The Hawaiʻi Triennial is Hawaiʻi’s largest, thematic exhibition of contemporary art from Hawai‘i, the Pacific, and beyond. Last year’s Hawaiʻi Triennial 2025 (HT25) shared the work of 49 artists and artist collectives around the theme "Aloha Nō."

In this episode, we hear from one of the three co-curators of HT25, Noelle Kahanu, as well as three HT25 artists:

• Gisela McDaniel, a diasporic, Indigenous CHamoru artist who explores the effects of trauma, displacement, and colonization through portraiture and oral histories;
• John Pule, the celebrated Niuean painter and poet based in Aotearoa New Zealand; and
• Brandy Nālani McDougall, the Kanaka ʻŌiwi poet and educator who served as Hawaiʻi State Poet Laureate 2023-2025.