The Public Art Podcast

TALK STORY #5: Clifford Naeole & Hōkūao Pellegrino

In this episode, Clifford Naeole, Cultural Advisor at The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua + Hōkūao Pellegrino, Sustainability & ʻĀina-Based Learning Designer & Facilitator, Kamehameha Schools Maui talk story. LEARN MORE: https://www.smalltownbig.org/talk-story.html

TALK STORY #6: Gordean Bailey & Sissy Lake-Farm

In this episode, Gordean Bailey, Kumu Hula, Hālau Wehiwehi of Leilehua + Sissy Lake-Farm, Kumu Hula, Hālau Makana Aloha O Ka Lauaʻe talk story at Bailey Farms in Kula, HI.

Episode #6: Heather Knowles Negaard

Today I sat with Heather Knowles Negaard, founder of the Des Moines Poetry Slam which is now more than 20 years old - who is a working artist here on Maui as well as one of the many smiling faces that runs the wildly popular Wailuku Coffee Company on Market Street. 
In preparation for her October 2, 2021 (Free) Slam Poetry Workshop for ages 13-18, I was excited to talk story today, get to know Heather as the Eternal Slam Mama and learn more about her artistic discipline. Please enjoy. 

TALK STORY #4: Wallette Pellegrino & Kalapana Kollars

In this episode, Kalapana Kollars, Hawaiian Cultural Programs Director of Lahaina Restoration Foundation and Wallette Pellegrino, Host of ”Preserving Our Recollections” Oral History TV Program for University of Hawaii Maui College talk story for our new StoryCorps DIY project.
Learn more at https://www.smalltownbig.org/story.html

Episode #5: David Johnston

Artistic Director of Maui Academy of Performing Arts since 1992, David Johnston has led the purchase of three buildings in Wailuku to help lead the charge in seeing the neighborhood become an arts district. In this episode, you’ll hear him talk about his vision, work and legacy - which is not in the buildings, but in leaving a place where people of all ages can come to discover themselves, uncover who they are and what they're about, and where they can create gifts to give to the world. He sees the arts as an incubator for our humanity and wants to leave a place where that can continue to happen. Please enjoy. (Learn more: https://mauiacademy.org/david-johnston/)

TALK STORY #3: Skippy Hau & Dean Tokishi

In this episode, Dean Tokishi of the Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission and Skippy Hau of the State of Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources talk story for our new StoryCorps DIY project.
Learn more at https://www.smalltownbig.org/story.html

TALK STORY #2: Roselle Bailey & Anuhea Yagi

In this episode, Student of Hawaiian Life Ways Anuhea Yagi sits with Kumu Hula Roselle Keli‘ihonipua Bailey of Ka’Imi Na’auao O Hawaii Nei Institute in Paukukalo, Maui to talk story.
Learn more at https://www.smalltownbig.org/story.html

TALK STORY #1: Kepā Maly & Lopaka White

We are currently piloting a new project to help determine our community's capacity for building a place-based story, creating a story bank and inspiring/ motivating usage, practice and application, with the long-term goal of creating an oral histories archive by and for the larger community. 
In this first episode, Lopaka White of the Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission sits with Kepā Maly, Cultural Historian & Resource Specialist and Executive Director of Lāna'i Culture & Heritage Center at the home of Lopaka's parents in Hilo, HI. You can just barely make out the excited chatter of family in the background as Lopaka and Kepā share stories about Kahoʻolawe, Lāna'i, Wailuku and Aloha as a privilege - not a right. 
Learn more at https://www.smalltownbig.org/story.html