Common Ground Kauai unveils 500-foot mural on north shore

A 500-foot mural now stretches along the construction fence at Common Ground Kauai in Kīlauea, bringing 11 artists into one continuous image on the island’s north shore. The work, titled An Imparting Landscape, was unveiled June 27 as an ephemeral public artwork built around the passing of knowledge, tradition, memory and creative language from one person to another.

Each artist painted a 50-foot section designed to weave into the larger composition, turning the fence line into a shared canvas tied to Common Ground’s new restaurant and events space. The farm describes the project as part of its effort to connect place, community and regenerative agriculture on land that was once a guava plantation.

Common Ground frames the property as more than a venue. The company describes the site as a regenerative hospitality operation rooted in local food systems, and says the mural reflects the same relationship to the land that shapes what is grown, gathered and shared there. Capitol Modern, the official Hawaii State Art Museum, partnered on the project through the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts’ Art in Public Places Program, which commissions and places art at state sites across Hawaii.

The June 27 celebration began at 3 p.m. and included a guided mural tour, a presentation by SFCA Executive Director Karen Ewald, an artist question and answer session hosted by Solomon Enos, and a film premiere of Chris Miyashiro’s Aā: An Islands Twinkle. The evening program was set to continue with DJs, along with food and drinks available for purchase.

The mural includes work by Solomon Enos, Tiffany Chow, Chris Miyashiro, Bryce Baker, Holly Kaiakapu, Tay Reinhold, Taylor Lowe, Kaplan Bunce, Matt Hoyme, Samuel Schryver and Sanoe Stevenson-Egeland. Stevenson-Egeland, who grew up on Kauai and now lives in Seattle, titled her section Go Where you Grow and said it includes a Toyota pickup as a symbol of home.