Welcome to the Museum of Art Dear members, permanent collection galleries, which are You’ve seen the cover of this magazine—it also in the midst of a makeover that will be has a new look, and a new name. They are completed in September. On view in just two of the changes that reflect a gift so The Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding great that it is transforming. Since July, with House, with its amazing location in the gift of The Contemporary Museum to the Heights, is also undergoing changes. Deputy Honolulu Academy of Arts, there has been Director Allison Wong has been working a strong sense on the Board of Trustees that with a team of educators to refocus the this gift is indeed an opportunity to change… venue on great art and education. In January, into one great museum with several locations we converted the shop into a classroom that and a unifying mission to serve our public. is now bustling with students (the new shop After much research, debate, and soul will open in late summer) and visitors can searching, the board voted to change the enjoy the Biennial of Hawai‘i Artists X through public name of our museum. We looked at July 22. many options and settled on the simple solu- If you have visited the Honolulu Museum tion: The Honolulu Museum of Art. And we of Art School (aka Linekona) you will also didn’t pull that out of a hat—Academy founder see that the building is bursting at the seams WE'D LOVE TO HEAR Anna Rice Cooke filed the original charter with students and the many people who with the Territory of on March 15, 1922, come by the gallery for the showcases of YOUR VOICE. as the Honolulu Museum of Art. work by the island’s best artists and crafts- Among the many reasons to change people. Registration for children’s summer SUBMIT YOUR our name was a simple, hard-to-ignore classes starts in April—they fill up quickly fact: Visitors to O‘ahu, upon hearing the so please make sure you enroll that special COMMENTS TO: Academy’s name, assumed we were exclu- child in your life early. Of course, we hope sively an art school. Indeed, in a marketing that you also bring them to the free Bank of AUDIENCE@ survey of O‘ahu tourists, only 13 percent of Hawaii Family Sunday (see p. 22)! the guests realized that the Academy was an At a recent planning meeting for our HONOLULU art museum that they could visit. A common ConTempo gala, taking place at Neiman response from visitors was that they love Marcus on April 21, the topic was ideas for MUSEUM.ORG visiting art museums but had never visited this year’s theme. One woman suggested an art school on vacation. “Fresh StART”—which struck us all as a Of course, we will not stop at changing brilliant choice, simultaneously putting the our name. Over the next year you will see emphasis on art, and capturing our exciting a greater range of exhibitions and educa- new world of budding prospects as the Kaori Ukaji tional programs. One of the most noticeable Honolulu Museum of Art. b. 1964, Tokyo, , lives in Pahoa, Hawai‘i changes is right on the Honolulu Museum of Skin #3, 2011 Art’s front lawn—Patrick Dougherty’s massive Colored paper, thread sculpture made of thousands of invasive strawberry guava saplings cleared from Ho‘omaluhia Botanical Garden. This year, the temporary exhibitions have been chosen not only to ensure that our longtime members Sincerely, are engaged, but to also attract new visitors Stephan to our world class museum. Some, like Hiroshige: An Artist’s Journey, will feel familiar while others such as Tattoo Honolulu should bring in new audiences. And naturally we hope that first-time visitors delve into our

