The Hawai‘i Convention Center is home to a permanent art collection in partnership with the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and its Art in Public Places program. It also hosts rotating collections in displays throughout the building. Artworks are open to the public from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday.

To view the Center’s art collection, click HERE

Most recently, the Center added the O Ka Hale Surfboard Collection to it’s growing art exhibits. Drawing inspiration from the inventors of surfing, the Polynesians, these hand-shaped alaia (traditional Hawaiian surfboards) blend the old with the new, and honor those who shaped and rode before us in Hawai‘i. Sustainably sourced and crafted by Lloyd Boards on the Island of Kaua‘i, each piece is designed with the shape of grains in mind so no two are the same. This collection can be viewed at our 3rd Floor Concourse outside of Room 317AB (to the right of main escalators), or view it online HERE.
The Center has also transformed its ground-floor Kahakai Lobby and escalator area with the installation of two new e-bars and a permanent artwork collection featuring the work of artists from O‘ahu and Kaua‘i.
The Center worked with artists JT Ojerio of Aloha De Mele and Lloyd Boards to select artwork that would enhance the look and feel of the spaces. There are three stand-alone custom installations by Ojerio: Two lei renderings above the e-bar behind the Lobby escalators. A hand-shaped koa surfboard by Lloyd Boards hangs above the e-bar near the Center’s Kahakai Dr. entrance. Additional artwork by Ojerio – a painting of loulu palms – is featured as a backdrop for the board, providing continuity to the installations.
Click HERE for more information about the new E-bar Artworks.
Last February 2023, the Center completed the installation of two new Hawaiian cultural exhibits on its third floor – the Pūali‘ahu Feather Cape Exhibit (located on the mauka side of the Center’s third floor between Rooms 302 and 306) available to the public for two years, and a new permanent display exploring The Healer Stones of Kapaemahu (outside of Theater 320).