The Thurston Twigg-Smith Best in Show Award – $3,000

Sponsored by Sharon Twigg-Smith

Sheri Levin McNerthney, I Smell Smoke

Handwoven cotton

The Elizabeth Rice Grossman Award of Excellence – $2,000

Sponsored by Elizabeth Rice Grossman

Stephen Hynson, Koa Chest - Hawaiian Quilt Series: Lokelani

Hawaiian koa, amboyna, wenge

The Charles E. Higa Memorial Award of Excellence – $1,000

Sponsored by the Peter Drewliner Trust

Esther Shimazu, Chill

Ceramic

The Sam and Mary Cooke Memorial Award – $500

Sponsored by Cathy Cooke

Leleo Kinimaka, Alaia

Wood

The John Young Award – $500

Sponsored by the John Young Foundation

Christopher Edwards, #158. Wana Lei

Ceramic, wire

The George Ellis Award – $500

Sponsored by the Timothy Y. C. Choy Fund of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation

Devin Campbell, Captivated Paradise #5

Porcelain, gold luster

The Carol and Malcolm Koga Emerging Artist Award – $500

Sponsored by the Timothy Y. C. Choy Fund of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation

Maree von Sonn, Koi Pond with Lotus

Glass

The Diane Chen Koch Weser Award for Collaborative Work – $500

Sponsored by the Timothy Y. C. Choy Fund of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation

Mydock with Isla Harmon, Aloha Reef

Jacaranda, koa, colored pyrography

The Virginia McGargahan Award of Excellence in Raku – $500

Sponsored by the Timothy Y. C. Choy Fund of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation

Kate & Will Jacobson, Jewels of the Sea

Ceramic

The Earle F. Long Memorial Award for Woodturning – $300

Sponsored by MaryAnne Long

Paul Pyzyna, Water and Wine

Sassafras, wenge, maple

The fishcake Award – $250

Sponsored by Maura Fujihira

Fia Richmond, Tulip Dance

Pâte de Verre glass

The Cedar Street Galleries Award – $250

Sponsored by Michael Schnack

Jason Liu, Post Stroke Makau Aftermath

Koa

The Sayoko Kay Mura Student Award for Excellence – $250

Sponsored by friends of Kay Mura

Stephan Ogasawara, SPATE

Ceramic

The Garden Island Arts Council Annual Artist Award – $250

Sponsored by the Garden Island Arts Council

Kamakana Bray, Mamaakualono

Kamani

The Hawaiʻi Handweavers Hui Award – $250

Sponsored by the Hawaiʻi Handweavers Hui

Susan Mori, Oculus Imagined

Handwoven linen and wool

The Merit Award in Ceramic Arts – $250

Sponsored by the Peter Drewliner Trust

Daven Hee, Textured Closed Form

Ceramic

The Merit Award in Fiber Arts – $250

Sponsored by the Peter Drewliner Trust

Margaret Teruya, Ho'omaluhia Mauka

Fiber, fabrics

The Merit Award in Glass Arts – $250

Sponsored by the Peter Drewliner Trust

Daniel Moe, Insight

Glass, steel

The Merit Award in Metal Arts – $250

Sponsored by the Peter Drewliner Trust

Hannah Shun, Embraced

Sterling silver

The Merit Award in Mixed Media Arts – $250

Sponsored by the Peter Drewliner Trust

Hiroko Sakurai, ICE

Silk, paper wood, ink, dye, mineral pigment

The Merit Award in Wood Arts – $250

Sponsored by the Peter Drewliner Trust

V. Lee Cabanilla, Laka and the Fire

Salvaged koa

The Ron and Myra Kent Award for Creative Innovation – $200

Sponsored by the Kent Family Trust and Kenny Kicklighter

Page Chang, He Pūko‘a Kani ‘Āina (The Coral Reef that Becomes an Island)

Homegrown wauke fiber and kapa, homemade native and natural dyes, cotton and wauke threads