Donnie Cervantes

Director, Aupuni Space
Pu‘uhonua Society

Donnie Cervantes is a curator and arts organizer specializing in not-for-profit contemporary arts and culture, born in California and currently based in Mānoa, O‘ahu. He has been a director at Aupuni Space (a program of Pu‘uhonua Society) since 2018 and is a co-founder of TRADES Artist in Residence program based on O‘ahu (est. 2017) which seeks to address the representation of contemporary art in the Hawaiian Islands by providing maximum community access and fostering arts appreciation locally. He brings his experience of 15 years in art production and management in New York and Los Angeles.