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The Youth Arts Series Summer 2026 Teen Workshops

Workshop
Related People: 
Kellie Miyazu
Monday, June 1, 2026 - 10:00am to Saturday, August 1, 2026 - 12:00pm
The Youth Arts Series Summer 2026 Teen Workshops happening in June & July!
In collaboration with Wailoa Center’s Full Bleed Exhibition
 
We are pleased to be partnering with Wailoa Center on their 1st annual Full Bleed: Manga, Anime, and Urban Art Exhibition.
This line up of classes for teens features some of the creative team behind the exhibition and aims to give students a starting point for possible entries into the Full Bleed call for artwork (please note, participating in these workshops does not give you a g

YAS: Keiki Makeke

Special Event
Saturday, April 11, 2026 - 12:00pm
THIS SATURDAY!!! Join us for a special Mele Manaka edition of YAS²! Come check us out after the parade from 12:00-4:00 PM on the EHCC front lanai!⁣
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The YAS team will have our usual second Saturday free art activity, PLUS, booths from some of our favorite keiki entrepreneurs! Be sure to stop by and show your support for these young artists and their talented creations. ⁣
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Vendors:⁣
Jelly Cakes Hawaii (@jelly_cakes_hawaii )⁣

The Sea is Never Full: Nainoa Rosehill

Exhibition
Wednesday, April 8, 2026 - 10:00am to Saturday, June 13, 2026 - 2:00pm
The Sea is Never Full by Nainoa Rosehill. A solo exhibition at Ola Nā Iwi curated by Kanani Daley. The Sea is Never Full is a reflection on the power of peripheries, boundaries, limits. Pulling from the symbolic language of the oral and written histories of families displaced by volcanism, of the collapsing infrastructure within the rural Hawaiian villages, and of the historical Native Hawaiian churches as cultural sanctuaries.

Galleries Closed for March

Exhibition
Sunday, March 1, 2026 - 1:00am to Tuesday, March 31, 2026 - 11:00pm
The galleries at East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center will be closed for the month of March as we prepare for our next two exhibitions opening in April. During this time, our curatorial team will be readying the galleries and installing new work for the experiences ahead. We look forward to welcoming you back at our April opening to share these new exhibitions with our community. Look out for more updates and information in our March e-newsletter and on our website. All other EHCC programs will continue as scheduled. Mahalo for your continued support!

Tides: Panel Discussion

Lecture
Related People: 
Andrzej Kramarz
Saturday, January 10, 2026 - 3:00pm
Tides: Gender Beyond the Binary in Oceania
Panel Discussion with Keiva Lei Cadena, Lenore Kuʻumeaaloha Gomes, & Peter Tuiolosega Silva. Moderated by Rodney "Ni" Powell.
January 10th, 2026 from 3 - 5 pm.
 
As part of the TIDES exhibition, this January panel discussion brings together powerful Indigenous Pacific voices to explore how gender long understood across Oceania beyond Western binaries has endured, adapted, and returned through culture, care, and resistance.

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