Past Exhibits Archive
2026
Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper
Feb 24, 2026
- May 15, 2026
Unique for its strong natural fibers and its painstaking production techniq...
2025
OCEAN OF PEACE
Dec 6, 2025
- Jan 31, 2026
Ocean of Peace Gallery Exhibit closes on January 31. The “Ocean of Peace” r...
Satoru Abe: Reaching for the Sun
Sep 16, 2025
- Nov 22, 2025
One of Hawaiʻi’s most prominent artists, Satoru Abe (1926-2025) maintained...
MACC Biennial 2025
Jul 8, 2025
- Aug 30, 2025
Now in its second edition, MACC Biennial showcases the voices of artists fr...
YOUNG ARTMAKERS 2025
Jul 15, 2025
- Jul 25, 2025
Summer Education Program at Schaefer International Gallery
THREE DECADES
Apr 15, 2025
- Jun 13, 2025
As the MACC crosses its 30-year milestone, this exhibition takes a look at...
Schaefer Portrait Challenge 2025
Jan 14, 2025
- Mar 22, 2025
The Gallery will be closed on March 15 & 21.A signature of Maui Arts & Cult...
2024
PATHS OF INK
Nov 12, 2024
- Dec 28, 2024
This exhibition features contemporary artists from Japan and Korea who purs...
ALTERED EARTH
Aug 27, 2024
- Oct 19, 2024
This invitational exhibition features ten contemporary ceramic artists with...
Max Ernst: Surreal Mindscapes & Characters
Apr 9, 2024
- Jun 1, 2024
This exhibition highlights Ernst’s role in the development of these histori...
Sense of Place / Place of Sense
Jan 23, 2024
- Mar 16, 2024
This exhibition explores the multi-faceted meaning of community at a critic...
2023
Marcia Morse & George Woollard
Nov 14, 2023
- Dec 30, 2023
Concurrent retrospective exhibitions of two prominent Hawai‘i artists, Marc...
Chenta Laury & Holly Wong
Sep 12, 2023
- Oct 28, 2023
Two solo exhibits interpret the spatial potential of the gallery with in...
MACC BIENNIAL 2023
Jul 5, 2023
- Aug 26, 2023
Maui Arts & Cultural Center expands its commitment to creative community bu...
ANIMA: Doorways of Perception
Apr 11, 2023
- Jun 10, 2023
The Hawai‘i Island-based collective, Consensual Lack of Reality, included P...
’IKE KANAKA
Jan 17, 2023
- Mar 18, 2023
This invitational exhibition will feature work by ten contemporary Kanaka ʻ...
2022
HAWAI‘I CRAFTSMEN
Nov 8, 2022
- Dec 22, 2022
We welcome the Hawai‘i Craftsmen Organization to Schaefer International Gal...
INFINITE NIGHT, Photography by STAN HONDA
Sep 6, 2022
- Oct 22, 2022
The night sky landscapes of New York-based photojournalist Stan Honda show...
PAPER WATER WIND
Jul 5, 2022
- Aug 20, 2022
This invitational exhibition brings together a dynamic group of artists who...
Schaefer Portrait Challenge 2022
Jan 11, 2022
- Mar 19, 2022
The Schaefer Portrait Challenge is a triennial statewide juried exhibition...
2021
Taiji Terasaki: Reset/Reshape
Sep 22, 2021
- Dec 18, 2021
Conceived against the backdrop of the momentous COVID-19 pandemic, Taiji Te...
ABSTRACTIONx3
Jul 7, 2021
- Sep 4, 2021
Three artists from Hawai‘i individually address issues informing abstractio...
2020
The Woodworker's Journey: Concept to Creation
Jan 7, 2020
- Feb 23, 2020
This invitational features 25 distinguished woodworking artists from Hawai‘...
2019
Uniques Gallery Gift Shop
Nov 16, 2019
- Dec 20, 2019
Our gallery gift shop is back by popular demand, offering exceptional and a...
Art & Activism: An Exhibition About Change
Aug 25, 2019
- Oct 31, 2019
We have invited an impressive group of artists who address issues releva...
First Nations Art of British Columbia
Jun 16, 2019
- Aug 11, 2019
This exhibition brings inspiring contemporary artwork from aboriginal ar...
Sidney Yee: Wabi-Sabi
Jun 14, 2019
- Aug 2, 2019
The thought-provoking ideas of Maui artist, Sidney Yee.
Art Maui 2019
Mar 3, 2019
- Mar 30, 2019
We welcome back the ART MAUI organization to present their 41st annual j...
2018
Surfing Hawai'i
Dec 16, 2018
- Feb 17, 2019
Surfing Hawaii presents the most popular ocean sport in the islands toda...
Above the Fold: New Expressions in Origami
Sep 2, 2018
- Nov 25, 2018
Above the Fold presents an engaging interdisciplinary look at modern ori...
Ai Iwane: Island in My Mind, Fukushima
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Melissa Ann Pinney: Girl Transcendent
Jun 23, 2018
- Aug 16, 2018
Two concurrent exhibits feature personal approaches in photography by tw...
Young Creatives: Intergalactica
May 12, 2018
- Jun 9, 2018
This exhibit takes place every other year and features the work of Maui...
Schaefer Portrait Challenge 2018
Jan 16, 2018
- Mar 18, 2018
The Schaefer Portrait Challenge is a triennial statewide juried exhibit...
2017
He Makana: The Gertrude Mary Joan Damon Haig Collection of Hawaiian Art, Paintings and Prints
Oct 15, 2017
- Dec 23, 2017
An exhibit of items from the collection of Gertrude Mary Joan Damon Haig...
Spineless: Portraits of Marine Invertebrates: the Backbone of Life
Aug 6, 2017
- Oct 1, 2017
Photographs by Susan Middleton.
The photographer known from two prev...
Piero Resta: Illuminatus
May 21, 2017
- Jul 16, 2017
This retrospective exhibition honors an artist whose life’s work was inf...
Akihiko Izukura: The Way of Natural Textiles
Jan 15, 2017
- Mar 19, 2017
Master textile artist Akihiko Izukura, from Kyoto, Japan, has created a...
2016
Uniques Gallery Gift Shop
Nov 21, 2016
- Dec 20, 2016
Our gallery gift shop is back by popular demand, offering exceptional an...
Hawai‘i National Parks 2016 Centennial Juried Exhibition
Aug 30, 2016
- Nov 6, 2016
This unique exhibition will highlight an appreciation for the skills and...
The Rat & the Octopus: AGGROculture
Jun 5, 2016
- Aug 4, 2016
The exhibition will interlace theatrical devices such as storytelling, c...
Art Maui 2016
Mar 28, 2016
- Apr 23, 2016
Art Maui continues to showcase the growing community of visual artists o...
Statements on Nature: A Survey of Printmaking Today
Jan 10, 2016
- Mar 13, 2016
Considerations of the visual landscape become the conceptual focus for t...
2015
Nani I Ka Hala: Weaving Hawai'i and Hō Mai Ka Hala: Bring Forth the Hala
Oct 20, 2015
- Dec 20, 2015
Maui Arts & Cultural Center, in collaboration with Bishop Museum, is ple...
Lærke Lauta: Unconscious Nature & Mary Babcock: Breaking Ground
Aug 2, 2015
- Oct 3, 2015
Lærke Lauta works within multichannel video, installation, and painting....
Exhibit: Céleste Boursier-Mougenot
May 17, 2015
- Jul 15, 2015
French artist and composer, Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, creates intriguin...
Schaefer Portrait Challenge 2015
Jan 13, 2015
- Mar 22, 2015
A signature exhibit for the Maui Arts & Cultural Center, this much-antic...
2014
Modern Twist: Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Art
Oct 12, 2014
- Dec 20, 2014
This international traveling museum exhibition brings together 17 master...
Whispering Winds: Bamboo Farm Tour
Nov 16, 2014
Join us for a drive along the backside of Maui to the beautiful lush tro...
Photography Exhibition
Aug 17, 2014
- Sep 28, 2014
Andrzej Kramarz from Krakow, Poland, will exhibit work that conceptually...
3 Solo Exhibits: Rose Adare, Gabby Anderman, May Izumi
Jun 8, 2014
- Jul 27, 2014
Three women artists will share the gallery space with concurrent solo ex...
Young Creatives Student Exhibit 2014
May 4, 2014
- May 24, 2014
The Young Creatives Student Exhibit is a biennial event, premiering this...
Mōhala Hou Ke Kapa / Kapa Blossoms Anew
Jan 21, 2014
- Mar 9, 2014
This invitational exhibition will feature a select group of 28 kapa prac...
2013
Uniques: Gallery Gift Shop
Nov 26, 2013
- Dec 31, 2013
Art enthusiasts will appreciate our holiday gift gallery, offering excep...
Wes Bruce: Taken By Wonder
Sep 8, 2013
- Nov 2, 2013
MACC’s first artist-in-residence, Wes Bruce will create a site specific...
