The Art in Public Places (APP) Program acquires completed, portable works of art, and commissions artists to create works of art for specific locations. Works of art are displayed in over 640 sites statewide including schools, libraries, hospitals, airports, state office buildings, the State Capitol and at the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum (HiSAM). The APP Program also supports excellent arts education programming in schools during the school day, out-of-school arts education for pre-K students and lifelong learning for adults.
In 1967, Hawaiʻi became the first state in the nation to adopt a percent-for-art law. The purpose of the law is to beautify and humanize our state buildings and increase public access to the arts.
View artworks in the Art in Public Places Collection online.
Artworks purchased by or gifted to the Art in Public Places Collection, fiscal year 2022 (July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022).
| Date of Approval | Artist Name | Artwork Title | Artwork Medium | Year Created | Acquired From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/17/2021 | Drew Kahuʻaina Broderic | Inextinguishable Torch | bamboo, display case | 2020 | SFCA Art in Public Places COVID Call for Art 2020 |
| 11/17/2021 | Debra Drexler | Gold Stream | acrylic on canvas painting | 2019 | "AbstractionX3" exhibit, Maui Arts and Cultural Center |
| 11/17/2021 | Don Bernshouse | Weather | mixed media on paper, framed | 2018 | "AbstractionX3" exhibit, Maui Arts and Cultural Center |
| 11/17/2021 | Don Bernshouse | Head with India Printed Paper and Korean Calligraphy | mixed media on paper, framed | 2018 | "AbstractionX3" exhibit, Maui Arts and Cultural Center |
| 11/17/2021 | Don Bernshouse | Bird (and Man) | mixed media on paper, framed | 2018 | "AbstractionX3" exhibit, Maui Arts and Cultural Center |
| 11/17/2021 | Tom Lieber | Contact | oil on canvas painting | 2020 | "AbstractionX3" exhibit, Maui Arts and Cultural Center |
| 11/17/2021 | Bernice Akamine | Kapa Moe: Hae Hawaiʻi | kapa (Hawaiian bark cloth) | 2020 | "Midsummer Art Celebration 4th Annual Statewide Juried Exhibit 2021" exhibit at Wailoa Center |
| 11/17/2021 | Tobias Brill | Just Thinking | acrylic painting | 2020 | "Midsummer Art Celebration 4th Annual Statewide Juried Exhibit 2021" exhibit at Wailoa Center |
| 11/17/2021 | Jasmine Coke | four out of five | beeswax, gouache paint | 2021 | "Midsummer Art Celebration 4th Annual Statewide Juried Exhibit 2021" exhibit at Wailoa Center |
| 11/17/2021 | Carl F.K. Pao | Kiʻi Kupuna: ʻo ʻAilaʻau - Maka 2020 | acrylic and shellac on canvas painting | 2020 | "Midsummer Art Celebration 4th Annual Statewide Juried Exhibit 2021" exhibit at Wailoa Center |
| 11/17/2021 | Carl F.K. Pao | Kiʻi Kupuna: ʻo ʻAilaʻau - Maka 2021 | acrylic and shellac on canvas painting | 2020 | "Midsummer Art Celebration 4th Annual Statewide Juried Exhibit 2021" exhibit at Wailoa Center |
| 11/17/2021 | Charlene Asato | Under Cover | artist's book | 2021 | "Abstract Only 11th Annual All Media Juried Exhibit" exhibit, Wailoa Center |
| 11/17/2021 | Lynn Graton | Honaunau | textile wall hanging - overshot weave with sashiko embroidery | 2021 | "Abstract Only 11th Annual All Media Juried Exhibit" exhibit, Wailoa Center |
| 11/17/2021 | J. Griggs | Our Firm and Fleeting World | photograph | 2020 | "Abstract Only 11th Annual All Media Juried Exhibit" exhibit, Wailoa Center |
| 11/17/2021 | Cheri Groom | Landmark | mixed media with oil and cold wax | 2020 | "Abstract Only 11th Annual All Media Juried Exhibit" exhibit, Wailoa Center |
| 11/17/2021 | Joanne Hopper | Fennel and Radish - Pukalani Farmer's Market | watercolor painting | "Hawaii Watercolor Society Open Exhibition 2021", Downtown Art Center | |
