NEWS:

February 2023
  • Call-to-Artists released for “Glow in the Garden” juried exhibition (Maui Now)
  • Public salon series aims to elevate community and conversation (Maui Now)

January 2023
  • Blessing and unveiling held for 100-foot mural on Church Street in Wailuku (Maui Now)

December 2022
  • SMALL TOWN * BIG ART presents Hui Mo‘olelo Film Fest at Wailuku’s ʻĪao Theater (Maui Now)
  • New mural inspired by ‘warrior women’ completed and blessed (The Maui News)

November 2022
September 2022
August 2022
  • Inspiration from above (The Maui News)
  • Huge Maui art unveiling, Monday (Maui Now)
  • Second mural in ‘Mana Wahine’ collection to be unveiled in Wailuku​ (The Maui News)
  • Mana Wahine mural unveiling, Aug. 11 (Maui Now)

July 2022 
  • Maui Non Profit Notes, Radio Show of The Maui Non Profit Directors Association (Listen) 
  • Artists sought to bring audio stories to life through art (The Maui News)
  • Partnerships fund more public art on Maui (Maui Now)
  • ST*BA Next Public Art Application Deadline Announced for Neighborhoods Throughout Maui County (LINK)
  • Art draws upon Wailuku interviews (Maui Now)

June 2022
  • Wailuku Wings (Maui News)
  • Latest public art piece in Wailuku to be unveiled (Maui News)
  • SMALL TOWN * BIG ART welcomes Maui-based artist Sachelle Dae, art unveiling June 30​ (Maui Now)
  • ‘Wailuku Wings’ butterfly sculpture to be unveiled June 20 at Imua Discovery Garden (Maui Now)

May 2022
April 2022
  • Press Release: 'Small Town, Big Stories' Available Friday, April 29
  • Wailuku storytellers inspire art display (Maui Now)
  • ‘Small Town, Big Stories’ celebrates community figures (The Maui News)

March 2022
  • Small Town, Big Stories promo on KAOI FM's Maui Non Profit Directors Association Radio Show 3/30/22 (Listen)
  • ST*BA presents Oscar-nominated Richard O’Connor and Ball State University at ʻĪao Theater (Maui Now)
  • Press Release: ST*BA Presents Artist Richard O'Connor and Ball State University at ʻĪao Theater
  • The journey of oopu: Mural blessing (The Maui News)

February 2022
  • Public Art Inspired by Wailuku Storytellers: New ST*BA Mural and Dance Performance Coming Soon (LINK)
  • Artist selected to create a public sculpture for Imua Discovery Garden (The Maui News)
  • Arizona artist tours Wailuku for inspiration to create sculpture for Imua Discovery Garden (Maui Now)
  • SMALL TOWN * BIG ART Partners with Imua Discovery Garden for New Destination Art Piece (eNewsletter)

January 2022
  • County receives $30,000 grant for Small Town Big Art program (The Maui News)
  • $30K NEA grant supports Small Town * Big Art in Wailuku, Maui (Maui Now)
  • Future plans for more culturally rooted art to be painted on Maui (KHON2)
  • Where should public art go in Maui County? Survey seeks community input (Maui Now)
  • County of Maui To Receive A $30,000 National Endowment For The Arts Grant (LINK)

December 2021
  • New mobile app spotlights history, art of Wailuku town (The Maui News)
  • App Created for Self-Guided Walking Tour of Wailuku Town’s Public Art (Maui Now)
  • Public Art, Celebrating Community, History And Culture, Revitalizes Small Town On The Island Of Maui (Forbes)
  • Film Release! The Wailuku Dance Crawl + Our Self-Guided Walking Tour (eNewsletter)

November 2021
  • SMALL TOWN * BIG ART Presents Adaptations Dance Theater: November 23 (eNewsletter)
  • SMALL TOWN * BIG ART Calls for Artists to Apply to Work on Local Projects (Maui Now)
  • Small Town Big Art seeks public art proposals (The Maui News)
  • Small city asks artists to apply to work on local projects (6Park News Hawaii)

October 2021
  • ST*BA Next Public Art Application Deadline Announced (eNewsletter)
  • SMALL TOWN * BIG ART Welcomes Lori Hepner (Maui Now)

September 2021
  • SMALL TOWN * BIG ART Welcomes Visiting Artist + New Film Premiere + Youth Slam Poetry Workshop (eNewsletter)
  • Small Town Big Art and Mary Kawena Pukui (Nā Mea Hou, September 2021 Issue)
  • ST*BA Welcomes Visiting Artist & Penn State Arts Professor Lori Hepner (Blog)

August 2021
  • Culturised Podcast: "Art & Culture with Manager of Small Town * Big Art on Maui, Kelly McHugh-White" (Honolulu Star Advertiser)
  • SMALL TOWN * BIG ART Wailuku Dance Crawl in August (Maui Now)
  • SMALL TOWN * BIG ART Welcomes Adaptations Dance Theater: August 2021​ (eNewsletter)

July 2021
  • Maui Non Profit Directors weekly radio show (begin listening at 27:21) 
  • Mana Wahine Documentary + Up Next (eNewsletter)
  • The Public Art Podcast | Episode #1: Amanda Joy Bowers (more episodes on our PODCAST page)

