EMPRESS: All Wahine Art Festivals Community Paint Party

Tuesday, November 8
10am - 3pm
Kona Commons Bathroom Hallway

Join us for a Community Paint Day as we welcome EMPRESS: All Wahine Arts Festival’s murals to Kona Commons!

Kona Commons Shopping Center will soon be home to two murals:  one featuring Haumea, the goddess of creation, and the second featuring ‘ulu, a symbol of resilience, perseverance, and security. 

The community is invited to help the murals come to life during a community paint day on Tuesday, November 8, from 10am – 3pm.  Community participants will be guided by artists from around the Pacific who have gathered in Kona for the inaugural art festival.  “We look forward to the community’s help in creating our ‘Haumea’ mural", says Mahea Akau, Event Organizer for EMPRESS:  All Wāhine Arts Festival.  “Haumea was known to cast her net into the sky to plot things such as stars and genealogies. Participants can help by filling in the colored base layers with handprints, representing each person’s presence in an ever-expanding genealogy caught in Haumea’s net.”

The inaugural EMPRESS: All-Wāhine Arts Festival will take place throughout Hawaiʻi Island and will feature wāhine Pasifika, their mele and murals; 2022 artists include Kukui Mahoney (Palani Road) and Hana Yoshihata (Kona Commons).  For more information visit: IG@empress.week or contact us at aloha@lydia8.org.