VISUAL ARTS CALENDAR
A listing of visual arts exhibitions, events, and workshops in Hawai‘i during FestPAC 2024
WAIKĪKĪ | O‘AHU
Top: MAMo Wearable Show. Above: Sense of Place: A Guided Art Moment.
TOUR | Sense of Place: A Guided Art Moment
09 June 2024 | 10Am
12 JUNE 2024 | 5:25PM
16 JUNE 2024 | 10AM
Prince Waikīkī
The Mezzanine in the Lobby
100 Holomoana St • Waikīkī
Self-parking and valet
Discover the vast collection of contemporary art from Hawai‘i, exclusively showcased at Prince Waikīkī, led by Exhibition Grid. From the Hulali i ka lā installation, to the Muliwai sculpture and various art pieces throughout Prince Waikīkī, including those of the Naio, Limu ‘Ele'Ele, and Hinana by Kanaka Maoli artist Solomon Enos, you’ll gain a deeper appreciation for Hawai‘i’s unique culture and art.
free
EVENT | MAMo Wearable Art Show
10 June 2024
7pm–10pm
Hilton Hawaiian Village
Tapa Ballroom
2005 Kālia Road • Waikīkī
Step into a world where fashion becomes a canvas for boundless imagination! Join us for an electrifying showcase of wearable artistry that blurs the lines between fashion and fine art. PAʻI Foundation presents the 18th annual MAMo Wearable Art Show, a night to showcase a variety of breathtaking wearable art. Witness a fusion of contemporary Native Hawaiian culture and creativity on the runway, featuring unique pieces that push the boundaries of fashion. Artists & designers aim to include contemporary & modern representations of Native Hawaiian and Indigenous culture to present on the runway.
general admission - $40
makiki • mānoa • ala moana • kaka‘ako | O‘ahu
Installation views: Fashioning Aloha [top] and ‘Au‘a [above] at Honolulu Museum of Art. Photos: Lesa Griffith.
EXHIBIT | Kapulani Landgraf: ‘Au‘a
now thru 01 Sept 2024
WED, THUR, SAT | 10AM–6pm
FRI | 10AM–9PM
Honolulu Museum of Art
Gallery 12
900 S Beretania St. • Honolulu
Kapulani Landgraf’s powerful photographic installation ‘Au‘a is about a collective conviction to correct a wrong. See portraits of 108 Kānaka ‘Ōiwi community leaders in this tribute to Haunani-Kay Trask.
see website for ticket info
EXHIBIT | Fashioning Aloha
now thru 01 Sept 2024
WED, THUR, SAT | 10AM–6pm
FRI | 10AM–9PM
Honolulu Museum of Art
Gallery 27 + 28
900 S Beretania St. • Honolulu
Aloha wear is more than flowers. Find out the fascinating, diverse history of this quintessential part of island life and history, from its 1930s beginnings to the present.
see website for ticket info
EVENT | Art Summit 2024
13 JUNE 2024
9:30AM–8:15PM
Hawai‘i Convention Center
Room 302AB
1801 Kalākaua Ave • Honolulu
14 JUNE 2024
12:30PM–8PM
Honolulu Museum of Art
900 S Beretania St • Honolulu
EXHIBIT | Ho‘okahe Wai, Ho‘oulu ‘Āina: Kalo and Community
19 may – 15 SEPT 2024
MON–FRI | 9AM–4:30pm
SUN | 12PM–4PM
East-West Center Gallery
1601 East-West Road • Honolulu
Ho‘okahe Wai, Ho‘oulu ‘Āina: Kalo and Community presents the foundational principles and history of kalo farming as practiced at Ka Papa Lo‘i ‘O Kānewai at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. This exhibition shares mo‘olelo and artistry from both the ‘ohana and community that have been touched by Ka Papa Lo‘i ‘O Kānewai through works of art, video and sound installation, and photographs.
