Artist, Educator, Cultural Trainer and Practitioner
Aloha mai kakou
My name is Ella Kawahinehanalima Tokunaga, known to most as “Kawahine”.
I am an Artist, Educator, Hawaiian Cultural Trainer, and Practitioner. What seems like a diverse palette of skills brings me back to my childhood where I would consume my time with exploring and experimenting…trying to break the norm and create new outcomes.
My career has been highlighted as an Educator for all age groups (Primary, Secondary, and Adult), Cultural Practitioner and Trainer of Hawaiian Arts, and as a Consultant for Na Mea Waiwai (Value Based Education).
I try to incorporate the values and traditions of the past into opportunities to share and learn.
My name is Ella Kawahinehanalima Tokunaga, known to most as “Kawahine”.
I am an Artist, Educator, Hawaiian Cultural Trainer, and Practitioner. What seems like a diverse palette of skills brings me back to my childhood where I would consume my time with exploring and experimenting…trying to break the norm and create new outcomes.
My career has been highlighted as an Educator for all age groups (Primary, Secondary, and Adult), Cultural Practitioner and Trainer of Hawaiian Arts, and as a Consultant for Na Mea Waiwai (Value Based Education).
I try to incorporate the values and traditions of the past into opportunities to share and learn.
Entrepreneur
ella4art produces wearable art from a handcrafted process of traditional dyeing, Shibori dyeing, and Hawaiian 'ohe kapala printing. The combination of these processes results in a unique and contemporary expres- sion of Hawaiian/ Japanese/ and Western influences.
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Trainer and PractitionerA weaver of stories, pandanus(hala), and traditions of hula, Kawahine uses her traditional background to educate through workshop and lessons.
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