The Thurston Twigg-Smith Best in Show Award – $4,000

Sponsored by Sharon Twigg-Smith
Mary Downes, Michael Downes and Patrick Downes, Aloha Tower Hawaiian Steel Guitar (Three Parts), Mixed media: Wood, steel, abalone shell, electronics, fabric, video
Oʻahu

The Elizabeth Rice Grossman Award of Excellence – $2,000
Sponsored by Elizabeth Rice Grossman
Jenna Macy, Home-ing, Clay, glaze, pearl lustre, flameworked glass, neon gas, disco ball motor, monofilament
Oʻahu

The John Young Award – $1,000
Sponsored by the John Young Foundation
Donna Nakamoto, Shino Saimin Noodle Stack, Porcelain
Oʻahu

The Charles E. Higa Memorial Award of Excellence – $1,000
Sponsored by the Peter Drewliner Trust
David Kim, Ipu ʻAina, Wood
Maui

The Sanit Khewhok Memorial Award – $500
Sponsored by Friends of Sanit Khewhok
Kamakanioluolu McKeague, Ka Hei ʻAna O Ka Noe, Lauhala
Oʻahu

The Esther Nowell Award for Whimsy – $500
Sponsored by Downtown Art Center
Barclay Hill, Time Machine, Sterling silver
Maui

The George Ellis Award – $500
Sponsored by the Timothy Y. C. Choy Fund of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation
Bon Moore, Connection, Hand-extracted fiber from coconut husk, hau (ocean hibiscus), sansevieria, Kaua‘i puka shells
Kauaʻi

The Carol and Malcolm Koga Emerging Artist Award – $500
Sponsored by the Timothy Y. C. Choy Fund of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation
Patricia Brubaker and Tyler Chinen, After Shozo–Kuro, Ceramic
Oʻahu

The Diane Chen Koch Weser Award for Collaborative Work – $500
Sponsored by the Timothy Y. C. Choy Fund of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation
Dani Stanfill and Rachel Orr, Parallax, Quilt
Hawaiʻi Island

The Virginia McGargahan Award of Excellence in Raku – $500
Sponsored by the Timothy Y. C. Choy Fund of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation
Dee Oliva, Neko Haniwa, Raku-fired ceramic
Oʻahu

The Garden Island Arts Council Annual Artist Award – $500
Sponsored by the Garden Island Arts Council
Jennifer Wood, Heat: Fiery Uli'uli, Feathers, lāʻamia pod, and aliʻipoe seeds
Kauaʻi

The Ron and Myra Kent Award for Creative Innovation – $400
Sponsored by the Kent Family Trust and Kenny Kicklighter
Rose Gabriel and Paul Pyzyna, Adult Play Blocks 2, Wood, acrylic, fiber, stone
Maui

The Cedar Street Galleries Award – $250
Sponsored by Michael Schnack
Hiroko Sakurai, Under-land-scape, Repurposed kimono silk, cotton, thread
Oʻahu

The Sayoko Kay Mura Student Award for Excellence – $250
Sponsored by friends of Kay Mura
Kai Higuchi, Nobori, Glass, wood
Oʻahu

The Merit Award in Ceramic Arts – $250
Sponsored by the Peter Drewliner Trust
Forest Leonard, Luminance Incinerator, Ceramic
Oʻahu

The Merit Award in Fiber Arts – $250
Sponsored by the Peter Drewliner Trust
McKaela Christenson, Hands All Over Me, Avocado-dyed vintage linen, cotton-poly lining, cotton thread
Hawaiʻi Island

The Merit Award in Glass Arts – $250
Sponsored by the Peter Drewliner Trust
Hugh Jenkins and Mark Mitsuda, Entwined, Blown glass
Oʻahu

The Merit Award in Metal Arts – $250
Sponsored by the Peter Drewliner Trust
Dylan Gomez, Pōhaku Mai Kahaluʻu, Metal
Oʻahu

The Merit Award in Mixed Media Arts – $250
Sponsored by the Peter Drewliner Trust
Junco Sato Pollack, Sky/Cloud, Shibori, devoré, dye sublimation on aluminum/poly organza
Oʻahu

The Merit Award in Wood Arts – $250
Sponsored by the Peter Drewliner Trust
Shaun Fleming, Curly Koa Cabinet, Wood
Maui

The Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui Award – $100
Sponsored by the Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui
Sheri McNerthney, Night Vision, Handwoven silk
Maui

The Earle F. Long Memorial Award for Woodturning – $100
Sponsored by MaryAnne Long
Patrick Bremser, The Termites Eat First, Kaua‘i koa, koa, walnut oil

Audience Choice Award First Place

Katherine Lewis, Hawaiian Honeycreepers, Printmaking, linocut

Kauaʻi

Audience Choice Award Second Place

Enoka Phillips, The Last Wash, Golden pheasant feathers, silk ribbon, and hair from the artist

Oʻahu

Audience Choice Award Third Place

Dee Oliva, Neko Haniwa, Raku-fired ceramic

Oʻahu

Audience Choice Award Fourth Place

Patricia Lee, Echoes of Chinatown, Raku-fired ceramic

Oʻahu