Ho‘ākea Source

We are feeling so full of gratitude after our Hōʻike celebrating the Hoʻākea Source 2025 and 2026 grantees this past Friday evening. ʻOhana, friends, local supporters, and community members gathered to hear firsthand what last year’s hui experienced, and what the newly formed 2026 hui dreams of bringing to life over the next 12 months. Mahalo piha to the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts @warholfoundation , the Laila Twigg-Smith Art Fund of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation @hawaiicommunityfoundation , and Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation for their continued support in making Hoʻākea Source a powerful resource for Hawaiʻi’s artists, now and long into the future. Many hands, many thanks—mahalo nui to Uncle Ben Yim of The Muʻumuʻu Library for the beautiful fabric lei; to Kahi Keyes of Kaleipuʻupuʻu and board member Gabby Ahuliʻi Holt for the fresh lei; to Ikualono Jackson and Kaipo Kukahiko for the mele nahenahe; to Corey Takara for the weaving of lauhala and circuitry—pilina and play; to Kera Rasavanh and Cole Turner of Multi.Projects for bringing zine-making into the evening; and to Haʻaheo Zablan, Ashley Onzuka, and the Kaimana Beach Hotel team for holding it down in Kapua, Waikīkī. 📸: Lila Lee @_lilalee

MAHALO PIHA to our hui of panelists for Hoʻākea Source 2026! Pablo Guardiola –artist, co-director of Beta Local, San Juan, Puerto Rico Meleanna Aluli Meyer –artist and educator, Honolulu, Hawai’i Sean Connelly –artist and spatial practitioner, director of After Oceanic and Hawai’i Nonlinear, Honolulu, Hawai’i We are deeply grateful to these three for thoughtfully reviewing and discussing 82 submissions from across Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Maui, and Hawaiʻi Island. More information about our panelists and their refelctions on the process can be found on our website.

Puʻuhonua Society’s regranting program, Hoʻākea Source, in partnership with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts’ Regional Regranting Program @warholfoundation , and with additional support from the Laila Twigg-Smith Art Fund of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation @hawaiicommunityfoundation and the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation, announces its third hui of awardees. A total of $122,000 will be distributed in grants ranging from $5,000 to $10,000. Fourteen visual art grantees will have one year to realize projects centered on ea (freedoms), puʻuhonua (refuges), and moemoeā (dreams). Three unrestricted grants have been awarded to individuals with a material practice rooted in Hawaiian culture.  This funding represents a meaningful and sustained shift in Hawaiʻi’s arts ecosystem—one that honors and acknowledges the work of the many generations who have come before while encouraging innovation. Projects celebrate the diverse practices of artists and cultural practitioners across Hawaiʻi, spanning disciplines and generations. Works include photography; workshops exploring the intersections of disability and the environment, Palauan kite making, and sound theory; cultural practices rooted in ceremony, wood carving, traditional ʻieʻie twined basketry, hula kiʻi, and featherwork; a dance-ritual fashion performance; community-based initiatives grounded in cinema culture; printmaking as a tool for activism; thematic mixed-media installations; and a 3D animation project reimagining Native Hawaiian moʻolelo. More information on each awarded project is available on our website.

𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘‘s debut art exhibition, 𝑪𝑨𝑳𝑨𝑩𝑨𝑺𝑯, opens at @kaiaospace this upcoming First Friday! 📍 Kaiao Space, 1018 Smith St., Honolulu HI 🗓️ First Friday, March 6, 2026 ⏰ 5PM - Pau 𝑪𝑨𝑳𝑨𝑩𝑨𝑺𝑯 brings together Hawaiʻi-based artists whose work explores memory, home, and inheritance—asking what it means to gather, remember, and belong in Hawaiʻi today. The exhibition takes its name from the calabash, a vessel historically used for food and everyday life, which becomes a metaphor for collective experience: a shared container shaped by what is held, passed down, and left behind. 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴: Nainoa Rosehill / @nainoarosehill Grace Milk / @tulipwax Lauren Hana Chai / @laurenhanachai Cyan Garma / @cyangarma Johnny Macas-Freire / @macasfreire Eduardo Joaquin / @eduardojoaquinstudio Kaila Foltz -— Mahalo to Hoʻākea Source @hoakeasource , Puʻuhonua Society @puuhonuasociety , and Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts @warholfoundation for supporting this project.

the @maninicollective debut exhibition, 𝑪𝑨𝑳𝑨𝑩𝑨𝑺𝑯, opens at @kaiaospace this First Friday, March 6. 𝑪𝑨𝑳𝑨𝑩𝑨𝑺𝑯 brings together Hawaiʻi-based artists whose work explores memory, home, and inheritance—asking what it means to gather, remember, and belong in Hawaiʻi today. The exhibition takes its name from the calabash, a vessel historically used for food and everyday life, which becomes a metaphor for collective experience: a shared container shaped by what is held, passed down, and left behind. 📍 Kaiao Space, 1018 Smith St., Honolulu HI 🗓️ First Friday, March 6, 2026 ⏰ 5PM - Pau 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴: Lauren Hana Chai / @laurenhanachai Cyan Garma / @cyangarma Eduardo Joaquin / @eduardojoaquinstudio Kaila Foltz Johnny Macas-Freire / @macasfreire Grace Milk / @tulipwax Nainoa Rosehill / @nainoarosehill 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐨 𝐉𝐨𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐧 is a contemporary figurative painter who’s works explore multicultural themes of identity, tradition, and folklore. Born in the Philippines but raised on Oʻahu from a young age, Joaquin’s work is characterized by the physicality of the oil paint medium, the organic character of his mark making, and the evocative capacity of color. He received his BFA in Painting in 2023 from UH Manoa and is currently enrolled in the NYU MFA program. Joaquin has received numerous awards and scholarships such as the John Young Scholarship, Jean Charlot Award, Rush Memorial Award and the Geraldine P. Clark Fellowship. His work has been acquired by the Hawai’i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, and has been published in the Star Advertiser and Midweek. -— 🎥 Video by @erickmelanson Mahalo to Hoʻākea Source @hoakeasource , Puʻuhonua Society @puuhonuasociety , and Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts @warholfoundation for supporting this project. #warholgrantee

