  {"id":88582,"date":"2018-12-10T13:57:22","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T23:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=88582"},"modified":"2018-12-10T13:57:22","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T23:57:22","slug":"scenic-mural-brightens-parking-structure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/12\/10\/scenic-mural-brightens-parking-structure\/","title":{"rendered":"Local artists\u2019 scenic mural brightens <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa parking structure"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_88591\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88591\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/manoa-hawaii-mural-parking.jpg\" alt=\"a mural on the roof of the parking structure\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/manoa-hawaii-mural-parking.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/manoa-hawaii-mural-parking-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88591\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of the mural overlooking the Stan Sheriff Center and the Honolulu city skyline.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The roof of the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a> lower campus parking structure now features a 70&#8211;foot long scenic mural of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>. Commuter Services organized this project with local artists Justin Vasconcellos and Wendell Tabangcura, who finished painting the mural on December 2, after working on it for two months.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_88590\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88590\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/manoa-mural-artists.jpg\" alt=\"two artists spray painting a mural\" width=\"250\" height=\"350\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/manoa-mural-artists.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/manoa-mural-artists-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Justin Vasconcellos, front, and Wendell Tabangcura work together to complete the last details.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;This is <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at its finest,&rdquo; said Vasconcellos. &ldquo;In the painting, it represents people going to the beach in the morning, exploring in the afternoon and star-gazing at night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vasconcellos and Tabangcura donated their time, talent and artistry for the project. They have also been working with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.estria.org\/mele-murals\/\">Mele Murals<\/a>, a part of the Estria Foundation, which promotes youth development, arts education and cultural conservation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I\u2019m doing this mural for <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr>, so I can give back to the people and beautify campus,&rdquo; said Vasconcellos.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I feel it does an amazing job of making me feel calm and centered in a place which is usually very busy,&rdquo; said <strong>Danielle Girard<\/strong>, a <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> political science senior. &ldquo;It reminds me that nature is all around us and we need to stop, slow down, and appreciate the beauty surrounding us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The mural is one of the low-cost, high-impact projects that Commuter Services is implementing at the parking structure. Other projects include the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/09\/11\/gecko-themed-trash-cans\/\">Gecko Deco service project<\/a>, the installation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/11\/01\/parking-structure-lights-save-energy\/\"><abbr title=\"light emitting diode\">LED<\/abbr> lights with backup batteries<\/a> and a new coat of slip-resistant paint by the elevators and stairwells.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The roof of the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M&#257;noa lower campus parking structure now features a 70&#8211;foot long scenic mural of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[105,1139,9],"class_list":["post-88582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-art","tag-commuter-services","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88582"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88596,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88582\/revisions\/88596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}