Entries tagged 'exhibits'
Nightlife Report from Supercw.com
Not too sure what people are talking about when they say there's no nightlife in Honolulu. Considering the source, there's obviously a discrepancy. The island is buzzing! Art! Culture! Food! New places! New things! Seriously. This place rules. Here's a...
Surfer Magazine seeks out Bhutanese monks
>Surfer Magazine associate editor Jeff Mull is in town and yesterday he stopped at the Honolulu Academy of Arts to interview our resident Bhutanese monks, who have been learning how to surf thanks to Cynthia Derosier, author of The Surfer...
Inside the Academy: See the newly reinstalled American Gallery
Michael Rooks, the curator of European and American art at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, is a hands-on kind of curator. He gets his gloved hands dirty alongside the museum's installation experts hanging paintings, moving sculptures and choosing colors. In...
Inside the Academy: Get ready for Robot Tea Party
These five handsome men are the AV Club of Honolulu, an art collective that has been doing interactive performance art events since 2006. And three of them are part of the great staff at the Academy Art Center at Linekona....
Inside the Academy: Security Guard Calvin Collins’ Fabulous Show
There is a joke at the Honolulu Academy of Arts that the security guards are the most interesting people on staff. And like all jokes, there’s a lot of truth to it. The men and women who make sure the...
Inside the Academy: Opening of 'The Dragon’s Gift' a royal event
class="right" />After five years of research and conservation (and two concentrated months of whirlwind construction, signmaking, writing, planning) the Honolulu Academy of Arts’ landmark exhibition The Dragon’s Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan opened with a special weekend of members-only...
Inside the Academy: Prayer Flags Are Go!
In the run-up to the opening of The Dragon’s Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan, an upcoming and highly anticipated exibition at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, staff—and visiting monk Sonam Tshering—put up a grove of Bhutanese prayer flags in...
Inside the Academy: Bhutanese Art Arrives
The Bhutanese Buddhist works that will be in The Honolulu Academy of Arts’ “The Dragon’s Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan,” opening Feb. 26, arrived on Friday. Three Bhutanese monks—Norbu Tshering, Sonam Tshering and Sonam Tshering (yes, they have the...
Inside the Academy: Everything Ossipoff
A whole crew of Ossipoff enthusiasts turned out for the opening of The Honolulu Academy of Arts' "Hawaiian Modern: The Architecture of Vladimir Ossipoff" on Nov. 28. Ossipoff collaborator Sid Snyder, Ossipoff family members, Ossipoff home owners Linus Pauling, Jr....
Val Ossipoff Retrospective at the Academy
Vladimir Ossipoff was Hawaii's Frank Lloyd Wright. A modernist that broke from the old architectural set. His homes are now classics. Extremely clean lines playing up the massive views and natural beauty of Hawaii. Not very easy for visitors to...
Hawaii Shopping: Maui Hands, Gallery Supreme
Maui has long been a magnet for artists seeking sun, tranquility and sky high prices. Thankfully, Maui Hands helps these creative souls monetize their vision and handiwork. This company, which has galleries on Maui in Makawao, Paia, Kaanapali and Lahaina,...
To Do Tomorow: "Waves, Wahine, Wonder"
Naitonal Geographic shooter DeWitt Jones resides on Molokai. When he's not out shooting the world, he focuses his lens on his home state with stunning results. His latest show features beautiful waves, lovely imageds of Hawaiian women, and natural wonders....
Hawaiiian Christmas -- Honolulu City Lights
The biggest light display in the islands is thrown up by the elves at Honolulu Hale, seat of the City and County of Honolulu. It's an impressive display including trains sets, a crech, a santa flashing a shaka sign, and,...
Hawaiian Culture: The Life of Sam Ka'ai
Sam Kaha‘i Ka‘ai is a master woodcarver and Hawaiian cultural treasure. He was born in Hana in 1938 and during the Hawaiian Renaissance of the 1970s and 1980s he played key roles, carving ki'i (spirit totems) for traditional Hawaiian sailing...
Moku Ola Hawaiian Art Gallery: Oahu's Newest Venue for Local Artists
Moku Ola Hawaiian Healing Center is known for its excellent lomilomi massage and Hawaiian spa treatments. Now, the healing center has expanded its offerings to include top local artist. The current collection includes the work of nine of Islands’ most...
Georgia O'Keefe in Hawaii: Bridges and Waterfalls
Georgia O'Keeffe came to Hawaii in the late 1930s to escape a nasty divorce resulting from the infidelity of her husband and longtime mentor, an affair that caused O'Keeffe to have a nervous breakdown. The Dole Pineapple corporation underwrote her...
Hawaii Museums: Dream of Speech at TCMH
Sculptor H.C. Westerman passed through the islands as a gunner serving aboard the USS Enterprise at Pearl Harbor during World War II. Noted collectors bought his early works during the post-war period, even though Westerman studiously avoided hot trends...
Won Ju Lim: In Many Things to Come
The Honolulu Academy of Arts selected South Korean artist Won Ju Lim for a commission. Lim is known for creating shapes and forms that she lights up with still or moving images. Not surprisingly, Lim chose to focus on Hawaii....
Luce Wing: Hawaiiana Art Superlative
The second floor gallery of the Henry R. Luce Wing in the Luce Pavillion Complex houses a collection of works which represent a pictorial record of Hawai'i, created by the finest artists who have worked in the state, from...
Hawaiian Tattoos Exhibit: Amazing Ink
Polynesian tattoos are something that has fascinated visitors to the Pacific Islands for centuries and the fascination continues today. The Honolulu Academy of Arts is running an exhibit of images of tattoo culture in Hawaii captured by Jacques Etienne Victoire...
Ansel Adams At Manzanar
During World War II, the U.S. government feared the ranks of Japanese Americans harbored spies for the Emperor. To contain this "yellow peril", they shipped thousands of Americans of Japanese Ancestry from their homes in Hawaii to a desolate,...