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Comforts for the Soul: Regal and Royal Hawaiian Quilts Han Dynasty Arts for the Afterlife March 1–June 17, 2012 March 1–November 4, 2012 Through Hawaiian quilts, we can see a century and a half of cultural Comb of Ka‘iulani) commemorates Princess Ka‘iulani (1875-1899) who Roughly contemporaneous with the Roman Empire, the Han adaptation and change. On view will be 11 historic quilts from the lived in the twilight years of the Hawaiian Kingdom. The compel- dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) marked the first lasting unification of China museum’s collection in celebration of this Hawaiian textile tradition. ling Na Kihapai Nani Lua ‘Ole O Edena A Me Elenale (The Beautiful under an imperial lineage, and is one of the golden ages of Chinese Hawaiian quiltmaking is an art recognized the world over, and Unequaled Gardens of Eden and of Elenale) features unusual large- history. To this day, the largest ethnic group in China still refers to the majority of works feature a single distinctive and dramatic floral scale human images, and other quilts demonstrate imaginative itself as the “Han people,” in recognition of the pivotal role this period design cut from a single piece of cloth, appliquéd and quilted onto a patterns rarely seen in the tradition of Hawaiian quilt making. played in defining traditional Chinese culture. background cloth, also of a solid color. The naming of Hawaiian quilt The exhibition includes a Family Heirloom Quilt Workshop led by Like the ancient Egyptians, Han-dynasty Chinese had complex designs is the originator’s privilege; some are more straightforward conservator Linda Hee. See p. 22. —Sara Oka, Collection Manager of beliefs concerning the afterlife. They referred to the tomb as a “subter- while others have poetic names that echo Hawaiian legends, as in Ka Textiles ranean palace” (digong), and filled it with objects that the soul was Ua Kani Lehua (The Rain That Rustles Lehua Blossoms), in reference to believed to need after death. Such items convey much about life 2,000 the delicate flower sacred to Pele, goddess of fire and the volcano. This exhibition is supported by the Hawaii Tourism Authority and the City years ago, from painted designs on sculptures that preserve textile The show also reveals fascinating and important exceptions. and County of Honolulu. patterns and dress styles, to personal adornments inlaid with gold and Prestigious flag quilts such asKu’u Hae Aloha (My Beloved Flag), which silver, and ceramic models of buildings that reveal the unique quali- pay nostalgic homage to the lost Hawaiian Kingdom, stand out as ties of Chinese wood-frame architecture. unique in concept and execution. They boldly depict Hawaiian flags The museum’s extensive holdings of art from the Han dynasty date and the royal coat-of-arms. Quilt designs also reflect the makers’ aloha back to the founding of the museum in 1927. The exhibition highlights for and adoration of their beloved monarchs. Ke Kahi O Ka‘iulani (The Han works as well as selected items from the preceding Warring States period (475-221 B.C.) that formed the foundation for Han culture to thrive. Many of the works in the exhibition have not been on display in decades (in some cases not since they first entered the museum)—this is a rare opportunity to rediscover the superb traces of these remark- able periods from our own vaults.—Shawn Eichman, Curator of Asian Art

From top: Dog China, Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 220) Earthenware with glaze Gift of the Honorable Edgar Bromberger, 1953 (1870.1)

Female Attendant China, Warring States period (475–221 B.C.) Wood with polychrome Gift of Mr. Robert Allerton, 1955 (2041.1)

Opposite page, from left: Na Kalaunu me na Kahili (Crowns and Kahili) Possibly designed by Mary Sophia Rice (1816–1911), Hawaii, 1886 Cotton, plain weave, applique and quilting Gift of Mrs. Thomas D. King, Jr., 1973 (4182.1)

Ku‘u Hae Aloha (My Beloved Flag) Unidentified maker, Waimea, Hawai‘i, Early 20th century Cotton, plain weave, applique and quilting Gift of Mrs. Richard A. Cooke, 1927 (2590)

