Hawaii Art Miles Murals Project 2008

The Art Miles Mural Project www.the-art-miles-mural-project.org was founded more than 12 years ago by retired UN Executive, Joanne Tawfilis and her husband Dr. Fouad Tawfilis. Their project is a passionate and colorful 12 year movement combining the efforts of children and adults worldwide to promote global peace and environmental awareness and protection through mural art.

“CELEBRATION of the SEA” is a television pilot/DVD documenting a collaboration of professional artists, musicians and cinematographers from California and Hawaii, whose vision is to inspire a multi-cultural group of underprivileged children from Hawaii's premier childcare provider, Kamaaina Kids, www.kamaainakids.com. Their organization serves Hawaii's youth from tots to teens with quality ongoing education and enrichment programs statewide. Kamaaina Kids will participate in a celebration of the ocean and it's conservation by participating in the creation of a mural painting overseen by one of Hawaii's premiere Nature Artist, Patrick Ching, www.patrickching.com. One of the very unique things about this first time event is that it takes place on the ocean, aboard Oahu's finest power catamaran, the Kai Oli Oli, www.oceanjoycrusies.com
Children will be treated to a day aboard the 65' Kai Oli Oli catamaran for an ocean adventure of a lifetime as they explore the pristine coastline of Leeward Oahu. The children will learn about the sea and participate in the Art Miles Mural Project, a global campaign devoted to World Peace, Human Rights and Environmental awareness and protection thru art.

The adventure begins as the Kamaaina Kids board the Kai Oli Oli for a wild spinner dolphin encounter as they surf the bow wake of the boat. The crew shares important information regarding the sea-life and local reefs. Next is an up close and personal swim, in crystal clear blue waters, with the indigenous sea creatures of Hawaii, such as Green Sea Turtles, Spotted Eagle Rays, including a wide variety of fish and colorful coral. The kids will be amazed at the beauty of Hawaii's underwater world.
The Kai Oli Oli will return to the dock at 10:30am, then the kids go to the J.W. Marriott Ihilani Resort and Spa Childcare Center where they’ll be greeted by Marine Debris expert, Carey Morishige, of NOAA (The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Ms. Morishige will explain about the negative effects pollution, such as marine debris, has on the world’s ocean environment, even in places like Hawaii.
The group will break for lunch at Hawaiian Waters Adventure Park and discuss their strategy to create the first ever,

" CELEBRATION of the SEA” Hawaii Art Miles Mural
Patrick Ching and the kids will collaborate on what they foresee highlighting in the mural and do first sketches. Everyone will agree on the story they'll tell through their art mural, then they’ll re-board the Kai Oli Oli for the afternoon cruise departing the Ko Olina dock at 4pm. It will take the Captain, Shane Griffin, about 40 minutes to reach the most remote part of Oahu, the majestic Makua Valley.
Patrick and his team of young artists will create their masterpiece as they sit on the bow of the boat floating in the pristine coastal waters of the Leeward side with the incredible Makua Valley as the backdrop.
To add a sense of enlightenment to the setting, Jazz Musician and Teacher of the Year Award Winner, Alec Briguglio, who is now a Music Director at Punahou School, will play live music in conjunction to several of his tracks that will be featured on SEA of JAZZ.
Art Miles Murals Poet Laureate, Kristofor G. Szasz, will add a unique element to the event by delivering an original piece of performance poetry written specifically for the event.

The HAWAII ART MILES MURALS team will capture three elements of the SEA, it’s beauty, the negative impact of careless human behavior and most importantly, solutions to the ongoing problems facing our marine environment today. Displaying their feelings through the brush to canvas will be one positive step in the right direction to help educate the public on the importance of marine environmental awareness and protection.
Producer: Ray Hollowell (Email)
Tel: (808) 384-4447