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Ua hoʻomaka kaʻu huakaʻi ʻoihana noʻonoʻo i koʻu wā ʻōpio. ʻO wau he ʻoihana noʻonoʻo a me ke kaiāulu a me ke kākoʻo moʻomeheu. I ka makahiki 2010, ua hana ʻia kaʻu hui ʻo Tri-Phoenix Group, LLC a ua hana ʻo ia ma kekahi mau papahana hoʻokahi a me ka hui pū ʻana. Hoʻohana au i ke kiʻi kiʻi e hōʻike i kaʻu hana. ʻO wau kekahi mea kākau/poet/speaker a me ka mea pena kiʻi hui. Ua hoʻomaka wau i ka ʻoihana e kōkua i nā mea pena kiʻi kūʻokoʻa a me nā DJ me ka branding, media media, promotions, personal/professional development, artist management and PR. He kahua hoʻi ka hui noʻu e hoʻokani i ka mele a me ka ʻōlelo. Ua hauʻoli wau i ke kākau ʻana i nā blog, nā nūpepa a me nā pāʻani. Ma waho aʻe o kaʻu hana, loaʻa iaʻu kahi lekiō pūnaewele, a hoʻokipa i kahi hōʻike YouTube i kēlā me kēia pule.

Mai nā pāhana liʻiliʻi a hiki i ka hui like ʻana, ke ʻimi mau nei au i ka manawa e ʻimi ai i nā ʻenehana hou a aʻo i kahi mea hou e hiki iaʻu ke hoʻohana i kaʻu hana. Ke aʻo au a hoʻoulu i kekahi mea, makemake wau e kaʻana like me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. Manaʻo wau i ka lawelawe ʻana i nā kānaka. Hiki iaʻu ke lawelawe me ka ʻōlelo noʻeau a me ke akamai.

A citizen of the Catawba Indian Nation, Aaron Baumgardner began studying traditional art in 2022 at the Catawba Cultural Center, learning pottery from master potters and elders. Drawing inspiration from his great-great-grandmother, Sallie Rebecca Brown Beck, he continues the 4,000-year-old tradition of Catawba pottery, a vital part of his people’s identity.

Baumgardner is also the first Catawba in over a century to create a river cane basket, a skill learned from Cherokee artist Gabe Crow. He now teaches these traditions to the next generation and collaborates with land conservancies to steward river cane and culturally important plants.

A 2024 South Carolina Arts Commission Emerging Artist, he is also a 2025 Running Strong for American Indian Youth Dreamstarter and a Native Arts and Cultures Foundation LIFT awardee. Through these projects, Baumgardner teaches basketry, explores sustainable pottery methods, and helps sustain Catawba art as a living, community-rooted practice.

ʻO Abigail Gómez he mea pena kiʻi Latine, ke aʻo ʻana i ka mea pena kiʻi, ka mea kākoʻo kiʻi, ka mea hoʻokumu nonprofit, a me ka mea nona a me ka mea pena ma Pretty Girl Painting, LLC. Ua loaʻa iā ia kahi BFA mai Virginia Tech ma 2007. Ua aʻo ʻo ia ma Santa Reparata International School of Art ma Florence, Italia ma 2003. I Dekemaba 2015 ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo ia i ka MFA i ka pena kiʻi mai ka Academy of Art University ma San Francisco CA.

Aʻo ʻo Abigail i ke kiʻi ma ke kaiāulu ma o Pretty Girl Painting, Fremont Street Nursery, a me Arte Libre VA. He Kumu no ka Art and Design ma Shenandoah University. Ma SU ke hoʻomohala nei ʻo ia i kahi papahana BA ma Art and Design i loko o kahi hoʻolālā kaulike. ʻO ia hoʻi he COIL Fellow, Shenandoah Conversations Fellow, loaʻa i ka 22/23 Faculty Development Grant, a alakaʻi i nā huakaʻi hele ma waho no nā haumāna i nā ʻāina ma Latin America.

Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Abigail i kēia manawa ʻo Arte Libre VA, he 501(c)(3) hui ʻoihana hana ʻole e hoʻoikaika i ka Latinx/e, Black, a me Youth of Color ma o ke komo kaulike ʻana i ka hoʻonaʻauao kiʻi maikaʻi a me ka papahana. Ma Arte Libre VA, lawelawe ʻo Abigail ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele a me ka Luna Makaʻala, Maestra Principal. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa a hoʻokele ʻo ia i ka papahana hoʻonaʻauao kiʻi i hāʻawi ʻia me ka uku ʻole. Hoʻokele ʻo ia i nā internships uku no Youth of the Global Majority, a me ka hoʻokele a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā Teaching Artists a me Assistant Teaching Artists, a pau lākou i ka uku. Ma o Arte Libre VA, ua hoʻokele a hoʻoikaika ʻo Abigail ma luna o 30 mau papahana kiʻi a me nā kiʻi kiʻi lehulehu ma ke awāwa ʻo Northern Shenandoah.

Luna Hoʻonaʻauao, ʻO ka pā hao

ʻO Adam Chuong he mea pena kiʻi a me ka mea hoʻonaʻauao ʻo Teochew ʻAmelika nona kāna hana e ʻimi ai i nā mea ma ke ʻano he ipu no ka ʻike, ke kaumaha, a me ka mālama. Ma ke ʻano he keiki o ka poʻe mahuka mai Vietnam a me Cambodia, hoʻōla ka hana o ka hana ʻana i ko lākou pilina me ko lākou ʻike moʻomeheu, i ka wā i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e ka neʻe ʻana a me ka ʻeha.

Ma o ka hana ʻana i ka hoʻomana Taoist & Buddhist a me nā mea hale, ʻimi lākou e loaʻa ka ʻike hohonu o nā hana moʻomeheu a hana i nā manaʻo hou mai nā ʻano kuʻuna. ʻO Queerness⁠—ke ʻoihana e hoʻokumu hou a hānau hou⁠— e uwao ana i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ko lākou ʻike moʻomeheu; ʻAʻole ʻae ʻia nā loina patriarchal, colonial, a capitalist no ke kāhea ʻana i ka palupalu, mālama, a me ka pilina.

Ma muli o ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ʻana mai ka poʻe lawe ʻike i ka moʻomeheu ʻAsia, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kuʻuna ma o ka lens o ka haʻawina keʻokeʻo a me ka wehewehe hou ʻana. No laila, ʻo ka paʻi ʻana a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā zines he mea koʻikoʻi ia i kā lākou hana, i mea e hoʻihoʻi hou ai, hoʻolaha a mālama i nā ʻike marginalized.

Aʻo: Folklife/Traditional Crafts&Visual Arts

Adina Zamora is a cultural artisan born in California and raised in Harmon, Dededo, Guam. Of Chamorro heritage, she is the eldest of 21 siblings and grew up helping raise her family. Inspired as a teenager by her Palauan neighbors, Zamora developed a passion for coconut leaf weaving, later learning from Samoan, Yapese, and Chamorro teachers. She creates handmade shell jewelry and hopes to open a shop in Chamorro Village where she can sell her work and teach weaving to all ages—preserving a fading cultural tradition and sharing it with the next generation.

Kakauolelo, Keaka, Keaka

ʻO Adonis Holmes ka mea kākau, ka mea hoʻokani, a me ka mea hoʻohenehene no Chicago. Ua puka ʻo Adonis mai ke Kulanui o Illinois, Urbana-Champaign a ua hōʻike ʻia i nā hōʻike kiʻi kiʻi a puni ke kūlanakauhale, me Chicago Sketch Fest a me ka Best of Annoyance sketch show. ʻO Adonis kahi mea hoʻokani a me ka mea kākau no ka Second City's Black Excellence Revue, 'Dance Like There Are Black People Watching' a ke hana nei ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kumu kula no ka hana Mainstage o 'Don't Quit Your Daydream'. Me ka hoʻokumu ʻana a me ke alakaʻi ʻana o ka All-Black improv show 'Satirical Race Theory', ʻo Adonis he lālā o ka Devil's Daughter Improv, ka Improv trope The Mermaids, he 2022 Bob Curry Fellow, a ʻo ia ka Luna Hoʻokele Co-Artistic o ka iO Keaka.

