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Community Partnerships

  • Kapa maker Kaʻiulani de Silva, left, with mixed-media artisan and educator Mahi La Pierre at MHC's 2018 Educator & Cultural Practitioner Open House.
  • Volunteers work with expert Hawaiian dry-stack stone mason Billy Fields to restore a portion of the stone wall in Lila's White Garden.
  • Hōkūleʻa navigator Cat Fuller explains the Hawaiian Star Compass and Polynesian navigation to visitors.
  • Students learn about and practice techniques of lauhala weaving and lei hulu (featherwork) from Kumu Aloha Kekipi at one of MHCʻs Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke workshops.
  • Participants, including MHC founder Mary Cooke, learn the art of ipu pyrography from Kumu Tamsen Fox.
  • Moani Hibbard of Botanica Skincare, far right, teaches students about the power plants and assists them in creating their own lip balm.
  • 11th and 12 graders from Mid-Pacific Instituteʻs Historic Preservation class setting up their equipment to do a 3-D LiDAR scan of Kūkaʻōʻō Heiau.

ʻAʻohe pau ka ʻike i ka hālau hoʻokāhi

All knowledge is not taught in the same school

One can learn from many sources

Mānoa Heritage Center is fortunate to partner with organizations, agencies, schools, and cultural practitioners in our ahupuaʻa and beyond to build a vibrant community connected to land, culture and place. We are grateful to the following partners who work so hard to promote an understanding of Hawaiʻi’s cultural and natural heritage.

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