{"id":161952,"date":"2022-07-13T13:20:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T23:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=161952"},"modified":"2022-07-20T10:19:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T20:19:35","slug":"uh-sea-grant-limu-mural","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/07\/13\/uh-sea-grant-limu-mural\/","title":{"rendered":"Students create limu mural with UH<\/abbr> Sea Grant support"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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2022 is the Year of the Limu (seaweed), and communities are celebrating throughout Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> to strengthen connections across programs and generations. In March, the Keahiakahoe Canoe Club, with support from the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Sea Grant College Program<\/a> (Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Sea Grant) and Kuaʻāina<\/span> Ulu ʻAuamo<\/span> (KUA<\/abbr><\/a>) came together to support the creation of a native limu mural on Sand Island.<\/p>\n

Kamehameha Schools\u2019 Kapālama mural club students, led by seniors Annamarie Ellazar and Mailelauhulali Hoe, designed and painted the mural with themes of “togetherness” and “place” in mind, with an inherent Native Hawaiian perspective. These young artists and their kumu, Boz Schurr<\/strong>, who earned her MFA<\/abbr> from UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa, dedicated four days of their spring break to complete the project.<\/p>\n

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See a time lapse of the mural here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The mural titled “Kaholaloa” is inspired by a connection to place, and refers to the reef that was filled in to form Sand Island. By using the Sand Island\u2019s traditional name, artists paid homage to the roots of this significant place.<\/p>\n

The diverse array of native limu and the club\u2019s koa canoe, Keolahouomaehaʻapiti,<\/span> appear to share nothing in common, but both are tethered to this place where many communities come together to paddle, swim and celebrate. Keolahouomaehaʻapiti<\/span> is depicted riding ancient waves, buoyed above the native fauna of the former reef, with limu woven throughout the design.<\/p>\n

Limu is significant to Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> with strong historic, cultural ties to Native Hawaiians because of its importance as a food source and bioindicator of environmental health, often bringing people together, making limu a transcendent symbol of unity.<\/p>\n

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“As we strengthen the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa as a Native Hawaiian place of learning, this mural in collaboration with the Kamehameha mural club, KUA<\/abbr> and Keahahiakahoe is just one of the many ways our programs can creatively engage and partner with local community members and elevate the incredible talents of our young leaders, all to strengthen our connection to one another and place,” said Beth Lenz<\/strong>, PhD<\/abbr>, assistant director for diversity and community engagement at Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Sea Grant.<\/p>\n

In celebration of The Year of the Limu and Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Sea Grant’s 50th anniversary, there are future projects planned to beautify spaces and revitalize a connection to the ocean with an emphasis on limu.<\/p>\n

See more Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Sea Grant stories<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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With support from Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Sea Grant, Kamehameha Schools\u2019 Kapālama students designed and painted a mural on Sand Island in March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[105,1465,635,438],"class_list":["post-161952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-art","tag-manoa-native-hawaiian-place-of-learning","tag-sea-grant-college-program","tag-uh-sea-grant","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t