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Hawaii museums and galleries have announced they will participate in Smithsonian Magazine’s nationwide Museum Day promotion on Saturday, September 26, 2009, including The Contemporary Museum, Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Mission Houses Museum, and Queen Emma Summer Palace, University of Hawaii Art Gallery, and Hawaii Theatre. Free admission cards admitting the bearer and one guest free of charge will be available in the September 2009 issue of Smithsonian Magazine or downloaded easily at www.smithsonianmagazine.com/museumday.
Smithsonian Magazine’s Museum Day celebrates the country’s cultural offerings, allows the dissemination of knowledge, and brings Americans together. Last year nearly 450 museums and cultural institutions nationwide participated in the effort, which emulates the Smithsonian’s Washington, D.C. year-round free admission policy. The complete list of participating museums across the nation will soon be available at www.smithsonianmagazine.com.
The Museum Day Admission Card is good for one-day use only on September 26, 2009 at participating museums in Hawaii and across the nation. The admission card will be collected upon entry and is redeemable for general admission for the presenter and one guest. Only one admission card per household is allowed. The Museum Day admission card may not be used with any other offer and no rain checks will be offered.
For more information about Smithsonian Magazine’s Museum Day, call (808) 8526-1322 or visit www.tcmhi.org. Or go to Smithsonian Magazine’s web site at www.smithsonianmagazine.com/museumday.
Among the Hawaii Museums participating in the Smithsonian Magazine’s Museum Day promotion are The Contemporary Museum, Queen Emma Summer Palace, Mission Houses Museum, Honolulu Academy of Arts, University of Hawaii Art Gallery, and Hawai‘i State Art Museum (HiSAM). Hawaii Theatre will also participate this year, offering entrance to a Hawaiian dance concert, Huliau, presented by Hawai`i Arts Ensemble & Halau Hula Ka No`eau. The 2009 Smithsonian Museum Day Admission Card admits the card-holder and one guest to Huliau 2009 on a seat-available basis. For tickets and information, contact the Hawaii Theatre Box Office, (808) 528-0506.
Oahu Museum Day Exhibition Calendar:
Exhibitions at Participating Oahu Museums:
Yoshihiro Suda
Overlooks: Michael Arcega
The Contemporary Museum, 2411 Makiki Heights Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822
Through October 18, 2009
Hours: Saturday, September 26, 2009: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Japanese artist Yoshihiro Suda in internationally known for his installations of delicate carved and painted wooden plant life. Suda’s sculptures of indigenous Japanese plants and flowers are meticulously created with surprising realism and in true-to-life scale. The artist carves these fragile pieces from magnolia wood before hand-painting them with traditional Japanese pigments to produce exact replicas of these natural flowers. San Francisco artist Michael Arcega has created an aboreal installation in the gardens at TCM. Arcega has used three monkey pod trees to create abstracted tent structures connected by a network of ropes. TCM is Hawaii’s only museum dedicated exclusively to contemporary art. Media Contact: Charlie Aldinger; (808) 237-5231; caldinger@tcmhi.org; www.tcmhi.org.
Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Participant September 26, 2009.
Hokusai’s Summit: Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji
Honolulu Academy of Arts, 900 S. Beretania St., Honolulu, HI, 96822
Sept. 23, 2009-Jan. 3, 2010
Hours: 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
For the first time in a decade, the Honolulu Academy of Arts will present Katsushika Hokusai’s entire “Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji” series, one of the museum’s masterpieces. Augmenting the exhibition will be works depicting Mt. Fuji by other artists. Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) was one of the most prolific Japanese artists of the late Edo period (1615-1868). The Honolulu Academy of Arts’ more than 500 prints by Hokusai, one of the finest collections of its type in the world, includes a complete set of the renowned "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" series. Few institutions own the whole set. This series comprises many of Hokusai’s most famous prints, including The Great Wave Off Kanagawa, Mount Fuji in Clear Weather (commonly known as Red Fuji), and Thunderstorm Beneath the Summit.
Media contact: Lesa Griffith, 808-532-8712, lgriffith@honoluluacademy.org, www.honoluluacademy.org
Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Participant September 26, 2009.
Queen Emma Summer Palace, 2913 Pali Hwy, Honolulu, HI 96817
Hours: Seven Days a Week, 9 am--4pm
Historic Queen Emma Summer Palace situated in lush Nuuanu Valley was the home of King Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma. On display are artifacts, furnishing and personal items of the royal families of Hawai'i. The summer retreat is surrounded by a verdant garden of tropical flowers and trees. For additional information, please visit www.daughtersofhawaii.org. Media contact: Heidi Johnson (808) 595-6291, publicrelations@daughtersofhawaii.org.
Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Participant September 26, 2009.
