Progress
View the slideshow here to learn more about the process and progress of the Hui No'eau Maui Mural Project. Scroll down for a detailed project timeline. Visit the Hui No'eau website for upcoming projects and news.
Project Timeline
January 2012: Hui No‘eau begins discussions with the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program regarding formalizing our previous mural-arts-in-the-schools curriculum from an institutional fine arts program into a Maui-wide community-building experience. 2 artists are carefully selected from their roster of core activists and the grant writing process begins.
February 2012: Oahu-based digital artist David Goldberg proposes a social media experience that will engage the public in the development and design of the mural/s and provide a means of communication between artists, mural participants, and community.
March 2012: Hui No‘eau receives an Artists-in-Residence grant from the Laila-Twigg Smith Art Fund of the Hawai’i Community Foundation to "bring new and outstanding visual artists to Hawai‘i for projects that actively involve the community, providing opportunities for local artists to learn from the resident artists through dynamic, engaging, meaningful interactions, which have the potential for long-term community impact." (Learn more about the Hui’s Artist-in-Residence program here)
April – July 2012: Working closely with the Hui's educational programs team, mural artist Shira Walinsky of the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program poses 3 key questions to our Maui community to commence the design process: 1) What creates a sense of “home” for you here? 2) What would/ could make Maui “better”3) What is it that makes Maui “Maui”?, resulting in a tailspin of research and rigorous community engagement. Read more:
July 2012: Shira Walinksy’s artist residency at the Hui runs for 2 weeks. While here, Shira joined forces with our Maui community to create the public art installation “What Makes Maui MAUI,” a gigantic, double-sided vivid representation of a dialogue developed throughout the year, offering opportunities such as teen, adult and professional development workshops, free paint days, and a free panel discussion. More here.
July – October 2012: Mural artist Eric Okdeh works closely with Hui No’eau to develop a mural advisory group, inspiring a tentative theme of “ho‘oponopono” for the mural project he will lead during his October residency.
August 2012: Hui No‘eau receives a grant from the Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation to support the Hui No‘eau 2012 Maui Mural Arts Project, and to specifically serve Maui-based preschool-aged children and the families and classroom teachers working with them through the program. (Throughout the course of Okdeh's 3-week residency in October 2012, the Hui serves 250 pre-school-aged children, plus accompanying teachers and parents, in FREE mural-related activities).
August 2012: In order to further boost community participation in the mural development & design process, Hui No‘eau launches its first ever “Photo-a-Day” challenge, inviting one and all to respond literally and/ or visually to daily topics addressing life on Maui. Using the hashtag #MAUIEVERYDAY, participants spent 30 days sharing posts through Twitter, Instagram and Facebook that responded to daily topics like “Out of Place on Maui,” “Worth Preserving on Maui,” and “Maui Aloha.” (Congratulations to winners Edward Baldwin & Shannon Wianecke for your most consistent and creative contributions!) See more here. Eric Okdeh begins to incorporate selected images directly into the final mural design.
September 2012: Oahu-based artist David Goldberg visits Hui No’eau to run a digital media workshop with visiting students sponsored by the Maui Economic Development Board and the Talia Gangini fund of the Hui No‘eau Youth Scholarship Program. Among the many topics discussed were the challenges and opportunities that they, as young people, felt life on Maui presented them with that could be addressed by the October mural project. View workshop results (soon to be published on iTunes as a free iBook).
August – October 2012: Hui No‘eau joins forces with Wailuku Town’s “reWailuku” initiative with the County of Maui Redevelopment Agency, the Wailuku Community Association and Sae Design to begin securing a wall for Artist-in-Residence Eric Okdeh’s October mural program.
October 1 – 15, 2012: 15 day "Build-a-Wall" fundraising campaign. Challenge accepted! Much mahalo to our invaluable donors who pitched in during this ambitious campaign. With your help, we were able to secure and prepare the wall on the corner of Main St. & Market St. in Wailuku and purchase the specialized primer, paint, supplies, Nova Gel and varnish needed to guarantee a long life for the mural.
October 2012: Eric Okdeh’s artist residency at Hui No'eau runs for 3 weeks. While here, Eric joined forces with our Maui community to create the 40-foot public art installation in historic Wailuku that represents a dialogue developed throughout the year, offering opportunities for teen and adult art students, classroom teachers, community members and more. The resulting mural contains countless conversations about life on Maui, with a primary focus on WAI. Please help us keep the conversation moving by telling us what you think here.
