Kinolau Community Native Species Art Exhibit

Deadline: October 17, 2025, 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 three native species:

• Malama Kahālāwai - Lobelia gloria-montis

• Uhiwai o Haleakalā - Koa

• Aloha Makena - Wiliwili

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, as well as displayed during the upcoming events. Participants of the in-person Lau Ke Aloha event on August 17 are encouraged to submit the artwork they create. Due date for submissions is October 17, 2025, 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 Malama Kahālāwai and to Uhiwai o Haleakalā for every piece of original artwork submitted by October 17, 2025, at 11:59 P.M., with a goal of 300 submissions.

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Artwork will be displayed at the following Mākena community events: 8/24 Watersheds Golf Event, 9/27 ʻOhana o Honuaʻula Dinner, 9/28 Maui Food Bank Golf Event, and the 10/19 Aloha Makena Golf Event.