Living Culture Workshop Series

Kawika Lum-Nelmida is a hulu (feather) artist from Pūpūkea, Oʻahu. He started learning about hulu from Paulette Kahalepuna in 1997 at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. While at the University of Hawaiʻi, he studied Natural Environment and Fiber Arts within the Hawaiian Studies program, and graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in 2001. Kawika has been an active artist participant in MAMo: Maoli Arts Movement (MAMo) since 2012, and in 2013, was awarded a Master’s Apprenticeship through the Hawaiʻi