(Courtesy: Makana)
Jeta: Intellectual Theft In The Artificial Age
Hawaiʻi musicians confront extraction, exploitation and ownership in the age of AI music.
(Courtesy: Jeta Tang)
Jeta: What’s Left Of The Artists In Kakaʻako
How HART’s rail is displacing the creative community.
(Courtesy: Lehuauakea)
Jeta: The Stories We Fight to Preserve
For one Hawaiian artist, reclaiming a buried identity began with learning the ancient art of kapa. The barkcloth opened a pathway that led back to their roots.
(Courtesy: Matt Mallams)
Jeta: Unifying Makiki’s Unspoken Creative Culture
To recognize what is already growing, sometimes we just need to look a little closer.
Courtesy: Ivan Wentland/2025
Jeta: The Artist They Told Me Not To Be
She found life in Silicon Valley tech unfulfilling, moved to Hawaiʻi, embraced her art and today launches a new column for Civil Beat.
Courtesy: World Wide Walls
The Roots Of Hawaiʻi’s Public Arts Scene
How one artist’s kuleana colored the walls in Hawaiʻi.
Photo courtesy Jeta Tang
The Sad State Of The Arts In Hawaiʻi
This election year, policymakers must be pushed to defend and invest in the arts rather than gut them.
Photo courtesy Jeta Tang
Understanding What’s Behind The Murals In Kaka‘ako
Graffiti art does more than deface walls. It challenges gentrification itself.
Courtesy Capitol Modern and The LVRG Group
How Hawaiʻi’s Pride Revives The Māhū Spirit
October’s celebration honored and reclaimed a history once nearly erased.