WHAT IS SMALL TOWN * BIG ART?

NEXT UP: Maui artist Michael Takemoto's Murder of ʻAlalā on Market Street, Wailuku - just as soon as Social Distancing measures allow. Read the latest DETAILS here and sign up for a spoken word time slot! 
  • SMALL TOWN * BIG ART is a 2018-2020 creative placemaking pilot project to help position Wailuku, Maui, Hawai‘i as a public arts district that is focused on its distinctive sense of place, history and culture.
  • As one of 60 grant awardees selected throughout the United States by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Our Town program, the Maui Redevelopment Agency will execute this 22-month (September 1, 2018 - June 30, 2020) project that began conceptualization in 2012.
  • Our Town is the NEA’s signature creative placemaking program to support partnerships of artists, arts organizations, and municipal government that work together to revitalize neighborhoods.
  • Working closely with Hale Hō‘ike‘ike at the Bailey House/ Maui Historical Society (MHS), SMALL TOWN * BIG ART will deliver a strategic response to the community need for public art in Wailuku Town. 
  • Public art applications have been reviewed by an evaluation panel with selection criteria aimed at quality, style, experience in creating communal or public art, significance to Wailuku and alignment with an MHS-selected ‘ōlelo no‘eau.
  • Art installations/ presentations are paired with public events such as talk story sessions, unveilings, free artist workshops, pop-up paint and play days, and more, which invite the public to be a part of both the process and the product. Read more. 

"Public art projects will be most effective when they are part of a larger, holistic, multidisciplinary approach to enlivening a city or neighborhood."
- Project for Public Spaces

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