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2026 MWA Exhibit

2026 Adult

Alexa Lombardo-Reinsch – Morning Stretch
Alexis Kageyama – Circles of Hope
Annamarie Sheehan – Waikamoi Mist
Ayla Forsythe – He Manu ke Aloha, ʻAʻohe Lālā Kau ʻOle
Becky (Rebecca) Lewis – Predator and Prey
Carla Schneider – The Watchful Eye
Charlie Zender – Stenogyne kauaulaensis
Chris Barense – Dancing in His Forest
Christine Turnbull – ʻĀeʻo Sanctuary
Christine Turnbull – Udara blackburni (Koa Butterfly)
Debbie Brown – Kanahā Pond Water Container
Elizabeth Keller – Koa Seedlings
Elliot Kransnopoler Nina Pelaez – Where Have They Gone (Eia lā i hea)
Emiliano Achaval – Hūhū Koa
Emiliano Achaval – Pōhaku Ala a me Koa
Evan Jenkins – ʻUlalena
Husa Adams – A Little Cootitude
Jennifer Thackray – Koaʻe Kea, Kīlauea Caldera
Jennifer Thackray – ʻŌhiki on Beach with Limu
Jennifer Thackray – ʻUmi ʻOʻopu Wailele
Jennifer Valenzuela – Echoes of Wisdom
Joyce Jeffers – Clouds Drift By
Joyce Jeffers – Earth & Ocean Meet
Justin Savella – 3 Litttle ʻIʻiwi
Kailie Aina – Pua ʻŪlei in Silver on ʻŪlei Wood Stand
Karen Winslow – Waiheʻe Fishpond
Kate Eifler – Hawaiian Poppy Bowl
Kate Lynch – Coral Nursery Quilt
Kelly McCandless – Mauka Bound
Kim Markham – Poʻouli
Kūākea Yasak – Koʻa
Lani Egnatchik – ʻOama Season Again
Lani Egnatchik – Tako Box
Lauren Hogan – Quiet Resilience
Lokelani Song – Pehea ʻOe
Luz Vazquez – The Fish That Flies Like a Bird
Maddie Blume – Wailua Bird’s-Eye View
Mars Zender – Spiral Formation
Martin Hamilton – Survival
Max Van Alstine – Hāhā, Breathing
Michael Worcester – Red Wiliwili
Michelle Bailie – Path of Big Water
Niji Nishikawa – ʻEkekeu o ka Lani
Noryne Hiromoto – Kinolau
Paul Allen Davis – ʻAukuʻu
Ragnhild Aasen Jenkins – Maui Native Species Series No. 2
Rhonda Moss – ʻAumakua
Rick Strini – Frogfish
Roberta Ann Weisenburg – Holding On
Roberta Hodara – Guardian Pueo
Robin Curammeng – Moa Tracks
Ryan Chambers – In Bloom, ʻŌhiʻa Lehua
Sabine Ronge – Between Wind and Sea
Sabine Ronge – Unbound
Sabine Ronge – Wild Flight
Sarah Voyer – Pua Kala
Seana Marie Lanias – Hīhīwai Wī I
Sharon Quesnel – Honu, A Journey Home
Stephan Shimko – ʻOʻopu Hiʻu ʻUla, Kūlia i ka Nuʻu, Mālama Wao Akua
Steve Turnbull – Pueo
Susanna Leite Cromwell – Kokia cookei
Tracy Dudley – ʻOpihi
Vicky Robinson – Hibiscus immaculatus
Wendy Romanchack – Māmaki Tea, Pipturus albidus
Ya-Shih Hart – Lucy Goosey
Zach Pezzillo – Glory of the Mountain
Zach Pezzillo – Pararrhaptica waikamoi

2026 High School

Elle Barrows – Heʻe
Greenlee Evonuk – Flyers
Hailey Treu – A Flash of Crimson Clay
Hali Ostermiller – Hala Bowl
Inaina Takatsuka – Mālie i ka Lāʻau
Isabella Kusch – Pulelehua Gold
Jai Kuraoka – Naupaka The Connection Between Two Worlds
Julie Cocca – The Beauty of the Butterfly
Juniper Astilla – Koʻoloaʻula in Bloom
Kalia Potts – Thief of the Sky
Katie Dolin – ʻAmakihi Forest Set
Katie Dolin – Journey of Partulina porcellana
Katie Dolin – Red Species
Kiani Aloy – Ka ʻŪlei
Kianna O’Connor – Winged Beauty
Lucy Beale – Maui ʻAlauahio
Masina Ulu – Aloha Lehua
Myrei Steibel – Kuahiwi to Kahakai
Rita Woodworth – No-Nonsense Nēnē
Rita Woodworth – Patrolling Petrel
Ryker Dildine – Along the Coast
Ryker Dildine – What a Catch!
Sophie Hokoana – Gerald

