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Palama Settlement Celebrates 125 years of service on Oct 8th

October 2, 2022October 4, 2022 Dawn

I first started volunteering teaching watercolor to keiki 7-11years old at Palama Settlement shortly after I moved back home from Sweden in 2014. I enjoyed seeing their faces light up […]

 Community, Exhibits, Hawaii, Living Aloha, News, Social Activism, whattodoinoahu  #ColorBridges, #dawnyoshimurastudio, #kupuna, #palamasettlement, familyactivities, watercolorclasses

Art as social activism and community building

July 29, 2022October 2, 2022 Dawn

The show Kānehūnāmoku closed in June 30th at Honolulu Hale while I was still in Sweden for the summer. The main floor was filled with images of wahipana that my […]

 Artistic practice, Community, Hawaii, Living Aloha, New Work, News  #dawnyoshimurastudio, kanehunamoku, learningwatercolor, watercolorisfun

Keale concert at Honolulu Hale

June 25, 2022October 2, 2022 Dawn

Friday June 24 2022 at Honolulu Hale 4-6pm Kānehūnāmoku: The Hidden Land of Kāne exhibit is on view at the Honolulu Hale, the Mayor of the City & County of […]

 Community, Living Aloha, News  #dawnyoshimurastudio, honoluluhale, kanehunamoku, kealemusic

Artist Talk on Zoom Wed May 25 9-10am HST

May 18, 2022May 18, 2022 Dawn

Jan Becket and I, together with Kumu Glen Kila of Koa ʻIke Foundation will be on zoom for a one-hour video call to present our collaboration in the exhibit Kānehūnāmoku: […]

 Artistic practice, Community, Exhibits, News, Social Activism, Workshops  #artinhawaii, #artistsofhawaii, #dawnyoshimurastudio, #enpleinair, #wahipana, #watercolor

Kānehūnāmoku: The hidden face of Kāne

May 17, 2022May 18, 2022 Dawn

This has been a long time in the making, but as Kumu Glen Kila says, timing is divine and to be trusted and accepted. Kānehunāmoku: The Hidden Land of Kane […]

 ancient art, Artistic practice, Exhibits, Hawaii, Living Aloha, News, whattodoinoahu  #artinhawaii, #artistsofhawaii, #dawnyoshimurastudio, #learntopaintwatercolor, #wahipana, #wahipanaexhibit, #watercolor, honoluluhale, photography, westoahu
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Christmas Season 2020

December 5, 2020December 5, 2020 Dawn

What a year! It has been a roller coaster of emotions, and flexing the flexibility string in our character and moxy. I am thankful and blessed to have reunited with […]

 Community, Craft Fair, Living Aloha, News, Workshops  #ColorBridges, #workshop, shopping, watercolor is fun

Straddling Worlds

September 29, 2020September 30, 2020 Dawn

Many of you know I work in a variety of media, but watercolor is my passion. There is nothing else like it that responds so eloquently and honestly and lets […]

 Artistic practice, Hawaii, Living Aloha, New Work, News, whattodoinoahu, Workshops  #ColorBridges, #dawnyoshimurastudio, #exhibition, #learntopaintwatercolor, #moolelo, #wahipana, straddlingworlds, watercolorisfun

HWS Members Show 2020

July 4, 2020August 24, 2020 Dawn

The Hawai’i Watercolor Society Members Juried show opened on March 2020 and was supposed to be held at the space Arts at Marks Garage. Due to COVD19 it was held […]

 Community, Exhibits, Hawaii, New Work, News, whattodoinoahu  #artistsofhawaii, artisticpractice, artsatmarks, hawaiiwatercolorsociety, watercolor

Palama Settlement goes online

May 7, 2020August 24, 2020 Dawn

COVD19 has been increasing across the world and country and now here in Hawai’i. Palama Settlement closed all its programming and we decided to pilot two classes online for Total […]

 Artistic practice, Community, Hawaii, Living Aloha, News, Social Activism  #kupuna, #palamasettlement, #senioractivities, learningwatercolor

Kupuna Watercolor

April 2, 2020August 24, 2020 Dawn

Teaching besides making art myself and with others is my newfound passion. I was reluctant for many years to teach because I didn’t want to be ‘that’ teacher who crushed […]

 Artistic practice, Commentary-Debate, Community, Hawaii, Living Aloha, News  kupuna, learning watercolor, teaching watercolor, watercolor is fun

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Likukun Fanerhik
Likukun Fanerhik
This folktale about an impatient boy is classic.
Copyright Dawn Yoshimura. 2018.
Likichfesir and Likichmwach
Copyright Dawn Yoshimura. 2018. Two sisters who want the same things but only one can win theml
illustration Eol and Eot
Eol and Eot
Eol and Eot illustration in watercolor and pigment ink.
Copyright Dawn Yoshimura 2018.
Eol and Eot storyboard
Copyright Dawn Yoshimura 2018. Eol and Eot storyboard illustration using watercolor and pigment ink.
Growing up bilingual
These stories were collected from the community and represent the various islands our new neighbors in Hawai'i come from. Many growing up will not get to visit where their families originated from--so these stories are preserved in English and Chuukese to show pride in a culture and history that now joins with modern Hawaiian history.
Christianity Comes To Chuuk
How Christianity Came to Chuuk
Copyright Dawn Yoshimura 2018. Watercolor with pigment ink on paper. Illustration from How Christianity Came to Chuuk, book project by Palama Settlement.
Chuukese Folk Tales
These stories were collected from the community and represent the various islands our new neighbors in Hawai'i come from. Many growing up will not get to visit where their families originated from--so these stories are preserved in English and Chuukese to show pride in a culture and history that now joins with modern Hawaiian history.
Our new neighbors
Chuukese come from the Federation of Micronesia which is 1800 miles long with over 600 islands and a total population of just over 100,000.
Chuukese Folk Tales
The Hawaiian archipelago is about 1500 miles long with about 162 islands of which over 1 million live on 7 of them.
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