The Contemporary Museum – Makiki Heights
2411 Makiki Heights Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822
Main: (808) 526-1322; Exhibition Info: 526-0232; Café Reservations: 523-3362
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release June 2, 2009
Contact: Charlie Aldinger, Director of Museum Advancement;
Ph: (808) 237-5231; Fax: (808) 536-5970; E-mail:
caldinger@tcmhi.org
Web Site: http://www.tcmhi.org
Oahu Museums Participate
in National Museum Day
Honolulu, HI…. A number of Hawaii museums
and galleries have announced they will
participate in Smithsonian
Magazine’s nationwide Museum
Day promotion on Saturday, September 26,
2009, including The Contemporary Museum,
Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu Academy of
Arts, Mission Houses Museum, and Queen Emma
Summer Palace. Free admission cards
admitting the bearer and one guest free of
charge will be available in the September
2009 issue of Smithsonian Magazine or
downloaded easily at
www.smithsonianmagazine.com/museumday
later this summer.
Smithsonian Magazine’s Museum Day
celebrates the country’s cultural offerings,
allows the dissemination of knowledge, and
brings Americans together. Last year nearly
450 museums and cultural institutions
nationwide participated in the effort, which
emulates the Smithsonian’s Washington, D.C.
year-round free admission policy. The
complete list of participating museums
across the nation will soon be available at
www.smithsonianmagazine.com.
The Museum Day Admission
Card is good for one-day use only on
September 26, 2009 at participating museums
in Hawaii and across the nation. The
admission card will be collected upon entry
and is redeemable for general admission for
the presenter and one guest. Only one
admission card per household is allowed. The
Museum Day admission card may
not be used with any other offer and no rain
checks will be offered.
For more information about
Smithsonian Magazine’s Museum Day,
call (808) 8526-1322 or visit
www.tcmhi.org.
Or go to Smithsonian Magazine’s web
site at
www.smithsonianmagazine.com/museumday.
Among the Hawaii Museums participating in
the Smithsonian Magazine’s Museum Day
promotion are The Contemporary Museum, Queen
Emma Summer Palace, Mission Houses Museum,
Honolulu Academy of Arts, and Hawai‘i
State Art Museum (HiSAM).
Oahu Museum Day Exhibition Calendar:
Exhibitions at Participating Oahu
Museums:
Yoshihiro Suda
Overlooks: Michael Arcega
The Contemporary Museum, 2411 Makiki
Heights Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822
Through October 18, 2009
Hours: Saturday, September 26, 2009: 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Japanese artist Yoshihiro Suda in
internationally known for his installations
of delicate carved and painted wooden plant
life. Suda’s sculptures of indigenous
Japanese plants and flowers are meticulously
created with surprising realism and in
true-to-life scale. The artist carves these
fragile pieces from magnolia wood before
hand-painting them with traditional Japanese
pigments to produce exact replicas of these
natural flowers. San Francisco artist
Michael Arcega has created an aboreal
installation in the gardens at TCM. Arcega
has used three monkey pod trees to create
abstracted tent structures connected by a
network of ropes. TCM is Hawaii’s only
museum dedicated exclusively to contemporary
art. Media Contact: Charlie Aldinger;
(808) 237-5231;
caldinger@tcmhi.org;
www.tcmhi.org.
Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day
Participant September 26, 2009.
Hokusai’s Summit: Thirty-six Views of Mt.
Fuji
Honolulu Academy of Arts, 900 S.
Beretania St., Honolulu, HI, 96822
Sept. 23, 2009-Jan. 3, 2010
Hours: 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
For the first time in a decade, the
Honolulu Academy of Arts will present
Katsushika Hokusai’s entire “Thirty-six
Views of Mt. Fuji” series, one of the
museum’s masterpieces. Augmenting the
exhibition will be works depicting Mt. Fuji
by other artists. Katsushika Hokusai
(1760-1849) was one of the most prolific
Japanese artists of the late Edo period
(1615-1868). The Honolulu Academy of Arts’
more than 500 prints by Hokusai, one of the
finest collections of its type in the world,
includes a complete set of the renowned
"Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" series. Few
institutions own the whole set. This series
comprises many of Hokusai’s most famous
prints, including The Great Wave Off
Kanagawa, Mount Fuji in Clear Weather
(commonly known as Red Fuji), and
Thunderstorm Beneath the Summit.Media
contact: Lesa Griffith,
808-532-8712,
lgriffith@honoluluacademy.org,
www.honoluluacademy.org
Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day
Participant September 26, 2009.
Queen Emma Summer Palace, 2913 Pali Hwy,
Honolulu, HI 96817
Hours: Seven Days a Week, 9 am--4pm
Historic Queen Emma Summer Palace
situated in lush Nuuanu Valley was the home
of King Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma. On
display are artifacts, furnishing and
personal items of the royal families of
Hawai'i. The summer retreat is surrounded by
a verdant garden of tropical flowers and
trees. For additional information, please
visit
www.daughtersofhawaii.org.
Media contact: Heidi Johnson
(808) 595-6291,
publicrelations@daughtersofhawaii.org.
Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day
Participant September 26, 2009.
