INSIDE: Incarcerated Voices of Hawaiʻi and Beyond

INSIDE: Incarcerated Voices of Hawaiʻi and Beyond
Curator: Kanani Daley & Co-Curator: Laura Dunn

Official reception and artists talk May 30, 6pm.

On view May 10th - July 25th, 2025 at East Hawai‘i Cultural Center’s Main Gallery and Ola Nā Iwi Gallery.

INSIDE, an exhibition for the pa‘ahao (incarcerated people) presents an urgent and compassionate portrait of those often rendered invisible, illuminating stories of hope and resilience through the humanitarian efforts of community advocates Kai Markell, Kim Kamaluʻokeakua Moa, Kahu Kaleo Patterson, Robert Chang, and Yola Monakhov Stockton. The exhibition also welcomes special guests hailing from Turtle Island: incarcerated filmmaker Louis Sále (native of Hawai'i) at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, and scholar Tria Blu Wakpa in collaboration with incarcerated Oglala Lakota elder, artist, and writer, George Blue Bird. INSIDE is in concert with the Exhibit of E Mau Ke Ea: The Sovereign Hawaiian Nation was produced by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). The E Mau Ke Ea Exhibition includes 18 free standing banners with text and graphics that introduces visitors to the complex and nuanced history of the Hawaiian Nation, from the consolidation of the islands by King Kamehameha I in 1810 to the resurgence of Hawaiian nationalism today.

For full description and exhibition statement, visit: https://ehcc.org/content/inside-incarcerated-voices

You may also like the following events from East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center:

• Next Friday, 27th June, 04:00 pm, Our Sea of Islands, A New Oceania with Puakea Forester in Hilo
• Next Saturday, 28th June, 01:00 pm, "Try Think" Community Conversation in Hilo
• Next month, 1st July, 04:00 pm, Youth Intro to Ceramics with Emily Lethlean in Hilo

Also check out other Exhibitions in Hilo, Arts events in Hilo, Concerts in Hilo.