Wow! Rice Street Block Party was a SUCCESS!! We will be posting the full story here soon about how we got started & enjoyed the ArtFEAST Live mural painting, so stay tuned!
This was the 2nd Annual Rice Street Block Party in Lihue, Kaua’i. We were asked to organize aerosol artists from Hawai’i to paint a LIVE collaboration on a 100 feet long, 8 feet tall construction wall surrounding the old Salvation Army building on Rice & Kress Street. Our focus was to complete as much as we could in the 2-hour window & our theme was Hawaiiana / local culture. The mural was completed in monochromatic black & white paint only & we were all surprised at the “fly by night” compilation that was the final completed work.
We at Keep It Flowing were honored to be a part of such an amazing event, but couldn’t have done it without our talented artists: Graffreaky (winner of the viewers’ choice), Mung Monster, CKaweeks, San, Tkay2, Marko & of course our own East 3. Mahalo plenty to you all!
Special MAHALO to our sponsors, supporters & community… Lihue: you ROCK!
Garden Island Arts Council; thank you so much… We couldn’t have done it without you. Especially the Legend: Carol Yostuda who had the vision from the start. We appreciate you all, including Mark, that though we didn’t have the pleasure of meeting, were stoked to have as a sponsor. SHOUT OUT to Angus who was on point with that camera all night long!
KONG Radio: we LOVE YOU! Ron Wiley; thanks for the interview on Monday with East3! Chauntel, Lexi, Denise & all you enthusiastic radio folks rocked our world. We feel like we made some new hanai ohana with you all 😉
ROB & your supportive Ohana (especially Kelly) from Rob’s Good Times Grill; man you all are so amazing. Thank you so much for all you do! We will see you soon 😉
Was epic to meet you Chris, owner of the old Salvation Army building. We can’t wait to see how the restoration behind our “temporary construction wall” evolves into…
Garden Island News, For Kaua’i, Kaua’i Midweek, Major Elect Derek Kawakami, County of Kaua’i, City of Lihue, Kaiser Hawai’i, Get Fit Kaua’i & Kaua’i Cares: MAHALO PLENTY for being a part of this fantastic event!
Augie T; thanks for the MC action; next time be sure to heckle our artists more haha!
Aqua Kaua’i Beach Resorts: thanks so much for hosting our artists. Liz at the front desk; you’re much appreciated!
Special shoutout to Dickie Chang for entertaining our Director of Development, Laycie Love & the entire KONG Radio crew, plus all the family & friends that supported us on Kaua’i & O’ahu. Thank you to Kailon for dog-sitting the unofficial Keep It Flowing Mascot “Minnie” while we were busy bees. Mahalo to Nancy & Tapa for always sharing that Aloha love when we come to Kaua’i for work or play 😉
Stay tuned… Full story SOON!
