This exhibit features both traditional siapo works and paintings by Regina “Reggie” Meredith Fitiao , one of the most influential siapo makers of this century. Meredith, in works commissioned by the Asia Pacific Institute for Gender-Based Violence, explores power and control as well as the fragility and strength of human relationships in a series of haunting mixed media. In addition to the pieces created for this project, a journal of her process and her struggle to respond to issues of domestic violence, suffering, healing and change through her art and through a Samoan cultural lens. Opening is Thursday, October 6, from 5-7pm at Wailoa Center.