We’re excited to feel the island energy at Grace Art Camp in the Summer of 2024! Welcoming Culture Keepers in music, dance, storytelling, and culinary arts, campers will cruise through Grace Art Camp with an easy-going, joyful, judgement-free togetherness that we’ve come to appreciate is a part of Hawai’i.

Registration opens Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 10:00 am.

This year we will have six 5-day sessions, and three 3-day sessions. In order to provide the Grace Art Camp experience to as many families as possible, we only permit one session per camper (either 5-day or 3-day). 

Camp hours are from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm each day. Extended Hours are available.

Session Dates and Stories

* 3-day camps are structured differently from 5-day sessions.  Campers explore a range of art studios with their cohorts.  Ages 6-12 only.*

* Session 1 Mini 3-Day Camp: June 19 – 21 (W-F)

Kapaemahu: In ancient times, four gifted mahu healers, both male and female in heart, mind, and spirit, placed their energy in four huge stones.  Despite the threat of being forgotten as Hawaii was colonized, these stones still stand.  Punia and Kaialeale: After Punia’s father was eaten by Kaialeale, a mano or huge shark, everyone in the village only ate sweet potatoes, until Punia matches wits with Kailaleale and his minions. 

Session 2: June 24 – 28

Kapaemahu: In ancient times, four gifted mahu healers, both male and female in heart, mind, and spirit, placed their energy in four huge stones.  Despite the threat of being forgotten as Hawaii was colonized, these stones still stand.  Lei and the Fire Goddess: In this contemporary story, young Anna’s Hawaiian roots estrange her from her classmates in Colorado, leading her to insult Pele, the Fire Goddess.  Anna must return to the Big Island to make things right, rescue her friend, and find her true self along the way.

* Session 3 Mini 3-Day Camp: July 1 – 3 (M-W)

Maui Pulls Up the Hawaiian Islands: Born a “child of two worlds”, we learn how Maui came to earn his great powers and become a beloved and treasured hero.  Lost Sun, Moon, and Stars: When the rainy season comes there are days without sunlight, nights without moonlight or starlight.  Ask old Hawaiians why this is, and they will tell you…

Session 4: July 8 – 12

Maui Pulls Up the Hawaiian Islands: Born a “child of two worlds”, we learn how Maui came to earn his great powers and become a beloved and treasured hero.  Stories of Pele: As a young woman the Goddess Pele travelled from a distant land to Hawaii and came to reside in the volcano of Kilauea where she governs the hot fires of lava.  She transforms her image and wanders through the towns and villages of the islands.

Session 5: July 15 – 19

A Battle Nobody Won: On the island of Hawaii a living volcano smokes and seethes.  There in the crater of great Kilauea the Goddess Pele makes her home.  The Gift of the Hairy One: Maikoha lived out his life as a humble farmer but upon his death became the Guardian God of Kapa-makers.

Session 6: July 22 – 26

A Battle Nobody Won: On the island of Hawaii a living volcano smokes and seethes.  There in the crater of great Kilauea the Goddess Pele makes her home.  The Gift of the Hairy One: Maikoha lived out his life as a humble farmer but upon his death became the Guardian God of Kapa-makers.

Session 7: July 29 – August 2

Kapaemahu: In ancient times, four gifted mahu healers, both male and female in heart, mind, and spirit, placed their energy in four huge stones.  Despite the threat of being forgotten as Hawaii was colonized, these stones still stand.  Holua Sled Race:Tuesday – Friday: Two arrogant ali’i or chiefs decide to race against a beautiful wahine or young woman, not knowing that she is the vengeful goddess Pele of the Volcano.  Will the chiefs’ egos be their downfall?

Session 8: August 5 – 9

Kapaemahu: In ancient times, four gifted mahu healers, both male and female in heart, mind, and spirit, placed their energy in four huge stones.  Despite the threat of being forgotten as Hawaii was colonized, these stones still stand.  Lei and the Fire Goddess: In this contemporary story, young Anna’s Hawaiian roots estrange her from her classmates in Colorado, leading her to insult Pele, the Fire Goddess.  Anna must return to the Big Island to make things right, rescue her friend, and find her true self along the way.

* Session 9 Mini 3-Day Camp: August 12 – 14 (M-W)

Maui Pulls Up the Hawaiian Islands: Born a “child of two worlds”, we learn how Maui came to earn his great powers and become a beloved and treasured hero.  Lost Sun, Moon, and Stars: When the rainy season comes there are days without sunlight, nights without moonlight or starlight.  Ask old Hawaiians why this is, and they will tell you…