A look at “Branch Vases” the ceramic work of Michi Itami evokes bamboo sections coated in slick-looking pahoe’hoe lava from a recent eruption. Itami is constantly playing with shapes in her fascinating and engrossing ceramic works. She moved to Maui only a few years ago and already has become one of the most sought-after artists [...]

Curator Julie Cline has turned the Four Seasons Wailea into perhaps the leading showspace for contemporary art in Maui and possibly in Hawaii overall. She has a beautiful whitewashed canvas. What’s more, she regularly runs tours of the art exhibits, which are around the property, with the artists themselves. Hint – you don’t have to stay at the hotel to get the tour, though you certainly will wish you could afford to stay!