Mahalo to Halekulani Hotel's LIVING publication and NMG Network for this stellar story and beautiful photos and layout on Kate Harland Kelly, which highlights her accomplishments as an artist and the influence and inspiration she provided to her artist husband John!
“In 1898, 16-year-old Kate Harland set sail to the Hawaiian Islands from San Francisco on a square-rigged sailing ship with her mother, the women’s suffrage pioneer Hester Harland. The purpose of their visit was ceremonious; the duo had been granted a private audience with Queen Lili‘uokalani. Little did Kate know that a quarter-century later she would be returning to Hawai‘i to make the islands her home and become an accomplished artist in her own right, sharing its beatific landscapes, people, and culture through her sculptures, prints, and photographs.”