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Lahaina Think Space unveiled at Lahainaluna High School with cultural blessing
Maui Public Art Corps and the County of Maui unveiled the new Lahaina Think Space on April 1, with a traditional blessing led by Uncle Bill Garcia and hosted by Sissy Lake-Farm, Cultural Consultant for Maui Public Art Corps. The gathering marked the opening of a month-long interactive residency at Lahainaluna High School designed to center student voices and community storytelling as part of early conversations surrounding Lahaina’s future memorial spaces.
New Maui Public Art project blends movement and story rooted in Hāmākua
Rooted in the Hāmākua region, the project finds its heartbeat in a Hui Moʻolelo recording featuring Hawaiian scholar, educator, and philosopher Pūlama Collier and her son, Kiaʻi Collier, Manager of ʻĀina Stewardship at Hawaiʻi Land Trust.
Public unveiling for new UHMC murals takes place Friday
A blessing and public unveiling will be held on Friday, June 27, for three new murals installed across the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College campus.
Call for artist proposals for Hui Mo‘olelo Lei Pua ʻAla; Deadline is March 31, 2025
Maui Public Art Corps announced a call for artist proposals for the Hui Mo‘olelo: Lei Pua ʻAla project. The deadline to apply is March 31, 2025.
Blessing ceremony to mark completion of Maui Public Art Project at King Kamehameha III Elementary School’s temporary campus
Following nine months of programming and development, a mural spread across the temporary campus of King Kamehameha III Elementary School will be blessed on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. The community is invited to participate in the event, which begins promptly at 12:30 p.m.
Maui Public Art Corps begins mural at Lahaina Health Clinic
A mural surrounding the temporary Kaiser Permanente Lahaina Clinic will be painted beginning this week, with a blessing and public unveiling scheduled for the end of November 2024. The project is part of the Maui Public Art Corps’ Hui Mo‘olelo: Lahaina program, which cultivates stories celebrating Lahaina history, culture and sense of place and engages community members to co-design art that is directly rooted in these stories.
Student art on Lahaina dust fencing removed; placed in storage for future installation at Lahaina Civic Center
Student artwork that had adorned 1,000 lineal feet of mesh barrier fencing in Lahaina was removed last week to make way for a sewerline project supporting interim housing units and 29 homes on Fleming Road, the County of Maui announced. The artwork has been placed in storage for future use, including an installation at the Lahaina Civic Center later this year.