FREE
TALK | Identity and Aloha Shirts: Kānaka, Kama‘āina, Malihini
08 June 2024
4pm
Honolulu Museum of Art
Gallery 27 + 28
900 S Beretania St. • Honolulu
Is an aloha shirt just an aloha shirt? Not according to University of Hawai‘i professor of fashion design and merchandising Andy Reilly. Learn how Kānaka Maoli and local men use shirt aesthetics to visually communicate their identity and differentiate themselves from visitors and malihini; and how haole malihini (foreign white) men go through a learning process, becoming educated and familiar with local-appropriate aesthetics and brands to ensure they embrace Hawai‘i’s multiple cultures respectfully. His research includes extensive interviews with Kanaka Maoli, local and malihini men.
see website for ticket info
Pāpale lau niu
WORKSHOP | Ulana Pāpale Lau Niu with Uncle Onio
09 June 2024
2:30PM–4:30PM
KĪPUKA
at Ward Centre
1200 Ala Moana Blvd • Honolulu
Eugene “Onio” Punzal is a cultural weaving practitioner at the Kauai Museum and has been a volunteer at the museum for over 10 years, since he retired. Uncle Onio, along with Kanani Kaye and Noe Mahi (the Ulana ‘Ohana), they hold weekly classes on niu (coconut), lau hala, and ti leaf weaving at the Kauai Museum. In this workshop, they bring their Kauai aloha to O‘ahu and share their expertise of weaving. KĪPUKA is presented by Pu‘uhonua Society with support from Nā Mea Hawai‘i.
see website for registration + fees
EXHIBIT | He‘e Nalu: The Art and Legacy of Hawaiian Surfing
06 June – 07 July 2024
WED | 11AM–3pm
FRI | 3PM–7PM
SAT | 11AM–3PM
Aupuni Space
729 Auahi Street • Honolulu
Heʻe Nalu: The Art and Legacy of Hawaiian Surfing covers 2,000 years of surfing history from the earliest stories of surf deities to contemporary works of art and surfing innovations through the lens of Kānaka Maoli creatives and cultural practitioners. The exhibit presents a cyclical narrative rooted in culture, while bringing to light the complicated history that surfing’s Indigenous people have with the Western-dominated billion-dollar surfing industry.
FREE
EXHIBIT | No Fo‘get!
16 MARCH – 08 JuNE 2024
TUE–SAT | 10AM–5pm
SUN | 11AM–4PM
fishcake
307c Kamani St • Honolulu
Curated with care by Wendy Kim Messier, No Fo‘get! is a compelling exhibition that brings together the distinctive voices of 42 artists, each showcasing a lifetime of mastery, innovative exploration, and unwavering dedication. No Fo‘get! offers a rare glimpse into the hearts and minds of these extraordinary creators.
FREE
WORKSHOPS | Fishschool
days and times vary
fishcake
307c Kamani St • Honolulu
Under the direction of Joy Sanchez and Ayaka Takao, Fishschool satiates O‘ahu’s hunger for innovative arts education with the help of our many dedicated instructors, members, and volunteers, all while organically cultivating an artist collective that shares values of love and kōkua. Fishschool offers a range of arts classes, including painting, drawing, textiles, beading, printmaking, ceramics, and jewelry making! And we have a full functioning ceramic community studio space.
see website for registration + fees
DOWNTOWN • CHINATOWN | O‘ahu
Don’t miss Ke Ao Lama:
Hula kiʻi (Hawaiian puppetry) performance and exhibit
Nā Akua Ākea: The Vast and Numerous Deities exhibit, which focuses on revitalization of ulana ʻieʻie (traditional Hawaiian twined basketry).
Kākau uhi (traditional Hawaiian tattooing) demonstrations with Kawika Au.
‘Ie‘ie weaving demonstrations with Cody Pacheco and Nanea Thomas.
And much more.
EVENT | Art Summit 2024
15 JUNE 2024
12PM–5PM
Capitol Modern
250 South Hotel St • Honolulu
Check out a series of Artist Encounters. Drop in, talk story with, and learn more about the work of Hawai‘i-based artists, makers, and practitioners.
EVENT | Ke Ao Lama
10–14 JUNE 2024
MON–SAT | 10AM–4pm
Capitol Modern
250 S Hotel St • Honolulu
As one of the host sites for the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC), Capitol Modern will multiple curated exhibitions in its galleries, provide an exterior stage for presentations, and performances, and offer collaborative spaces for cultural practitioners from across the Pacific to share traditions.
