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Artists in the Garden

Offering the garden as a site of stillness and creative conversation with the land

Maui artist Maggie Sutrov painting en plein air in the garden

During short private visits, artists, poets, students and scientists of all ages and backgrounds have been working among the palms in W.S. Merwin’s lush palm garden.


Mālama Wao Akua

Native Species Art Exhibition Hosted by East Maui Watershed Partnership

Each year, the Merwin Conservancy hosts “Adventures for Artists” in the Merwin Garden in support of the East Maui Watershed Partnership’s annual Mālama Wao Akua juried art exhibition at Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center on Maui. For more information about the process, please see the exhibition’s prospectus.


To view the works of artists who have visited the garden in the past, please see a sampling below:

Gwen Arkin, Photo Artist

  • The Color Study by Gwen Arkin
  • The Color Study by Gwen Arkin
  • The Color Study by Gwen Arkin

Dr. Gary Greenberg, Microscopic Photography


Morgan Jones, Photographer


Sayler/Morris, Video Installation

Click here to learn more about the Sayler/Morris installation at American Writers Museum.


Please reach out to Sara Tekula, Director of Programs with inquiries related to making art in the garden.

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