Photos: Students create UH Hilo’s second Mele Mural, this one at Hale Ikena residence hall
The completed mural will be unveiled Wednesday, July 15.
Students are hard at work creating the second Mele Mural at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo. The completed mural will be unveiled Wednesday, July 15, at ceremonies scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m. at the Hale Ikena residence hall.
- See UH Hilo Stories, July 14, 2015: Second Mele Mural project underway at UH Hilo.
Mele Murals is a five-year, statewide youth project that started in late 2013, where local artists, youth, and other members of communities spanning the eight major islands of Hawaiʻi are creating a series of large-scale outdoor murals focusing on Hawaiian lyrics and mele (song) that exploremoʻolelo ʻaina (stories of place) and cultural and historical heritage.
A goal of the project is to create an all-islands public art project that is artistically excellent and deeply connected to the history of Hawai‘i, as well as a source of pride.
The founder and creative director of the statewide Mele Mural project, Estria Miyashiro, along with his team, is leading the project at UH Hilo.
The project is sponsored by the UH Hilo Office of the Chancellor, the Ho‘okahua Project, Kīpuka Native Hawaiian Student Center, University Housing, and the Estria Foundation.
The first mural was completed at Hale Kauanoe in March of this year.
- See UH Hilo Stories, March 20, 2015: UH Hilo Mele Mural unveiled: “Wow!”
Photo gallery
Here is a photo gallery of work done up through day six of the current mural project, photos by Evan Loney, click to enlarge:
About the writer of this story: Susan Enright is a public information specialist for the Office of the Chancellor and editor of UH Hilo Stories. She received her bachelor of arts in English and certificate in women’s studies from UH Hilo.
