On September 20, 2023, the SFCA Board of Commissioners approved the acquisition of twenty-one artworks for the SFCA Art in Public Places Collection. All of the works were nominated by committees visiting Hawaiʻi exhibitions. A list of artworks recently approved for acquisition (purchase or gift) can be viewed on our Art in Public Places Program page, along with information about how to invite a committee to an exhibit and a link to the Art in Public Places Collection online photo album of artworks.
These artworks will be eligible for placement in hundreds of state government sites across Hawaiʻi, including libraries, schools, and Capitol Modern (Hawaiʻi State Art Museum).
Exhibit: “Mai Ka Pouli: (Re)presentations of Moananuiākea”, Donkey Mill Art Center
- “ʻAʻole Ke Kiʻi Holoʻokoʻa (Not the Whole Picture)” hand-cut kapa by Ian Kualiʻi, 2023
- “Embraced in Memory” cotton rope by Marques Hanalei Marzan, 2023
- “Personal Archive: Kai” monotype and papercutting by Mikiʻala Souza, 2023
- “Te Moana Nui a Kiwa Series – Fanua in the Beginning” pigment inks on Hahnemuhle photo rag 308 cotton paper by Michel Tuffery, 2021
Exhibit: “Eleven” at Bishop Square, Pauahi Tower Lobby
- “Complexity in Horizon #2” oil on canvas painting by Sanit Khewhok, 2017
Exhibit: “2023 Honolulu Printmakers 95th Annual Exhibition” at the Downtown Art Center
- “Aftermatter Form No. 7” relief printed paper and resin by Zenobia Lakdawalla, 2022
Exhibit: “6th Annual MidSummer Art Celebration”, Hawaiʻi Island Art Alliance at Wailoa Center
- “KIʻI KUPUNA: ʻO KIHANUILŪLŪMOKU-KŌNANE” acrylic and shellac on canvas by Carl F.K. Pao, 2023
- “KIʻI KUPUNA: ʻO ʻAILĀʻAU-MAKALAU” acrylic and shellac painting on canvas by Carl F.K. Pao, 2023
- “Head” graphite on primed wood by Lonny Tomono, 2023
- “Untitled” graphite on primed wood by Lonny Tomono
Exhibit: “Artist in Residence Exhibition: Jenny Macy” at Box Jelly Ward
- “Heliconia Harness” ceramic, glaze, mood ring pigment, lacquer, nylon rope flocking by Jenna Macy, 2023
Exhibit: “MACC Biennial 2023” at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center
- “Collapse” glass by Enrico Battan, 2023
- “Slow Burn” cement, pigments, clay, plastics, pumice by Codie M. King, 2023
- “Sabong” oil on canvas painting by Eduardo Joaquin, 2023
- “Solace” strawberry guava, java plum, koa, paint, varnish, wire by Claudia Johnson, 2023
- “Liminal No. 4” graphite, acrylic paint, and ink on paper by Keith Yurdana, 2023
Exhibit: “ʻAi Pōhaku, Stone Eaters” at Koa Gallery, Kapiʻolani Community College
- “Spam, 1893” digital print with artist frame by Keith Tallett, 2023
- “Holehole” hand-stamped silver gelatin collage by Kapulani Landgraf, 2010
- “Mākālei” ʻohe kāpala, paʻu and ʻalaea on handmade hau paper by Nālamakūikapō Ahsing, 2023
- “”Futuristic Waʻa Series” (five pieces)” acrylic and graphite on bristol board by Solomon Enos, 2017
- “Hōʻike” oil on canvas painting by Al Lagunero, 2014
Image: “KIʻI KUPUNA: ʻO KIHANUILŪLŪMOKU-KŌNANE” acrylic and shellac on canvas painting by Carl F.K. Pao, 2023. Art in Public Places Collection of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.