Please come visit these artists at STUDIO A of Paradise Studio Tour, where they are hosted by artist Shari Sweet Steele at her studio space.
For the past 18 years, AHA has empowered more than 20,000 people through programs that expand access, recognition, and income opportunities for disabled artists. AHA is passionate about helping disabled artists claim their identity, own their brilliance, and take up space — not just as artists, but as empowered entrepreneurs shaping a more inclusive world.
LOUIE PERRY, III
Louie Perry, III is an established Puna nature photographer, and the inspiration that established Abled Hawai’i Artists(AHA) in 2008, celebrating the spectrum of creativity and promoting inclusive entrepreneurship in the arts. Louie continues to inspire artists of all abilities to explore their passion in the arts. AHA continues to expand inclusion in the arts through collaborations with other grass roots organization to make inclusion part of all event planning- creating the Renaissance of Inclusion movement on Moku O Keawe!
KATE ASIS
Born in the Philippines and raised in Calgary, Canada, Kate is a Hawaiʻi-based artist whose work explores identity, resilience, and lived experience. Working primarily in acrylic, fluid art, and mixed media, she uses bold color, texture, and symbolism to express the emotional relationship between people and place. Please click here to learn more about Kate and her work.
MALIALANI DULLANTY
Information and images for MALIALANI coming soon…