Programs and Projects in the News


12-July-2025

Hawaiʻi Rising
Community Voices in Film: Documenting Movements and Cultivating Filmmakers
By Hawaiʻi People’s Fund

» Hoʻomau Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina

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17-April-2025

Ho’ākea Source Press Release
$92,000 Granted Direct to Artists
By Donnie Cervantes & Emma Broderick

» Ho’ākea Source

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Feb-March 2025

hana hou!
Mālama Moena
For the artists of Keanahala, weaving is healing
By Martha Cheng

» Keanahala

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31-July-2024

The New York Times
In Hawaiʻi, Weaving New Life Into a Nearly Vanished Art Form
By Patricia Leigh Brown

» Puʻuhonua Society

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26-June-2024

PBS Hawaiʻi
Home is Here
By PBS Hawaiʻi

» NiU NOW!

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20-May-2024

FLUX
The Intergenerational Race to Preserve Half a Century of Invaluable Native Hawaiian Footage
By Maria Kanai

» Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina

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03-April-2024

Hawaii News Now
Group Hopes sanctuaries will help save Hawaiiʻs coconut trees from rapidly spreading pest
By Eddie Dowd

» NiU NOW!

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Feb-March 2024

HI Luxury
Heritage Canvas
by Elvire Duval

» Puʻuhonua Society

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10-Jan-2024

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Over $4 Million in Grants Awarded to 50 Arts Organizations 
by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

» Puʻuhonua Society

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5-Jan-2024

Hawaiʻi Rising
Puʻuhonua Society: Hoʻomau Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina
by Hawaiʻi Peopleʻs Fund

» Hoʻomau Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina

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23-Dec-2023

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art | Volume 23, Issue 2
ʻAi Pōhaku, Stone Eaters: Affirmation, Defiance, and Kānaka ʻŌiwi Visual Culture Today
by Drew Kahuʻāina Broderick and Josh Tengan

» ʻAi Pōhaku, Stone Eaters

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12-Dec-2023

Kaka‘ako VERT
Reconnecting to Culture
by Stephanie Lopes

» KĪPUKA

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26-Oct-2023

Hawaiʻi Public Radio
New grant program prioritizes visual arts, Native Hawaiian values
by HPR News Staffer

» Hoʻākea Source

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Fall 2023

Halekulani
The Art of Living
By Eunica Escalante

» Keanahala

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27-Sept-2023

Life Comes From It In Hawai‘i [trailer]
Written, Directed, and Produced by Ngahiraka Mason
Executive Producer: Puʻuhonua Society
A Waolama Learning Center Film

» NiU NOW!

See Trailer

12-Sept-2023

The New York Times
Echoing Federal Theater Project, 18 Towns Plan Simultaneous Events
by Michael Paulson

» Hōʻeu Mana

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06-Sept-2023

Mid-Week
Reawakening the Stories of Nu‘uanu
by MaryAnne Long

» Hō‘eu Mana

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Spring/Summer 2023

She is Wise
Weaving Connections
by Sarah B. Hood (Page 28-30)

» Puʻuhonua Society

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01-March-2023

Ka Wai Ola
Using Art to Create a Space for Difficult Discussions About ʻŌiwi Representation
by Amee Hiʻilawe Neves

» ‘Ai Pōhaku, Stone Eaters

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19-Feb-2023

Honolulu Star-Advertiser
At Long Last, a Place and Time for Art
by Steven Mark

» ʻAi Pōhaku, Stone Eaters

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Feb-2023

ARTFORUM
Mari Matsuda: Radical Wahine of 1945
by Maika Pollack

» Aupuni Space

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02-Dec-2022

Ka Puna O Kalo‘i
Niu documentary with UH West Oʻahu ties garners acclaim and awards
by Zenaida Serrano Arvman

» NiU NOW!

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