Maoli Arts Month events: Native Hawaiian Street Festival in Honolulu
this weekend
The
Advertiser
highlights
this weekend's Native Hawaiian Street Festival in downtown Honolulu, "part of
the Maoli Arts Month celebration ... with nearly two dozen arts and crafts
vendors, demonstrations, food booths and entertainment. Nearby galleries also
are focusing on a range of Hawaiian
arts."Also part of Maoli Arts Month, "A
few blocks away, at the Hawai'i State Art Museum (250 S. Hotel St.), Ma Ka Hana
Ka 'Ike: Keiki Art Day is a hands-on adventure for the whole family. Native
Hawaiian cultural practitioners and artisans will help youngsters in sand art,
watercolors, lei making, kapa beating, lauhala weaving, featherwork,
storytelling and other activities."Both
events are free. "Maoli Arts Month, now
in its second year, is a community-based effort to showcase the depth and
diversity of Native Hawaiian arts. Other coming events include the Wearable Art
Show, from 5 to 9 p.m. May 19 at the Hawai'i State Art Museum; the Native
Hawaiian Arts Market, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 26-27 at Bishop Museum; and reVERSES,
an evening of Native Hawaiian poets, with open mike, 8 to 10 p.m. May 29 at The
ARTS at Marks Garage."See maoliartsmonth.org for more
information.
Posted: Fri - May 11, 2007 at 06:50 AM