Aʻo: Mea hana lima

ʻO Aisha kahi studio a me ka mea hana kiʻi lehulehu e hana nui ana i ka pālolo a me ke keleawe. Ua ʻike ʻo ia i ka pālolo i loko o ke keena kaiāulu, ʻoiai ʻo ia e hana ana i kahi kekelē ma ka ʻōlelo Sepania ma Grinnell College ma Iowa. Ma hope o kona puka ʻana, ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i nā makahiki ʻelua e aʻo ana i nā papa ʻekolu a me ʻehā ma Atlanta, Georgia, a e ʻimi ana i ka pālolo ma Callenwolde Fine Arts Center ma Georgia, a me Penland School of Crafts ma North Carolina. Ua hoʻoholo ʻo Aisha e hoʻi i ke kula a loaʻa iā ia kahi BFA mai Washington State University, a me kahi MFA mai ke Kulanui o Nebraska- Lincoln. Ke hana nei ʻo ia ma kahi kōmike hana kiʻi ākea ākea me The University of Washington Tacoma a me ka Washington State Arts Commission. Hōʻike ʻia kāna hana studio ma ka ʻāina me ka hana hou ma The Whatcom Museum, The Bascom: Center for the Visual Arts, Crocker Art Museum, Northern Clay Center, Wa Na Wari, Bainbridge Museum of Art, Jordan Schnitzer Museum ma WSU, a ma Leonor R. Fuller Gallery ma South Sound Community College.

Aʻo: Hoʻopaʻapaʻa lehulehu

ʻO Akilah Martinez (inoa mea kiʻi: Glittering World Girl) he mea hana kiʻi lanakila ʻo Diné, ʻenehana loea a me ka mea lawe moʻomeheu e kālele ana i ka ʻōlelo ʻōiwi a me ka hoʻōla moʻomeheu ma o ke kiʻi wikiō a me ka ʻenehana XR. Loaʻa iā Akilah kahi BFA mai ke Kulanui o New Mexico.

Ua hoʻomaka ka pahuhopu o Akilah i kona ola ʻana e hoʻohana i nā pāpaho hou no ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka ʻōlelo a me ka moʻomeheu Navajo i ka wā ʻōpiopio o 3 mau makahiki, ma hope o ka ʻike mau ʻana i kona mau kūpuna (nā kamaʻilio unilingual Diné bizaad) e nānā i nā polokalamu TV i hāʻawi ʻia ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania.

ʻO ka 2019 Crux XR Immersive Technology Fellowship i hiki iā Akilah ke huakaʻi ma waena o NYC a me LA e aʻo mai nā alakaʻi ʻenehana XR, nā ʻoihana ʻoihana a me nā mea hoʻopukapuka hopena. Loaʻa ʻo Akilah i ka Fulcrum Fund 2022, Native Arts and Cultures Foundation LIFT 2022, The Artizen Fund 2023, 2024 New Mexico Women in Tech Emerging Leader Award, he mea kamaʻilio malihini ma ka MIT XR Reality Hackathon a me kahi kūlanakauhale 2024 o Albuquerque UETF i kēia manawa Resiliency Artist in Residence.

Aʻo: Noi Media

The founder of Marianas Visuals is a dedicated videographer and filmmaker from the Northern Mariana Islands. Their work is deeply rooted in capturing and preserving the rich cultural heritage of the CNMI through documentaries on traditional practices, local artists, and cultural events.

Primarily self-taught with a 2004 film school certification, they also contribute to cultural and language preservation as a media specialist at the Chamorro Carolinian Language Policy Commission. Beyond cultural documentation, their diverse portfolio includes sports and special events, product commercials, hotel promotions, family portraits, and wildlife photography. Through Marianas Visuals, they actively uplift Pacific traditions and connect with their community by sharing its unique stories and beauty.

