CPAC hired Community Arts International to curate and promote the indigenous and contemporary arts of the Pacific Rim in order to introduce these unique art forms to a global audience. Artists were selected to participate in a traveling sales exhibition of traditional crafts and unique contemporary art. The Pacific Rim has long been overlooked by the broad contemporary art community.

Because of the long distance between the Pacific Islands and the mainland, the project brought the work of these artists to the attention of a broader audience with exhibitions staged at the California State Fair, the San Francisco Exposition Center, the Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, and exhibition space in downtown Honolulu and at the Hong Kong Convention Center. Artists were selected from Guam, the Mariana Islands, American Samoa and Hawaii.