WAILUKU
Developed through a 2018 Our Town grant by the National Endowment for the Arts, SMALL TOWN * BIG ART (ST*BA) began as a creative placemaking collaboration of the County of Maui and Hale Hōʻikeʻike at the Bailey House / Maui Historical Society working to develop an arts district that celebrates the distinctive sense of place, history and culture of Wailuku, Hawai‘i.

Through ST*BA, professional artists are paired with community consultants to co-create visual, performance and experiential art installations that align with ‘ōlelo from Mary Kawena Pukui’s ‘Ōlelo No‘eau: Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayings.

The positive community response to the ST*BA pilot created a strong demand for this work in new neighborhoods. In 2020, Maui Public Art Corps was incorporated and granted 501c3 nonprofit tax exemption to expand this work countywide. Today, ST*BA continues as a collaborative Wailuku Town initiative of the County and Maui Public Art Corps. Work done outside of Wailuku is funded through individual donations, charitable grants and public-private partnerships. 
Click any image below to learn more about each ST*BA project. 

Wailuku Talk-Story Recordings

This section is a resource for artists responding to our annual calls to interpret intergenerational talk-story recordings rooted in specific places across Maui County. These recordings are gathered through Hui Mo‘olelo workshops and become the foundation for community-reviewed artist concepts that evolve into collaborative public artworks.
  1. Pūlama Collier, Hawaiian scholar, educator, artist, and philosopher & her son Kiaʻi Collier, Waihee Manager, Hawaii Land Trust (Full Recording Part 1 | Part 2 | Excerpt 1 | Excerpt 2)
  2. Eugene Kahoʻohanohano & Francis Tauʻa, Maui Performing Artist & Teaching Artist (Full Recording HERE | Excerpt HERE)
  3. Marjorie Kahalaomapuana & Francis Tauʻa, Maui Performing Artist & Teaching Artist (Full Recording HERE | Excerpt HERE)
  4. Liana Horovitz, University of Hawaiʻi Maui College & her father Paul Mancini (Full Recording HERE | Excerpt HERE)
  5. Cynthia Cary, Retired social worker, University of Hawaiʻi Maui College Human Services Program & Lee Stein (Full Recording HERE | Excerpt HERE)
  6. Hōkū Pavao, Maui performing artist and arts administrator & Francis Taua (Full Recording HERE | Excerpt HERE)
  7. Daniel Southmayd, Medical Case Manager at Maui Aids Foundation Inc. & Nilo Nono (Full Recording HERE | Excerpt HERE)
  8. Erin Wade & Carol Ball (Full Recording HERE | Excerpt HERE)
  9. Uncle William Garcia, Jr. & Pualani Enos, UH Mānoa Matsunaga Institute for Peace (Full Recording HERE | Excerpt HERE)
  10. Andrew Chin, ukulele instructor at ʻĪao Intermediate School & his stepfather, artist Michael Takemoto (Full Recording HERE | Excerpt HERE)
  11. Jennifer Freeland, Behavioral Health Specialist · Hawaiʻi State Department of Education & her father, Haines Burt Freeland (Full Recording HERE | Excerpt HERE)
  12. Hōkūlani Holt, PhD, Kumu Hula, Pāʻū O Hiʻiaka, Ka Hikina O Ka Lā, University of Hawaii Maui College & Cody Pueo Pata, Kumu Hula, Halau Hula ʻo ka Malama Mahilani (Full Recording HERE | Excerpt HERE)
  13. Musicians Anthony Pfluke & Kevin Brown (Full Recording HERE | Excerpt HERE)
  14. Hōaka Delos Reyes, expert in the field of stone-on-stone carving (kālai pōhaku) & Anuhea Yagi, Student of Hawaiian Life Ways (Full Recording HERE | Excerpt HERE)
  15. Kahoʻiwai Belsom, Attorney & Jocelyn Romero Demirbag, Ed.D., Director of Development, Maui Nui at The University of Hawaii Foundation (Full Recording HERE | Excerpt HERE)
  16. Michael Bursack & Annadele Yahiro, Docents for Hale Hōʻikeʻike at the Bailey House / Maui Historical Society (Full Recording HERE | Excerpt HERE)
  17. Kekoa Enomoto, ʻAhahui Kaʻahumanu and Chairwoman, Paʻupena Community Development Corporation & Kauwela Bisquera, General Manager, Queen Kaʻahumanu Center (Full Recording HERE | Excerpt HERE)
  18. Frank De Rego, Maui Police Commission, Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce, Maui County Climate Action Resiliency Planning Advisory Committee & Wallette Pellegrino (Full Recording HERE | Excerpt HERE)
  19. Roselle Bailey, Kumu Hula, Ka’Imi Na’auao O Hawaii Nei Institute & Anuhea Yagi, Student of Hawaiian Life Ways (Full Recording HERE | Excerpt HERE)
  20. Clifford Naeʻole, Cultural Advisor at The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua & Hōkūao Pellegrino, Nohoʻana Farm (Full Recording HERE | Excerpt HERE)
  21. Gordean Bailey, Kumu Hula, Halau Wehiwehi of Leilehua & Sissy Lake-Farm, Kumu Hula, Hālau Makana Aloha O Ka Lauaʻe (Full Recording HERE | Excerpt HERE)
  22. Kalapana Kollars, Hawaiian Cultural Programs Director, Lahaina Restoration Foundation & Wallette Pellegrino (Full Recording HERE | Excerpt HERE)
  23. Dean Tokishi, Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission & Skippy Hau, Aquatic Biologist, State of Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources (Full Recording HERE | Excerpt HERE)
  24. Lopaka White, Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission + Kepā Maly, Cultural Historian & Resource Specialist, Executive Director of Lānaʻi Culture and Heritage Center (Full Recording HERE | Excerpt HERE)