“We are privileged to work with extraordinary visionaries around the world, and Tom is a critical leader and voice within his community. His work transcends the ordinary and challenges us to recognize the beauty and importance of what might normally be seen as scrap, underscoring the role of an artist’s heart within a thriving community.
Tom is a fixture of the Maui community and is building relationships with former mill workers and their families as he seeks to understand the industrial artifacts and machine relics left behind. This is a priceless gift to the community.
The many items Tom is working to showcase and preserve at the Puʻunēnē Mill capture the embodied history of human ingenuity, as well as an industry that had a major impact on Maui, and should not be treated as waste or discarded for scrap.”
