Native Hawaiian Ipu Planting with Momi Greene

Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023
2 – 5 p.m.
Atherton Hālau
Registration Fee $20 General Adult, $15 ($5 discount) Museum members

Learn how to plant and grow Native Hawaiian ipu in this hands-on workshop led by artist and practitioner Momi Greene. The workshop will provide pots, seeds, and materials to learn the basics of planting and growing Native Hawaiian ipu with the intent that what you grow in the pot will be planted into the ʻāina to perpetuate Native Hawaiian ipu growing in Hawaiʻi. You will gain a better understanding of the time and commitment required to grow Native Hawaiian ipu, but please note that, in this workshop, the focus will be on the first step: how to plant.

This Living Culture workshop is part of the Ola Ka No‘eau: Excellence in Hawaiian Artistry public programming. The exhibition, presented in partnership with the PAʻI Foundation’s Maoli Arts Movement (MAMo) and on view in the J. M. Long Gallery, explores genealogies of Hawaiian artistry and spotlights 13 cultural stewards across six disciplines represented by a senior and junior practitioner pairing, each having devoted their lives to the preservation and vitality of their respective art forms. Momi Greene is featured in the exhibition alongside her kumu Dr. Bruce Kaʻimiloa Chrisman. Momi connected with Kaʻimiloa in the 1990s. Over the years, Momi took the teachings of her kumu and continued her journey of growing ipu and creating ipu pāwehe. Preserving this artform for future generations is the reason she continues to plant and grow ipu. Today, she balances sharing her work, experiences, and stories of this cultural practice with her contemporary gourd work that speaks to the aesthetics of the past through a modern lens. The Ola Ka No‘eau public programs honor these knowledge bearers who maintain and perpetuate the cherished insights and processes of our kūpuna.