{"id":222605,"date":"2025-09-24T16:26:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T02:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=222605"},"modified":"2025-09-25T09:06:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T19:06:17","slug":"uh-alumni-art-hawaii-walls-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/09\/24\/uh-alumni-art-hawaii-walls-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>UH<\/abbr> alumni artistic talent on full display at Hawai\u02bbi Walls 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_79512\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p3hV_1665FQ?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"University of Hawai&#039;i alumni at Hawaii Walls 2025\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Seven University of <span lang=\"haw\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> alumni joined more than 50 acclaimed artists from <span lang=\"haw\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and around the globe to transform Farrington High School into an open-air gallery during the 13th annual World Wide Walls <span lang=\"haw\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> festival, held September 15&#8211;21. The artists added their creative touch to the Kalihi campus, underscoring the impact of <abbr>UH<\/abbr> talent in shaping <span lang=\"haw\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>&#8217;s contemporary art scene.<\/p>\n<p>The festival was organized by Jasper and Amy Wong of World Wide Walls. Amy, who earned an associate in arts in liberal arts from <span lang=\"haw\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Community College in 2005, led logistics and operations.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We do our best to beautify communities and help to inspire children, students, faculty, and anyone who actually walks the path of where our art is,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;We hope to inspire them to do something great in the world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Accessible art<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_222607\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-222607\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/system-alumni-farrington-art-3-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Person painting a wall\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-222607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/system-alumni-farrington-art-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/system-alumni-farrington-art-3-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/system-alumni-farrington-art-3.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-222607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dayna working on her mural (Photo credit: Sean Marrs)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With the addition of 50 new permanent murals this year, Farrington High School now boasts 67 total works, making it one of the largest collections of contemporary public art in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Among the artists was Kelsie Dayna, a 2011 graduate of the Shidler College of Business at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa, who earned a bachelor of business administration in marketing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This has been a career goal for me. Jasper and Amy have done so much to make art accessible, and one of the things the vice principal of Farrington mentioned was that art is sometimes intimidating or scary,&rdquo; Dayna said. &ldquo;Life is super short, so you want to spend it doing something that you love. Whether it&#8217;s art, photography, film or animation, just go for it because you really have nothing to lose.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_222608\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-222608\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/system-alumni-farrington-art-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Person kneeling and painting a wall\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-222608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/system-alumni-farrington-art-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/system-alumni-farrington-art-2-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/system-alumni-farrington-art-2.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-222608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Okuhata working on her mural (Photo credit: Sean Marrs)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Meaningful connections<\/h2>\n<p>Also painting was Kaelyn Okuhata, a 2021 Shidler College of Business graduate from <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa, who earned an MBA. Known artistically as &ldquo;Art by Sachiko,&rdquo; Okuhata encourages current <abbr>UH<\/abbr> students to embrace the support and networks available to them.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Make sure that you network with as many people as you can throughout your journey in school and then onto your career as well, because&#8212;everyone here in the islands&#8212;I just know they&#8217;re here to support you and they are rooting for people within our community,&rdquo; Okuhata said.<\/p>\n<p>From bold murals to meaningful advice, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> alumni are leaving their mark on <span lang=\"haw\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>&#8217;s walls&#8212;and its future.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_222609\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-222609\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/system-alumni-farrington-art-1.jpg\" alt=\"Group of people in front of the Farrington High School sign\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-222609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/system-alumni-farrington-art-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/system-alumni-farrington-art-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/system-alumni-farrington-art-1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-222609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participating artists at the festival (Photo credit: Elyse Butler)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alumni artists ignite Kalihi walls with color, culture and community spirit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":222607,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,105,63,146,271,71,319,9,56],"class_list":["post-222605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-alumni","tag-art","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-shidler-college-of-business","tag-uh-alumni-association","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-foundation","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/system-alumni-farrington-art-3.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222605"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222613,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222605\/revisions\/222613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}