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Exerpt from the PIC website: “The Media Fund is PIC’s standing funding initiative, which provides funds for single non-fiction projects about the indigenous Pacific Islander experience for two critical phases of production: Production and ...
Read More Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC) media fund is now open for submissions. Follow the image for details!

Amy Hānaiali’i’s success as a recording artist speaks for itself and is evidenced by a multitude of awards and acknowledgements, including 6 GRAMMY® nominations for Best Hawaiian Music Album & ...
Read More Amy Hanaialii, President, Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts; Recording Artist

Charles Michael Brotman is a GRAMMY Award-winning composer/producer. Placements of his music include Saturday Night Live, Chicago Med, Black-ish, Portlandia, America’s Most Wanted, Oprah,  Hawaii Five-0, CNN Newsroom, The Tonight ...
Read More Charles Brotman, President, Hawaii Songwriters Festival; Director, Creative Lab Music Immersive Program; Recording Artist

Georja Skinner is the Chief Officer of the Creative Industries Division (CID) in the Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT) where she has lead the state’s efforts to ...
Read More Georja Skinner, Chief Officer of Creative Industries Division, Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism, State of Hawaii

Kris Ahrend serves as Chief Executive Officer for The MLC, where he leads the organization’s mission to ensure songwriters, composers, lyricists, and music publishers receive their mechanical royalties from streaming ...
Read More Kris Ahrend, CEO of The Mechanical Licensing Collective

BA in Business, University of Denver and completing Masters in Org Leadership: Strategic Change and Innovation in 2021. Former retail/commercial banker.  1/3 of Nā Leo Pilimehana – managed all aspects ...
Read More Nalani Jenkins, President of 721, LLC and Founder of Make Music Hawai‘i

United States Senator Mazie K. Hirono

Posted on Apr 27, 2021 in Main

Mazie K. Hirono was elected to the Senate in 2012 and sworn in as Hawaii’s first female senator and the country’s first Asian-American woman senator. Throughout her time in the ...
Read More United States Senator Mazie K. Hirono

This is going to be an amazing public panel discussion, with a broad spectrum of creative sector entrepreneurs of Asian American decent. We expect this panel to cover all kinds ...
Read More May 1, 2021 at 1:00p HST: AAPI Heritage Month! Free 90-Minute Public Panel

Join us for a conversation that explores opportunities for local singer/songwriters, composers and lyricists to generate, collect and access digital audio royalties and new revenue streams for their work. Event ...
Read More May 5 at 9:30a HST: Generating & Collecting Music Revenues for Hawaii Artists, Hosted by U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono

Continuing April’s focus on the business of theatre, our public panel featuring playwrights discussing what they know best: playwriting. Join us for an hour panel from industry professionals, giving their ...
Read More Free Public Panel on April 28 at 1:00pm HST: Playwrights on Playwriting