About this Event
Join us for opening event and celebration of new public installation "Laniwahine"!
Set within the remains of a 1930s pavilion, this installation features 48 sculptural works by Amber Khan and Jordan Souza that unfold the story of Laniwahine, an aliʻi moʻo (a shape-shifting water guardian), and her three servants. The sculptures visually integrate archival records from nūpepa (1870–1885), translated by Paige Okamura, with the living memory shared through talk-story with Waialua community members.
Join us for:
-Opening ceremony
-Community and artist talk-story
-Mele by Ei Nei
-Hau Cordage workshop
-Food by Gourmet Fusion
-Screen Printing with Honolulu Printing:
Bring your own T-shirt or canvas bags to make screen prints of the Laniwahine design and moʻolelo.
Please RSVP. All are welcome.
Amber Khan is a mixed-media artist from Honolulu who incorporates materials such as papier-mâché, wood, joint compound, fiber, paint, and natural objects to explore visual transformations of the natural world. Her work explores the hybrid nature of identity, examining how we connect to place and to one another through myriad ways, shaping our perspectives as we synthesize a myriad of influences.
Jordan Souza is a Native Hawaiian artist. Originally a mixed-media artist, he now focuses primarily on wood carving. Jordan uses contemporary and ancient imagery and concepts in his work. In 2010, he was selected to do an Artist Residency with Tautai in New Zealand. Upon returning to Hawaiʻi, he helped to create the first college-accredited Hawaiian Carving Class in 2011.
Paige Okamura is a keiki papa no Waialua, Oʻahu. She's fluent in Hawaiian and is currently pursuing her MA in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Her expertise in Hawaiian music is based out of her love for her language and her culture.
Wahi Pana: Storied Places is a temporary public art project of the City and County of Honolulu Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts (MOCA) and is a winner of the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Public Art Challenge grant. Beginning February 2025, the project will feature art installations across the island of O‘ahu that connect each site with its indigenous, Native Hawaiian mo‘olelo (stories).
Visit www.wahipana.com for more information.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Haleʻiwa Beach Park, 62-449 Kamehameha Highway, Haleiwa, United States
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