“Our Goal … is to put Hawai‘i on the Map for Contemporary Art”
2022’s Hawai‘i Triennial event will bring together local artists and those from around the Pacific to exhibit modern art and provoke discussion around current issues.
Arts & Culture
Refining and Reimagining a Collection
Over a half dozen iconic works of contemporary art have been added to the Honolulu Museum of Art for the entire community to enjoy.
Cultural Practitioners, Advisors Help Educate Visitors About Hawai‘i’s People, Places, History and Culture
Cultural practitioners working in the tourism industry see their roles as integral to ensuring Hawaiian culture is perpetuated accurately and that visitors treat the Islands respectfully.
The Statewide Effort to Turn Filmmaking into Hawai‘i’s Next $1 Billion Industry
Talent, training and financial incentives are driving a new era of filmmaking, TV and digital media production in the Islands.
Virtual Interview on COVID-19: Halona Norton-Westbrook, Director, Honolulu Museum of Art (HoMA)
How are you coping amid the COVID-19 crisis? While these are challenging times for all of us, we have made important changes at the museum to strengthen communications as we adjust to the new norm of working remotely. Our senior…
The Center of Art, in the Center of the Pacific
Built in 1926, the Honolulu Museum of Art was among the first structures in Hawaiʻi—and art museums in the US—to blend its indoor and outdoor spaces into a seamless architectural layout, creating a harmonious relationship between the art, galleries, and museum…
The Transformative Power of Creativity
When Honolulu Museum of Art founder Anna Rice Cooke first opened the doors to the museum in 1927, she made clear one of its most important roles in the community: to ensure that children from all ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds…
Bringing Life to Art, and Art to Lives
For over 90 years, the Honolulu Museum of Art has served as a very special gathering place for our community to celebrate the amazing things that can happen when art, history, culture and education all converge in one place. As…
Inspiring a Love for the Arts
Manoa School of Music and the Arts: Providing youngsters "with a refreshed brain for life" Tim Stanton says the Manoa School of Music & the Arts is unique: It’s “the only school in America that has a liquor license and…