Ho‘oulu: The Inspiration of Hula Hawai‘i State Art Museum, 250 South Hotel Street, 2nd Floor, Honolulu, HI 96813
Through July 31, 2010
Hours: Saturday, September 26, 2009: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This exhibition honors the art of hula in four areas of the Diamond Head Gallery. The first area tells a story of the beginnings of hula through paintings, drawings, and prints. The second area features images of five renowned kumu hula (master teachers): ‘Iolani Luahine, Edith Kanakaole, Mary Kawena Pukui, Lokalia Montgomery, and Tom Hiona. The third area features black and white photo portraits of kumu hula who were leaders in the development of hula in the modern era, plus a viewing area showing interviews of 20 kumu hula and a feature film on ‘Iolani Luahine. The fourth area features art objects, photographs, and hula costumes, plus information on plants and implements used in hula. The Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts’ involvement with hula since the late 1960s will also be featured. The Hawai‘i State Art Museum is dedicated to presenting the largest and finest collection of works by Hawai‘i artists that celebrate the diverse artistic and cultural legacy of Hawai‘i. The museum features visionary artwork from the Art in Public Places Collection, which includes over 5,000 works of art by more than 1,400 artists that have been acquired since the collection began in 1967. This artwork is recognized as one of the most significant collections of late 20th and early 21st century art in Hawai‘i. The collection is administered by the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. Media Contact: Ken Hamilton; (808) 586-0307; ken.hamilton@hawaii.gov; www.hawaii.gov/sfca.
Accession ‘09
Hawai‘i State Art Museum, 250 South Hotel Street, 2nd Floor, Honolulu, HI 96813
Through January 16, 2010
Hours: Saturday, September 26, 2009: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This exhibition showcases recent purchases, commissions, and gifts demonstrating the exceptional work collected by the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts for the Art in Public Places Collection. Media Contact: Ken Hamilton; (808) 586-0307; ken.hamilton@hawaii.gov; www.hawaii.gov/sfca.
I Love Art Gallery
Hawai‘i State Art Museum, 250 South Hotel Street, 2nd Floor, Honolulu, HI 96813
Ongoing (Gallery is modified for each new exhibition.)
Hours: Saturday, September 26, 2009: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This educational gallery lets visitors learn about art as artists do – by touching, observing, exploring, thinking, and reading. The gallery focuses on the structure of art-making through the elements of art and design (such as line, shape, form, space, and texture) with hands-on activities to experience art materials. For the new hula exhibition, the gallery will feature hula implements including ipu, kalaau, uliuli, and puili. Media Contact: Ken Hamilton; (808) 586-0307; ken.hamilton@hawaii.gov; www.hawaii.gov/sfca.
Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Participant September 26, 2009.
Historic Missionary Houses Tour
Mission Houses Museum, 553 S. King St., Honolulu. HI
Hours: Saturday, September 26, Tour Times: 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 2:24 p.m.
Explore the history and the impact of the Protestant missionaries to the Islands by touring Hawai‘i‘s oldest wood frame house (Ka Hale L?‘au), the Chamberlain House (family home of the Chamberlain family and missionary station supply center), and the Printing Office (Ka Hale Pa‘i), which were built in the early 1800s. Media Contact: Nanette Napoleon, ph. (808) 261-0705, www.missionhouses.org
Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Participant September 26, 2009.
Hawai`i Arts Ensemble & Halau Hula Ka No`eau present
Huliau 2009
Hawaii Theatre Center, 1130 Bethel St., Honolulu, HI 96813
Saturday, September 26, 7:30 p.m.
Conceived in 1996, the annual Huliau concert was created as a venue for H?lau Hula Ka No`eau to showcase its creative endeavors. Led by Kumu Hula Michael Pili Pang, this unique dance company has toured the United States, Canada and Asia since 1994 and is recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts as one of Hawaii’s leading Hawaiian touring companies. The 2009 Smithsonian Museum Day Admission Card admits the card-holder and one guest to Huliau 2009 on a seat-available basis. For tickets and information, contact the Hawaii Theatre Box Office, (808) 528-0506, 1130 Bethel St.
Media Contact: Mele Pochereva (808) 262-8556, mppr@hawaii.rr.org
Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Participant September 26, 2009.
Faculty Exhibition
University of Hawaii Art Gallery, 2535 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, HI
Sept. 6 – Oct. 2, 2009
Hours: Monday-Friday 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Sunday 12:00 to 5:00 p.m.; Special hours Sept. 26 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; closed Sept. 7, Labor Day
Recent work by faculty from the Department of Art and Art History, University of Hawaii at Manoa will be highlighted in the Faculty Exhibition. We welcome new faculty members who have the opportunity to present their work at the UH Art Gallery for the first time. For addition information, please visit http://www.hawaii.edu/artgallery. Media contacts: Lisa Yoshihara, Director; Sharon Tasaka, Associate Director; (808) 956-6888, gallery@hawaii.edu.
