Job Description

Job Purpose
The Visual Arts Intern supports the ʻŌlino Arts Pathway by helping with creative projects, youth programs, and visual documentation that celebrate Hawaiian culture and community storytelling. This internship offers hands-on experience in visual arts while supporting culturally grounded education and youth involvement at the Liliʻuokalani Center.
Learning Objectives
• Develop and strengthen an active personal art practice while understanding how the visual arts support community storytelling and education.
• Gain hands-on experience supporting culturally grounded youth programming within a Hawaiian-serving organization.
• Build skills in visual documentation, creative project support, and artistic collaboration.
• Increase understanding of Native Hawaiian cultural practices and how they influence artistic expression and community engagement.
• Enhance communication, reflection, and professional skills through mentorship, teamwork, and project participation.
Essential Responsibilities
• Assist with visual arts projects connected to youth programs, workshops, and community events
• Support documentation of programs and activities through photography, video, drawing, design, or other visual media
• Help prepare art materials, supplies, and creative spaces for youth-facing activities
• Contribute to creative planning sessions and share ideas related to visual storytelling and artmaking
• Maintain organization of digital and physical art files, materials, and project resources
• Shadow and support staff and teaching artists to learn workflows within the ʻŌlino Arts Pathway
• Participate in team meetings, reflections, and learning activities related to art, culture, and community
Other Duties
• Adheres to internship program guidelines and supports department needs as assigned. Completes a variety of tasks that provide broad exposure to departmental workflows. Actively builds new skills, strengthens existing abilities, and applies learning to real world projects and responsibilities.
Qualifications
• Actively engaged in a personal art practice in any medium (e.g., drawing, painting, digital art, photography, sculpture, mixed media, or other visual arts)
• Interest in visual arts, creative expression, and community-based storytelling
• Experience in Native Hawaiian cultural practices, education, and/or youth programming is a plus
• Willingness to learn, collaborate, and take initiative in a supportive, team-based environment
• Ability to follow guidance, accept feedback, and apply learning to creative projects
• Basic comfort with computers and common software (365, Word, Adobe Suite, or similar tools)
• Interest in learning and contributing to LT’s mission
Work Schedule & Location
• Estimated timeframe: June–July 2026
• Weekly schedule: 35–40 hours per week
• Location: Onsite / Liliʻuokalani Center 932 Ward Ave Honolulu,HI 96814
Job Competencies
• Aloha: awareness and approach to the work with compassion, empathy, and kindness.
• ‘Imi Na’auao: a constant desire for seeking knowledge; lifelong learner.
• Po’okele: desire to perform in excellence.
• Wiwo’ole: maintain a courageous, brave, and fearless mindset.
• Pono: understand the appropriateness of time, place, reason, people, and tools
• Kuleana: bring a deep sense of responsibility and accountability
Organization Competencies
• Alignment with Queen’s legacy: Understanding and appreciation of Queen Liliʻuokalani’s story, her legacy, and the Hawaiian culture is foundational to staff’s commitment to working with our Hawaiian children, families, and communities. Demonstrates respect for and appreciation of Hawaiian values, history, and culture, and understands their implications in one’s work, relationship building, and connection to the community served.
• Ho‘omau i ka ‘Imi Na‘auao (Continuous Learning and Improvement): Committed to creating and reinforcing an environment of continuous learning and improvement.
• Hōʻike i Nā Mana‘o Pono (Effective Communication): Communicates with those we serve and with colleagues in a manner that results in mutual understanding, harmony, and action.
• No‘ono‘o Loa (Critical Thinking and Problem Solving): Actively and skillfully understands, conceptualizes, applies, analyzes, synthesizes, and/or evaluates information and develops fact based analyses and recommendations.
• Ho‘okumu A‘e / ‘Imi Hakuhia (Innovation): Identifies and integrates creative ideas into new or existing services and promotes effective problem solving.
• Pilina Hoʻohana a me ka Hana Hilinaʻi (Building Relationships and Creating Trust): Manages relationships to create optimal opportunities and move the organization forward.
• Alu Like i ka Hana (Teamwork): Works cooperatively and collaboratively with others throughout the organization in alignment with organizational objectives.
• Ho‘onui i ka ‘Ike (Capacity Building): Encourages personal growth by exhibiting trust and belief in the capacity of others.
Mental and Physical Demands
• Ability to lift 25lbs pounds. Requires frequent sitting, bending, standing…
Terms and Conditions of Employment
As a condition of employment, employee will be subject to LT’s policies and procedures.

Job Title: LC ʻŌlino Visual Arts Intern Reports to: ʻŌlino Pathways Manager- Visual Arts
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt Aligned Executive: President & CEO
Kipuka: Liliʻuokalani Center Department: ʻŌlino Arts Pathway

Liliʻuokalani Trust is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to recruit, train, and retain innovative talent from a diverse candidate pool. All employment decisions will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, ancestry, genetic information, citizenship, marital/civil union status, arrest and court record, domestic or sexual violence victim status, credit history, disability or veteran/military status or other applicable legally protected characteristics.