2026 Middle School

Alex Brink – Graceful Iʻa
Ava Brink – Feather Dawn
Ava Brink – Into the Night
Ava Brink – Timeless Form
Cammie Yarris-Racca – Small Beauty
Gage Meckel-Warren – Cute Koa Bugs
Iris Bethke – Mālama ʻŌhiʻa Lehua
Isabella Song – I Luna
Isabella Song – Kūikawā
Jonathan Hepp – Luborsky – Birds of Hawaiʻi
Kalāhikiola Galon – LeBron
Kaname Morihiro – ʻAlalā – Screaming Beauty
Kaname Morihiro – Pickle ‘n’ Macaroni
Kaname Morihiro – Seashell of the Land
Keala Hudson – Pulelehua
Kukunaokala Aldan – Maʻo i ke Ao
Luke ‘Biki’ – Tanaka – Uhuffiti
Manaiakalani Keliikoa-Estocado – Candy Cane
Manaiakalani Keliikoa-Estocado – Fishy Fish
Nyla Kuumahinahulili Richardson – Whistling Jewels
Peyton Stritof – Ka Nui o ke Ola
Saione Anitema – Standing Out
Signy Jenkins – Pua Kala
Sterling Evonuk – ʻĀkohekohe Sitting on an ʻŌhiʻa in Front of Haleakalā
ZyannaKai Lopez Llewellyn – He ʻōpua ke ʻao a uē ka ua, i hānai i ʻike ka ʻiwa

2026 Elementary School

Ada Meckel-Warren – Morning Perch
Adisun Barto – The Swimming Fish
Aiden Kasatkin – Honu, A Maui Nui Home
Aria Borell – Nēnē Rainbow
Asha Perry – Pahu
Austen Chang – ʻElepaio and the Waʻa
Avery Levine – Kiwikiu
Brillen Fukagawa – Bright Snowflake
Cadence Wernerth – Cadence’s Dazzling Sea Turtles
Caleb McGinn – The Trigger
Caly Saito – Bird Watching on Haleakalā
Camerrynn Shirota – Happy Butterfly with His Yellow Flower
Cash Foote – ʻUaʻu in the Sky
Cedar Gambino – The Heʻe
Cove Cockerill – ʻOʻopu ʻŌkaʻo
Declan McGinn – Flyin’ Hawaiian
Devon Howard – Devon’s Beautiful Monk Seal
Drake Nettleman – The Pollinator ʻIʻiwi Feeding on ʻŌhiʻa Lehua
Ella Trudell – Pulelehua
Falcon Foote – Saddle Wrasse
Finn Cliff – Bob the Triggerfish
Gaby Van Wieren – Heʻe Happiness
Gia Wasserman – The Baby Monk Seal Party
Hene Anitema – Through the Fire
Henele Anitema – Black and White
Hoakaokuikeao Noble Richardson – Grip on Survival
Isley Scott – Potter’s Angelfish
Ivory-Belle Keawekane – ʻAmakihi and the Eruption
Jack Dawes – ʻAkialoa
Jack Lowenthal – The First Snail
Jack Mallinson – Three Little Birds
Jackson Ross – Maui Nukupu’u
Jai Peterson – The ‘Ākohekohe
James Smith – Nēnē Under the Moon
Jett Peterson – Puff
Jude Bender-Guzzo – ʻŌhiʻa Lehua ʻIʻiwi
Kaia Barto – ʻAmakihi
Kaikane Hue Sing – Locked In
Kameaulumāhieokalani Galon – Sun Reacher
Kealiapaaikeauhou Pellegrino – Nā Pua Aloalo ʻŌiwi (Native Hibiscus)
Keao Starr-Horcajo – ʻŌhiʻa Rising
Kūhaʻo Palakiko – ʻAlalā Call
Lacey Kinores – Kiwikiu and ʻApapane
Landis Omura – Reef Triggerfish
Layla Barton – Waterfall Wonders
Leiana Enos – Twister
Lilikoʻi Borell – Stilts in a Pond
Liying Lian – Resting Shoulders
Luna Blake – ʻĀkohekohe on ʻŌhiʻa Lehua
Mabel Dukes – The Red Octopus
Mahina Rivers – Green Sea Turtle
Malakai Thomas – The ʻŌʻō
Malie Raikes – Hauʻoli Web
Margot DeMontebello – ʻĀeʻo 2026
Maven Hendricks – Beginning of a Web
Mia Dawes – Mia’s Magnificent Monk Seals
Moana Myers – Manu
Noah Estrada – Fish to Go
Olive Anitema – Big Guy
Ollie Shuler-Mates – Mali Ollie
Phoebe Zigi – Heʻe Maui
Polie Starr-Horcajo – Birds in the Forest
Rafael Restrepo – White-Spotted Toby
Rev Teboul – ʻĀkohekohe
Sawyer Monroe – The Life of the Yellow-Faced Bee
Sky Marin Leite Cromwell – ʻŌhiʻa Lehua Dancing
Sophia Valdez – The Lake of Nēnē Goose
Thomas Plevak – Red and Green
Vander Howard – Wings in the Forest
Vivienne Lane – Vivienne’s Cute Turtle
Wylie Engel – An Eel at Night
Zephyr Hendricks – Sneak Eye, Pink Mouth
Zhen Lian – Spotted
Ziya Shirota – Ducky

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