Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 16, Number 8, 1 August 1999 — PĀHEONA: FINE ART [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PĀHEONA: FINE ART

WHEN 0HA's culture office convened 40 Native Hawaiian artists for a retreat in 1995, eoneem and frus13jR)n echoed loud and clear. Talented Hawaiians wefe nroducing exquisite pieces -f- |^OTessidns of the Hawaiian cultural, spiritual andfpOTtiSrenaissance. Yet their visibility in the statewide artconununity vt|tf limited. Few native artists were ^ard^fco^®Bsions by the State FoifnaStion on Culture lifd me Arts, and huge developments, such as the Hawai'i Convention Center, were spending hundreds of

thousands of dollars on "Hawaiian" art, not a penny oLwhieh went to a..Native Hawaiian. d SinceThat pivotal meeting, visibility for Hau aii.m artis^has increased, thanks to tenacitv and eoopeiationt *Ho'i Ka Wai, Ī1fewaters returning," is an l| exhibition by Nativc Hawaiian artists at the EastV\'cst Center's Hunis Hall. UH Māi^Ml open Feffiured are tffi woroof Hāīi'imlne Andrade, Kawaikaulā'au Aona-Ueoka, Sean Brown, Hīnano and Ke'ala Campton, Ka'ohele Carlos, Kimo Cash-

man, Kauanoe Chang, Ka'ili Chun, Kau'i Chun, Kauka de Silva, Joe Dowson, Amil Drexel, Ben I )unaran. MoMa Espinda. Kalani Flores, Bob FreitawBko 1 lanapī, Calvin Hoe, Hmaikalani | Kalāhele, Kamaka Kalekoa, A1 Lagunero, Ann Kapulani Landgpf. Marcus Maiques, Meleanna . Aluli Meyer. Nieole Monta. Alika MeNieoll. Ipō ī Nihipali. Caiī Pao, Kaleo Quintana. Chuck Souza, Joanne^ahanlmoku ^rlingTLilette Subedi and Maeaiio Timabal. On-line gallery and artist information at www.spiritofaloha. eom/wai ■

"Ho 'ih M īhe Mm Returnin<j' is un exhibit by Native Hnwaiian artists creatively expressinq their views on water use, riqhts, traditions and beliefs. East-West Center, Jotin A. Burns hall. Mon. - Fri„ 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sun.r Noon- Ap.m. Sat.and holidaysr closed. Open thrauqh Sept. Z4. ■

i — . — . — _ — . — — — . — — Above: 'Imaikalani Kalāhele's "Retumingthe Waters." (Pōhaku, painting, fiber, hair, coconut shell). The accompanying poem screened on the photo is Kalāhele's. Rsht: Bob Freitas' "Hoklon to \estereLryforthe benefit ofall." (\lango wood. pōhaku).

Above: Kauka H. de Silva's " Waikāhi o Mānā' whieh refers to mbdng poi with one (shot) batch of water. (Clay). Wai

Right Carl Franklin Ka'aila'au Pao's "Waikāne."(Hnamel, acrylic). * .«

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Left Calvin Ioane Hoe's "Mai ka 'ō'ō i ka ihe, inā pono, he pono. Fromthe 'ō'ō to the spear, ifwehaveto, ive have to." (Wood, pōhaku, gouids, taro). Above: Ipō Nihipali's "Afc>f forSale" (PōhakiVstone,waPwater).