Mary Jo Freshley has been to every Festival of Pacific Arts since 1980 She has photos, slides, videos and t-shirts to help her recall the incredible memories of Festivals of Pacific Arts and Culture that took her to faraway lands she barely knew of, but she doesn’t need to see them to remember the impact … Continued
HONOLULU, HI – The Festival of the Pacific 2020 Commission yesterday voted to have the Hawaiʻi Convention Center as the main venue for the spectacular 13th Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture (FESTPAC) in June 2020. Twenty-eight nations, and nearly 10,000 delegates and visitors, are expected for this incredible international event. This is the first time it will take place in Hawaiʻi in the festival’snearly 50 year history. FESTPAC, … Continued
NEWS RELEASE HONOLULU, HI – Hawaiʻi will host the monumental 13th Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture (FESTPAC) for the first time in the event’s nearly 50-year history. It is the world’s largest celebration of Pacific Islanders. FESTPAC, which is held once every four years, is scheduled for June 10 – 21, 2020. Three-thousand artists, … Continued
Creative NZ are calling on Māori artists and rangatahi to apply for funding for the Pacific Arts and Culture Festival. A delegation from Aotearoa is being organised to head over to the upcoming festival in Honolulu in June next year. Misty Kela’i is part of the festival delegation team. She says, “The driving force is Indigenous people are alive, you haven’t … Continued
Bill Signed into law in Anticipation of Hawaiʻi hosting the 2020 Festival of Pacific Arts.
