Spring Into Action @ Na Mea Hawai‘i

NA MEA HAWAI‘I Welcome to a gathering space--workshop, studio and retail. A place for learning, and making, a place of exchange. We continue to only feature locally made products alongside culturally grounded practices, and books, CDs and DVDS about Hawai’i and the Pacific. Please, wander, enjoy, ask questions, make a new friend, come back, often. There is no hands off area-- we are all hands on. Na Mea Hawai’i is a place to talk story, spend time, read a book, have some tea (and awa soon) make something, buy something, support a different way of being in community. Sign up for classes in STUDIO, don’t miss the wearable art wall, find out what other classes are being offered, what events are coming up. Enjoy our free WiFi, look at whose in our POP UP spaces and studios, pull up a chair in NOHO, enjoy our out-of-print book section. This is a Hawaiian place, we are here to share. In-hale featured workshop sessions: Call 596.8885 to make a reservation QUICKDRAW with Storkeeper Let Na Mea Hawai‘i's Storkeeper guide you in setting your creative spark free. $10 for 20 min quickdraw will open up a new world of possibilities. Drop in MWF in between 10A - 8P Check him out at the BIKE-IN Saturday April 6th @ Old Stadium Park 5P - 9P STUDIO w/ Harinani Orme Wednesday//6P - 9P Intro to Printmaking Thursday//6P - 9P Intro to Kukui Nut Pendant $5/per workshop Inquire about STUDIO memberships BOOK TALK SUNDAY APRIL 7th 3P - 5P Come delve into the mysteries of the universe with us @ Na Mea Hawai‘i this sunday afternoon. Talk story session with light pupus and a signing to follow. Author of The Ancient Hawaiian State, Robert Hommon will be in hale touching upon the striking similarities between the birth or development great civilizations around the world. Hommon illuminates the origins of the The Ancient Hawaiian State, highlighting the innate sense of resourcefulness, fluidness, and connection to place as the main attributes to the advanced technology and innovation of Native Hawaiians. There are many parallels and methods to be applied in our current state. Join us in dialogue for what some of those routes may be. :::UPCOMING EVENTS::: Off-Site Event// Ka Mole o Na Pua Festival//Leeward Community College April 13th Workshop PonoToday//LiAnn Every 3rd Thursday of the mo. April Special Guest: Aunty Mahealani 7P - 8:30P Book Launch/Celebration Hawai‘i//Mark Panek Aupuni Place//Friday, April 19th //6P – 8P Book Signing/Celebration ‘Ewa Which Way//Tyler Miranda Aupuni Place//Sunday, April 21st//3P – 5P POP-UP SHOP//KEALOPIKO ii gallery//Friday, May 3rd – Sunday, May 5th CD Launch Hawaiian Storytime//w/ Kumu Kilohana Aupuni Place//Sunday, May 5th//3P – 5P SOLO EXHIBITION//Dana Paresa Opening Reception//Thursday, May 9th//5:30P – 7:30P ii gallery; 687 Auahi St. Off-Site Event//Hawai‘i Book and Music Festival Saturday – Sunday, May 18th – 19th Book Launch/Celebration Hawai‘iki Rising//Sam Low Aupuni Place//Sunday, May 19th//5P – 7P Workshop The Art of Book-Binding//Jesus Sanchez Aupuni Place//Saturday & Sunday, June 1st & 2nd//10A – Noon ART CARDS, the new creative currency. collect, trade, or redeem, you determine the value. singles // 2 for $5 // 5 for $10 @ NHL Night Market ONLY! april 20th//6P - 11P auahi st (cooke to keawe st). deck // $40 @ Na Mea Hawai‘i, Ward Warehouse, 1050 Ala Moana Blvd. @ 808 Urban, 683 Auahi St. all proceeds go to support art programming in the Kaka‘ako District http://www.honolulunightmarket.com/honolulu-night-market-art-cards/ Urban Indigenous//Nikila Badua (MamaWisdom1)//Mixed Media on Wood Guardian Aumakua and Kanaloa//Estria//Aerosol//www.estria.org BOOK DRIVE DROP OFF LOCATION @ Na Mea Hawai‘i/Native Books Support a literacy program for hawaiian prisoners by dropping off books that will feed their mind and enrich their soul while they serve time behind bars. Sponsored by Native Hawaiian Student Services Copyright © 2013 Native Books Hawaii, All rights reserved. You are a special friend of the store. Our mailing address is: Native Books Hawaii 1050 Ala Moana Blvd. Suite 1000 Honolulu, Hawaii96814 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences