#uhmc mural

Produced by Maui Public Art Corps in collaboration with the County of Maui and kumu hula Sissy Lake-Farm of Hālau Makana Aloha O Ka Lauaʻe, the piece is one of three large-scale murals being unveiled in June through the Hui Mo‘olelo program, which pairs professional artists with community members to create place-based public art.

More than 20 students, faculty and staff gathered in the Heona Fine Arts Studio last week to begin work on a new three-panel, 40-foot by 8-foot acrylic on canvas mural. It will be the centerpiece of UH Maui College’s new Student Lounge.

Ancient Hawaiian athletes go head-to-head in challenging games and sports as flocks of observers commemorate the bounty of the land and its resources depicting pre-Western contact Hawaiʻi. This vivid array of colors and images is the subject of the new mural covering the front wall of the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College Kaʻaʻike building, set to be completed in September. The collaborative project is headed by UH Maui College student Samuel “Kammy” Kaiwi with the help of fellow student artists and painters.