Description: Join us at the Mill as we celebrate the opening of the Hawaiʻi Triennial’s inaugural Kona exhibition venue of ALOHA NŌ. Meet artists Sonya Kelliher-Combs and Citra Sasmita and HT25 curators Wassan Al-Khudhairi and Noelle M.K.Y. Kahanu who will share about the exhibited works and theme of ALOHA NŌ. The reception begins at 5:00pm with opening protocols and program at 6:00pm.
Light pūpū will be served with a no-host bar. This event is free and open to the public. We encourage registration for this event although it is not required.
Curated by Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Binna Choi, and Noelle M.K.Y. Kahanu, HT25 considers local-global dialogues through a Hawai‘i- and Pacific-focused lens. Entitled ALOHA NŌ this exhibition challenges commonly held notions of aloha, reclaims it as an active cultural practice, and situates it as a transformative power that is collectively enacted through contemporary art.
Find information about HT25 can be found at hawaiicontemporary.org and in the HT25 Guidebook.
Exhibiting Artists: Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Citra Sasmita, Kanitha Tith
IMPORTANT DATES
- Exhibition on View: March 22 - June 28
- Potluck Lunch and Artist Talk with Citra Sasmita Thursday, March 20 from 12:30 - 2:00pm
- Creative Outlet: Portable Secrets Workshop with Sonya Kelliher-Combs: Thursday, March 20 from 5:30 - 8:30pm
- Artist Talk with Sonya Kelliher-Combs: Thursday, March 27 from 5:30 - 7:30pm
About the Exhibition: Hawai‘i Triennial 2025 (HT25), the state’s largest, thematic exhibition of contemporary art, opens across more than a dozen sites of exhibition and programming. Bringing together the works of 49 artists and art collectives from Hawai‘i, the Pacific, and beyond, HT25 will be on view at art spaces and public venues across O‘ahu, Maui, and Hawai‘i Island from February 15 to May 4 and at the Donkey Mill from March 22 to June 28, 2025.
Mahalo Nui Loa: HT25 is made possible, in part, by the generous support of AVALON GROUP, Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, and Hawaiian Airlines. Additional support is kindly provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, State of Hawai‘i, Teiger Foundation, Taiji and Naoko Terasaki Family Foundation, The Hiroaki Elaine & Lawrence Kono Foundation, Hōlualoa Inn, and our community of individual donors.
