Kinolau Community Native Species Art Exhibit

Deadline: April 12, 2026, at 11:59 P.M.

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We invite everyone to contribute to our Kinolau Community Native Species Art Exhibit, honoring native species as kinolau, the many expressions of life, well-being, and vitality in our island ecosystem.

This is a call to anyone interested in expressing their aloha for our native species through art. We’re looking for original artwork that reflects one of the following two native species:

• Maui Youth & Family Services - ʻUlu (Artocarpus altilis)

• Friends of the Childrenʻs Justice Center - ʻAʻaliʻi (Dodonaea viscosa)

Your submission can be any creative form—visual art, poetry, mele (song), or ʻōlelo noʻeau (wise saying) —so long as it honors at least one of these species; no profanity or profane images will be accepted. 

Selected pieces will be featured on our website and social media. Participants of the in-person Lau Ke Aloha x Pilina ʻĀina event on March 29 are encouraged to submit their artwork. Due date for submissions is April 12, 2026, at 11:59 P.M.

As a further opportunity to support the life-giving power of native species and art on Maui, Mākena Golf & Beach Club will donate $10 ($5 each) to Maui Youth & Family Services and to Friends of the Childrenʻs Justice Center for every piece of original artwork submitted by April 12, 2026, at 11:59 P.M., with a goal of 300 submissions.

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Artwork may be displayed at future Mākena community events.