We focus on weaving mea ulana ʻia - useful, every day things, including baskets, placemats and moena, floor mats for our living spaces. We bring the natural world into our homes through a first hand relationship with pū hala or the pandanus tree. The program offers participants the opportunity to acquire a new skills, share stories, and make connections through weaving and learning. This Native Hawaiian process of inclusion and collaboration will empower you in unanticipated ways.

The workshop structure of KEANAHALA honors the process from ‘āina to moena, from the land to the home — including harvesting, the proper preparation of the leaves, weaving, and repairing moena. Beginners and seasoned weavers alike are welcome to join any class currently offered. We highly recommend that you come more than once to hanapaʻa, to make fast the knowledge, so that you will learn to remember rather than to forget. Repetition is key, and our hui is rooted in sustained relationships. By making moena together, we learn this communal practice by doing.