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Hoʻonui ʻIke
to gain knowledge, to enrich
Past Workshops
 Gyotaku WorkshopFall 2024 In-person workshop held at one of the Botany Learning Labs at UHM. Although not a Hawaiian practice, Gyotaku, the Japanese art of printing fish, has been integral to documenting many of our native fish species, and is still practiced today by many lawaiʻa. Here, attendees learned about the practice and got to make several of their own prints under the guidance of Norton Chan and Justin Chan. |  Limu Pressing WorkshopSpring 2024 In-person workshop held in one of the Botany Learning Labs at UHM. Attendees learned about Mālama Maunalua, the organization's work with limu restoration in Maunalua Bay, and had the opportunity to create limu presses using various species under the guidance of Alex Awo, Uncle Wally Ito, and Malia Heimuli. |  Ulana WorkshopFall 2023 In-person workshop held at Ka Papa Loʻi o Kānewai, hosted by Kalauʻihilani Robins, a Kumu Moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi at Kamehameha Schools. After learning how to harvest and prep lau hala, members learned how to weave their own Hōkū Paʻa (North Star), using part of Peleʻs journey as a mnemonic to remember the pattern. |
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 ʻApu WorkshopSpring 2023 In-person workshop held at UHWO. One of the kahu ʻāina, Jesse Mikasobe-Kealiʻinohomoku, taught us about the cultural significance of niu, contemporary problems (such as the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle), and even got to make our own ʻapu! |  Lei Poʻo WorkshopSpring 2023 In-person workshop held at Ka Papa Loʻi o Kānewai, hosted by board member, Kelsie Kuniyoshi. Here, members learned about Hiʻiakaikapuaʻenaʻena, the akua of lei-making, and had the opportunity to create their own lei poʻo using foraged or cultivated materials. |  ʻŌlelo HawaiʻiSpring 2023 Zoom workshop with Kumu Pomai Stone. Kumu Pomai taught us He Mele No Kāne, and a hula to help us remember the words. Aia i hea ka wai a Kāne? |
 Poetry and Mele: Weaving the Lei of EaFall 2020 Going deeper into our personal sovereignty through Native Hawaiian poetry and mele with Isabella Pasa. |  Poetry and Mele: Decolonized LoveSpring 2021 Challenging the way we have been conditioned to think about love through poetry and mele by Native Hawaiians with Isabella Pasa. |
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