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To promote, perpetuate and preserve culture and the arts in Hawaiʻi.

Hawaiʻi’s state government arts agency

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“Line, Circle, Sphere” with Honolulu Theatre for Youth explores art and movement with young audiences this December at the State Art Museum

November 12, 2025

Carved wood sculpture being photographed.

SFCA Board of Commissioners approves purchase of fourteen artworks, including sculpture by Native Hawaiian master carver Rocky Jensen

October 9, 2025

Several paper cutout artworks by students.

2025-2026 SFCA Artists in the Schools grants awarded to over one hundred schools statewide

October 17, 2025

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News Release: student art competition now open, top awards to be exhibited at State Art Museum

October 8, 2025

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“How do I get my art into the Hawaiʻi SFCA public art collection?”

July 31, 2025

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SFCA announces new Art in Public Places Collection online database

July 1, 2025

Artwork in background: Marie McDonald, “Untitled: Hillside”, kapa, 2013. Learn more about this artwork in the SFCA Art in Public Places Collection online database.

Explore the SFCA Art in Public Places Collection

Our new online database includes current location and can be explored by island!

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Enriching the public sphere through the arts.

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