Photography Passion and Risk
May 26, 2013
- Jul 21, 2013
Photographers Ed Goldstein, Miki Nitadori, and Bruna Stude share the gal...
Finding the Forest Invitational
Jan 27, 2013
- Mar 30, 2013
The forest is a refuge, resource and inspiration. This exhibition will r...
2012
Soaring Voices: Recent Ceramics by Women from Japan
Oct 21, 2012
- Jan 6, 2013
Four generations of award-winning artists, working in both sculptural an...
A Reflection of Kalaupapa: Past, Present, and Future
Aug 19, 2012
- Sep 30, 2012
Levin’s photographs reflect the past and present of Kalaupapa, telling t...
Systemic Abstractions: Paintings by S.A. Jones
Jun 2, 2012
- Jul 22, 2012
A retrospective of 40 years of painting from northern Idaho artist S.A....
Celebrating the Artist in Us - Visual Storytelling
May 6, 2012
- May 20, 2012
Young artists in grades K - 8 from Maui County public and private school...
Art Maui 2012
Mar 23, 2012
- Apr 24, 2012
We welcome back the Art Maui organization to present their annual juried...
Schaefer Portrait Challenge 2012
Jan 9, 2012
- Mar 11, 2012
This statewide juried triennial exhibition will feature artists whose wo...
2011
I Keia Manawa (In This Time)
Nov 13, 2011
- Dec 23, 2011
Four established Native Hawaiian women artists, Maile Andrade, Ka'il...
Hawai`i`s Alfred Shaheen: Fabric to Fashion
Sep 7, 2011
- Oct 29, 2011
This traveling exhibition organized by the San Jose Museum of Quilts & T...
Allusions Of Space: Recent Work by Dorothy Faison, Carl Jennings, Jennifer Owen
May 15, 2011
- Jun 25, 2011
Three artists selected through our open proposal period will share the g...
Celebrating the Artist in Us: People and Nature
Apr 9, 2011
- Apr 23, 2011
This annual event gives Maui students an opportunity to showcase their w...
The Legacy Of Land
Jan 9, 2011
- Feb 19, 2011
This invitational layers two of the MACC’s exhibits program goals: to su...
2010
Ho'oulu: The Inspiration Of Hula
Nov 10, 2010
- Dec 23, 2010
The MACC is pleased to collaborate with the Hawai‘i State Art Museum to pre...
Matthew Thayer
Sep 12, 2010
- Oct 23, 2010
Photo Journalist, Matthew Thayer, has been on the Maui scene covering pe...
John Melville Kelly: The Artist and Printmaker
Aug 25, 2010
- Jul 18, 2010
This exhibit will feature a retrospective of work by John Melville Kelly...
Gaylen Hansen: Three Decades of Paintings
May 11, 2010
- Jun 26, 2010
Organized by the Museum of Art at Washington State University, this exhi...
Celebrating the Artist in Us 2010
Apr 11, 2010
- Apr 25, 2010
For our annual student exhibit we've invited Maui students from grad...
The Essence of Maui
Jan 12, 2010
- Feb 20, 2010
We invited a group of artists from the Maui community to determine what...
2009
Roots of Inspiration: Contemporary Functional Furniture
Nov 10, 2009
- Dec 23, 2009
A select group of Hawai'i's finest professional furniture makers...
Hi'iakaikapoliopele: Visual Stories by Contemporary Native Hawaiian Artists
Sep 15, 2009
- Oct 24, 2009
This invitational exhibition will include accomplished upcoming artists...
2008
Sally French & Christopher Reiner
Jun 28, 2008
- Jul 27, 2008
Edgy, thought-provoking, quirky creations provide a playground for viewe...
Natural Ground: The Intentions of Three
May 11, 2008
- Jun 15, 2008
This exhibit features three artists from different islands, each with th...
Celebrating the Artist in Us 2008
Apr 12, 2008
- Apr 27, 2008
The MACC’s annual student exhibit presents the works of elementary schoo...
Vintage Maui Artists with a Presence
Jan 6, 2008
- Feb 17, 2008
A group invitational exhibition with some of Maui’s favorite established...
2007
Ho'oilina: Birthright
Nov 10, 2007
- Dec 16, 2007
Two generations of artists perpetuate the legacy of indigenous Maoli con...
Archipelago: Portraits of Life in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Sep 18, 2007
- Oct 28, 2007
The collaborative work of two outstanding photographers, David Liittschw...
2006
2005
2026
Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper
Feb 24, 2026
- May 15, 2026
Unique for its strong natural fibers and its painstaking production techniq...
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