art

Two nonprofits discuss the grants available for building agroforestry in Hawaiʻi, the U.S. Interior Department shares info on climate change adaptation grants available to Native Hawaiian organizations; and the mother of a slain child shares the story behind the nonprofit Pierce's Pledge

A recent roundtable centered around the "7 Degrees North - The Arts of Micronesia" exhibit highlighted the successes and challenges faced by artists from Micronesia residing in Hawaiʻi.

"Project Banaba" takes visitors on a journey from the beginning of phosphate mining on Banaba Island in 1900 to resident protests for sovereignty after relocating 40 years later to Fiji. Banaba is roughly 2,700 miles southwest of Hawaiʻi and small enough to fit on Kahoʻolawe 20 times. HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports.

Local artists and inmates unveiled life-size murals at Hawaiʻi's only women's prison, located in Windward Oʻahu. One mural featuring at least 20 species of marine life is roughly 18 feet tall and 50 feet wide. The project hopes to promote tranquility and liveliness. HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports.

Palauan culture and art are on display at a new exhibit at the East-West Center Gallery in Mānoa. The Conversation talked to co-curators Margo Vitarelli and Annie Reynolds about what it took to mount this unusual exhibit.

Fire can burn wood and other materials — but bronze is slightly tougher. Remnants of esteemed art seared in the flames on Aug. 8 and toppled into the ocean, where many believed they would never be found again. But as emergency responders sifted through the rubble, a sculpture of a humpback whale emerged from the shore break. HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports.

Karen Ewald is now responsible for the agency's $10.3 million operating budget and a network of art programs across the state, including the recently rebranded Capitol Modern. HPR's Cassie Ordonio sat down with Ewald to learn about the upcoming changes at the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. Ewald said she does not take the new position lightly.

The nonprofit Puʻuhonua Society is aiming to promote visual art and Native Hawaiian values through a new grant program. The group has announced a two-year grant program, called Hoʻākea Source, that will prioritize projects by visual artists, collaboratives and collectives living and working on Oʻahu.

The portrait of the late Sen. Daniel K. Inouye is the first portrait of a person of color in the U.S. Senate’s leadership portrait series. Inouye represented Hawaiʻi in the U.S. Senate from 1963 until his death in 2012.

Commissioned Native Hawaiian and Hawaiʻi-based artists will be tasked with creating historically significant installations to "shift the mindset of visitors and residents alike and encourage everyone to engage with heightened cultural awareness."