Cultural Heritage, Preservation and
Restoration of the Land
Melissa Chimera with Gene Dumaran (her uncle). This project celebrates her Filipino heritage and the Pu’unene HC&S sugar mill where her grandmother’s family worked on Maui. Michael Clements with Maui County Council member Gladys Baisa. Many people in her family have been influenced both socially and economically by the Sugar Industry over the years and by it’s eminent demise. Betty Hay Freeland with Scott Fisher, Director […]
Circle of Wisdom
Joelle C. with Timothy Paulokaleioku BaileyCreating art that relates to the concept of the “Aha Moku system.” Together with the Kumulipo, the Aha Moku system provides the best guidance for caring for the land and resources.
Botany and Physics
Gwen Arkin with Olin Erikson – head gardener with The Merwin Conservancy. Both of eager to explore the combination of the organic matter in seeds, fruits and flowers (the natural source) with the organic matter in photographic emulsions (a chemical source). Denby Freeland-Cole with Anna Dodd and her family at Ola Mau Farms. Exploring the varieties of taro they have been […]
Beth Marcil and Celina
“They said that she was pure of heart, and that all living things, both innocent and wild, felt safe in her presence. The children of the village chose her to be their queen for she was the one they trusted above all others. “Be kind,” she said. “Take care of the earth and of each […]
Partners in Peace
Mary Ann Leigh and Ted Loberg. Collaborating on these art pieces present an opportunity to share in creating one concept by taking two materials and approaching the work from opposite directions. Tim Garcia with the Lama Gyaltsen (at the stupa) and Lori Koprowski. Walking The Stupa – A collaboration, a journey, a transition. Suzy Papanikolas with Richard Tillinghast, […]
Relationships & Collaborations
A selected group of artists has been invited to collaborate and create some unique works of art. They were free to choose to work with anyone they wanted to… artist or not! One partner or several… The project is focusing on the process leading to the creation as well as to the completion of the […]
Reaching Out – Exhibit
Artists creating and exploring the possibilities arising from collaborating with family members who are videographers and contractors, or one’s own child, or working with a couple of students from Paris and New York, then a healer or a well-known biologist whose work focuses on preserving the native environment, a local architect interested in the history […]
