POW! WOW! Hawaii

There back!Pow! Wow! is now World Wide Walls and the Hawaii festival is on!A new mission, to bring brightness through art to communities usually overlooked.Free and open to anyone. Watch the artist from around the world work and even talk with them. All are incredibly friendly. "I painted this whole wall with this little brush" says one standing on a lift at the end of a 250x20 foot mural. The deets:1. Hawaii Walls runs from 05.08.2023 - 05.14.2023. 2. Follow World Wide Walls on IG and see pinned post for the mural map.3. The greatest concentration of murals are at Palama Settlement. Other major locations include the Bishop Museum , Kalihi Kai Elementary, and Dillingham Plaza.Anyone interested in art or just want to see how it's created on a grand scale, this is a must.

Kakaako Murals- these two beautiful depictions of the Hawaiian culture are located next to each other on the wall of the Hibiscus Club on 350 Ward Ave, Honolulu. Go early because they're located in a parking lot

NOTE: I hope this review doesn't get merged with the public art business page. This is a separate and NEW business page.The other evening, we walked into the Pow!Wow! Hawaii "Headquarters" looking for the relocation of Amy Wong's street wear and street art store formerly known as "Big Bad Wolf". When we found it, we found this new store named "POW! WOW! Hawai'i General Store" and peered in through the glass door to see Street Artist Jasper Wong working on completing the set up the store. The sign on the door stated it was closed at the time so I waited until daylight to call as the set up looked quite complete. When I called this afternoon to verify if this was the former Big Bad Wolf store and when this store would open to the public, Jasper Wong answered the phone. He confirmed their plan on opening this store on Monday and was nice enough to confirm business hours. I appreciated that he took the time to answer my questions as I expressed my excitement about the addition of this store to this neighborhood.I can't wait to check out this store for street wear apparel and accessories or greeting cards and artwork from fabulous artists who have participate in the public art in Our Kaka'ako.

Art is therapy.There's something peaceful about painting. Every stroke, no matter which media, captures a feeling that cannot be described with words. When you put every ounce of energy and emotion on canvas.....oh, it's such a release. I'm sure that everyone at Pow! Wow! Hawai'i has a similar story....passionate about creativity and expressing imagination.I love that this place supports art on a grand scale. During the opening reception of this year's festival, we walked around to see artists in action. Some viewers interrupted artists to take their photo with murals in progress. We enjoyed browsing the gallery and listening to the DJ.Congrats on your 10th annual festival! Great job everyone, your opening reception was a lot of fun!

I love that Honolulu has Pow! Wow! Hawaii! It honestly fills an empty place in my heart. I'm from Long Island City in New York City, Home of 5 Pointz considered the Graffiti Mecca, it was white washed and destroyed in the face of greedy developers and gentrification in 2013. Actually today (2/12/18) 21 aerosol Artist won a $6.7 million lawsuit against the developer.So being someone who grew up around the birthplace of hip hop and modern graffiti culture This event made me especially feel at home in Hawaii. I love that a culture that a grew up with, spread around the world and is celebrated as it is now here in Hawaii. The artists are amazing and the event is too. You not only see the work for the event but all over the city in retail shops, hotels, and restaurants. Especially prominent are the founders Jasper Wong and Kamea Hadar with just awesome work but there's so many artist local and abroad features. OG Slick,It's odd my photos keep getting removed. Hmm...

Review #200!Every February is Pow Wow! The streets of kakaako (Auahi Street, Cooke Street, Keawe Street and more streets) and salt area are updated for different murals. 2020 was the 10th annual event in Hawaii. Artists local and from all over the world have a "wall" on many different businesses to create their art piece.I went on Saturday, Feb. 15 for the finale block party, endless summer jam night two, and paradise soccer club and kicks to the pitch tournament. All these events occurred 6-10pm ... I parked around 5:30 pm near Longs Drugs in Kakaako and walked the two blocks. Some people are there early to look at the artists, take photos with the artists and more.Look online http://www.powwowworldwide.com for the schedule at different cities and what they have for the two weeks usually scheduled.The finale block party had live concert, food trucks, live art, artist signing autographs in books or tote bags. They gave a tote bag by the tokidoki artist but the line was really long so I avoided that. The vendors sold shirts, food, stickers, art and many more. I got food from Banan. The monster tent was giving away free cans of monster and Heineken was passing out free beer cans with ID at one location. The endless summer jam night two was in SALT that had a stage for rappers, break dancers which they had a battle and music shows. The location at SALT is referred to as "The Barn" right by Orange Theory and Moku restaurant. The paradise soccer club and kicks to pitch tournament had indoor soccer tournament in "the barn." They had netting so the soccer ball wouldn't fly all over and it was like 3 vs 3 with a small goal net. Such a fun experience to watch artists, talk to artist, hear live music and DJ with breakdancing.Look forward to this event every year.

Alas, the annual Pow! Wow! Hawaii 2018 is winding down..it's always fun to see all the graffiti art in Kakaako, but there's something extra special about meeting the actual artists and watching them in action. Definitely take a Biki ride around the area, snap some artsy selfies in front of the murals along cooke and auahi st, and end your trip at Salt and indulge in some Butterfly ice cream!!

Pow Wow's grand opening was perfect! Collaborating with Asato Family, they had their own sherbet flavor: Pow Wow Punch! I was lucky to have been one of 20 people that were able to get a pint!This place is so cool, I can totally see this place being a cool event spot. I also loved the gift shop, lots of cool swag and hopefully more to come. Will definitely be back to get gifts later in the year. Cheers to Pow Wow on their new location! Welcome to the neighborhood. Can't wait to see what events come this way!

Kakaako has amazing wall art done by local artist. They change every so often as well so it's always a fun trip to see what they have! There are many small local businesses surrounding the area as well!

This is probably one of my places in Oahu! I'd recommend if you're into street art and want lots of photo ops. I always make sure I stop by every time I'm back in Hawaii to see the new murals they have up!