February 2012: Oahu-based digital artist David Goldberg proposes a social media experience that will engage the public in the development and design of the mural/s and provide a means of communication between artists, mural participants, and community.
March 2012: Hui No‘eau receives an Artists-in-Residence grant from the Laila-Twigg Smith Art Fund of the Hawai’i Community Foundation to "bring new and outstanding visual artists to Hawai‘i for projects that actively involve the community, providing opportunities for local artists to learn from the resident artists through dynamic, engaging, meaningful interactions, which have the potential for long-term community impact." (Learn more about the Hui’s Artist-in-Residence program here)
April – July 2012: Working closely with the Hui's educational programs team, mural artist Shira Walinsky of the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program poses 3 key questions to our Maui community to commence the design process: 1) What creates a sense of “home” for you here? 2) What would/ could make Maui “better”3) What is it that makes Maui “Maui”?, resulting in a tailspin of research and rigorous community engagement. Read more:
- June 15 HuiBlog: The Hui No’eau Maui Mural Project: Preliminary Sketches!
- June 29 HuiBlog: A Chat with Muralist Shira Walinsky
- July 19 HuiBlog: What Makes Maui MAUI
July 2012: Shira Walinksy’s artist residency at the Hui runs for 2 weeks. While here, Shira joined forces with our Maui community to create the public art installation “What Makes Maui MAUI,” a gigantic, double-sided vivid representation of a dialogue developed throughout the year, offering opportunities such as teen, adult and professional development workshops, free paint days, and a free panel discussion. More here.
July – October 2012: Mural artist Eric Okdeh works closely with Hui No’eau to develop a mural advisory group, inspiring a tentative theme of “ho‘oponopono” for the mural project he will lead during his October residency.
August 2012: Hui No‘eau receives a grant from the Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation to support the Hui No‘eau 2012 Maui Mural Arts Project, and to specifically serve Maui-based preschool-aged children and the families and classroom teachers working with them through the program. (Throughout the course of Okdeh's 3-week residency in October 2012, the Hui serves 250 pre-school-aged children, plus accompanying teachers and parents, in FREE mural-related activities).
August 2012: In order to further boost community participation in the mural development & design process, Hui No‘eau launches its first ever “Photo-a-Day” challenge, inviting one and all to respond literally and/ or visually to daily topics addressing life on Maui. Using the hashtag #MAUIEVERYDAY, participants spent 30 days sharing posts through Twitter, Instagram and Facebook that responded to daily topics like “Out of Place on Maui,” “Worth Preserving on Maui,” and “Maui Aloha.” (Congratulations to winners Edward Baldwin & Shannon Wianecke for your most consistent and creative contributions!) See more here. Eric Okdeh begins to incorporate selected images directly into the final mural design.
September 2012: Oahu-based artist David Goldberg visits Hui No’eau to run a digital media workshop with visiting students sponsored by the Maui Economic Development Board and the Talia Gangini fund of the Hui No‘eau Youth Scholarship Program. Among the many topics discussed were the challenges and opportunities that they, as young people, felt life on Maui presented them with that could be addressed by the October mural project. View workshop results (soon to be published on iTunes as a free iBook).
August – October 2012: Hui No‘eau joins forces with Wailuku Town’s “reWailuku” initiative with the County of Maui Redevelopment Agency, the Wailuku Community Association and Sae Design to begin securing a wall for Artist-in-Residence Eric Okdeh’s October mural program.
October 1 – 15, 2012: 15 day "Build-a-Wall" fundraising campaign. Challenge accepted! Much mahalo to our invaluable donors who pitched in during this ambitious campaign. With your help, we were able to secure and prepare the wall on the corner of Main St. & Market St. in Wailuku and purchase the specialized primer, paint, supplies, Nova Gel and varnish needed to guarantee a long life for the mural.
October 2012: Eric Okdeh’s artist residency at Hui No'eau runs for 3 weeks. While here, Eric joined forces with our Maui community to create the 40-foot public art installation in historic Wailuku that represents a dialogue developed throughout the year, offering opportunities for teen and adult art students, classroom teachers, community members and more. The resulting mural contains countless conversations about life on Maui, with a primary focus on WAI. Please help us keep the conversation moving by telling us what you think here.