This week it was announced that Kumu Hula Patrick Makuakāne, the subject of SparkPress title The Natives Are Restless by Constance Hale, has received the 2023 MacArthur Grant.

The Natives Are Restless: A San Francisco Dance Master Takes Hula into the 21st Century is an innovative, first-of-its-kind coffee-table book exploring the rich ethnic dance tradition of Hawaiian hula. Written by Hawaii-born, San Francisco-based journalist Constance Hale, the stunning book’s narrative digs into the life of Kumu Hula Patrick Makuakāne—a visionary in the hula world—to tell the largely untold story of hula, examining how it has roared back as an authentic art form after two centuries of overt suppression, benign neglect, and tourist cliché. In addition to its rich narrative, the book features extraordinary photography, archival material, and illustrations.

Congratulations to Patrick and Constance!