KUA'AINA ASSOCIATES

Our mission is to perpetuate Indigenous cultures and arts by supporting projects that provide opportunities for artists, cultural workers, and cultural masters. By doing so, we envision a universal message of peace, compassion, tolerance, and the healing of Mother Earth and all that lives within her... We provide capacity-building assistance to Indigenous-led cultural organizations as well as program support to individual artists, cultural workers, and cultural masters. We produce special art and cultural projects, and provide consultation to funders, art institutions, and museums... Kua`aina Associates is an Indigenous-led non-profit organization founded in 2005 by a Native Hawaiian and Māori person each recognizing their kuleana (responsibility) to bring together their collective years and experience as cultural stewards.