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As practitioners of Hawaiian Culture, it is uncomfortable to declare our lifelong accomplishments on these pages. For many years we have been taught to be “haʻa” (humble) and to avoid bragging about what has been achieved in our own lifetimes. However, in this modern Western world, we realize that for us to establish credibility in this area of expertise, we must enable the reader to understand that our experience and education in the Hawaiian Culture has been extensive, and that we know much about that of which we speak.

VOLUNTEER Lectures & Cultural presentations

by Kaʻimiloa Chrisman

• Honolulu Community College

• Kamehameha Schools outer-island adult programs (multiple)

• Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) of Phoenix Arizona (multiple)

• Ka ʻAha Hula ʻO Hālauaola conference at the University of Hawaiʻi Hilo campus (3-day workshop & 2 long Powerpoint lectures), 2018

Invited Demonstrations, Talks and Workshops

IN RESIDENCE on OʻAHU UNTIL 1993:

• Protect Kahoʻolawe ‘Ohana fundraiser

• University of Hawai’i Mānoa

• Bishop Museum annual Family Cultural Day (multiple)

• Volcano Art Center (gourds 1988, Hawaiian jewelry & stonework 1989

• Honolulu Academy of Arts (gourds, gourd decorating, stonework, 1990)

• Windward Arts Council (gourds, decorated gourds, 1990)

• Kapiolani Community College (Hawaiian Arts & Crafts, 1992)

• Heʻeia State Park (gourds, Hawaiian arts, 1992)

• Pacific Islands Institute 1992

IN RESIDENCE ON HAWAIʻi ISLAND, 1993 - 2003:

• Westin Kauaʻi Lagoon Hotel

• Hotel Hana Maui

• Kaʻanapali Beach Hotel, Maui

• Keauhou Hotel, Big Island

• How-to seminars on Hawaiian-gourd growing & decorating at Amy Greenwell Botanical Garden & Puʻukoholā Heiau National Historic Site

• Annual Cultural Day at Puʻukoholā Heiau National Historic Site (multiple)

• Annual Cultural Weekend at Hōnaunau National Historical Park (multiple)

• “Tutu’s House” presentations in Kamuela (several)

• Two-day Ipu Heke (gourd drum) workshop for 17 adult students

• All-day stone-on-stone stonework workshop for 5 men

IN RESIDENCE in central arizona from 2003 to present:

• Cultural presentations at annual Hawaiian weekend of Phoenix’s famous Musical Instrument Museum - The M.I.M. (multiple)

• Annual Show-and-Tell cultural presentations for the large Hawaiian Civic Club of Phoenix (Lau Kanaka no Hawaiʻi)

• Show-and-Tell cultural presentation at a Camp Verde elementary school, Yavapai College Prescott and Yavapai College Clarkdale

• Three major Show-and-Tell cultural presentations for college student Hawaiian Club (Hapa Club) at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff

• Five cultural workshops for Lau Kanaka no Hawaiʻi, the Hawaiian Civic Club of Phoenix, with Kēhau

• Show-and-Tell/hula presentation at Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, with Kēhau

• Show-and-Tell/hula presentation at The Heard Museum, Phoenix, assisting Kēhau

• Show-and-Tell presentations at senior-living centers (multiple), assisting Kēhau

• Cultural Show-and-Tell presentations for multiple U.S. Forest Service public events in the Central Arizona area

• Many invited Hawaiian cultural presentations and lectures to various groups, including schools and colleges in Arizona - especially the huge annual Arizona Aloha Festival in Phoenix.

Invited Gallery Showings

• Volcano Arts Center (Hawaiian jewelry, decorated gourds, 1989)

• Ramsey Gallery one-man show (stonework, tapa, woodcarving, Hawaiian jewelry, 1987)

• Hawaiʻi Loa College (decorated gourds, 1988, 1989)

• Martin & McArthur Gallery (decorated gourds, 1990)

• Wailea Arts Center, Hilo (decorated gourds, 1992)

• Midkiff Learning Center one-man show at Kamehameha Schools, 1992

Film Credits

• Filmed professionally by Leeward Community College of Oʻahu to create 45-minute teaching video of Kaʻimiloa discussing and demonstrating a wide variety of traditional Hawaiian arts and crafts at a Puʻukoholā Heiau National Historic Site cultural weekend. The film was made for teaching by the Collegeʻs Anthropology Department.

Traditional Artisan

• Kaʻimiloa was one of five cultural artisans selected to demonstrate traditional crafts in Portland, Oregon for a major Hawaiʻi tourism promotion, “Envision Hawaiʻi” (decorated gourds and traditional Hawaiian jewelry) 1992.

Grant recipient

• Year-long Federal Grant administered by the Native Hawaiian Culture and Arts Program (NHCAP) program of Honolulu’s Bishop Museum. This included a one-acre gourd growing acre on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi accessible to the public, a written and photographic documentation of all authentic Hawaiian decorated gourds (Ipu Pāwehe) in Hawaiʻi’s various museums, and formal on-site teaching, separately, for seven selected applicants scattered on the whole Big Island of Hawaiʻi (gourd-growing and decorating).

Honors

• “Legacy of Excellence” documentary film (released 1991) - one of eight diverse cultural artisans (Hawaiian gourds and decorated gourds) portrayed in this 1-hour documentary on Hawaiʻi’s highest ancient art forms and the modern researchers/practitioners of these arts. This film was a silver-medal winner in Documentary category, and has been televised multiple times.

• Kaʻimiloa was honored by the original Hawaiian warrior group, Nā Koa o Puʻukoholā Heiau of the Big Island of Hawaiʻi as one of two Hawaiʻi Island artisans contributing significantly to the resurrection and teaching of the old time arts. Over time, after extensive involvementwith this group, he was asked to be a full member, and as such he participated in multiple private and public ceremonies, as well as teaching at Hawaiʻi Island schools under the well-developed cultural programs of the Kamehameha Schools of Honolulu.

• Board Member of Oʻahu’s Waiaha Foundation, a non-profit corporation founded by George Kanahele whose mission was to address issues such as “Hawaiian Values for the Hospitality Industry”, “Critical Reflections on Cultural Values and Hotel Management in Hawaiʻi”, and “Hawaiian Values for Today/Kū Kanaka Conference”.

Cultural Advisor & Teacher

• Teacher of Hawaiian youth during two week-long summer programs of Nā Pua Noʻeau, a grant-funded program for gifted and talented Hawaiian young people.

• Since 2004, Cultural Advisor and Hawaiian arts & crafts teacher for Kumu Hula Kēhau Chrisman’s very traditional Hālau Hula Nāpuaokaleiʻilima in Arizona. This includes many cultural presentations, talks, and also workshops for the more advanced students who, by tradition, need to craft their own hula instruments and learn Hawaiian cultural practices.

• Kaʻimiloa as an M.D., member of the Hawaiʻi Medical Association, was the Medical Advisor to the Hawaiian Traditional Healers as they met on the various islands to share their knowledge. This was under the auspices of E Ola Mau - a government-funded Hawaiian Health group based in Honolulu.