HAWAIʻI NEI 2019
November 1 - December 12 Wailoa Center, Hilo 

2019 Award Winners!

YOUTH - Featured Category: Kō ā kai
Lower Elementary
  • Honorable Mention
    • Noah Cunningham “Hawaiian Duck”
    • Makenzie Davis “Honu”
  • 1st Place - Eva Moore “Boxfish”

Upper Elementary 
  • Honorable Mentions
    • Miley Auth “Helmet Urchin”
    • Ainsley Smith “Mermaid Lagoon”
  • 1st Place - Mercy Dunn “Kihikihi Map”

Middle School 
  • Honorable Mentions
    • Kaʻōpualani Puniwai-Ganoot “Limu”
    • Ezra Monello “Hawaiian Puffer”
  • 1st Place - Kaʻōnohi Puniwai-Ganoot “Giant Squid”

High School 
  • Honorable Mentions
    • Ava Baker “Recycled Marine” 
    • Damia Burns “Jelly Fish”
  • 1st Place - Tara Davis “Coastal Reef”

Group Entry 
  • Honorable Mentions
    • Christian Hunt & Ben Birk “Amazing Creatures”
    • Haʻaheo 4th Grade “Ma Ke Kai” 
  • 1st Place - Waiākea Intermediate Art Class Kumu Carrie Edgil “Plastic Reef”
YOUTH: General Native Species
Lower Elementary 
  • Honorable Mention
    • Saybri Enos “Follow the Leader”
    • Brady Shiroma “The Damselfly”
  • 1st Place - Khloe Ontiveros “In The Forest”

Upper Elementary
  • Honorable Mentions
    • Jaxon Smith “Happy Little Mistakes” 
    • Senaka Reddy “ʻŌhiʻa Mug Etched”
  • 1st Place - Quincy Tobey “Before Us” 

Middle School 
  • Honorable Mentions
    • Alayna York “Forest Birds”
    • Malika Bernal “Pueo”
  • 1st Place - Tiffany Wong “Across the Sky”

High School 
  • Honorable Mentions
    • Jasmine Christie “ʻŌhiʻa Forest”
    • Jubilee Nelson “Napping Nēnē”
  • 1st Place - Jasmine Christie “Impacts”

Group Entry
  • Honorable Mention - VSAS 3rd & 4th Grade Kumu Laura Warner “Impressions of Kumulipo”
  • 1st Place - Anwar Genz & Ava Yamanaka “Bucky”

​Jurorʻs Choice 
  • Ka ʻUmeke Kāʻeo “A Moku Lehua Nui”
ADULT - Featured Category: Kō ā Kai

Amateur 
  •  2nd Place - Andy Feifarek “Symmetry” 
  • 1st Place - Diana Miller “Life on the Edge”
Professional
  • 2nd Place - Howard Bradley “Kona Aeʻo”
  • 1st Place - Kathleen Carr “Reticulated Butterflyfish in a Reticulated Field”

ADULT: General Native Species

Amateur 
  •  2nd Place - Alex Wang “ʻAkiapōlāʻau”
  • 1st Place - Lorraine Waianuhea “Na Ka Hau O Maunakea Kuʻu Nio”
Professional 
  •  2nd Place - Jelena Clay “ʻAlalā in ʻŌlapa Tree”
  • 1st Place - Bonnie Hahn “A Walk Along the Shore”

Honorable Mentions
  • David Ford “Manuiwa”
  • Claire Seastone “Kamehameha Chrysalis”
  • Norman Negre 

Jurorsʻ Choice 
  • Lynn Capell “A Delicate Balance”

NEWS AND EVENTS

Come celebrate our native species at the Hawaiʻi Nei Holiday Reception on Friday Dec. 6th from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at Wailoa Center. Volcano Art Center will be announcing artists who have been selected for the summer invitational Hawaiʻi Nei show. Also enjoy sweet treats, fun holiday crafts, and festive music by the Puna Menʻs Chorus.

UPCOMING WORKSHOP

Get crafty this holiday season by block printing your own gift tags and wrapping paper! Stop by Wailoa Center anytime between 10:00am to 2:00pm on Saturday Dec. 7th and stamp wrapping paper using our pre-carved blocks featuring a wide range of native species. Participants are welcome to bring a few of their own gift items to stamp such as note cards and gift bags (white block printing ink will be available). Registration is not required, however a $5 donation supply fee is graciously requested. All ages are welcome!