Volunteers piece together a 321-foot mosaic at Kona's airport
Artist Calley O'Neill and volunteers are building a stained-glass mosaic, shaped with guidance from local kupuna, on a wall at Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport.
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Artist Calley O'Neill and volunteers are assembling a stained-glass mosaic along a wall at Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport, the Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported. The mural is planned at 321 feet and is meant to honor aloha aina, a care for the land. Local kupuna, elders in the community, have helped shape the design. The pieces are still being set, so the wall is a project underway rather than a finished mural.
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At Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport in Hawaii, artist Calley O'Neill and a group of volunteers are putting together a stained-glass mosaic, the Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported. The mural is planned to run 321 feet along a wall and to honor aloha aina, a care for the land. Local kupuna, elders in the community, have helped guide the design. The pieces are still going up. It is a mural in progress, not a finished wall.
- Why might an artist ask elders to help decide what a public mural should say?
- How is a mosaic different from a painting done with a brush?
- What does it take for volunteers to finish a wall that is hundreds of feet long?
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