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2017 MWA Exhibit

2017 Adult

Alia Kealoha – Koa Bug
B H Freeland – Lehua Mamo at Kēōkea
Bryon Berkowitz – Higashino Hands
Byron Baker – Elegant
Carmen Gardner – Mālama na ʻŌhiʻa
Caroline Killhour – Yellow Faced Bee

Christine Cafferata – Koa Leaf Necklace
Craig Gardner – Coastwatcher
David Welty – Koa Lani
Debbie Brown – At Home with the Natives
Debra Lumpkins – ʻŌhiki
Derek Bencomo – Feeling of Movement

Edward Baldwin – Pūpū
Edwin Bartholomew – Representation of ʻŌpaʻe Ula
Eleykaa Tully – The Akua Moon
Elizabeth Keller – Native Bird and Stamp Series
Eric Campbell Cameron – Specimin Box
Esther Pollock – Maui ʻAlauahio

Gabriella Anderman – When There were Only 22
George Allan – Lehua Ula
Gwen Arkin – In Search of a Lost Language
Ian Edmondson – Pueo
Jack Hamilton – Hawaiian Spotted Flatworm: The Journey
James Petruzzi – Life Unfolding

Jennifer Thackray – Silver Swords
Jennifer Valenzuela – ʻAlalā Within Us
Joanne Hopper – Summer Silversword
Judy Bisgard – Maʻo Hau Hele
Jupiter Nielson – Maui Manu Triptych
Katharine Stone Ayers – ʻUki ʻUki

Kathleen O’Bryan – The Wader
Kathleen Alexander – Maui Loulu
Krystal Bechert – ʻŌhai in the Rain
Lanakila Makua – A Fragile Thread
Lance Sheehan – Pieces of Wana
Luana Coonen – First Rain ʻŌhiʻa Lehua

Marie Ritzman – Nēnē in the Pili
Mary Ann Leigh – Shining the Light on Hydatina
Mary Grandy – Elysia Marginata
Matthew Agcolicol – Woven Interconnections
Melissa Chimera – Inheritance, Maui Nui
Monica Morakis – Hope Floats Among Us

Rebecca Lewis – Hawaiian Stilt
Rick Strini – Limu on Seamount
Robert Lippoth – Natural Transition
Roberta Ann Weisenburg – Lunar Exploration
Scott Lacasse – Anchialine Pool
Stephen Levine – Survivor Orange

Sunny Jordan – Kokia Cookei
Tamara McKay – Rare Beauty
Tania Arens – ʻUmi ʻUmi Koa
Virginia Pierce – Keanaʻe Hale
Yeoun Yap – ʻĪao Stream
Denby Freeland – Maluō

Verdine Kong – In Reverence of Pili Grass

2017 High School

Aebriane Venezuela – Naupaka
Andrew Ordono – Years of Growth
Chloe Ugalino – ʻŌhiʻa For Our Future
Cy Ornellas – Palapalai
Evan Essner – Aloha Kakahiaka
Jade Peters – Caught My Eye

Joli Cochran – Tennis Ball
Kamāhie Baricuatro – Complex Beauty of Nature
Makenna Cockeh – Turtles
Nick Endo – Gloomy Nights
Pablo Gonzales – Lehua Wena
Sarah Nassar – Flora for Fauna

Sarah Nassar – Red Head
Shelby Sales – ʻAkohekohe
Taylor Watanabe – Maui Parrotbill
Tiara Kobayashi-Bautista – Bonding of Man and Land
Ty Tau’a – Hā ʻuke ʻuke

2017 Middle School

Blaze Potratz – Flowing Heʻe
Chaz Kaneakua – ʻIo Lana
Hope Beesing – ʻAlauahio
Iona Asher – Kokiʻa
Kaela Odessa Forsythe – Kiwikiu
Kalena Wojcieski – He Hawaiʻi Au Mau a Mau

Makai Neustein – Seeing
Sam Spork – ʻAmakihi
Savannah Alueta – Before It Left
Kaden Ortiz – Profile in Wisdom

2017 Elementary School

Beatrice Jongeneelen – Wanna be Humuhumu
Dace Valenzuela – Magical Pueo
Elsie Jeffers – Mr. Monk Seal
Nico Valenzuela – The Jeffster
Noe Zohar – A New Friend
Olena Rondeau – Jewel of the Forest

Stella Dell – Love of the Moon

Exhibit Partners:

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Maui County seal
EMWP logo

Community Supporters:

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auwahi logo
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Kula Community Watershed Alliance Logo
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Redline Rafting
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Maui Ocean Center
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