​June 2021
  • Wish Granted: Nine-Year-Old Battling Kidney Disease Leaves Mark on Maui (Maui Now)
  • SMALL TOWN * BIG ART To Unveil Two 100-Foot Murals, June 25 (Maui Now)
  • Press Release: SMALL TOWN * BIG ART Unveiling with Imua Discovery Garden and Maui OnStage
  • Wahine energy in Wailuku: Maui murals draw from community input (Maui News)
  • ST*BA Collaborates with Maui-Grown Artists for Next Public Art Project in Wailuku (MauiNow)
  • Press Release: SMALL TOWN * BIG ART Welcomes Mana Wahine

May 2021
  • Small Town * Big Art Presents Latest Public Artwork by Jaclynn Sabado-Eitel (Maui Now)
  • ST*BA Newsletter: Makai to Mauka by Jaclynn Sabado-Eitel + Up Next! (eNewsletter)
April 2021
  • SMALL TOWN * BIG ART Presents Installation of New Public Artwork by Jaclynn Sabado-Eitel (Maui Now)
  • Ho'omau by Kirk Kurokawa + Introducing Jaclynn Sabado-Eitel (eNewsletter)
  • New mural in Wailuku aims to spread awareness about child abuse prevention (Hawaii News Now)
  • Blessing Held for New Wailuku Mural at Victim Witness Building (Maui Now)

March 2021
February 2021
  • Latest ‘Small Town Big Art’ works highlight Maui icons (The Maui News)
  • SMALL TOWN * BIG ART Unveiled Public Paintings by Maui-Based Avi Molinas (Maui Now)
  • Introducing Maui Artists Avi Molinas & Michael Takemoto (eNewsletter)
  • "...Community and Arts are a Perfect Match" (HI Luxury Magazine)

January 2021
  • Small Town * Big Art Shares Overview of Pilot Year, Asks Community Feedback (Maui Now)
  • 2021 Small Town * Big Art Program Seeking Submissions for Public Art Projects in Wailuku (Maui Now)
  • Call-to-Artists! (eNewsletter LINK)

November 2020
  • New mural in Wailuku completed (The Maui News)
  • SMALL TOWN * BIG ART Nears Completion of New Wailuku Mural (Maui Now)

October 2020​
  • A Tribute to Wailuku Art: What We've Heard So Far (eNewsletter LINK)
  • Help us design the next Wailuku Town mural (eNewsletter LINK)

March 2020
  • ST*BA Presents Michael Takemoto (eNewsletter LINK)

February 2020
  • SMALL TOWN * BIG ART “Birds of a Feather” Free Shows Feb. 7 (LINK)
  • Birds of a Feather (eNewsletter #6: LINK)

January 2020
  • Join Us Tomorrow Morning for SMALL TOWN * BIG ART Sneak Peek! (eNewsletter #5: LINK)

December 2019
  • Small Town Big Art: Blessing of Hīnaʻi by Maui-Based Sculptor on Friday (LINK)
  • SMALL TOWN * BIG ART, a creative placemaking project in Wailuku (LINK)
  • For the Community, By the Community Endemic Hawai‘i Artists unveil a new Wailuku mural (LINK)
  • New Mural Unveiling Friday at Wailuku Omura Building (LINK)

October 2019
  • New mural added to Wailuku Town (LINK)
  • New Wailuku Mural Inspired by ʻŌlelo Noʻeau (LINK)
September 2019
  • Community Arts Workshop This Monday: Space is Limited! (eNewsletter LINK)
  • An intro to SMALL TOWN * BIG ART, by Austin Alimbuyuguen (LINK)
  • ‘Lost and Found’ Artist Andy Behrle On Connecting People, History, and Nature (LINK)
  • Where in the world is Andy Behrle? (LINK)
  • Artist Creates Replica of Church Windows Lost in Fire 42 Years Ago (LINK)
  • Our Very 1st SMALL TOWN * BIG ART Unveiling (eNewsletter LINK)
July 2019
  • Aloha. (eNewsletter issue #1) (LINK)
  • On The Couch on KAOI Radio (Click audio link)
  • New Media Work Kicks Off Full Year of Public Art Installations in Wailuku (LINK)

June 2019
  • Artist Seeks Pre-’77 Photos of St. Anthony Church (LINK)

February 2019
  • Big Finish For Some Big Art (LINK)
  • Call to Artists for Public Art Projects (LINK)
  • International Call for Submissions, Small Town, Big Art: Call for Public Art in Wailuku, Hawaii (LINK)
  • Murals of Wailuku: 16 New Pieces of Public Art Paint Mauka to Makai (LINK)

January 2019
  • Murals For Oceans Flowing Across Maui (LINK)
  • Planner to explain future plans for Wailuku Town (LINK)
  • Painting Wailuku town in ‘Sea Walls’ (LINK)
  • Artists to Paint Murals in Wailuku and Central Maui (LINK)
  • Team of Artists to Paint Murals Throughout Wailuku and Central Maui (LINK)
November 2018
  • Maui County Wins National Arts Grant (LINK)
  • $75,000 NEA grant awarded to develop public art in Wailuku (LINK)
  • Kiaora Bohlool has more on why organizers call this award “a dream come true.” (LINK)

May 2018
  • National Endowment for the Arts Announces Grants to Support the Arts and Innovation Across the Country

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