ʻO Alexandra James, he mea hana, hoʻoneʻe a me ka makuahine i hānau ʻia ma Hema. Ma ke ʻano he kiʻi kūʻokoʻa, ua hana ʻo ia me ka improvisation a me ka hoʻokolokolo interdisciplinary, ka nīnau ʻana o ke aʻo aʻoaʻo a me ka hana, e ʻimi ana i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma o ka pono o ka ʻike i loko a me ka kaʻana like ʻana o ka hana. Ma waho aʻe o kāna kuleana ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele o nā Polokalamu Hoʻomaʻamaʻa a BDF, he polopeka hula ʻo Alexandra ma Bates, a he alakaʻi noʻeau o kahi hui ʻōpio Hip Hop. Ua hōʻike ʻia kāna hana ma Chicago, New York a me ʻApelika Hema, me kahi hana aʻo e lawe ana iā ia ma ka ʻāina. Ua loaʻa iā ia kāna BFA mai ka Dance Center o Columbia College Chicago ma 2009.

Alexandra Olivares is an arts administrator based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Her focus is audience research and evaluation, leveraging qualitative and quantitative research methodologies to inform institutional strategy and drive meaningful community engagement. Her expertise is demonstrated through her published work examining motivations for and barriers to arts participation, as well as the role of cultural representation in shaping visitor experiences.

With over a decade of experience in the museum field, she has developed innovative evaluation initiatives to systematically collect and apply visitor feedback, building deeper connections between museums and their audiences. As board president of the North Carolina Museums Council, she leads statewide efforts to strengthen collaboration, advocacy and professional development across North Carolina’s museum community.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from the University of Ottawa and a Master of Public Administration from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Luna Hoʻohui a me nā Hana Hana, Benvenuti Arts

ʻO Alicia Margarita Olivo (ʻo lākou) he mea hoʻokani pila, mea hoʻokani, a me ka mea leʻaleʻa i ka wā ma Houston, nona kāna hana e kālele ana i ka pilina ahi ma waena o ka ʻike, ke kāne, ka huhū, a me ka hoʻomanaʻo. Ua hoʻomohala ʻia nā pāʻani a Alicia a loaʻa nā heluhelu me nā Stage, Company One Theatre, The Workshop Theatre, Teatro Chelsea, Telatúlsa, AlterTheater, a me The Inkwell Theatre. ʻO Alicia ka Luna Hoʻohui a me nā Hana Hana ma Benvenuti Arts, he hui kūkākūkā noʻeau no nā hui liʻiliʻi a ikaika. BA Wellesley College. Makemake ʻo Alicia e kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā puke mele, nā meaʻai maikaʻi, a me ke ʻano o ka wā. @aliciamargaritx / amolivo.com

Amanda King is a classic singer of standards and jazz, celebrated as a true chanteuse with a straight-ahead style steeped in tradition.

Praised by The New York Times critic Stephen Holden as one of the nightclub world’s “exceptional rising talents,” King dives deep into the treasure trove of musical history, honoring the stories, songs, and legends that shaped the rich tapestry of early American popular music and jazz.

Having recently made her international debut, she is currently touring across the United States, captivating audiences with her smooth voice and confident style. Her performances, infused with the sophistication of a bygone era while resonating with contemporary vibrancy, have earned her the affectionate moniker “Las Vegas’ Queen of Swing.”

In 2024, she was featured on “Standards Deluxe,” an album by the Rob Dixon/Steve Allee Quintet. The record spent 18 weeks on the JazzWeek Top 50 chart.

ʻOihana Hoʻonaʻauao Kūʻai ʻole i ke kaiāulu

ʻO wau kahi ʻoihana ʻoihana ʻoihana Community Capacity Building me ka ʻike i ka hoʻolālā papahana a me ka hoʻolālā, ke kūkulu ʻana i ka kaiaola, a me ka hoʻolālā kiʻi. Nui koʻu makemake i ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā kaiāulu o ka waihoʻoluʻu, nā wahine, nā poʻe ʻilihune, a me nā poʻe papa hana ʻilihune i noho ma ka ʻaoʻao. Ua hāʻawi au i ka nui o kaʻu noiʻi a me kaʻu ʻike i nā hui e hoʻomaikaʻi ana i ka moʻolelo moʻolelo, nā hana noʻeau, a me ka hana kaiāulu e hoʻoikaika i ke kaulike ma waena o nā wahi metropolitan nui mai East Coast a Mississippi. Me ke kēkelē laepua ma ka Media Studies & Production a me nā haʻawina ʻAmelika ʻAmelika mai ke Kulanui o Temple, ua hana mau wau i kaʻu pahuhopu e hoʻopaʻa i ka hana kiʻi a me ka curation me ka hoʻoponopono pilikia. Hauʻoli wau i ka hana pū ʻana me nā hui kanaka, ke aʻo ʻana i nā haumāna kula kiʻekiʻe ma ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me ka lawelawe pololei ʻana i nā kaiāulu i mālama ʻole ʻia. Ke ola nei au no ke mele ʻuhane ola, ka holo kaʻa, ka paikikala a me ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni.

