Ka Pae ʻĀina O Hawaiʻi Nei
“Ka Pae ʻĀina O Hawaiʻi Nei” is a culturally centered educational program and a community created mosaic mural that is being developed through a collaboration with the Garden Island Arts Council.
The place-based inspired mural is being developed through a series of community workshops, in which volunteers will help to create an 80-foot-long by 4-foot-high mosaic mural.
The mural will depict the topography of the entire Hawaiian Archipelago, helping us tell the geographic and cultural story of these islands and atolls, how the High Hawaiian Islands fit within this long history, and how these protected lands and waters serve as a refuge for a wide variety of native Hawaiian wildlife species.
The finished mural will be installed on the retaining wall that begins outside the Visitor Center at Kīlauea Point NWR.
“Ka Pae ʻĀina O Hawaiʻi Nei” Hawaiian Archipelago Mosaic Program blends Hawaiian culture, education, and art through integrated opportunities created for Kauaʻi’s community and visitors. Participants will learn about the Hawaiian Archipelago and have a tactile involvement in and ownership of a collaborative public art mural.
The series of workshop will be led by Kumu Hula Kehaulani Kekua of Hālau Palaihiwa O Kaʻipuwai and artist Kathleen Ho. Kumu Kehau brings her wealth of skills, passion, and commitment to sharing ancestral wisdom and perpetuating the traditions of her culture. Kathleen has done other community cultural-inspired mosaics throughout Kauaʻi. She will share the inspiration and intention of this large-scale project and facilitate the hands-on process of mosaic making.
Partners include:
Kumu Hula Kehaulani Kekua of Hālau Palaihiwa O Kaʻipuwai
Artist Kathleen Ho
Carol Yotsuda of the Garden Island Arts Council
Kīlauea Point NWR
Friends of Kauaʻi Wildlife Refuges
How to help:
For more information on how to participate or to help underwrite the cost of this project, please contact Thomas Daubert at thomas@kilaueapoint.org or (808)828-0384 ext. 1.
Top: Kathleen Ho, Kumu Hula Kehaulani Kekua and Carol Yotsuda.
Bottom: Workshop participants.
Project Timeline and a 25% scale comp of the mosaic mural project, with the USFWS team.
A section of the mosaic mural artwork.