Ho‘oulu: The Inspiration of Hula
Hawai‘i State Art Museum, 250 South Hotel
Street, 2nd Floor, Honolulu, HI 96813
Through July 31, 2010
Hours: Saturday, September 26, 2009: 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
This exhibition honors the art of hula in
four areas of the Diamond Head Gallery. The
first area tells a story of the beginnings
of hula through paintings, drawings, and
prints. The second area features images of
five renowned kumu hula (master teachers):
‘Iolani Luahine, Edith Kanakaole, Mary
Kawena Pukui, Lokalia Montgomery, and Tom
Hiona. The third area features black and
white photo portraits of kumu hula who were
leaders in the development of hula in the
modern era, plus a viewing area showing
interviews of 20 kumu hula and a feature
film on ‘Iolani Luahine. The fourth area
features art objects, photographs, and hula
costumes, plus information on plants and
implements used in hula. The Hawai‘i State
Foundation on Culture and the Arts’
involvement with hula since the late 1960s
will also be featured. The Hawai‘i State Art
Museum is dedicated to presenting the
largest and finest collection of works by
Hawai‘i artists that celebrate the diverse
artistic and cultural legacy of Hawai‘i. The
museum features visionary artwork from the
Art in Public Places Collection, which
includes over 5,000 works of art by more
than 1,400 artists that have been acquired
since the collection began in 1967. This
artwork is recognized as one of the most
significant collections of late 20th and
early 21st century art in Hawai‘i. The
collection is administered by the Hawai‘i
State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.
Media Contact: Ken Hamilton;
(808) 586-0307;
ken.hamilton@hawaii.gov;
www.hawaii.gov/sfca.
Accession ‘09
Hawai‘i State Art Museum, 250 South Hotel
Street, 2nd Floor, Honolulu, HI 96813
Through January 16, 2010
Hours: Saturday, September 26, 2009: 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
This exhibition showcases recent
purchases, commissions, and gifts
demonstrating the exceptional work collected
by the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture
and the Arts for the Art in Public Places
Collection. Media Contact: Ken
Hamilton; (808) 586-0307;
ken.hamilton@hawaii.gov;
www.hawaii.gov/sfca.
I Love Art Gallery
Hawai‘i State Art Museum, 250 South Hotel
Street, 2nd Floor, Honolulu, HI 96813
Ongoing (Gallery is modified for each new
exhibition.)
Hours: Saturday, September 26, 2009: 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
This educational gallery lets visitors
learn about art as artists do – by touching,
observing, exploring, thinking, and reading.
The gallery focuses on the structure of
art-making through the elements of art and
design (such as line, shape, form, space,
and texture) with hands-on activities to
experience art materials. For the new hula
exhibition, the gallery will feature hula
implements including ipu, kalaau, uliuli,
and puili. Media Contact: Ken
Hamilton; (808) 586-0307;
ken.hamilton@hawaii.gov;
www.hawaii.gov/sfca.
Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day
Participant September 26, 2009.
Historic Missionary Houses Tour
Mission Houses Museum, 553 S. King St.,
Honolulu. HI
Hours: Saturday, September 26, 10:00 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m.
Explore the history and the impact of the
Protestant missionaries to the Islands by
touring Hawai‘i‘s oldest wood frame house
(Ka Hale L
ā‘au),
the Chamberlain House (family home of the
Chamberlain family and missionary station
supply center), and the Printing Office (Ka
Hale Pa‘i), which were built in the early
1800s. Media Contact: Nanette
Napoleon, ph. (808) 261-0705,
www.missionhouses.org
Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day
Participant September 26, 2009.
For more information about Arts With
Aloha or Smithsonian Magazine’s Museum Day,
visit our website at
artswithaloha.com.
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General Information:
The Contemporary Museum - Makiki Heights
Entry: One-Day Membership Pass - $8 Adults; $6 Students & Seniors; Members & Children 12 and
under are free. (Cost of a one-day pass may be applied to the cost of an annual membership on
the day of issue.) It is always free to visit the Museum Shop or The Contemporary Café. Third
Thursdays are free entry days! Museum and Shop Hours: Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.;
Sunday from Noon to 4 p.m.; Closed Mondays and major holidays. The Contemporary Café Hours:
Tuesday-Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; Sunday from Noon to 2:30 p.m. Café
Reservations: (808) 523-3362. Docent Tours: Tuesday-Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Cades Library Hours:
Tuesday & Thursday from 3 to 5 p.m.; or by special appointment. Parking: Free. On The Bus: #15
to Makiki Heights Drive-stops in front of the Museum. Address: 2411 Maikiki Heights Drive,
Honolulu, HI 96822. Exhibitions/Events Line: (808) 526-0232. Tours/Administration: (808)
526-1322; Web Site: www.tcmhi.org. Membership: (808) 237-5219.
The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center: Entry: Free. Hours: Monday-Thursday from
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Closed on weekends and banking holidays;
First Fridays: 7-9 p.m. Docent Tours: Third Thursdays at Noon. Parking: TCM Members enjoy
validated parking at FHC. Address: 999 Bishop Street, Honolulu, HI 96813.
For all press inquiries, please contact Charlie Aldinger, Director of Museum Advancement, at (808)237-5231
or via e-mail at caldinger@tcmhi.org.
