The Japanese Cultural Society of Maui will welcome the Year of the Rat and present the prestigious Nihon Bunka Award at its annual Shinnen Enkai (New Year) dinner, January 25, at the Maui Beach Hotel. This year's Nihon Bunka Awards will honor Senator Joe Tanaka, Reverend Shinkai Murakami, and artist Kirk Kurokawa for dedicating their lives to perpetuating Japanese arts and … [Read more...] about Japanese Cultural Society to Honor Nihon Bunka Awardees at Annual Shinnen Enkai Dinner
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For the Community, By the Community: Endemic Hawai‘i Artists unveil a new Wailuku mural
There are places we can pass by every day and still not know exist. A modest wall, on the side of the quaint one-story Omura Building and bordering the defunct Old Wailuku Pool, is one such place. It’s like many in Wailuku Town: discreet, timeworn and forgotten, shadowed by surrounding change, and cut from the tunnel vision of busy daily life. This is a relic, covered in a … [Read more...] about For the Community, By the Community: Endemic Hawai‘i Artists unveil a new Wailuku mural
Murals of Wailuku: 16 New Pieces of Public Art Paint Mauka to Makai
As Matthew Agcolicol gestures toward an almost-finished mural in Wailuku Town I notice the tattoo on his arm that reads, “We are the small axe.” The weather has been on-and-off rainy, and, nearby, three Maui-born-and-raised artists are putting the final strokes on the vibrant wall, which only a week ago was a worn and forgotten dirty-white section of a vacant warehouse. … [Read more...] about Murals of Wailuku: 16 New Pieces of Public Art Paint Mauka to Makai