Maoli Arts Month – 2 May 2009
May 4, 2009 by admin
It was hot like summertime on this first Saturday in May, so we pretty much let the music counteract the heat. Kaho’onei was away on legislative business but we kept the party going with Bob Freitas, an award winning sculptor, who spent formative years in Germany, and brings academic fine art issues to contemporary Hawaiian art. He and Noelle Kahanu of the Bishop Museum, and Vickie and others are behind Maoli Arts Month, celebrating Native Hawaiian visual art. This year, Mamo is honoring Auntie Gussie Bento, who is recognized internationally for making exquisite quilts and feather lei. Auntie Gussie told us how her grandmother spoke to her from the past through a beautiful quilt pattern.
We hope to talk with the other Maoli Arts Honoree, Molokai carver Alapa’i Hanapi in a future program. There’s so much going on for Maoli Arts Month!
May 8 – MAMo Street Festival, Downtown Honolulu, Live Music, Free Family Fun
May 23 & 24 – Native Hawaiian Arts Market & Keiki Art Day at Bishop Museum
May 30 – MAMo Wearable Art Showcase, Sheraton Waikiki Hawaii Ballroom.
Please return here, or contact us at kahai.pai@gmail.com or (808) 375-0847 for more info on these events, and more. Check their website: http://www.maoliartsmonth.org/?q=node/20.
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