Art Installation Wahi Pana: Storied Places to Complete This Fall
The final phase of the public multimedia art project will be unveiled at various O‘ahu sites.
The third and final phase of Wahi Pana: Storied Places, a public art installation project, opens this fall, showcasing Native Hawaiian and Hawai‘i-based artists.
Fort Street Mall. Photo: Courtesy of the Honolulu Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts, Lila Lee, Kekahi Wahi
The first phase of the multimedia endeavor opened in February with works wrapping TheBus and tiling the ground of Fort Street Mall, along with wooden ki‘i at Fort DeRussy and poetry signs at Lē‘ahi and Fort Street Mall. Phase 2 in May expanded east to Kapi‘olani Park, Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve and Koko Crater Botanical Garden.
Fort DeRussy. Photo: Courtesy of the Honolulu Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts, Lila Lee, Kekahi Wahi
The final phase features a mural at Kahe Point Beach Park by Meleanna Aluli Meyer and Solomon Enos, sculptures by Kaili Chun at Ho‘omaluhia Botanical Garden and by Amber Khan and Jordan Souza at Hale‘iwa Beach Park, and a tiled mural by Carl F.K. Pao at Chinatown Gateway Plaza.
Koko Crater Botanical Garden. Photo: Courtesy of the Honolulu Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts, Lila Lee, Kekahi Wahi
On view through February 2028, the project has received support from the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge, the Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts, and the Art in Public Places Program, among other partners. Learn more about the art at bloombergconnects.org.
Katrina Valcourt is the executive editor of HONOLULU Magazine.
