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Arts & Culture Calendar
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A selection
of events on Oah‘u funded all or in
part by the
Hawai‘i
State Foundation on Culture and the
Arts.
For events on Hawai‘i Island,
Kaua‘i and Mau‘i, click here.
Oah‘u
Exhibitions
Body of
Work: Interpretations of the Human
Form; accession:
Recent Acquisitions from the Art in
Public Places Collection; and
Where We
Live:
Exhibitions currently on view at the
Hawai‘i State Art Museum, No. 1 Capitol
District Building, 2nd Floor, 250 South
Hotel Street. Free admission. More
information is available here: HiSAM
Exhibitions.
Celebrating
Hawai‘i with My Family and Friends.
An annual student art exhibition
featuring works by over 90 of
Hawai‘i's best young artists from K-6.
Presented by the Hawai‘i State
Foundation on Culture and the Arts, in
partnership with the Department of
Education and the Hawai‘i Tourism
Association. On view through April
2014. Hawai‘i Convention Center,
Children's Courtyard.
Lectures
Art Lunch at HiSAM: Traditional
Surfboard-Shaping and Sled
Carving.
Legendary waterman Tom "Pohaku" Stone
will share his knowledge of the ocean
and ancient Hawaiian water sports. A
professional surfer, Stone will discuss
his lifelong education in traditional
methods of shaping and preserving
watercraft using ancient practices.
Scheduled May 28, from 12 noon-1 p.m.
Hawai‘i State Art Museum, 250 S. Hotel St.
Admission is free. For more information,
call 586-0900.
Music
First
Friday at HiSAM: Papana Group.
The jazz ensemble from the United States
Air Force Band of the Pacific - Hawai‘i
will perform during this month's First
Friday event. Chief Master Sergeant Laura
C. Noel, a vocalist, leads this
well-respected band and oversees the 17
band members are they travel and perform
throughout the Pacific region. Scheduled
May 3 from 6:00-9:00 p.m. The museum
galleries will be open until 8:45 p.m. Hawai‘i
State Art Museum, 2nd Floor, 250 S.
Hotel Street. Free to the public.
Musical Theatre & Opera
The Hawai‘i
Opera Theatre 2012 Season offers
three performances at the Neal S.
Blaisdell Center Concert Hall. All
performances have projected English
subtitles. For more information or to
purchase tickets, call the HOTline at
596-7858 or (800) 596-7372; or check
website: www.hawaiiopera.org.
The remaining schedule is as follows:
• Tosca by
Giacomo Puccini. Scheduled April 26, 28
& 30, 2013.
Workshops, Classes & Demonstrations
Second
Saturday at the Hawai‘i State Art
Museum: The Dimensions of Nature - 2D
and 3D. Join Teaching
Artists Liz Train and Marcia
Pasqua as they guide you in an
exploration of the artful side of nature,
using inspirations from HiSAM gallery
works by Satoru Abe. A free family event
featuring hands-on arts activities and
quick tours of the museum. Scheduled May
11, art galleries open from 10 a.m.-4
p.m., with art activities scheduled from
11 a.m.-3 p.m. Hawai‘i State Art Museum,
250 S. Hotel St. Admission is free. For
more information, call 586-0900. The
upcoming Second Saturday calendar: The
Hawai‘i Craftsmen on June 8; The Hawaii
Quilt Guild on July 13; and The Hawai‘i
Potters' Guild on August 10.
‘Ulu‘ulu:
The Henry Ku‘ualoha Giugni Moving Image
Archive of Hawai‘i. Join Janel
Quirante, head archivist of the ‘Ulu‘ulu
program; Heather Giugni, outreach
consultant; and Chris Lee, project
director; as they discuss the program and
show how it can assist Hawai‘i artists,
artist groups, and arts & cultural
organizations that have documented and
recorded artistci and cultural activities
over the decades. Learn about basic care
and preservation challenges in Hawai‘i for
audiovisual materialsas well as resources
for digitization. Scheduled June 4, from
10 a.m.-12 noon. Please RSVP by calling
Helen Redburn at 586-0306 if you plan to
attend. Hawai‘i State Art Museum,
Multi-Purpose Room, 1st Floor, 250 S.
Hotel Street.
Outreach
College: Pacific New Media offers
a wide variety of classes on digital
imaging & design; film, video &
multimedia; photography; social media; web
design and more. A few of the upcoming
classes include: Memoir: Image and
Word/Word and Image; Vision and Discovery:
Finding Your Artistic Voice; and Film
Scheduling: How Many Days Will It Take to
Make Your Movie. A full listing of all
classes and workshops can be found at Pacific
New Media.
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