4 exhibitions exhibitions 5 Kawase Hasui: The Living Mirror: Garden Club of America Major Flower Show Capturing the Ephemeral Luminaries of 20th-Century & Horticulture Show: Echoes of Rainbows March 22–June 17, 2012 Modernist Photography May 11–13 Honolulu’s biggest flower event, presented by the Garden Club of Early in the 20th century, publisher April 12–August 12, 2012 Honolulu happens only once every three years. The theme for Watanabe Shōzaburō (1885-1962) launched At the close of the 19th century, photography this year’s show is Echoes of Rainbows, selected for the magical an effort to revitalize traditionally made shifted from a pictorial style, characterized optical phenomenon so common in the islands. The show includes woodblock prints. Watanabe sought by images with soft lighting, brilliant high- spectacular exhibits of flower arranging, horticulture, photography, and to preserve the collaborative process lights and rich blacks that were manipulated botanical jewelry. In addition, the special conservation/educational (between publisher, designer, block-carvers and reconstructed during the printing exhibit “Colors of Sustainability” will promote awareness of sustainable and printers) while introducing updated process. A new society called the Photo growing practices through the use of native plant materials. subjects and styles that were commercially Secessionists was formed, and their credo viable for a contemporary audience. He was to advance photography as “pure” or eventually coined the term shin-hanga, or “straight,” meaning that the medium would Schaefer Portrait Challenge 2012 “New Prints,” for this artistic movement. be devoid of manipulation, free of Victorian Although shin-hanga has been criticized for sentimentality, and painterly subjects. May 23-September 14 its conservatism, and, until recently, under- This exhibition of photographs from the recognized by art historians, it nevertheless museum’s collection demonstrates how What is a portrait? The works in the triennial Schaefer Portrait represents one of the most successful trends photography evolved from Pictorialism to a Challenge turn the notion of a picture of a person on its head. From in 20th-century . new emphasis on craft described by art critic a carved lava pohaku by Hoaka Delos Reyes to an abstract steel Watanabe worked with many designers, Susan Sontag as “impeccable lighting, skill sculpture by Patrick Daniel Sarsfield, the show makes it clear that but developed a special relationship with of composition, clarity of subject, precision portraiture knows no restrictions. The 57 artists from six islands used Kawase Hasui (1883-1957), with whom he of focus, perfection of print quality.” On view oil, acrylic, pastel, watercolor, graphite, wood, stone, clay, metal and collaborated for nearly 40 years. Hasui are iconic works by some of the most innova- quilting to create their moving portraits. The winner of the $15,000 excelled in capturing the atmospheric effects tive and influential 20th-century American Juror’s Choice Award is Maui’s Jonathan Yukio Clark who painted of rain, mist and snow, seasonal imagery, and and European photographers who played a an image of his grandmother on a mosaic of native wood. The three evocative lighting in his nostalgic scenes key role in shaping the evolution of photog- jurors are artists Sally French, Duane Preble (a Honolulu Museum of of the vanishing traditional countryside. raphy and legitimizing it as an art form. Art trustee) and Michael Takemoto. In this sense, Hasui can be considered a From still lifes of household items and leading Japanese landscape artist of the botanical studies, nudes, and portraits of The exhibition is organized by the Maui Arts & Cultural Center and pre- 20th century, building upon the foundation the cultural elite, to the grandeur of the sented in collaboration with the Honolulu Museum of Art. established by predecessors like American West, these photographs concen- (1760-1849) and Hiroshige (1797-1858). trate on a broad variety of subjects and are On September 1, 1923, Tokyo was struck given equal significance. by a massive earthquake, devastating the Each photograph stands alone as a city and killing more than 100,000 people. beautifully composed gem celebrated not Both Hasui’s home and Watanabe’s studio only for its technical perfection but also for were destroyed, resulting in the loss of most the photographer’s bold and direct gaze on of the blocks used for Hasui’s print designs. the vital essence of his subject. As photog- For this reason, the prints produced by rapher Edward Steichen wrote, “Look at the Watanabe and Hasui before the earthquake subject, think about it before photographing, are now exceptionally rare. This exhibition look until it becomes alive and looks back focuses on Hasui’s pre-earthquake prints, at you.”—Gina Caruso, Curator of Film and Left page, from top: beginning with the artist’s earliest designs Director, Theater Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) Edward Weston (American, 1186-1958) and continuing through his first major Evening Snow at Terajima Village Nude, 1936 Japan. Taishō period (1912-1926), 1920 Gelatin silver print series.—Shawn Eichman, Curator of Asian Art Woodblock print; ink and color on paper Anonymous gift, 1940 (17559.5) Anonymous Gift © 1981 Center for Creative Photography, (12083) Arizona Board of Regents

6 exhibitions exhibitions 7 At Honolulu Museum of Art EXHIBITIONS FILM FESTIVALS Doris Duke Theatre

