{"id":203206,"date":"2024-09-06T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=203206"},"modified":"2024-09-06T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T21:00:00","slug":"celebrating-the-alala-art-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/09\/06\/celebrating-the-alala-art-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the ʻalal\u0101 in art and words at Windward CC<\/abbr>"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Melanie Dorado Wilson and her painting of the ʻalal\u0101, Hawaiian crow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ʻAlal\u0101 are the only survivors of five crow species that evolved in the Hawaiian Islands, according to the ʻAlal\u0101 Project, which aims to restore the native bird to the wild. Reading and artwork focused on the ʻalal\u0101 will be presented at Windward Community College<\/a>\u02bbs Out Loud in the Library! on Wednesday, September 25, 10–11 a.m. The free event will take place in the Hale Laʻakea<\/span> Library.<\/p>\n

Melanie Dorado Wilson will read from her Hawaiian Studies research Ka ʻAlal\u0101, ʻAumakua in Transition: A Multimedia Exploration of the Science, Politics, Law, Culture, and Spirituality Surrounding the Hawaiian Crow. A display of artwork she completed for the class will be available for viewing.<\/p>\n

Wilson, Windward CC<\/abbr>\u2019s interim vice chancellor for academic affairs recently completed her associate\u2019s degree in Hawaiian Studies. Originally from Wahiaw\u0101, she returned to Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> from living overseas in 2017. She fell in love with the ʻalal\u0101, which became the subject of her artistic and academic focus.<\/p>\n

Out Loud in the Library! is celebrating its 10th anniversary of literary and music events by local artists, and is meant to inspire and encourage students to find their own creative voice through writing, reading, poetry, music, spoken word and the visual arts.<\/p>\n

For more information, contact Susan Lee St. John, associate professor of language arts and Out Loud in the Library! coordinator, at (808) 236-9226 or susankcl@hawaii.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s native crow is the focus of works by a Windward CC<\/abbr> administrator.<\/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":[207,71,66],"class_list":["post-203206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-library","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-windward-community-college","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