We asked Native Hawaiian artists and luminaries about the artworks shifting Kānaka Maoli art in the 21st century. These are their answers.
Freediver and designer Nico Jager crafts shell jewelry that conjures the ocean's elemental energy.
In a love letter to Hawai‘i Triennial 2025, an O‘ahu-born artist reflects on how the state’s largest thematic exhibition of contemporary art reclaims aloha as a transformative force.
For years, Zoë Eisenberg has supported independent filmmaking in her East Hawaiʻi home. Now, a book and feature film debut brings her creative work into the spotlight.
The Native Hawaiian poet and teacher from Hōnaunau, Hawaiʻi Island curates creative rituals and locales for a wellspring of inspiration.
Led by collaboration and ingenuity, these makerspaces empower the islands’ creative set.
On the relationship between text and image in the work of Kapulani Landgraf