Akakū Maui Community Media will host its third Maui Business Tuesdays event, exploring “Local Maui Artist,”from 6-7:30 p.m. March 3 at the Akakū Center and via a Zoom webinar.

Attendees will learn from three established local businesses in the arts. Professionals at the event will include Larry Padilla, who took his early sculpting skills and started Padilla Designs.

Padilla has been creating custom metal art in Hawaii since 1972. He leads a family-run business known for high-end residential and commercial designs that combine durability, beauty and craftsmanship.

Philip Sabado is the owner of Sabado Art Hawaii. Sabado is a nationally recognized artist raised on Molokai. After a successful career in Los Angeles, he returned home to Hawaii, where his work, murals and community programs celebrate culture, history and storytelling.

Samson Harp is the founder of Pacific Rootz Tattoo, Maui’s first Native Hawaiian-owned tattoo studio. Harp is an award-winning tattoo artist and cultural practitioner. Tattooing since 1992, he specializes in traditional and contemporary Pacific Island styles, blending cultural knowledge, craftsmanship and healing through art.

The salon will be moderated by Pamela Tumpap, president of the Maui Chamber of Commerce.

Attendees will learn how these artists got started, how they turned their passion into a viable business, what values guide their success, what unique challenges their business faces, and what it takes to sustain an arts business on Maui. The conversation will explore both their personal strategies behind their success and the real challenges of operating in today’s economic landscape.

Refreshments will be served, and in-person attendees will have the opportunity to network before the event in our reception area. For more information, contact (808) 871 – 5554 or email info@akaku.org.