Volcano Art Center - Admin Offices & Learning Center

Heather Steinmiller

2024-04

Lovely little shop featuring items from local artists, plus a short, fascinating walk outside through native fauna. Helpful and friendly staff. The items for sale run the gamut in price from completely affordable to oh, dear lord, please let me win the lottery. Absolutely gorgeous and creative works. Definitely worth a visit.

Anna Neu

2024-04

Gorgeous! The employees are well informed and extremely kind. The art is beautiful, inside and out. The nature hike is also wonderful, informative, and short enough for all ages to enjoy.

LIsi Dudash

2024-03

A wonderful art gallery and rainforest walk. Really let's one see an old growth rainforest up close

Jeff Steinmiller

2024-04

Beautiful art and crafts. Take time to see the self-guided rainforest walk.

Donna Gishitomi

2023-08

A beautiful Art center that encourages cultural education and environmental awareness through art. We loved taking part in the community art project and were honored to have our watercolor tiles added to the project.

SeFok Chan

2019-05

Very good works by local artists. In the back of the building there is a rare tract of original old growth forest. It is tranquil and very rich in diversity. Lots of native birds singing above the canopy of the forest. You can visit both for free. It is a great combination of art and nature, a rare gem

David Kazmierski

2020-05

The rainforest tour on Monday is amazing.It's a great way to learn about the local environment.The guide has a great personality and really makes the forest much more enjoyable.

Pius222

2019-05

Visited when volcano national park closure, the ranger here is very helpful on helping us on where else to visit. It has a little nature's trail at the back of the center with a little yellow cat follow you around.

Adina Dragasanu

2019-05

Beautiful locally made art pieces, and the staff working there are super friendly. I was especially happy bc I lost my watch in the parking lot there & they found it & returned it to me the next day.When we went back to get my watch we took a little stroll down their nature walk in the back, that was really cool. It’s apparently home to some of the oldest native trees on the island (over 200yrs old). Highly recommend!

Timothy Potter

2019-05

Great information and welcoming atmosphere with a creative art twist on environment and retail sales of unique products. Park service representative on site to give detailed information on past and present volcano activity. Definitely a must see service.

Johanna Schulman

2022-05

Don't miss the short but lovely nature walk in addition to the art gallery and other resources!

Jason Fowler

2022-05

Beautiful art in both this and the main location near the visitor center. The nature walk in the back is well worth it - amazing trees and plants in there.

Patricia Swinson

2023-11

Spooky Trails at the Art Center

Steve Larose

2023-05

The art center was awesome but the best part is they have a walk through the tropical rain forrest.

Jeremey Locken

2024-02

Bought glass ball w a wave in it.

Tom

2023-06

Very interesting garden with activities related to arts from local artists.

Pam Ninness

2024-04

Wonderful showcase of local artists work.

Nicole Monet Rizzo

2018-05

A pillar of the community in Volcano for locals and tourists alike. They have yoga, nature walks, movie nights, and suppose lots and lots of local artists and conservation.

Casey Kinney

2023-10

Wonderful unique gifts, forest walk is soothing and employees are very helpful.

Tyler W. Cox

2023-12

Check out the art on display inside, take in the sculpture park behind it, then go exploring the nature trails for a relaxing afternoon.

S. M. Eggermont

2023-11

Such a neat little art studio! Buy yourself some local fare.

Lee Collins

2019-05

Actually went here as a part of a documentary crew that was filming the residents of volcano, and he arts center reached out and offered their board of members to be interviewed. They all have wonderful personalities and amazing stories to share, and the complex is full of beautiful local artwork that reflects the spirit of aloha and the culture of the volcanoes. They also have a cat called orange who is very friendly and you can pet her. Definitely worth a visit if you are passing through the area which is beautiful.

Lyn Wandell

2021-05

So beautiful here! We went to a great quilt show! And they had free hamburgers and hotdogs! Plus a BBQ dinner plate you could buy! Get on their mailing list for all their great events and classes!

Dan Sundgren

2022-05

*Beautiful local made pieces, tons of things to look for, we picked up a volcano xmas ornament which was super cool. They also have some really special Nihau shell jewelry, not cheap but the real thing! Kids books, koa wood boxes, killer art and all supporting the local art scene which is a great thing!

Greg Hunter

2022-05

We saw an amazing exhibit of wood art pieces made by local artists. Be sure to check out the old growth forest behind the art center to see some truly remarkable trees and ferns.

Phrog Lord

2022-05

The site consists of two buildings, one with a few very small displays of local art, most of which looks like chopped firewood that has been polished and hollowed out to make velvet lined boxes... Maybe for jewelry, it was a little unclear. There were a handful of exquisitely detailed pieces like turned wood bowls with very detailed etchings, but they were all priced in the 3-5 k range.The other building appears to function as a pottery or general art workshop, and had a couple of small rooms for showcasing event items. In this case they were showcasing woodwork that had been judged in some fashion... Again, it was unclear exactly what was happening, but I heard about it on the radio and decided to check it out. Many of these pieces were actual works of art, at least in the sense that they evoked an emotional response when you looked at them, but I'm not dropping 9k on a piece of finely polished koa suspended in resin forming a table that would only have function of I set it behind my couch...The one interesting feature at the site was a nature trail thru the jungle, but with the gate latched as it was, it didn't feel very inviting, so we just packed it in at about the 20 minute mark so that no more time was wasted.It was a wealthy feeling place considering it is literally just a couple of shacks in the middle of nowhere. But it has that artsy fartsy smarm to the atmosphere that makes us common, not excessively wealthy folk downright uncomfortable.I might go back to check out one of the festivals, maybe if it is crawling with people it will feel more welcoming. As one of about 5 people wandering about, it was a soulless and unfulfilling experience. I can't recommend it in good faith.

Chelsea Robinson

2019-05

The offices are currently hosting the displaced artwork from the gallery that is impacted by the closing of the national park and they have it set up beautifully! It is as inviting as ever, with stunning artwork and even beautiful jewelry for sale. They have two unisex bathrooms, and the people are so kind!

Svenja A

2020-05

What a beautiful place. We loved the little rainforest hike near the center. Staff was very friendly and informative. The displayed art was exceptional. What a gem, can highly recommend a visit.

Jonathan Tringali

2018-05

The nature walk through the forest is amazing! I worked here over the summer 20 years ago clearing out the invasive ginger and tipuchina plants. It was hard work since we didn't use poison, all the ginger roots were dug out of the ground and carried out in 5 gallon buckets. I left Hawaii after high school and I was surprised at how nice the property looked during my recent visit.Honestly, this rivals most of the areas in the national park down the road. There are some nice old trees and hapu'u tree ferns and lots of native birds. If you walk the loop you will see the stark contrast at the border with the ranch land which shows the importance of conservation projects like this.

Preston Redding

2023-11

It was necessary to visit the Tru Value store to determine the Volcano interest points.