“INSIDE,” the exhibition currently on view at the East Hawai‘i Cultural Center, presents a compassionate portrait of pa‘ahao – incarcerated people.

The photographs, installations, video, drawings, and writings on display give voice to a group often rendered invisible, thanks to the humanitarian efforts of community advocates Kai Markell, Kim Kamaluʻokeakua Moa, Kahu Kaleo Patterson, Robert Chang, and Yola Monakhov Stockton, who bring illuminating stories of hope and resilience to life.

The exhibition also welcomes special guests from Turtle Island: incarcerated filmmaker Louis Sále of San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, and scholar Tria Blu Wakpa in collaboration with incarcerated Oglala Lakota elder, artist, and writer, George Blue Bird.

INSIDE, which is currently on view through July 25, is being exhibited in cooperation with the exhibition E Mau Ke Ea: The Sovereign Hawaiian Nation, which was produced by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI).  An official opening reception for INSIDE will be held on May 30 at 6 p.m.

For more information, visit EHCC online at ehcc.org, call 961-5711

 

 

Photo credit: East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center