May 19 – July 4 at NMAI
May 21 – June 25 at Transformer

This IS Hawai'i

Press and media:

• Click here for the full press release (PDF).
• Click here for the brochure.
• Video of Framework Panel 14: Where Art Worlds Meet on Vimeo
• "Hawaiian Punch" - Where Magazine
• "Review of Hawaiian artists at American Indian Museum and Transformer Gallery" - Washington Post
• "This IS Hawai'i Reviewed" - Washington City Paper
• "Hawaiian Punch: Transformer Forges a Rare Smithsonian Collaboration" - Washington City Paper
• "Hawaiian Punch!" - DC Magazine
• Click here for more information on the upcoming Framework Panel Where Art Worlds Meet: A Conversation with Indigenous Hawaiian, Native American, and Aboriginal Contemporary Artists.

Actively exploring their indigenous Hawaiian heritage and history, and its intersection with contemporary society, This IS Hawai`i artists Solomon Enos, Puni Kukahiko, Carl F. K. Pao and Maika'i Tubbs explore - through site-specific installation, artistic actions, and public programs - what it means to be "Hawaiian" in the 21st century.