This celebration of the arts, entitled Ke Ao Lama (Enlightened World), showcases the proliferation of Pacific peoples’ ingenuity, from traditional practice to contemporary expression, highlighting the evolution of enlightened native thought and creativity.
FREE
EXHIBIT | ‘Ai ā manō
07 JUNE – DECEMBER 2024
MON–SAT | 10AM–4pm
Capitol Modern
250 S Hotel St • Honolulu
Part of Ke Ao Lama (Enlightened World), ʻAi ā manō brings together artworks in a variety of mediums by an intergenerational group of Native Hawaiian contemporary artists and culture bearers, selected from the Art in Public Places (APP) Collection of the Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA). Co-curated by Native Hawaiian artists and educators Drew Kahuʻāina Broderick, Kapulani Landgraf, and Kaili Chun, ‘Ai ā manō continues the important work begun by this curatorial team during the making of Mai hoʻohuli i ka lima i luna (2020), the first group exhibition of Native Hawaiian contemporary art from the APP Collection to be presented at Capitol Modern (formerly the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum) since its opening in 2002.
FREE
EXHIBIT | ‘Imi i ka Pono: Reflections on Land, Culture, and Identity
06–16 JUNE 2024
MON–SAT | 8AM–4pm
Ali‘iōlani Hale
King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center
417 S King Street • Honolulu
In honor of the 150th anniversary of Ali‘iōlani Hale, ʻImi i ka Pono: Reflections on Land, Culture, and Identity features more than 20 artworks from State Foundation on Culture and the Arts’ Art in Public Places Collection. The exhibit explores the layered relationships between justice and power in Hawai‘i, where diverse traditions coexist among a complex civic history.
FREE
EVENT | He Inoa No Kalaninui Kamehameha
07 JUNE 2024 | 2:30PM–5pm
king kamehameha statue lei draping
11 June 2024 | 9AM–9:30AM
king kamehameha tribute
Ali‘iōlani Hale
417 S King Street • Honolulu
On December 22, 1871, King Kamehameha V proclaimed a national holiday to honor and celebrate his grandfather and the father of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Originally, the people of Hawai‘i wanted to mark the legacy of Lot Kapūaiwa (Kamehameha V) on his birthday, December 11. Being the humble chief that he was, he opted to honor his grandfather instead and pushed the holiday as far away from his own birthday as possible. Thus, June 11, 1872, was the very first Kamehameha Day holiday celebrated.
See website for a full schedule of events honoring King Kamehameha I across Hawai‘i and for lei draping protocols.
FREE
[Top]: Hawaiian Futures at Honolulu Hale
EXHIBIT | Hawaiian Futurisms
03–28 JUNE 2024
MON–FRI | 7:45AM–4:30pm
12 June 2024 | 4PM–6pM | opening
Honolulu Hale
530 South King St • Honolulu
Coinciding with Ho‘oulu Lāhui: 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture, the Pacific Arts Association and the Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts present Hawaiian Futurisms, a contemporary art exhibition, bringing together the work of Kānaka Maoli artists Noah Harders and Nanea Lum.
FREE
SYMPOSIUM | Hawaiian Futurisms
15 JUNE 2024
9:30AM–4:30pm
Honolulu Hale
530 South King St • Honolulu
Pacific Arts Association invites the community, artists, and researchers to join in a series of discussions around art and literature. The Hawaiian Futurism symposium addresses the problems of the present by weaving ancestral knowledges into Kanaka methods of cultural expression. This critical cultural framework is generative for bringing into existence anti-capitalist futures that elucidate Hawaiian relationality to ʻāina (land) and people. Hawaiian Futurisms embodies the actualization of the futures we want and need.
FREE with registration
The ARTS at Marks Garage
EXHIBIT | Collage and Clay
07–28 JUNE 2024
TUE–SAT | 12PM–5pm
07 June 2024 | 5PM–8pM | artist meet & greet
The ARTS at Marks Garage
1159 Nuuanu Ave • Honolulu
Featuring the hand-dyed paper collages and pottery from the students of the late Susan Rogers-Aregger. Join us for a First Friday Pau Hana Meet & Greet with the artists featured in the exhibit. All items are available for purchase.
