieam.org/education

Additional risk specific to this opportunity 

Health and safety are among our highest priorities. The following rules are based on Federal, State, County and City guidelines. All volunteers must monitor his or her health/well-bring and self-screen for symptoms of illness daily, wear a face covering at all times, practice frequent and thorough hand hygiene, practice social distancing, avoid unnecessary physical contact, etc. We also ask that all students participating with this opportunity be fully vaccinated.

Program 
Service Learning
Location Type 
Hybrid (combination of on-site and remote)
Location 
Long Beach, CA
United States
Expected Hours 
HoursDuration
20hours per placement
Students required to have a personal vehicle 
No
Fees students may incur with this opportunity 
No Fees will be incurred by students
This opportunity provides some form of compensation 
No
Opportunity Availability 
Ongoing