LIHUE — Seth Womble, the project director for two Nirmana Projects murals, is requesting the help of community volunteer groups to add their mana and talent to the project that will eventually grace the Nawiliwili Harbor cruise ship terminal.
Groups of up to 12 people are being asked to help with the project by filling the backgrounds for both murals by working at the Kauai Resource Center near the Reynolds Recycling plant. Once completed, the murals will be installed at the Nawiliwili Harbor terminal building.
All age volunteers and groups of up to 12 are welcome to sign up for the sessions. Womble said no toxic acrylic paints will be used on the project.
Groups are also able to select from two, 3-hour sessions per day. The first session runs from 9 a.m. to noon and the second session runs from 1 to 4 p.m. There will be documentation of the project’s process, and the volunteer groups will be included for use in social media and traditional media releases.
The project murals work dates are scheduled to run from Oct. 7-11, and Oct. 14-18.
Groups are asked to sign up early for specific dates and time slots by contacting Womble through email at sethcre8s@me.com or by phone at 808-639-0026.
Funded by the Hawaii Tourism Authority through a contract awarded to the county’s Office of Economic Development, the murals are being created to welcome and educate cruise ship visitors.
The mural around the restroom building in the harbor terminal will represent a “devolving” timeline from modern cruise ship, steam ship, float plane, whale ship, Hawaiian voyaging vessel and canoe.
The color palette for the mural will range from full color through sepia tones, and black and white.
The second mural that is scheduled to mount on the storage container will depict the Kipu ahupuaa system in full color with old Kalapaki Bay in the foreground. Clippings of canoe plants will be provided for volunteer groups to discuss and use as stencils and stamps.
Volunteer groups can also free paint traditional Hawaiian patterns and designs, or simply add their personal hand prints.
Following the work by the volunteer groups, the details and images of the boats and ahupuaa will be painted in on top.