FREE
EXHIBIT | Cheers for Queers
07–28 JUNE 2024
TUE–SAT | 12PM–5pm
The ARTS at Marks Garage
1159 Nuuanu Ave • Honolulu
In celebration of LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, Saumolia, a Samoan-American queer artist, curates an exhibit of miniature paintings by queer artists.
FREE
[Top]: AMIS Kakeng Musical Group to perform at Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Park. Photo: Tracy Chan.
EXHIBIT | The Ocean In Us: Contemporary Indigenous Taiwanese Artistry
07–23 JUNE 2024
TUE–SAT | 11AM–6pm
SUN | 11AM–4PM
Downtown Art Center
Second Floor
1041 Nuuanu Ave • Honolulu
A collaborative endeavor between Taitung, Taiwan, and Hawai‘i, and curated by ShuLun Wu, The Ocean In Us explores the evolution of Austronesian culture and art from tradition to contemporary expression. Visiting artists will showcase traditional art, crafts, music, and dance performances, with the goal of fostering a sense of community and shared identity amidst the ever-changing tides of globalization and environmental change.
Presented by the 2024 Taiwan Taitung & Hawai‘i Arts and Cultural Exchange Project.
FREE
EXHIBIT | The Ocean In Us: Taiwan Taitung Indigenous Tribes Contemporary Performing Arts Showcase
08 JUNE 2024
10AM–3pm
Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Park
1041 Bethel St • Honolulu
With an incredible lineup of visiting performers, sharing traditional and contemporary indigenous music, dance, and fashion, The Ocean In Us showcase features award-winning singers, musicians, and dancers. This event, and its accompanying art exhibition at Downtown Art Center, are a collaborative endeavor between Taitung, Taiwan, and Hawaiʻi, curated by Shu Lun Wu, with the goal of fostering a sense of community and shared identity amidst the ever-changing tides of globalization and environmental change.
Presented by the 2024 Taiwan Taitung & Hawai‘i Arts and Cultural Exchange Project.
FREE
BOOK LAUNCH | The Healer’s Wound: A Queer Theirstory of Polynesia
08 JUNE 2024
3PM–5pm
Arts & Letters Nu‘uanu
1164 Nuuanu Ave • Honolulu
In celebration of the second printing of the groundbreaking The Healer’s Wound: A Queer Theirstory of Polynesia, join us for a lecture-performance by the artist/author followed by a Q&A and book signing.
An artist’s book and a poet’s collage, The Healer’s Wound is based on more than several years of archival research by Sāmoan fa‘afafine artist and poet Dan Taulapapa McMullin. The wound in the title refers to the conflict between colonialism and indigenous queer cultures of Polynesia, through texts and images from and of the peoples of the archipelagoes of the South Pacific Islands, extending from the northwest in Hawai‘i to the southeast in Aotearoa, including Sāmoa, Manu‘a, Tonga, Viti, Tahiti, Rarotonga, Rapanui and others.
Presented by Tropic Editions and Pu‘uhonua Society.
FREE
EXHIBIT | He‘e Nalu: The Art and Legacy of Hawaiian Surfing
07 JUNE – 21 July 2024
TUE–Sat | 11Am–5pm
07 June 2024 | 6PM–8pM | Opening
Arts & Letters Nu‘uanu
1164 Nuuanu Ave • Honolulu
07 JUNE – 05 August 2024
Sat–Sun | 12pm–4pm
08 June 2024 | 1PM–2pM | gallery tour
manini Gallery
at Hawai‘i Theatre Center
1130 Bethel St • Honolulu
Heʻe Nalu: The Art and Legacy of Hawaiian Surfing covers 2,000 years of surfing history from the earliest stories of surf deities to contemporary works of art and surfing innovations through the lens of Kānaka Maoli creatives and cultural practitioners. The exhibit presents a cyclical narrative rooted in culture, while bringing to light the complicated history that surfing’s Indigenous people have with the Western-dominated billion-dollar surfing industry.
