About
Puʻuhonua Society cultivates space(s) where Native Hawaiian and Hawaiʻi-based artists, cultural practitioners, and those rooted in the archipelago can continue creative practices for the collective transformation of Hawaiʻi.
We are active at the intersections of contemporary art, cultural practice, environmental stewardship, transformational education and community archiving.
We do this for artists, cultural practitioners, and the Hawai’i community by:
Supporting basic-needs through direct-to-artist grants, commissions, project funding, studio space and professional development
Creating accessible platforms through exhibitions, archives, libraries, film screenings, and publications
Nurturing health and healing through workshops, gatherings, mentorships, fiscal sponsorships, fellowships and collaborations
Affirming expansive, responsive and inclusive definitions of art
We envision a Hawai‘i guided by hana noʻeau, ʻike kūpuna, aloha ʻāina, and ʻauamo kuleana.
Hahai no ka ua i ka ululāʻau.
Plant a forest and the rains will come.
'Ōlelo No'eau #24
“Share purpose with others and transform the world”.
- Aunty Manulani Aluli Meyer
We are active at the intersections of contemporary art, cultural practice, environmental stewardship, transformational education and community archiving.
We do this for artists, cultural practitioners, and the Hawai’i community by:
Supporting basic-needs through direct-to-artist grants, commissions, project funding, studio space and professional development
Creating accessible platforms through exhibitions, archives, libraries, film screenings, and publications
Nurturing health and healing through workshops, gatherings, mentorships, fiscal sponsorships, fellowships and collaborations
Affirming expansive, responsive and inclusive definitions of art
We envision a Hawai‘i guided by hana noʻeau, ʻike kūpuna, aloha ʻāina, and ʻauamo kuleana.
Hahai no ka ua i ka ululāʻau.
Plant a forest and the rains will come.
'Ōlelo No'eau #24
“Share purpose with others and transform the world”.
- Aunty Manulani Aluli Meyer
About
Support
Since 2015 Puʻuhonua Society has received generous support for its programs and projects from a variety of funders.
The organization extends its gratitude to Native Books; Nā Mea Hawaiʻi; Hawaiian Native Corporation; Hawaiʻi People’s Fund; Laila Twigg-Smith Art Fund, Cooke Family Foundation, Atherton Family Foundation, and the Robert Emens Black Fund through the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation; the Allan Gordon Sanford Fellowship, Life Comes From It, Constellations Culture Change Fund & Initiative of The Center for Cultural Power, the Tides Center, Ruth Foundation for the Arts, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation, Teiger Foundation, Native Arts + Cultures Foundation, Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority, Hawaiian Council, the Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and National Endowment for the Arts among others.
Since 2015 Puʻuhonua Society has received generous support for its programs and projects from a variety of funders.
The organization extends its gratitude to Native Books; Nā Mea Hawaiʻi; Hawaiian Native Corporation; Hawaiʻi People’s Fund; Laila Twigg-Smith Art Fund, Cooke Family Foundation, Atherton Family Foundation, and the Robert Emens Black Fund through the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation; the Allan Gordon Sanford Fellowship, Life Comes From It, Constellations Culture Change Fund & Initiative of The Center for Cultural Power, the Tides Center, Ruth Foundation for the Arts, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation, Teiger Foundation, Native Arts + Cultures Foundation, Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority, Hawaiian Council, the Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and National Endowment for the Arts among others.
Support