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Artist Jasper Wong joins “Upfront with Guy Hagi” to check out the new art in “Hawaii Walls 2024”
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – In this month’s episode of “Upfront with Guy Hagi,” professional artist and Kalani graduate Jasper Wong takes Guy on a tour of this year’s “Hawaii Walls” mural festival.
Formerly known as ‘Pow Wow,’ the annual event aims to uplift under-served communities in Hawaii through public art.
This year, 40 murals were painted on the walls of three school campuses in Kalihi.
Wong is the co-organizer of the event and hopes the art will help inspire and have a positive impact in the community.
“The reason why we started it was to one, beautify communities because we feel like walls are just walls. Like no one cares about them when they’re just painted a color, but you add art to it, they become alive,” said Wong.
For more about the event and the roster of artists, visit worldwidewalls.com.
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