Here's What Lights Us Up
We love creating Multi-Media Art Projects and experiences for children and adults that connect hearts, challenge intellect and spark positive change in our community!
Here you'll find some of the examples of the ways we engage, ignite, inspire and empower people to become the creators of their own heART-filled stories!
Living Hawaiian Style, Iao Middle School Legacy Project
In the spring of 2022, ʻĪao Intermediate 6th graders of team Makaliʻi participated in a Legacy project, interviewing people in our community and on ʻĪao school campus to find out what their thoughts are on why growing up on Maui and living here is so special.
Hana Days Gone By (Aunty Punaʻs Song) "our Kūpuna and the ʻĀina Project
The Pilot program for our Project Series, OUR KŪPUNA AND THE ʻĀINA, began in Hana, Maui, It was born from the need to re-connect and build community starting with our most vulnerable members, our Kūpuna and our Keiki. Our goal was to introduce inter-generational story-telling as a way to spotlight life values and place-based learning, combining traditional story-telling with digital multi-media that Keiki enjoy today.
KEIKI COVID AWARENESS PROJECT - POMAIKAʻI AND KULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
A Keiki Covid Campaign: music and animated video with Pomaika'i and Kula Elementary Schools.
April-December 2021
THE EARTH IS OURS TO MÅLAMA, Kula Elementary School, Keiki Covid Campaign
The Earth is Ours to Malama was created as a Keiki Covid Campaign project by When We Shine Foundation. Please enjoy our music and animated video written, sung and created by Voices of the Earth artists, Kula Elementary School 4th Grade students! This project was made possible by a generous grant by The Fred Baldwin Memorial Foundation. We are grateful for their kind support!
Voices of the Earth, The Artists of our Project Series
We have a New Band and we have a New Brand!! VOICES OF THE EARTH is the name we give our Keiki Artists who participate in writing, singing and creating our music videos. They speak for those who cannot speak for themselves. They are the storytellers and the voices in our songs. Though we are based in the island of Maui, in the state of Hawaiʻi, our songs are written live and virtually from and in any location in the world!
Share the Light, A Peace-Building Virtual Song and Music Video
A virtual songwriting/recording and music video project in partnership with The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS).
April-July 2020

Voices of the Earth Songwriting Residency
Music writing project with Pomaika'i Elementary School.
January-March 2020
Kaho'olawe, The Heart and Soul of Hawai'i
Music and animated video project with Pomaika'i Elementary School.
When We Shine Foundation is proud to present this historical video and hope that after viewing it, that you will have a new understanding of Kahoʻolawe, The Heart and Soul of Hawaiʻi.
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