At the Honolulu Museum of Art Honolulu Museum of Art Honolulu Museum of Art at Chanel Aotearoa- Tenth Annual Sacred Places and Mystic Spaces in Biennial of Hawai‘i Artists X Through April 1 Japanese Landscape Prints Through July 22 Film Festival Temple Emanu-El Kirk Through March 18 The Biennial allows you to delve deeply into : The Paintings These prints—of places such as the Japan the work of Mary Babcock, Solomon Enos, While Hawaii-born artist Toshiko Takaezu March 10–14 Cashmere Jewish Film Festival Alps—convey the sense that the natural Jaisy Hanlon, Jianjie Ji, Sally Lundburg, and (1922–2011) is internationally known for her world is an unending source of wonder and Bruna Stude. ceramic works, for a brief period of time in the Celebrate the vibrant traditions of Aotearoa (the Maori name for March 17–29 evocative of a sense of mystery and sacred early 1970s, when she didn’t have a kiln for New Zealand), and its indigenous Maori culture, with these shining power. Finger: A Mural by Ken Fandell firing clay, she occupied herself making paint- examples of the country’s powerful independent cinema movement. We mark the festival’s 10th anniversary with our best lineup yet! On view indefinitely ings on canvas. Drawing works from her estate, Special thanks to the Aotearoa/New Zealand Film Festival Committee, See seven thought-provoking new films from five countries, which Hawai‘i Art Now The Chicago artist digitally manipulates with three paintings and several large ceramic Misa Tupou, Louisa Te‘i, and the New Zealand Film Commission. explore the rich variety of cultures and peoples that embrace Through April 22 photographs of his finger to create a loop-de- forms from the museum’s collection, this exhi- Judaism around the world. Special thanks to Sue Brown and the New work by past participants of the Biennial loop mural that he hopes will make you “feel bition of more than 15 works is the first time Opening night reception: March 10, 6–7:30pm. Enjoy food and wine Temple Emanu-El Kirk Cashmere Jewish Film Festival Committee, of Hawai‘i Artists makes for an exciting physically overwhelmed by it.” they have been exhibited publicly together. for purchase and a Maori dance performance by Te Kohao Hawaiiki. and sponsor Sidney Stern Memorial Trust. sampling of the islands’ Takaezu developed a highly personal, Screening at 7:30pm. Tickets: $25, $20 museum members. Purchase scene. Every Wednesday at 10:15am through Lynne Yamamoto: House for Listening to Rain expressive approach to glazing her ceramic tickets in advance at honolulumuseum.tix.com. Opening Night Reception: Mar. 17, 6–7:30pm: Da Spot will serve pūpū April 18, an artist will be in the gallery to On view indefinitely works, which have been likened to abstract with wine and beer for purchase. Tickets: $15, $12 museum members. discuss his/her work (see p. 22 for details). Kids love running down the lawn and hiding expressionist paintings on clay. Not surpris- Films Purchase tickets in advance at honolulumuseum.tix.com. out in this little screened hut in which you ingly, her interests in painting on canvas The Insatiable Moon In Memoriam: can sit and shift your attention from the were similar. The larger area for painting Boy Films Maqbool Fida Husain visual to the auditory. All of a sudden, you also allowed her to experiment with broad The Strength of Water Eli and Ben Through April 22 can hear the slightest thing—like wind and swathes of colors to a greater extent than in Matariki Berlin ’36 Get a taste of contemporary Indian art in this rain—and it may flood you with memories. her ceramics. Painting with mixed acrylic Little Rose small exhibition of works by Maqbool Fida pigments also allowed her to see imme- Matchmaker Husain, who died last year, A. Ramachandran diately what was happening and react Nicky’s Family (born 1935) and P.V. Janakiram (1930–1990). First Hawaiian Center Through May 11 accordingly, whereas in glazing ceramics the Restoration true colors of only appear after the firing— Where I Stand: The Hank Greenspun Story Hawai‘i’s First Pictures: Franco Salmoiraghi: a “surprise” that Takaezu enjoyed. Once Prints from the Lahainaluna Seminary Flowers + Plants of Hawai‘i Takaezu again had a kiln, she returned to Through May 20 One of Hawai‘i’s most celebrated photogra- making only ceramics. Self-taught missionaries created these impar- phers trains his lens on the natural world to tial, unromanticized views of Hawai‘i—the explore natural light, form and the individual first known documentation of the natural qualities of each blossom or leaf. landmarks and early missionary settlements on O‘ahu, Maui and Hawai‘i Island. Across the Hawaiian Islands: Recent Landscape Painting Patrick Dougherty installation Kirk Kurokawa, Kelly Sueda, and Darrell On view indefinitely Orwig create works that present shifts in For two weeks in February, Honolulu drivers perspective, composition and color, offering saw North Carolina-based artist Patrick viewers a fresh look at their surroundings. Dougherty construct his site-specific work of tree saplings on the museum’s front lawn. Craft Masters: Woodworkers of Hawai‘i Now, park and get a close look at his elegant See how John Mydock, Francisco Clemente, symphony of sticks. and Pat Kramer challenge the notion of the wooden vessel. You won’t believe these works were once a tree.

