NEWS AND EVENTS

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NEW THIS YEAR!

  • Online pre-registration!    To help ease intake lines, and ensure continuity, register online before intake!  Intake will work the same as before, only your entry from will be already pau!
  • Exhibition is 2 weeks longer!  Plenty of time to get in an see this years show.  

HAWAIʻI NEI 2014 INTAKE DATES

WAILOA ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER INTAKE (HILO)

November 1, 2014 (Saturday)
Time: 11 am - 4 pm
 

DONKEY MILL ART CENTER INTAKE (HOLUALOA)

October 25, 2014 (Saturday)

Time: 11 am - 2 pm
Pre-registration online will be required.  This ensures that we will have enough room for transporting art to and from Hilo.  Artwork from this Kona Intake will be returned to Donkey Mill December 20, 2014: 11 am - 2 pm. 

EXHIBITION

Dates: November 7th, 2014 - December 19th, 2014

New this year, we will be open 2 extra weeks!!  Keep checking back for dates on Saturday events during the exhibition.  

Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8:30 am–4:30 pm; Wednesday noon–4:30 pm; Closed Saturday, Sunday and State Holidays
Admission: free

UPCOMING EVENTS

KAULUWEHI LEI WORKSHOPS
March 8th and April 5th
$10 - Materials Included

The Kauluwehi Lei contest will host workshops that will focus on 5 traditional styles of lei making (including haku, hili/hilo, hīpu‘u, wili, and kui) and sustainable picking practices. Please join us for a wonderful day at Pu‘u Maka‘ala Natural Area Reserve where participants learn the art of lei making and enjoy their beautiful surroundings of pristine native forest!

For more information please contact: Anya Tagawa at anya.h.tagawa@hawaii.gov or (808) 443-4245

KAULUWEHI LEI CONTEST 

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Weʻre at it again! The Department of and and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Hawai‘i Island NARS, the Three Mountain Alliance, and the Wailoa Arts and Cultural Center proudly presents Kauluwehi a Lei Contest! Kauluwehi is a juried lei contest celebrating native species, Hawaiian culture, and sustainable picking practices on Hawai‘i Island.