FREE
kalihi • pu‘uloa | O‘ahu
Hō‘ike Haumāna Ākea at Hō‘ikeākea Gallery
Photo: Kosta Kulundzic
EVENT | Celebrate Micronesia Festival 2024
15 JuNE 2024
9am–4pm
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
1525 Bernice St • Honolulu
Bishop Museum, in partnership with Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center, celebrates the resilience of our Micronesian cultures and Pacific communities. The annual Celebrate Micronesia Festival showcases traditional and contemporary art, dance, fashion, stories, poetry, food, and music of the people and cultures of the Republic of Palau, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Guåhan (Guam), Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae, Kiribati and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
see website for ticket info
EXHIBIT | Hō‘ike Haumāna Ākea
30 MARCH – 27 July 2024
10am–2pm
Hō‘ikeākea Gallery
Art Building, AM 101
Leeward Community College
96-045 Ala ‘Ike • Pearl City
Hō‘ike Haumāna Ākea, the first-ever Leeward Community College student show, features works in by students, faculty, and artists from Hawai‘i and beyond. Artworks span a range of media, including drawing, painting, ceramics, photography, printmaking, and digital arts and media.
FREE
Holualoa | Hawai‘i island ——— Makawao | Maui
Mayumi Oda’s Happy Veggies at Donkey Mill Art Center
EXHIBIT | Happy Veggies
30 MARCH – 29 June 2024
WED–SAT | 10am–6pm
Donkey Mill Art Center
78-6670 Mamalahoa Hwy • Holualoa
What wonders await you in your garden? How do you mālama your garden? What magic can this beauty inspire?
Pages of Mayumi Oda’s children’s book, Happy Veggies, come to life in this exhibition which invites guests into a garden, full of wonder, to meet the many vegetables and Mother Nature. Works in the exhibition include a curated selection of prints, paintings, etchings and drawings by Oda, many of which have never been exhibited. Bring your ‘ohana and friends to experience the Mill Gallery transformed into a lush wonderland to explore, relax and create. Mural installations by Ira Stivers and local artists.
FREE
WORKSHOP | Happy Veggies Drag Storytime + Artmaking
08 June 2024
10am–12pm
Donkey Mill Art Center
78-6670 Mamalahoa Hwy • Holualoa
Join us at the Mill for a not-to-be-missed reading of Mayumi Oda’s Happy Veggies with Kona’s own drag queen Alex Lee! This interactive performance of Happy Veggies will be followed by a hands-on art activity guided by artist Jin An Wong, inspired by the beauty, shapes and colors of Mother Nature’s abundant gardens. This program is open to all–families, friends and individuals from ages 5 to 95! Participants are encouraged to wear a color inspired by their favorite fruit or vegetable.
FREE with registration / suggested donation $10
EXHIBIT | He Ehu, He Pōhaku | Of Mist and Stone
08 June – 26 July 2024
TUE–FRI | 10am–4pm
SAT | 10AM–2PM
08 June | 6PM | Opening
East Hawai‘i Cultural Center
141 Kalākaua St • Hilo
Māhū live beyond the spectrum of gender and sexuality. They exist in the in-between and enhance the world within and around them, like waters transform, migrate, and move hardened landscapes. The vision for this exhibit is to acknowledge the attempted erasure, and the importance of the reappearance of Hawaiian ways of thinking, by seeking the wisdom of Māhū. The advocating and eloquent voices for and from Māhū in this exhibit share Hawaiian ways of balance, belonging, and relationality.
FREE
EXHIBIT | New Directions: A Village Gallery Showcase
31 MAy – 27 July 2024
TUE–SAT | 9am–4pm
Hui No‘eau Visual Arts Center
2841 Baldwin Ave • Makawao • Maui
Hui No‘eau is honored to collaborate with Lynn Shue of Village Galleries to present New Directions: A Village Gallery Showcase. This invitational exhibition features the work of over 20 Maui artists represented by Village Galleries, a fixture of Lahaina town since 1970 tragically lost in the recent Lahaina fire. Celebrating the strength and resilience of Maui artists, this exhibition stands as a testament to the enduring legacy of Village Galleries and the unwavering spirit of the Maui arts community.
FREE
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