Oahu artist Patrick Ching interacts with Connections Public Charter School students during a blessing and celebration for his ‘Alala Project mural Thursday on the Kalakaua Street side of the Kress Building in Downtown Hilo. Ching painted the mural with help
Oahu artist Patrick Ching interacts with Connections Public Charter School students during a blessing and celebration for his ‘Alala Project mural Thursday on the Kalakaua Street side of the Kress Building in Downtown Hilo. Ching painted the mural with help from Connections fourth-graders. The ‘Alala Project is working toward the reintroduction of ‘alala (Hawaiian crow) to the wild. A group of captive-reared juveniles will be released in November in the Pu‘u Maka‘ala Natural Area Reserve.
