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Sameland by Dawn Yoshimura

God is the original artist

October 15, 2020December 5, 2020 Dawn

I grew up in Kane’ohe, Hawai’i where the majestic Ko’olau mountains were literally outside my door. I would wake and look at the peaks to decide what kind of weather […]

 Uncategorized  #dawnyoshimurastudio, artistic heritage, godisanartist, inspiration

TLR Total Life Recovery

December 21, 2019August 24, 2020 Dawn

Turning Stories into Life Changing Lessons The Total Life Recovery Program (TLR) at the only Women’s Community Correctional Center in Hawaii is a faith-based, gender specific program that addresses every […]

 Commentary-Debate, Community, Living Aloha, News, Social Activism  #dawnyoshimurastudio, godisanartist, hawaiiwatercolorsociety, newhopewindward, totalliferecovery, volunteerism, watercolorisfun

Bezalel-Finding our artistic heritage

November 24, 2019August 24, 2020 Dawn

I’ve written before about searching for my artistic heritage in a cross-generational, cross-cultural personal history and how recently I’ve come to see Bezalel as my artistic ancestor and inspiration. As […]

 Artistic practice, Commentary-Debate, Exhibits  #artisticexcellence, #bezalelscalling, #dawnyoshimurastudio, #koolau, artisticpractice, bezalel, godisanartist

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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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