KAHULUI
Currently, our work in Kahului is divided into the following projects:
PERFORMANCE @ THE GREAT LAWN
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On Nov 5, 2023, a recorded interview between Hui Mo‘olelo participant Lopaka White and water-woman Aunty Sally Ann Delos Reyes of Lahaina will be presented as a work of public art, to be performed on the Great Lawn of the University of Hawaiʻi-Maui College Campus in Kahului.
Bringing the audio recording to life, which includes stories of the "deep, deep blue," using a rope to navigate to the surface after a deep sea dive, fishing with Aunty Sally Ann's father in Lahaina, crossing the ʻAuʻau channel and more, Maui's Adaptations Dance Theater (ADT) and Hāna-grown musician Stephen Henderson will collaboratively perform live work inspired and composed by the talk-story. Following workshops with the Kahului community, ADT and Henderson will present this one-time-only work for a live audience as an expression of public art connecting people, place and story through a participatory process. The FREE event is scheduled for 2 PM - BYO lawn chair or blankets! |
FITNESS COURTS @ COUNTY PARKS
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Mural designs are currently in project development for two new Fitness Courts at Keōpūolani Regional Park and Kahului Community Center Park (see map). For each of the two structures, artists are collecting community feedback to inspire the design of site-specific public artworks, which will be printed by our project partners and installed as 32-foot vinyl wraps in 2024. Each project will be connected to ‘ōlelo from Mary Kawena Pukui’s ‘Ōlelo No‘eau: Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayings, in partnership with Hale Hōʻikeʻike at the Bailey House / Maui Historical Society.
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ANIMATED STORIES
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In September 2022, two Kahului-rooted audio recording excerpts were chosen from our Hui Mo‘olelo archive by artist Richard O'Connor and team to interpret as distinct works of public art. Upon selection by our community jury, Richard began a period of project development to infuse his proposal in a Kahului sense of place. The stories were unveiled as short film animations before a live audience on Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at ʻĪao Theater.
This work was inspired by our previous work with Leilehua Yuen, StoryCorps DIY and Ball State University. |
MURAL AT QUEEN KA'AHUMANU CENTER
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Located at Queen Kaʻahumanu Center in Kahului, this mural is artist Fathima Mohiuddin's interpretation of a recorded talk-story between Aunty Kekoa Enomoto of ʻAhahui Kaʻahumanu and Queen Kaʻahumanu Center’s Kauwela Bisquera. Inspired by ʻŌlelo Noʻeau: I ka noho pu ana a ‘ike i ke aloha, (it is only when one has lived with another that one knows the meaning of love), the artwork is meant to represent the "warrior women” portrayed in the recording (available on the project page). The design was supported through nine community consultations, two hands-on workshops at Imua Immersion Preschool's Kahului campus, and celebrated during a December 2022 public blessing and unveiling led by Uncle Bill Garcia.
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