8/18/2021: Earlier this summer, Historic Hawai‘i Foundation launched a virtual art exhibit entitled Serendipity: Expressing the Connection of People, Place and the Past to showcase art inspired by historic places in Hawai‘i. Artists of all ages and experience were welcome to submit their work. A total of 62 entries were received and together represent a diverse range of collages, drawings, paintings, photography, printmaking, and poetry. The virtual gallery is available here: https://art.historichawaii.org.

As an engagement piece to the show, we invited the general public to vote for their favorite works to select the People’s Choice Awards. Over 420 people participated in the voting. In addition, Honorable Mention Awards were given to outstanding works representing the major islands of Hawai‘i. The award-winning works of art were announced during HHF’s Annual Meeting held yesterday–click on the image below to view the awardees.

People’s Choice Awards Presentation

Congratulations to each of the award-winning artists!  Thank you to all of the artists who submitted work in support of this show. 

A special mahalo to webmaster and design guru Jason Antonio for his artistry in creating the graphics and gallery for this exhibit.

Serendipity will be available online through the end of the month. Some works are offered for sale by the artists. 30% of the proceeds of each sale will support Historic Hawai‘i Foundation’s mission. Please consider supporting this talented group of artists.

People’s Choice Awards

Collage: Containment Landscape #29 Kilohana by Margo Ray

Drawing: Ho‘omana‘o Kaua‘i by Berkana McDowell

Painting: Aloha Tower wa Doko Desuka by Von Dickens Ulsa

Photography: YWCA at 6:00 p.m. by Pamela Chambers

Printmaking: Pang’s House, Waipahu Study no. 27 by Stephen Yuen

Poetry: A Five-Century Road Trip Through Kukuipahu by Kelli Bond

Poetry: Wailuku by Vanessa Lee-Miller

Honorable Mention Awards*

Hawai‘i Island: Tupapaulau by James K. Kaulukukui, Jr.

Kaua‘i: St. Raphael Church: Setting by Amanda J.S. Kaufmann

O‘ahu: Hale‘iwa Bridge by Jimmy Tablante

O‘ahu: Working the Taro Patch by Jenee Wonderlich

O‘ahu: Kamehameha V Post Office 1871/2020 by Clifford Cheng

O‘ahu: Gathering Place by Jared Wickware

*The works submitted featured historic places of these 3 islands only.