Hands-on Cultural Arts Workshops

Learn and experience Hawaiian cultural crafts with experienced practitioners on two Fridays during Koloa Plantation Days Hosted by Kaua‘i Na Lima No‘eau Cultural Artists Guild. 

Select from:

1. Konane Hawaiian Checkers Play/Demonstration

2. Leihulu, Mini Kahili Paalima ($50) or Hulu Hairpick ($25) Feather Pencil Kids Project($10)

3. Ipuheke‘ole and Hula ($75)

4. Papale Niu Hat (65) or Eke Niu Bowl ($65), Niu Kids Project ($10)

5. Ki‘i Woodcarving Academy Demonstration

6. To‘ere and Pahu Drums Demonstration

7. Fresh Lei-making and Wristlets

8. Hawaiian Seeds and Lauhala Bracelet making ($35-$45-$55)

9. Leipupu-Niihau Shell Earrings ($100)

10. Hawaiian Lomilomi Experience

11. Polynesian Tapa Barkcloth Art 

12. Malama ‘Aina, Kauai Bird Recovery Program  (Kids Project)

13. Hawaiian Saddles – Leather Keychain Stamping (Kids Project) 

The Historic Sugar Exhibit – Plantation Museum, features portraits of plantation life by photographer Carol Ann Davis, along with a century of archival images from the plantation era courtesy of Grove Farm Homestead Museum. The exhibit also includes artifacts from plantation camp life provided by local families and the Grove Farm Homestead Museum.

Volunteers and docents, authors, and historians from the Kauai Historical Society, which was established in 1914, will share Koloa’s cultural traditions, people, and stories of Old Koloa. Grove Farm’s “Long Sugar” and “Sweet Refrain” movies will alternate showings throughout the week. Museum and Book Store open daily from 10am to 2pm through Friday, July 26.

For more information contact
Kauai Historical Society at 808-245-3373.