Through the Rise To Work program, Rice Street Business Association partnered with the County of Kaua’i for this art installation of murals at Anini Beach Park. The featured artists are Kayti Lathrop and Shianne Schorr.

Anini is a gathering place for all, and I mean ALL, of the types of people on Kaua'i. From different backgrounds and different ways of life. From the daily wind surfers to the tourists that come and go. This is a place to celebrate, teach our keiki about our reef, or simply hang out at the pavilions. This is a place where people camp or live with bathrooms, showers and pavilions with outlets. A place people come in from diving or fishing and clean their boats or gear after being out for hours upon hours.

In order to bring new to this island, we have to be respectful of what was before us. Kayti and Shianne started looking backwards at the history of Anini, or should I say Kalihikai.

The story behind the artwork will start from old to new, from our history to the hope in our future, especially for the ocean here. This also flowed with our artistic styles. Kayti is a traditional style artist and Shianne is a stylized art and integrated both styles. For the farthest bathroom, Kayti has designed a historical piece that represents all the different type of people that originally gathered in Kalihikai. The middle bathroom Shianne designed a piece that reflects more of what that has shifted into today with surfing and diving yet still surrounded by togetherness and the mutual connection that comes in the ocean. This also included the emphasis on our reef. Then shifting into the third bathroom that sits beside the boat ramp, is the recorded ocean life from our past into what we see today. This design includes an emphasis on the invasive marine life we see today. We want this piece to not only be uplifted and brighten up Kalihikai but also educate the people that pass through here to protect our ocean and our reef. That we remember the old and we move forward in protecting our future.

All the pavilions flow together with stylized waves but differ in their marine life. Pavilion 1 that sits next to the boat ramp and bathroom have the native fish stylized to flow with the design of the bathroom. The largest pavilion is surrounded by reef and coral. The final pavilion is surrounded by opihi, vana and 'ina.

Artists: Shianne Schorr - @schorrdesign, Kayti Lathrop - @mamabearkayti