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Apr 19, 2021
Artist Jana Ireijo poses beside a vanishing mural she is painting at the Maui Ocean Center to raise awareness of the impacts of climate change on local reefs. Photo courtesy of Maui Ocean Center
The Maui News
A Hawaii-born artist is painting a vanishing mural at the Maui Ocean Center in Maalaea this month in honor of Earth Day and to spread awareness of the impacts climate change has on local coral reefs.
In partnership with the Maui Ocean Center Marine Institute, The Nature Conservancy commissioned Jana Ireijo to create artwork that highlights the slow decline and “perils faced by coral reefs.”