| 11/17/2021 | John Krenik | Haleakala High | watercolor painting | "Hawaii Watercolor Society Open Exhibition 2021", Downtown Art Center | |
| 11/17/2021 | Bernice Akamine | Huakaʻi 2021 | kapa, earth pignments, pen and ink drawings | 2021 | "Na Kapa Kuʻina", Donkey Mill Art Center |
| 11/17/2021 | Roen Hufford | Ka papa honua (Strata of Earth) | kapa | 2021 | "Na Kapa Kuʻina", Donkey Mill Art Center |
| 11/17/2021 | Roen Hufford | Kumu lipo (Source of Life) | kapa | 2021 | "Na Kapa Kuʻina", Donkey Mill Art Center |
| 11/17/2021 | Roen Hufford | Pi'i ka mauna (Ascending the mauna) | kapa | 2021 | "Na Kapa Kuʻina", Donkey Mill Art Center |
| 11/17/2021 | Dalani Tanahy | He Kumu Wai 'Ole | kapa | 2021 | "Na Kapa Kuʻina", Donkey Mill Art Center |
| 11/17/2021 | Ann Okada | Starlight Thru Ebony Moon | glass (fused iridescent and opaque) | "Inspirations - 2021 Biennial Juried Exhibition", Downtown Art Center | |
| 11/17/2021 | Joan Namkoong | Symmetry | textile wall hanging - handwoven cotton/6-shaft satin on a drawloom | "Inspirations - 2021 Biennial Juried Exhibition", Downtown Art Center | |
| 11/17/2021 | Lynn Martin Graton | Surf Rising I | textile wall hanging - painted warp Ikat, cotton, bottom weights (fuchin) of polymer clay | "Inspirations - 2021 Biennial Juried Exhibition", Downtown Art Center | |
| 11/17/2021 | Ghislaine Chock | The Forgotten Coverlet of 1862 | textile, Merino wool and cotton | "Inspirations - 2021 Biennial Juried Exhibition", Downtown Art Center | |
| 11/17/2021 | Jean Charlot | Early Cultural Exchanges | fresco mural | 1966 | Gift of First Hawaiian Bank |
| July 21, 2021 | Mari Sakamoto | Night in 2020 | paper collage | 2020 | SFCA Art in Public Places COVID Call for Art 2020 |
| July 21, 2021 | James Knudsen | Palolo Valley Swimming Pool | photograph | 2020 | SFCA Art in Public Places COVID Call for Art 2020 |
| July 21, 2021 | James Knudsen | Fabric Store, Kalakaua Avenue | photograph | 2020 | SFCA Art in Public Places COVID Call for Art 2020 |
| July 21, 2021 | James Knudsen | Ala Wai Canal, the Day Before Lockdown | photograph | 2020 | SFCA Art in Public Places COVID Call for Art 2020 |
| July 21, 2021 | Juanita Vitousek | High Tide Kona | watercolor painting | Gift of Mr. Carrillio Gantner | |
| July 21, 2021 | Juanita Vitousek | Jetty and Boats | watercolor painting | Gift of Mr. Carrillio Gantner | |
| July 21, 2021 | Juanita Vitousek | Pandanus Palms | watercolor painting | Gift of Mr. Carrillio Gantner | |
| July 21, 2021 | Juanita Vitousek | Mountains | watercolor painting | Gift of Mr. Carrillio Gantner | |
| July 21, 2021 | Takeo Miji | No. 7 Brambles | oil painting | 2007 | Gift of Wesley Oh and Reiko Stiver |
| July 21, 2021 | Takeo Miji | Seascape | oil painting | 2005 | Gift of Wesley Oh and Reiko Stiver |
| July 21, 2021 | Madeleine Soder | Ke Ola I Ka Wai | wall hanging: handmade indigo-dyed and waxed hand-stitched paper | 2018 | Gift of Madeleine Soder |
| September 15, 2021 | Hana Yoshihata | Kawainui | painting: ocean water, acrylic pigments, sumi ink, gouache, pastel | 2020 | Created for "Mai hoʻohuli i ka lima i luna", Hawaiʻi State Art Museum |
| 1/19/2022 | Jackie Johnston | Standing Tall | acrylic on canvas painting | - | "Malama Wao Akua 2021" at the Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center |
| 1/19/2022 | Sarah Metz | Ka Mele o Na Iwiw Manu | pit fired clay | "Malama Wao Akua 2021" at the Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center | |
| 1/19/2022 | Zach Pezzillo | Hanawi | black and white photograph | "Malama Wao Akua 2021" at the Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center | |
| 1/19/2022 | Keala Kai | Hawaiian Makau | pencil drawing | "2021 Art Kauaʻi" exhibit, Kauaʻi Society of Artists at Kukui Grove Center | |
