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Kua’aina Artworks

Koa wood and clay by Tom and Julie Pasquale

https://www.hawaiikoawood.net/

Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke is an award-winning vocational training program for at-risk youth in Hana, Maui—an isolated community on the island’s east coast with over two-thirds its population of Native Hawaiian ancestry.

Our approach is to teach academic subjects through real-life, hands-on application, where students can understand the concepts they’re learning through tangible examples. But these aren’t just examples for learning’s sake. Our projects meet real school and community needs, so our students’ education immediately serves those whose lives it touches.

Self-sustenance, community relationship, cultural connection—these are some of the principles we aim to pass onto the next generation, as we create caretakers of our future, leaders of our island.

The mission of Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke (“In Working, One Learns”) is to provide Hana youth with a way to learn that makes sense to them, that builds their self-esteem and shows them they have the power to change their future.

Woodworker

Keith Maile is a native Hawaiian artist whose work can be found in galleries around Oʻahu, including Nohea Gallery, Native Books: Na Mea Hawai’i, and the Bishop Museum’s Shop Pacifica. His art can also be found occasionally at the downtown MaMo Art Gallery. His works reference older forms and styles, but he is known for a number of commission work held in private collections in Hawaiʻi and overseas.

His artworks use a variety of media, including bone, shell, wood, stone, native fibers, along with other natural materials.

McKenzie River Associates has been providing professional forestry services in Hawaii since 2002. I specialize in forest inventory, forest appraisals, forest management plans, conservation easements, harvest planning, marketing of forest products, and forestry education. With over 40 years experience as a licensed professional forester, I also provide expert witness services.

My Hawaii experience is in native species forests. I am particularly interested in improving utilization and helping clients maximize the value received from harvests, achieving full stocking of native species on their land, and expanding the acreage of native forests through planting of non-stocked land.