Me he ʻumi makahiki o ka ʻike ma ke kahua hoʻolālā, paʻa ʻo Ámbar i kahi BFA ma Design & Digital Arts mai ke Kula ʻo Fine Arts & Design of Puerto Rico (Escuela de Artes Plásticas & Diseño de Puerto Rico), e puka ana ma ke ʻano he Summa Cum Laude. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Ámbar me nā haʻawina mai nā hui e like me ka Luis A. Ferré Foundation (Fundación Luis A Ferré) a me Seguros Múltiples o Puerto Rico. Ua loaʻa iā ia kekahi mau makana, me ka People's Choice Award mai ka Collective Exhibition "El Bizarro" i ka wā o ka Puerto Rico Horror Film Fest. Hōʻike ʻia kekahi o kāna mau hana noʻeau ma ka Contemporary Puerto Rican Art Collection (Colección de Arte Puertorriqueño Contemporáneo). Ua hōʻike ʻia kāna hana ma nā hale kiʻi hanohano e like me Exhibixiones del Plata, Lorenzo Homar Gallery (Galería Lorenzo Homar) ma ke Kula ʻo Fine Arts & Design of Puerto Rico, a me ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o ʻAmelika ma ka Ballajá Barracks (Museo Las Américas, Cuartel de Ballajá). Ua loaʻa iā ia ka makana Audience Choice ma ka 2021 Circus International Film Festival no kāna hana ma Sound Mixing and Film Editing ma ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni pōkole "Isla Bonita Circus Tour" no ka National Circus School of Puerto Rico. No ka lōʻihi o ʻelua mau makahiki, ua lawelawe ʻo Ámbar ma ke Kumu o ka International School of Design & Architecture (Escuela Internacional de Diseño y Arquitectura) i loko o ka SUAGM (Sistema Universitario Ana. G. Méndez). ʻO Ámbar kekahi ʻāpana o The Currier Collective board mai ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Currier, kahi āna e kākoʻo ai no ka ʻike ʻana i ka ʻokoʻa a me ka moʻomeheu ma Manchester, New Hampshire. Ke hana nei ʻo ia ma BOLD ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻolālā huahana e kālele ana i ka UI/UX a me ka hōʻailona ʻike.

ʻO Amy June ka mea pena, mea hana a me ka mea mālama hua ma hope o Bluejacket Handcraft a me Good Way Farm ma Lawrence, KS. Lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he loea pili ʻāina ma ka Land Institute, e hana ana i ka ʻāpana moʻomeheu o ka mahiʻai. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia a hānai ʻia ma Wakinekona, DC a ua neʻe ʻo ia i Kansas i 2023, e hana ana i kona home hou ma nā ʻāina ʻo Kaw, Osage a me Kickapoo. ʻOiai ua aʻa nui ʻo ia i ke kiʻi kiʻi, hauʻoli ʻo ia i kahi ala multidisciplinary i noiʻi a me ka hana. Hoʻomaopopo nui ʻia kāna hana e kāna hoʻoilina hoʻoilina ma ke ʻano he lālā i kākau inoa ʻia o ka Eastern Shawnee Nation of Oklahoma a me ka ʻike queer. Hoʻopuka kāna hana i nā kumumanaʻo o ka hoʻoponopono lāhui a me ka pilikanaka, ʻōiwi hoʻoholo ponoʻī a me ke kūʻokoʻa meaʻai.

Amy Le Ann Richardson is a writer, educator and advocate from Carter County, Kentucky, where she lives and works on her multi-generational family farm. Rooted in Appalachia, her writing explores place, resilience, motherhood and people’s connection to the land. She is the author of three poetry collections—“Make Believe Worlds We Built Together,” “Who You Grow Into” and “Out of Places”—and editor of the forthcoming “Rooted, Resilient, Rising: Women Growing Food across the Mountains.”