With 2 weeks to go until Hoʻākea Source applications are due, we are offering a final round of support with applications as we value collaboration and community over competition! We have an amazing opportunity from Wāhine Freelance Allianceʻs Marion Ano, who will be holding 2 grant writing kōkua sessions at Kīpuka this week for those working on Hoʻākea Source drafts: Wednesday January 7 from 10-1 at Mu‘umu‘u Library, Ward Center and Sunday January 11 from 10-1 at Kīpuka, Ward Center and a reminder that we are holding an Info Session on Saturday January 10 from 10-12 on ZOOM You can still sign up via the link in @hoakeasource bio

Ea (Freedoms): Proposals that embody life, breath, sovereignty, self-determination, and/or independence; proposals that address obstacles to and/or clear pathways for Indigenous growth, health, and wellbeing. Proposals that rise For the upcoming 2025-2026 grant cycle, which runs from November 28, 2025 – January 18, 2026, Hoʻākea Source announces a new set of strategic priorities as a cyclical evolution to the program and as a response to current events affecting Hawaiʻi nei. Accompanying film provided by Ricky Thomas Serikawa; from “Welcome To Here, by 2024 grantee Kainoa Gruspe.

Puʻuhonua (Refuges): Proposals that revolve around individuals, groups, communities, spaces, times, and/or places of sanctuary; proposals that counteract the violence of daily life under ongoing U.S. occupation… For the upcoming 2025-2026 grant cycle, which runs from November 28, 2025 – January 18, 2026, Hoʻākea Source announces a new set of strategic priorities as a cyclical evolution to the program and as a response to current events affecting Hawaiʻi nei. Accompanying footage from “The Land Has Changed”, by 2024 grantee Nainoa Rosehill

Moemoeā (Dreams): Proposals that begin from a place beyond waking life; proposals that highlight the fantastic potential of the unrealized or yet-to-be; proposals that imagine alternative ways of being and knowing… For the upcoming 2025-2026 grant cycle, which runs from November 28, 2025 – January 18, 2026, Hoʻākea Source announces a new set of strategic priorities as a cyclical evolution to the program and as a response to current events affecting Hawaiʻi nei. Footage from dress rehearsal of “The Renkon Project”—by 2025 grantee Noe Tanigawa

Puʻuhonua Society’s granting program, Hoʻākea Source, in partnership with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts’ Regional Regranting Program announces our upcoming 2026 Grant Cycle offering $122,000 directly to artists, art collectives and cultural practitioners. In addition to more than doubling our initial regranting since 2023, we now welcome applications from all of Hawaiʻi thanks to the generous support of the Laila Twigg-Smith Art Fund of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation and the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation. And for the first year ever, cultural practitioners are eligible to receive dedicated unrestricted funding to support the perpetuation and innovation of material practices rooted in Hawaiian culture. This unprecedented multi-year collaboration between local and regional foundations enables much needed financial support to artists and cultural practitioners calling all of Hawaiʻi home. “The additional support for Hoʻākea Source stands as a testament to the program’s mission and dedication to create new opportunities and direct support for artists and culture bearers throughout Hawai’i,” says Khadija Nia Adell, Regional Regranting Program Officer at the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, “Expanding its reach will ensure that innovation, diverse practices, and methods aligned with Native Hawaiian cultural values will continue to thrive across the archipelago through resourced pathways for exchange and collaboration.”

Welina mai! Join us to learn about our newly expanded grant opportunities for visual artists and material practitioners rooted in Hawaiian culture across the pae ʻāina. The Hoʻākea Source Grant Cycle 2026 is fast approaching, and we’re hosting in-person information sessions to share important updates about our grant program. RSVP via the link in the Hoʻākea Source bio. All are welcome—please spread the word! Mahalo piha to East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center, Donkey Mill Art Center, and Native Books for generously holding space for community. Hoʻākea Source now serves all of Hawaiʻi, with expanded funding thanks to the generous support of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Laila Twigg-Smith Art Fund of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation, and the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation. Image credit: Still from TUTUVI TUTUVI TUTUVI, Colleen Kimura; 2025 Hoʻākea Source grant recipient.

Having a doorstop making workshop and screening “Welcome to Here” - a short film @jah_rick made about what I’ve been up to over the past year- supported by @hoakeasource somewhere in Mānoa August 22 doorstop making from 5pm-7pm screening 7ish (runtime 6:11) message if you like come- I’ll send you the address 🌺⚒️🐠