Bishop Museum presents
Kālai Lāʻau: Caring for Hawaiian Woodcarving in the 21st Century
A two-day symposium and workshop
Saturday, January 12, 2019 Sunday, January 13, 2019
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Flanders Lawn, Bishop Museum
FREE (limited availability)
The practice of kālai lāʻau, carving wood, is an integral cultural art in Hawaiʻi and many parts of the Pacific. Throughout the Pacific Islands, woodcarvers are held in high esteem. The transformation of wood into different forms, both useful and beautiful, continues to be renewed and reinvigorated – successive generations of practitioners rely on skills rooted in the past, exercised in the present, to address new challenges and give life to innovative ideas.
This two-day workshop will bring together practitioners and community members to consider the history of kālai lāʻau in Hawaiʻi through discussion panels, special presentations on natural resources of the islands, hands-on demonstrations, and access to museum collections. Join us for this special, two-day event, as we follow older paths and carve new ones towards greater understanding of the perpetuation and care of woodcarving in the 21st century.
This two-day symposium and workshop is part of Bishop Museum’s Laulima Series highlighting ulana (weaving) and kālai. The series is generously supported by a grant from the Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities.
Register online by Friday, January 4, 2019
More information will be emailed to you upon registration.
You will be confirmed for the two days of the symposium when you register, even if the confirmation only says its for Saturday.