Her work has appeared in Still: The Journal, Appalachian Journal, Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel and Kentucky Monthly. She holds a bachelor’s in English from Morehead State University and an MFA in creative writing from Spalding University, and has received grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women.

Through teaching and community workshops, Richardson works to expand literary access and amplify women’s voices in Appalachian communities. She leads the Bloodroot Writers Collective, a youth-centered literary initiative fostering creative voice and place-based belonging across eastern Kentucky.

Aʻo: Hoʻopaʻapaʻa lehulehu

Ua hānau ʻia au a hānai ʻia ma ka mokupuni ʻo Guam. He kumu ESL Elementary au no 28 makahiki. ʻO kaʻu mea leʻaleʻa ʻo ka pena kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi ʻāina ʻo Guam a me nā hōʻailona e hōʻike ana i ka moʻomeheu Chamorro ʻōiwi. Makemake au e hoʻolaha i ka moʻomeheu Chamorro ma o ke kiʻi a kaʻana like i koʻu aloha i ka pena kiʻi kiko a me kaʻu mau haumāna.

Hakeem Furious (Andre Carbonell) is a wordsmith from Jacksonville, Florida, with roots in the Rocky Mountains. He graduated from a Southern performing arts high school as a theater major and developed a passion for words through the spoken word community at Florida A&M University, a historically Black college and university that deepened his understanding, appreciation, and preservation of Black culture and resilience.

Currently, he travels the country performing poetry and comedy, curating shows, and writing curriculum and grants as CEO of the #UltraTerrestrialTour.

Luna Hoʻokele- Nā Artists of Color Accelerate Fellowship, The 224 EcoSpace

ʻO Andre Rochester he mea pena kiʻi maikaʻi mai ka ʻāina ʻo Greater Hartford o Connecticut. Ua aʻo ʻo ia i ke kiʻi kiʻi ma ke Kulanui o Connecticut: School of Fine Arts a hoʻopau i kāna BA ma Studio Art ma Charter Oak State College. Ua loaʻa iā ia kahi MS ma Organizational Leadership mai Quinnipiac University. ʻO kāna mea i makemake nui ʻia ʻo ka pena acrylic. Hoʻohana ʻo Andre i kāna kiʻi e hana i nā ʻōlelo no ka lawa ʻole o nā huaʻōlelo, e hōʻike ana i nā manaʻo i pili i ke kumuhana. He hui ia o nā kiʻi a me nā hana noʻonoʻo i hoʻopili ʻia e nā moʻolelo o kāna mau ʻike pilikino. I ka wā ʻōpiopio, ua lilo ka hana noʻeau i mea hana no ka ho'ōla a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka pilina. Ua hoʻomohala ʻia i ala no Andre e hōʻike i ka poʻe ʻaʻole lākou wale nō i kēia huakaʻi i ke ola.

Ma waho aʻe o ka hana ʻana ma ke ʻano he mea pena kiʻi nani, Muralist, a me ke aʻo ʻana i ka Artist, ʻo Andre ka Luna Hoʻokele no nā Artists of Color Accelerate Fellowship. He lālā papa ʻo ia ma Windsor Art Center ma Windsor, CT kahi ʻo ia ka Curatorial Chair, lālā o ka papa ma ka Connecticut Arts Alliance, a me ka Papa koho ma Wadsworth Atheneum. Ua lawelawe pū ʻo ia ma ke Komikina o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Hartford no ka Cultural Affairs (2014-2015). Kōkua pū ʻo Andre i nā mea hana kiʻi e puka mai ana me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka portfolio, curation, a me ke kūkākūkā ʻana no nā hōʻike. Paipai ʻo ia i nā mea hana kiʻi ʻōpio e hoʻomohala i kā lākou hana me ka nalowale ʻole o ka nānā ʻana i ke aʻo ʻana i ka ʻoihana a me ka ʻoihana ʻoihana. Manaʻo ʻo ia me kēlā me kēia neʻe i mua, pono mākou e wehe i kahi ala no nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e hui pū me mākou.