ON EXHIBIT
MAMo AWARDS 2008: CELEBRATING OUR MASTERS
April 19 through July TBA, 2008Joseph M. Long Gallery
Bishop Museum will begin the third annual Maoli Arts Month (MAMo) by honoring a select number of Native Hawaiian master artists with the exhibition, MAMo Awards 2008: Celebrating our Masters in the Joseph M. Long Gallery.
Coordinated by Bishop Museum’s Noelle Kahanu, MAMo Awards 2008: Celebrating our Masters honors six Hawaiian master artists who have tirelessly championed the cause of Native Hawaiian arts. The exhibition celebrates these artists through the presentation of artworks that attest to their lifetime achievements.
The art exhibition is part of MAMo, a month-long community-based event in May celebrating Native Hawaiian art, artists, and cultural practitioners with a host of activities and events at a variety of venues throughout Honolulu, including the Hawai‘i State Art Museum, Chinatown Arts District, The Arts and Marks Garage, as well as Bishop Museum.
MAMo organizers include Bishop Museum, PA‘I Foundation, Keomailanai Hanapi Foundation, Hale Naua III, Maoli Arts Alliance, as well as other Native Hawaiian artists and organizations, and the City and County of Honolulu, Mayor’s Office for Culture and the Arts.
Bernice Pauahi Bishop, A Legacy for Hawai‘i
Castle Memorial Building, Second Floor
Bishop Museum celebrates the wisdom and foresight of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop and Charles Reed Bishop with Bernice Pauahi Bishop, A Legacy for Hawaii, a new exhibition that opened on February 3, 2007.
This exhibit features items from many of the early collections received at Bishop Museum, valued treasures associated with Hawaiian ali‘i, and striking examples of Hawaiian mastery.
This exhibition pays tribute to the vision of Princess Bernice Pauahi and Charles Reed Bishop.
Opening Soon - Whales: Wonders of the Ocean
May 17 through September 21, 2008
Learn all about the gentle giants of the sea in this robotic traveling exhibition from WonderWorks. This exhibit tells their 54-million-year-old story, from early life on land to their journey back to the sea. Life-size robotic whales illustrate the major categories of whale origins, adaptations and behavior from feeding and reproduction to swimming, vocalization, respiration, and diving.
The exhibit will feature 8 robotic versions of modern cetaceans and their ancestors, including the humpback, orca, right, gray, sperm and rights whales.
Join us for Bishop Museum’s Family Sunday
June 22 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
$3 Reduced Admission for Local Residents & Military w/ ID
Food! Games! And Entertainment!
Mahalo to our sponsors
& the Wodehouse Trust
Created and produced by WonderWorks
