Katherine Don, E.D. of Hawai'i Contemporary, discusses the Hawai'i Art Summit 2021 Art today is not separate from life and that's the point, according to Katherine Don, Executive Director of Hawai'i Contemporary. "You know, contemporary art, and the way Hawai'i Contemporary is thinking about art, it's not art for art's sake, says Don. "Art is a language for communicating change. Whether we're about climate change, or social justice or other relevant issues, these artists are thinking about it too."
The focus of Hawai’i Contemporary’s Art Summit is to introduce themes curators are working through for the Honolulu Triennial in 2022. Those concerns include climate change, income disparity, racism, gun violence, the whole gamut of contemporary concerns are examined through art.