Celebrating Kohala as a vibrant Arts & Wellness Community  


Community Arts & Healing Happenings for May   
Second Saturday - Spring Arts Stroll in Hawi 
Saturday, May 12th, 4-8pm sidewalk fair lights up Hawi Village 
Love a Tree Day - creative wellness activities 
May 16th, 1-3pm in Kamehameha Park, Kapa'au 
Native Hawaiian Traditional Healing Workshop 
Wednesday, May 23rd, 10-noon, Intergenerational Center, Kapa'au 
 
Sat. May 12th  
Hawi Village, North Kohala 
24 Venues & Events
 
Spring Arts Stroll 
Art, Music, Chocolate & Food

Kohala's 'Second Saturdays' lights up Hawi Village with pop-up art and chocolate tents, music at 4 venues, 5 dining options, plus shops and galleries open for extended hours - all with a lively street fair vibe.  Locals and visitors welcome!

Grab an event passport in front of the Kohala Coffee Mill and stroll the town. We have over a dozen 'stops' along the stroll and 24 activities going on. Passport carriers earn stickers and can enter a Grand Prize drawing of gifts from local merchants and artists - just in time for Mother's Day. 

Hawi Village sites and donors include: Four Island Chocolate makers, Sweet Potato Kitchen wall gallery, Elements Gallery, Kohala Coffee Mill with art and DJ, Kava Kafe with art and live music, As Hawi Turns, Bamboo Gallery, Hawi Cigar and Ukulele with live music, Paradise Postal, Marie Clare Boutique, Heart of Kohala, Kohala CoLab with live music and art, Kohala Artists Coop new wall gallery, Wishard Gallery, with more to come. Pop-up spaces at Hawi Fine Arts, Kohala Coffee Mill, Kohala Trade Center.

Show your support for local artists and businesses at this village scale party!

Kohala CoLab is convening fun and thought provoking art and cultural experiences each month - Join us in Hawi on the 12th.   
  
   
Do Art    Be Art
Share Art !

Find Kohala CoLab online  
Painters, poets, storytellers, musicians,  
ceramics, sculptors, performance art, spoken word, wood workers, dancers, graphics/video, chefs and all who appreciate the arts welcome.



Arts Events in Kohala  

Big Island Women Artists at Sweet Potato Kitchen Cafe


        



The Arts are the Heart of Kohala  & a valuable part of personal wellness 


Native Hawaiian
cultural healing arts workshop

 
Wed. May 23rd, 10am-noon at the Intergenerational 
Center in Kamehameha Park 

Learn about the ancient Hawaiian healing practices of Laʻau Lapaʻau, Hoʻoponopono, Lomilomi Ha Ha, and Laʻau Kahea. 
 
Plant Medicine
 
Sponsored by Hui Malama Ola Na Oiwi, Same Canoe, and Pueo Learning Circle.

No fee for class. Please RSVP directly to Hui Malama Ola Na Oiwi at  969-9220  

Introducing a new Adult Education program forming to serve Kohala.
Love a Tree Day, May 16
Join Pueo for playful movement,  tea
and tree stories



Each year on May 16th, "Love A Tree Day" is celebrated as an environmental holiday. 

Pueo's Learning Circle presents 'Love a Tree Day' in Kamehameha Park at the
Kohala Intergenerational
Center  from 1-3pm.
All ages welcome.

Instructor Maureen Langberg, arts educator and facilitator,
will guide integrated movement and sound methods for balance and clarity. Plus enjoy a light tea and a tree story circle. Free.


 Perk up your spirit and engage your mind.

        
RSVP to hawaii@oneisland.org

Ohia woodblock print
by Andrea Pro