| 1/19/2022 | Licia McDonald | Tenuous and Vulnerable | porcelain ceramic sculpture | "2021 Art Kauaʻi" exhibit, Kauaʻi Society of Artists at Kukui Grove Center | |
| 1/19/2022 | Carol Kouchi Yotsuda | 350 Truckloads to the Green Waste | ink drawing | "2021 Art Kauaʻi" exhibit, Kauaʻi Society of Artists at Kukui Grove Center | |
| 1/19/2022 | Jake Boggs | Dave | ceramic vessel | "Hawaiʻi Craftsmen Annual Statewide Exhibition 2021" at the Downtown Art Center | |
| 1/19/2022 | V. Lee Cabanilla | Hoʻolau "To Grow Leaves" | salvaged koa wood sculpture | "2021 Art Kauaʻi" exhibit, Kauaʻi Society of Artists at Kukui Grove Center | |
| 1/19/2022 | Jacob Jackson | Blue Crystalline Vessel | porcelain ceramiic vessel | "Hawaiʻi Craftsmen Annual Statewide Exhibition 2021" at the Downtown Art Center | |
| 1/19/2022 | Constance Liu | Carved Vase | porcelain vessel | "Hawaiʻi Craftsmen Annual Statewide Exhibition 2021" at the Downtown Art Center | |
| 1/19/2022 | Maya Lea Portner | Dance Forest | paper, acrylic paint, thread, pins; machine sewn | "Hawaiʻi Craftsmen Annual Statewide Exhibition 2021" at the Downtown Art Center | |
| 1/19/2022 | Joy Sanchez and Daven Hee | Expressions on Anotherʻs Form | ceramic vessel | "Hawaiʻi Craftsmen Annual Statewide Exhibition 2021" at the Downtown Art Center | |
| 1/19/2022 | Margaret Barnaby | Testing the Water | multiple plate woodblock print | 2021 | "Hawaiʻi Nei 2021" at the Wailoa Art Center |
| 1/19/2022 | Elizabeth Miller | Symbiotic Stories: ʻĀlalā and Hoʻawa | mixed media: cast resin, handworked aluminum, painting/paper | 2021 | "Hawaiʻi Nei 2021" at the Wailoa Art Center |
| 1/19/2022 | Derek Bencomo | The Feeling of Movement, 21 View | wood: carved Jacaranda mimosfolia | Hawaii's Woodshow/Na Lāʻau o Hawaiʻi | |
| 1/19/2022 | Michael Patrick Smith | The Joy of Koi | turned wood vessel with pyrography on upright stand. Cook Pine (Araucania columnaris), ebonized False Kamani (Terminalia catappa). | Hawaii's Woodshow/Na Lāʻau o Hawaiʻi | |
| 1/19/2022 | Jerry Vasconcellos | I Am Hau | Carved Hau wood (Hibiscus tiliaceus), concrete base | Hawaii's Woodshow/Na Lāʻau o Hawaiʻi | |
| 03/16/2022 | Gaye Chan | Carrying Capacity | found plastic, woven | 2021 | "Artists of Hawaiʻi Now", Honolulu Museum of Art |
| 03/16/2022 | Kapulani Landgraf | Māmakakaua | digital ink print photographs | 2021 | "Artists of Hawaiʻi Now", Honolulu Museum of Art |
| 03/16/2022 | Juvana Soliven | Body Weaponized - No. 1 | leather, steel, copper, glass, enamel, rubber, brass, thread | 2020 | "Artists of Hawaiʻi Now", Honolulu Museum of Art |
| 03/16/2022 | Juvana Soliven | Body Weaponized - No. 5 | glass beads, leather, brass, steel, thread | 2020 | "Artists of Hawaiʻi Now", Honolulu Museum of Art |
| 03/16/2022 | Melissa Chimera | Cane Fields, Teodulo and Segundo | oil, ink, and silk on linen | 2018 | "Remittance" at the Above the Equator Gallery (Hilo) |
| 3/16/2022 | Elizabeth Keller | Electric Engineering and Repair Shop at Puʻunene Sugar Mill | watercolor painting | "Hui Noʻeau 2022 Annual Juried Exhibition", Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center | |
| 3/16/2022 | Don Shamblin | Beachwalk | oil on canvas painting | "Hui Noʻeau 2022 Annual Juried Exhibition", Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center |
Artworks from the Art in Public Places Collection are displayed in state government sites across the state. To request artwork for a state government site, or to request that artwork at a site be moved, please click the “make a request” button below.
Artworks for the Art in Public Places Collection are selected via an Acquisition Award Selection Committee (AASC) from juried or curated exhibits statewide. An AASC visit must be requested by the exhibition organizers.
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