p4c Hawai‘i & Art Spring Break Camp

Seventeen Elementary and Intermediate School students gathered at the Honolulu Museum of Art during their March break for a week long p4c Hawai‘i & art day camp.  Co-sponsored by the Uehiro Academy and the Honolulu Museum of Art, this intensive class provided students with the opportunity to practice p4c, create art, learn about Hawaiian culture, and make friends.

Participants in the camp were current and past students of Ala Wai Elementary School.  Students gathered each day at the Honolulu Museum of Art’s art school and participated in p4c inquiries and art making sessions.  The camp was entitled “Tracking Aloha:  Artistic and Philosophical Reflections on Nature.”  It focused on exploring the interconnection between nature and the Hawaiian values of aloha (love), ohana (family), laulima (teamwork), and ho‘oponopono (making things right).  The class was coordinated and taught by the Uehiro Academy’s Dr. Toby Yos and the Honolulu Museum of Art’s Janell Nakahara and Eric Keli‘i Beyer.