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A new exhibit opening Friday in Kakaʻako features Hawaiʻi's aliʻi in a new light. The Conversation spoke to Native Hawaiian filmmaker Etienne Aurelius about his exhibit.

Hawaiʻi State Foundation on the Culture and the Arts Executive Director Karen Ewald said the foundation received more than $900,000 from the National Endowment of the Arts. Now coming into Trump's second term, Ewald said she's waiting to see what will happen with federal funding.

Avalon Paradea is a Hawai’i Island artist who teaches workshops about how to turn native plants into pigments and dyes. The Conversation talked to them about the process of incorporating the natural world into art.

A new exhibit in Chinatown spotlighting Swiss posters opens on Jan. 21. The Conversation talked to SHADE Institute Executive Director Dean Sakamoto about the new exhibit.

Allyn Bromley, 96, continues to put out work with her next exhibit at the Honolulu Museum of Art. Bromley, a longtime printmaker, was inspired by repurposing her old prints by giving them new life in a complex 3D form.

The temporary classroom units of King Kamehameha III Elementary campus are now covered with colorful murals, in a collaboration that involved artists and students.

Curator Noelle Kahanu was in England earlier this month to unveil a new exhibit at the University of Cambridge Museum of Archeology and Anthropology. The Conversation talked to her about the exhibit “Fault Lines."

The downtown Honolulu mural titled Kauluhakulau features Sig Zane’s iconic ʻulu print with the leaves and skin of the breadfruit.

The exhibit runs until Dec. 8 at the university's Commons Gallery. It’s open Tuesday through Friday and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m.

Street art and murals have been a part of the visual identity of Kaka’ako for over a decade. The office furniture company Interior Showplace recently commissioned a massive mural by New York-based artist Alice Mizrachi. The Conversation talked to Mizrachi and Kim Quezada the president of Interior Showplace about the art.