Dig Hands Into Expressive Art

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Fantasy meets reality in the cirque-style play ‘Our Amazing Adventure’, one of the many artistic experiences to be had this Saturday at the inaugural Paliku Arts Festival. Photo by Peter Tully Owen.

Talk about turning dreams into a reality ... Windward Community College drama professor Ben Moffat once dreamt of a village teeming with art, and this Saturday that art village will materialize on the college campus from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

WCC professors and students will be on hand with knowledge and supplies ready to immerse visitors in every variety of arts: music, drawing, painting, ceramics, gymnastics, acting, poetry, dance, Hawaiian chant and acting, masks, jewelry and more. “The Art Adventure”-themed festival is free, and people of all ages and all talents, or those who profess to have none, are invited to come set their inner artist free.

Also planned are food vendors, live bands, WCC artists at work, gallery exhibits, a costume and mask try-on area, a collection of handmade hats and a couple of shows that will charge a nominal fee. There’s Our Amazing Adventure, a performance with stilts, masks and Cirque-style clowns, at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.; the Imaginarium will present The Secret of the Dragon.

Activities are planned in and around Paliku Theatre and Hale Palanakila. Moffat has always envisioned those venues as a place for nurturing art, and on the eve of leaving the college, he’s making his exit, well, dramatic - he’s going out with an artistic and colorful bang that he hopes will become an annual event.

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