Courtesy: HILUG
Jeta: Lego By Lego, Getting Hawaiʻi Kids Excited About The Arts
The team behind Aloha Bricks ’26 – a Lego exhibition at Hawaiʻi’s Bishop Museum – invited schools to participate, filling a gap in arts education.
Courtesy Jonnie Park
Jeta: A Korean American Rapper Has Something To Say About Race
Dumbfoundead’s memoir opens up dialogue on how Asian Americans are often ignored in discussions about race. Hawaiʻi brings a different perspective.
Kino Lorber
Jeta: Searing Indictment Of Tourism Soon To Screen In Hawaiʻi
The black comedy “Filipiñana” turns a country club into a sharp critique of tourism, classism, and the people behind paradise. No spoilers.
Photo Courtesy Marian Lee.
Jeta: How the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra Made One Of The Nation’s Biggest Comebacks
The orchestra survived collapse, reinvented itself and earned state recognition. Now the funding needs to catch up.
Jeta Tang/Civil Beat/2026
Jeta: The Artist Restoring Hawaiʻi’s Capitol With Many Hands
The State Capitol’s failed reflecting pools are being transformed into communal art. Spoiler alert: It won’t be done this year.
(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.