Han Aegyung is a 3.5 generation Oahu Korean writer, artist, poet who descends from Korean Freedom Fighter Han Kyungsun and continues the legacy of speaking against occupation and genocide and advocating for reparations and reunifications for all oppr...
An independent illustrator from San Francisco now rooted in Waikīkī, Matías Solario’s artistic expression captures Hawai’i’s nostalgic essence through a unique blend of tropical landscapes and mid-century aesthetics. Specializing in digitally replica...
Kailanianna (Kai) Ablog (they/she) is a full-time archaeologist of CHamoru/Chamorro, Palauan, and Filipino descent. Kai was born in Hawaiʻi and worked as a journalist prior to her transition to archaeology. Writing played a major role in Kai’s develo...
rabbidog (he/him) is a queer brown guy who loves comics, arts, the inflammatory, and his three cats. his hobbies include men and falling in love with them. above all, he believes art is an intrinsic ability given to all and hopes the documentation of...
thomas iannucci is a writer, poet, and rapper from Kaua'i of Italian and Filipino descent. His writing has been published or is forthcoming in Pasifika publications like Bamboo Ridge, New Zealand's Takahē Magazine, and The Hawaii Review of Books. In ...
Mitchell Fong, known as umamiplant, is an independent artist from Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. Their work explores local Hawaiʻi pop culture, queer experiences, and an imagined world of flora and fauna. Specializing in collectible accessories, Mitchell creates fi...
Chevelle Mahi is a multidisciplinary artist and writer from the Big Island of Hawai’i, with a background in visual arts. Her work explores themes of resilience, healing, and mental health, drawing from personal experiences to create narratives that f...
Born and raised in Hālawa, Mar Mizunaka discovered the power of words at an early age, often writing by candlelight into the night. What began as a childhood practice of journaling—marked by underlines and outlines of ideas once believed to be fully ...
Jonathon Medeiros teaches and learns about Language Arts at Kauaʻi High School. He frequently writes about education, equity, and the power of curiosity, which kills boredom. If you change all of your mistakes or regrets, you’d erase yourself. Jonath...
Angie Hawkins is the author and speaker behind Running in Slippers. A prolific writer since winning the Young Author award in fifth grade, she later trained at The Second City Chicago’s sketch comedy program. An adventurer at heart, she’s skydived, c...
Ethan Jard’re Martos, aka POCKETS!, is a multimedia artist from Oahu, Hawaii, working in video, photography, 3D art, and music. His work explores relationships with people, communities, and himself, expressing emotions beyond words. Through his Insta...
Wendi White, raised in the Adirondack mountains, is a poet and educator now musing among the geckoes and ginger scented ridges of Oʻahu. She earned her MFA from Old Dominion University's Creative Writing Program in Virginia and was recently nominated...
Luke Magelssen is a Chinese-American filmmaker and choreographer from Oahu, Hawaii, studying Film at Emerson College. His work explores childhood, grief, and diasporic cultures, reflecting his experiences with identity and belonging. Raised in Hawai’...
Oahu based artist, Elena Friedman, has loved the arts throughout her childhood and started taking art classes since 2011. In 2021, she graduated, with a Bachelor of Art in Art Studio and has been creating ever since. She has many interests when it co...
Mau Le Ha (He/Hym) is a Vietnamese transmasc jack of various trades;multi-media mess based in Makiki. His work often remixes the culture & media around hym. He is currently in the New Media Arts program in Interface Design at Kapioʻlani Community Col...
Spencer Soule is a writer and artist based in Pālolo Valley, Honolulu, where they live with their spouse and French bulldog, Marceline the Vampire Frenchie. Their work challenges notions of traditional masculinity while exploring the subtle and profo...
Renelaine Pfister is a physical therapist and writer based on Oahu. Her poems, short stories and articles have been published in the U.S. and in the Philippines, where she was born and raised. She believes in krakens and dragons and that they can fal...
Kalehua Fung was the Hawaii Youth Poet Laureate from 2022-2023. She is a 2021 graduate from the Hawaiian Public Charter School, Halau Ku Mana. Her Native Hawaiian culture and schooling is very important and she believes is the foundation of all her s...
Lindsay Leilani is a Kanaka ʻŌiwi artist raised in the Wisconsin Northwoods, now living and creating on Oʻahu. Her journey, shaped by experiences in and beyond Hawaiʻi, inspires her exploration of identity, environmentalism, spirituality, and feminis...
Sarah Burchard is a traveler, writer and recovering chef. A twenty-five-year lifer in the hospitality business, she officially went to “the dark side” in 2021 to support her writing habit — meaning she waits tables part-time, so she can spend the res...
Benjamin Fairfield received his MA and PhD in ethnomusicology from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where he established the #MUS311 Thai Ensemble (a sustainability-focused course where students repurpose rubbish into functional musical instrument...
Tabitha is a writer and storyteller born and raised in Hawai’i, dedicated to amplifying the stories and cultural heritage of her homeland. Through her work, she blends traditional Hawaiian influences with contemporary perspectives, creating a bridge ...
