SCHEDULE

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12:30–13:30 | 12:30PM–1:30PM

Gallery 12 | EXHIBITION TOUR • Kapulani Landgraf: ‘AU‘A
Drop in for a guided tour of ‘Au‘a, led by Honolulu Museum of Art (HoMA) Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Tyler Cann. Kapulani Landgraf’s powerful installation ʻAuʻa was initially shown at the museum as part of Honolulu Biennial 2019. Featuring a new element created by the artist, this exhibition debuts the edition of ʻAuʻa that HoMA subsequently acquired for its permanent collection. “The work is about lāhui, a collective voice and a collective conviction to correct the wrong.” Landgraf says. “And even though there are just 108 people represented, there are thousands there, representing generations upon generations of our ancestors and our future descendants.”

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12:30–13:30 | 12:30PM–1:30PM     

Gallery 14 | EXHIBITION TOUR • Ke Kumu Aupuni: The Foundation of Hawaiian Nationhood
Drop in for a guided tour of The Foundation of Hawaiian Nationhood, led by HoMA Curator of Textiles and Historic Arts of Hawai‘i, Tory Laitila. This exhibition brings together select images from HoMA’s collection that appear in Ke Kumu Aupuni: The Foundation of Hawaiian Nationhood, published by Awaiaulu in 2022. A bilingual chronicle in ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i and English of the life and reign of Kamehameha I (1736–1819) and Kamehameha II (1797–1824), Ke Kumu Aupuni was written by Samuel Mānaiakalani Kamakau (1815–1876) and serialized in the Hawaiian language newspaper Ka Nupepa Kuokoa between 1866 and 1868. The exhibition celebrates this important publication and offers a closer look at the complex context around early images of Hawai‘i by European artists.

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14:00–15:00 | 2PM–3PM

Doris Duke Theatre | ALOHA KA‘APUNI - REVOLUTIONARY ALOHA
A poetic evocation by HT25 artist Brandy Nālani McDougall. The 2023–25 Hawaiʻi State Poet Laureate expounds on the revolutionary dimension of aloha in Hawaiian cultural and political practice, and evokes the role of poetry in practices of resistance and social movements.

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15:00–15:20 | 3PM–3:20PM

Doris Duke Theatre | ART INSIGHT: Anchi Lin (Ciwas Tahos)
HT25 artist Anchi Lin (Ciwas Tahos), visiting from Taipei, Taiwan, talks about her art practice and recent work. 

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15:30–16:30 | 3:30PM–4:30PM

Doris Duke Theatre | ALOHA ʻĀINA: THAT WHICH FEEDS US 
A roundtable with HT25 artists Las Nietas de Nonó (mulowayi iyaye nonó), Nanea Lum, Tiare Ribeaux, and Shannon Te Ao, moderated by curator Healoha Johnston. The artists discuss the layered meanings of aloha ʻāina, which can be translated into “love of land.” Aloha ‘āina can also refer to the care and fearless defense of land and ocean, a Hawai‘i-specific nationalism, an acknowledgement of the inter-connectivity in all living elements — whereby the boundaries of contemporary art be addressed.

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16:30–16:50 | 4:30PM–4:50PM

Doris Duke Theatre | ART INSIGHT: Sione Faletau 
HT25 artist Sione Faletau, visiting from Ōtara, South Auckland, talks about his art practice and recent work. 

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17:00–18:00 | 5PM–6PM

Doris Duke Theatre | HAWAI‘I TO PALESTINE: UN/LEARNING, RESISTANCE, AND AFFIRMATION 
A roundtable with HT25 artists Melissa Chimera, Lehuauakea, and Russell Sunabe, moderated by associate curator of programs & social practice Navid Najafi and curator ‘Ihilani Lasconia. In considering a provocation put forth by HT25 artist Yazan Khalili, the panel discusses the notion of homeland, unlearning and learning allyship, and transnational justice and solidarity, as well as the positions of art and art institutions.

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18:00–19:00 | 6PM–7PM

Gallery 12 | EXHIBITION TOUR • Kapulani Landgraf: ‘AU‘A
Led by HoMA Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Tyler Cann.

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18:00–19:00 | 6PM–7PM

Gallery 27 & 28 | EXHIBITION TOUR • Fashioning Aloha
Drop in for a guided tour of Fashioning Aloha, led by HoMA Curator of Textiles and Historic Arts of Hawai‘i, Tory Laitila. Fashioning Aloha showcases the diversity and inspiration of design motifs in aloha wear — holokū (gowns), mu‘umu‘u, holomu‘u (dresses), and aloha shirts. Fashioning Aloha traces the evolution of aloha wear through a stylish feast for the eyes. Garments are paired with their textile motifs’ source materials from the museum’s collection, such as traditional Hawaiian kapa (bark cloth), Japanese kimono, a Chinese dragon robe and cheongsam, and Hawaiian quilts.

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19:00 | 7PM

Central Courtyard | MUSICAL PERFORMANCE • Taimane
Enjoy a special musical performance by ‘ukulele virtuoso and Shangri-La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture, & Design artist-in-residence Taimane. Co-presented with Shangri-La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture, & Design.