COURTESY OF HISAM
The Hemmeter Building will become the home of the Hawaii State Art Museum.
A new home for The Hawaii State Art Museum opens its doors at 9 a.m. Sunday with a formal blessing on the steps of the new museum on the site of the former Hemmeter Building at 250 S. Hotel St.
Hawaii’s treasures
The State Art Museum debuts
Opening day activities
with a daylong celebration
By Star-Bulletin staff
features@starbulletin.comAfter that, the doors to HiSAM will open for a daylong celebration of the arts with demonstrations, hands-on art activities, dance and music performances on two stages, food booths and free admission to a dozen downtown cultural and historic attractions.
Free E Noa Trolleys will shuttle every 15 minutes around the Capitol District, and between the museum and the Honolulu Academy of Arts beginning at 8:30 a.m.
Admission to HiSAM will be by timed ticket, with hourly self-guided tours beginning at 9:30 a.m. Pick up tickets while supplies last at Borders, Native Books Kapalama, Na Mea Hawai'i Aoi Store and Native Books & Beautiful Things.
On view within the museum will be some 360 works dating from the 1960s to the present, offering an overview of art created in Hawaii. The works were selected from more than 5,000 that form the state's "Art in Public Places" collection. Works that will be shown in the museum's inaugural exhibition range from Madge Tennent's "Two Sisters of Old Hawaii" to the vibrant pop work of Sally French.
In between are works by Wright Bowman Sr., Anne K. Landgraf and Rocky Jensen, reflecting native Hawaiian consciousness in dealing with such issues as sovereignty and the environment, plus works by Bumpei Akaji, Isami Doi, Chew Hee and Tadashi Sato that reflect the rise of Asian ethnic consciousness following World War II. At that time artists of Asian ancestry were able, for the first time, to pursue educational opportunities on the mainland, and their work often blended an Eastern aesthetic with Western media and styles.
COURTESY OF HISAM
On view in the museum will be some 360 works dating from the 1960s to the present that are part of the state's Art in Public Places collection.
The following family activities will take place on opening day:
Grand opening of the Hawaii State Art Museum and its inaugural exhibition, "Enriched by Diversity: The Art of Hawaii." Celebrate Culture and the Arts Festival
Featuring music, dance, food booths, art demonstrations and hands-on art activities for the whole family
Where: 250 S. Hotel St.
When: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday
Admission: Free, but a ticket -- available at Borders stores, Native Books Kapalama, Native Books & Beautiful Things and the Na Mea Hawai'i Aoi Store -- is required
Call: 586-0900The background story: starbulletin.com/2002/10/07/features/story1.html and starbulletin.com/2002/10/27/features/story1.html
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COURTESY OF HISAM
Rick Mills will demonstrate glass blowing techniques during Sundays celebration.
Glass blowing demonstrations: Rick Mills and University of Hawaii students ART ACTIVITIES
Raku demonstrations: Shige Miyamoto and UH ceramics students
Solar print hands-on demonstration: Shuzo Uemoto, Gaye Chan, David Ulrich
Watercolor demonstrations: John Wisnosky and Shige Yamada, Charles Higa and Harry Tsuchidana
Honolulu Printmakers: Demonstration and rubber-stamping on bags
Ceramic wheel and hand-building demonstrations: Yukio Ozaki, Vicky Chock, Esther Shimazu, Sally Fletcher-Murchison and David Kuraoka
Weaving hands-on and demonstration: Pam Barton, Gail Toma, Judy Bisgard, Jay Wilson and Claudia Johnson
Drawing demonstration: Alan Leitner, Ron Kowalke, Sally French
Sculpture rubbings: John Koga, Koi Ozu, Sean Browne, Satoru Abe and Fred Roster
Mixed-media collage hands-on activity: Duane Preble, Ira Ono, Carol Yotsuda, Marcia Morse, A. Kimberlin Blackburn
PERFORMANCES
Hawaii Opera Theatre
Nova Arts (Iona Contemporary Dance Theatre)Mini-tours: With historian and storyteller Glen Grant
Galliard String Quartet
Honolulu Brass Quintet
Kenny Endo
Partners in Time with folk dancers
Makana
Kumu hula Pulani Kanaka'ole Kanahele and Nalani Kanaka'ole Zane and Halau O Kekuhi
Miyashiro Sohokai
Na 'Oiwi
Peter Medeiros and Ozzie Kotani
At the YWCA
Bento lunches: 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Cafe Laniakea; shave ice offered until 3 p.m.Activities: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; face painting for kids, interactive art booth, paint-a-tile activity, ceramic sale, facility tours. A small fee may apply to some activities.
Family Swim Time: 2 to 4 p.m. in the courtyard pool.
The following museums and art galleries will be open for free tours to coincide with the grand opening: TOURS
Hawaii Craftsmen and the ARTS at Marks Garage: 1159 Nuuanu Ave., painting demonstration.
Hawaii Theatre: Free tours at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m., with 2 p.m. contemporary dance performance by Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE (see story on Page 4).
Honolulu Academy of Arts: 900 S. Beretania St., catch final two weeks of "Sacred Treasures of Mount Koya" exhibition.
Honolulu Police Department's Law Enforcement Museum: Self-guided tours 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; also, curator-led tours.
Iolani Palace: Basement galleries and barracks open 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
King Kamehameha V -- Judiciary History Center: Self-guided or docent-led tours, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Mission Houses Museum: Open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with free tours of the 1821 Frame House and a printing demonstration on an antique press.
St. Andrew's Cathedral: Free tour at 11:30 a.m. plus all-day meditation walks through the Labyrinth.
State Capitol: Tours include the offices of the governor and lieutenant governor, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Docent-led tours.
Washington Place: Open house and tours, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Contemporary Art Museum at First Hawaiian Bank: 999 Bishop St., artist talks and docent tours.
The Downtown Gallery: 1131 Nuuanu Ave.
Eleven Thirty Two Bishop Street: Offers seldom-seen art from private collectors.
Pacific American Art Gallery: 925 Bethel St.
The Pegge Hopper Gallery: 1164 Nuuanu Ave.
Ramsay Gallery: 1128 Smith St.
Smith Street Galleries: 1117 Smith St.
Studio 1: 1 N. King St.
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