{"id":78404,"date":"2018-04-25T08:58:23","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T18:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=78404"},"modified":"2020-01-10T08:57:19","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T18:57:19","slug":"enomoto-mural-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/04\/25\/enomoto-mural-restoration\/","title":{"rendered":"Isami Enomoto mural restoration project earns award for UH<\/abbr> West O\u02bbahu labor center"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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An effort to rescue, restore and install labor murals by noted Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> ceramic artist Isami Enomoto has earned University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2013West Oʻahu<\/span>\u2019s Center for Labor Education and Research<\/a> (CLEAR<\/abbr>) a Preservation Award from the Historic Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Foundation<\/a>. Enomoto\u2019s work graces several mid-century buildings.<\/p>\n

The award will be presented to William Puette<\/strong>, CLEAR<\/abbr> director, along with Docomomo US<\/abbr>–Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a> and Bank of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, during the Preservation Honor Awards Ceremony on May 23.<\/p>\n

CLEAR<\/abbr> helped raise approximately $43,000 for the restoration and installation, and secured wall space in the James and Abigail Campbell Library to display the murals. The murals were installed in December 2017.<\/p>\n

“The murals were meticulously restored and relocated to a meaningful and publicly accessible location,” noted Kirsten Faulkner, Historic Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> executive director, in a letter to Puette. “We congratulate you and your exemplary preservation efforts.”<\/p>\n

Faulkner also noted that the Preservation Honor Awards are Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s highest recognition of preservation projects that perpetuate, rehabilitate, restore or interpret the state\u2019s architectural, archaeological and\/or cultural heritage.<\/p>\n

The award caps off the multi-year mural restoration project. Enomoto\u2019s five murals, which depict Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> labor scenes in the early 1960s, hung above teller stations at the Bank of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> branch on Kapahulu Avenue until 2015 when the location was sold.<\/p>\n

At Bank of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s request, Docomomo US<\/abbr>–Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> agreed to warehouse the large pieces while it searched for their new home. Docomomo US<\/abbr> is a non-profit group dedicated to understanding, preserving and documenting the modern movement in planning, architecture, landscapes and public art.<\/p>\n

From E Kamakani Hou<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

—By Greg Wiles<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An effort to rescue, restore and install labor murals by noted Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> ceramic artist Isami Enomoto has earned UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span>\u2019s Center for Labor Education and Research a Preservation Award from the Historic Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Foundation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[921,911,59],"class_list":["post-78404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-center-for-labor-education-and-research","tag-program-recognition","tag-uh-west-oahu","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