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Hawaiʻi State Art Museum upcoming exhibits include Hawaiian featherwork by students of master feather artist Kumu Mele Kahalepuna Chun

November 4, 2025

HONOLULU - the Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA) announces current and upcoming exhibits at Capitol Modern: the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum. The exhibits include Hawaiian featherwork by students of master feather artist Kumu Mele Kahalepuna Chun, a collaboration with the Maui Arts and Cultural Center (MACC), and a display of recently acquired artworks for the SFCA Art in Public Places Collection.

2025 Exhibits

Hawaiʻi Triennial “Aloha NŌ” exhibit at Capitol Modern - last day to view is Saturday, December 6, 2025
Through Saturday, December 6, 2025

Explore artworks by fourteen artists with a focus on healing and solidarity, in a mix of various mediums including sculpture, painting, and film.

Artworks in the exhibit are on loan from the artists, with the exception of a painting by Carl F.K. Pao in the SFCA Art in Public Places Collection.

Curator Noelle Kahanu leads free tours of the exhibit on Thursday November 6 and Thursday December 4, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Tours are free and open to the public. RSVPs are requested: HawaiiContemporary.org/ht25-programs.

“Kaiāulu: Rising Together” Climate Artists in Residence exhibit - extended dates
Through Friday, November 21, 2025

Exhibit graphics and b-roll of gallery in Dropbox: Kaiaulu Rising Together.

Artwork on display was created by Gillian Dueñas, Benjamin Fairfield, Keisha Tanaka, and Erin Voss who were selected to participate in the prestigious Climate Artist in Residence program by the Hawaiʻi State Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission (CCMAC) in partnership with Capitol Modern: the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum and the University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant College Program.

For more information, visit: climate.hawaii.gov/art or contact Udi Mandel Butler, CCMAC Climate Action Program Manager at udi.butler.contractor@hawaii.gov.
This project aligns with the CCMAC's mission to promote ambitious, climate-neutral, and culturally responsive strategies for climate change adaptation and mitigation in Hawaiʻi.

Capitol Modern has extended the exhibit date to Friday, November 21, 2025. The exhibit will also be open during the Friday, November 7 and Friday, November 21 evening events. November 7 First Friday will feature the Iona Contemporary Dance Company “Night at the Museum” and November 21 Island Pulse roots and reggae music. Both events are free, all-ages, and open to the public, 5:00 – 9:00 p.m.

2026 EXHIBITS
Schaefer Portrait Challenge 2025 with the Maui Arts & Cultural Center
Friday, January 2 - Saturday, July 4, 2026
Opening reception Saturday January 3, 2026

A signature of the MACC, the Schaefer Portrait Challenge has been held as a triennial exhibition since 2003. The Schaefer Portrait Challenge presents the unique diversity of the people of our islands through explorations in portraiture. The 2025 exhibition will travel to Oʻahu and will be on view at Capitol Modern: the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum.

Trifecta
The SFCA Art in Public Places Program, in collaboration with several local artists, presents a selection of works from the SFCA Art in Public Places Collection.
Opens Friday, February 6, 2026. Closing date to be announced.

2026 Hawaiʻi Regional Scholastic Student Art Awards
Saturday, February 14 - Saturday, March 14, 2026

Experience Hawaiʻi through works by Hawaiʻi teens in this annual student art competition and exhibition. The competition is open to Hawaiʻi students grades 8-12 (ages 13 and up); submissions are due by December 12, 2025. Learn more about the competition on the Hawaiʻi Art Region page of the national Art and Writing Awards website: ArtAndWriting.org/regions/HI001A.

2026 Art in Public Places New Accessions
A selection from recently acquired artworks for the state’s Art in Public Places Collection. Works in the collection are displayed in state government sites across Hawaiʻi. This exhibit is an opportunity for the public to get a sense of the current arts scene in Hawaiʻi. Artworks for the collection are purchased from local art exhibits.

Explore the collection in the new SFCA online database at sfca.hawaii.gov/app-art and learn more about the public art program at sfca.hawaii.gov.

Opens in July 2026 (exact dates to be announced).

Additional information
Exhibit titles and dates may change. This is not intended to be a complete list of upcoming exhibits at the State Art Museum and additional exhibits may be added. Updates will be shared through the SFCA and Capitol Modern websites, newsletters, and social media accounts.

Museum hours have changed as of August 1, 2025. The current schedule is Wednesday – Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., closed on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and state government holidays. Evening hours during the first and third Fridays of the month during the First Friday and Island Pulse events, 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. Admission is free.

Capitol Modern: the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum is Hawaiʻi’s official state art museum, operated by the Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA), Hawaiʻi’s state government arts agency.

Photos

Photo: people entering the No. 1 Capitol District building (home of Capitol Modern: the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum). Image courtesy: DAGS/State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

CONTACT
Capitol Modern: the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum
Website: CapitolModern.org
Telephone: 808-586-0900
Email: info@CapitolModern.org
Facebook: @CapitolModern
Instagram: @CapitolModern

About the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
The Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA), a government agency administratively attached to the Department of Accounting and General Services (Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 9), was established by the Hawai‘i State Legislature in 1965, to promote, perpetuate, preserve and encourage culture and the arts, history and the humanities as central to the quality of life of the people of Hawai‘i. SFCA funding is provided by the state of Hawai‘i and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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The mission of the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts is to promote, perpetuate, preserve and encourage culture and the arts, history and the humanities as central to the quality of life of the people of Hawai‘i. HSFCA funding is provided by the State of Hawai‘i and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Courtesy of: Hawaii State Art Museum

Hawaii State Art Museum

The Hawai'i State Art Museum is dedicated to presenting the largest and finest collection of works by Hawai'i artists that celebrate the diverse artistic and cultural legacy of Hawai'i.

OUR MISSION
To promote, perpetuate, preserve and encourage culture and the arts, history and the humanities as central to the quality of life of the people of Hawai`i. HSFCA funding is provided by the State of Hawai`i and the National Endowment for the Arts. The HSFCA is administratively attached to the Department of Accounting and General Services.

HOURS:
The musuem is open from Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed State and Federal Holdays. Always free admission. For pre-recorded information call 586-0900.

The Hawai'i State Art Museum is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. For pre-recorded summary information on the museum, call (808) 586-0900. For current museum program information, call the HSFCA Art in Public Places Program at (808) 586-0305. To arrange an educational tour of the museum, call (808) 586-9958.

For information on the HSFCA; the Hawai'i State Art Museum; HSFCA grants, programs, and services; Hawai'i arts and culture events; and USA and worldwide arts opportunities, visit the HSFCA website, www.hawaii.gov/sfca.

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