The late Martha Lowrey Greenwell’s Christmas village wonderland returns to Isaacs Art Center.
The Christmas village, affectionately known as “The Mouse House,” will be on display at the Hawaii Preparatory Academy’s gallery through Jan. 9.
“The Mouse House” made its first Hawaii Island appearance in December 2005 at the Kona Historical Society when the village returned to Greenwell from Oahu after more than 20 years of being part of an annual holiday tradition at The Queen’s Hospital Auxiliary’s “Festival of Trees.”
All of the artifacts featured in the display are from the attic and tool shed of Greenwell’s in-laws, Frank and Violet Greenwell of Palani Ranch. It took Greenwell eight years to assemble the village.
“The arrival of the Mouse House honors the longstanding friendship we enjoyed with Martha Greenwell and will be a festive way to celebrate the 100th anniversary of our historic building; first, as an elementary school and finally, as an art museum and gallery,” said Mollie Hustace, director of the Isaacs Art Center. “The creative details of Martha’s diminutive village inspires artists and keiki of all ages and reminds us continually of the warmth and wit Martha shared with everyone.”
The Isaacs Art Center, located adjacent to HPA’s Village Campus at 65-1268 Kawaihae Road, is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is free. The center will be closed Dec. 21 through Jan. 2.
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