8 exhibitions Top Row: Im Kino: Four Decades of New German Cinema

Left: Wings of Desire Right: The Marriage of Maria Braun

Bottom Row: Fifth Annual Filipino Film Festival

Left: Pintakasi Right: The Woman in the Septic Tank

Im Kino: Four Decades of New Persian Nights: German Cinema Representations of Love in March 31-April 8 Contemporary Iranian Cinema

The 1970s New German Cinema movement sparked a renaissance in May 15–18 German filmmaking. This series highlights four groundbreaking films by four German auteurs—Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Wim Wenders, This selection of contemporary Iranian films explores the importance Tom Tykwer and Fatih Akin—who lit the flame and continue its of love in Persian culture. Anne Deme Geroe, Persian film scholar and legacy today. film programmer from Brisbane, , Shahin Parhami, Montreal- based director of the feature filmAmin, and Jeannette Paulson Films Hereniko, President of Asia Pacific Films, will introduce the films. Soul Kitchen Co-sponsored by The Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute, Asia Run Lola Run Pacific Films.Com, NETPAC and Shangri La, Doris Duke Foundation for Wings of Desire Islamic Art. The Marriage of Maria Braun

Fourth Annual Second Annual Filipino Film Festival Cinémathèque Française: April 21–29 New + Classic French Films

Celebrate Filipino filmmaking and culture with six of the best new May 19–30 films from acclaimed and emerging Filipino directors. Many thanks to Dr. May Ablan and the Philippine Medical A celebration of the best new French cinema and tastiest morsels Association of Hawaii for sponsoring this festival, Vicky D. Belarmino, from the past. Arts Officer and Film Archivist of the CCP Media Arts Division and the Assistant Festival Coordinator for Cinemalaya.

Opening night reception: Apr. 21, 6–7:30pm. Enjoy Filipino food and wine Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival for purchase. Screening at 7:30pm. Tickets: $15, $12 museum members. Purchase tickets in advance at honolulumuseum.tix.com. May 31–June 3 Festival pass: $50, $45 museum members; gets you into all six screenings. See www.hglcf.org for details and schedule.

Films Dance of My Life Dance of the Two Left Feet Teoriya Pintakasi The Woman in the Septic Tank Boundary

10 Film Festivals Film Festivals 11 Exhibitions Everything that’s Film Lectures happening at the Classes CALENDAR Concerts museum Sales

Film: Gerhard Richter Painting the heartland was championed Film: The Insatiable Moon La, Doris Duke Foundation for swallow the lowest-lying coun- March Directed by Corinna Belz, by Thutmose I and continued Directed by Rosemary Riddell, 12n Mo 14d We Islamic Arts and the University try in the world. Featuring stun- , 2011, 97 mins., in to his grandson, Thutmose III. New Zealand, 2011, 101 mins., Chamber Music Hawaii: Meet the of Hawai‘i Center for South ning cinematography and music German with English subtitles, Learn about this king’s accom- Hawai‘i premiere Winds and Brass 'Hawai‘i Art Now' Artist: Asian Studies. 7:30 pm. $30, $25 by Radiohead, the film follows 1 Thu Hawai‘i premiere, plishments, in light of newly un- Set in Auckland, The Insatiable The Honolulu Brass ensemble Jacqueline Rush Lee, 10:15am museum members Nasheed as he lobbied coun- O pening: Comforts for the Filmmaker Corinna Belz earthed evidence. 7:30pm. Free Moon is a touching urban and the Spring Wind Quintet Sop tlight Tour: Sacred Places in tries to help save his homeland. Soul: Han Dynasty Arts for the captures 79-year-old Gerhard fairy tale about Arthur (played combine for an evening Japanese prints, 1:30pm Winner: Toronto International Afterlife Richter in all of his intensity, by Whale Rider star Rawiri featuring the music by Carl Orff Ltec ure: Man Ray and Vorticism Film Festival People’s Choice O pening: Regal and Royal providing an intimate exposé of 9 Fri Paratene), a recovering psychi- (Kleines Konzert), Einojuhani in America, 1914–1917, Documentary Award. Reception Hawaiian Quilts the artist’s working environment Sop tlight Tour: Maori Art, 1:30pm atric patient who joins a battle to Rautavaara (Octet for Winds), and Ezra Pound, 4pm at 6pm, screening at 7:30pm. $15, Film: Elevate, 1 + 7:30pm and his celebrated approach Honolulu Chamber Music Series: prevent the closure of his local Louise Farrenc (Sextet in C minor, $12 museum members; includes So p tlight Tour: to painting. This is the first time The Parker String Quartet homeless shelter. Joined by his Opus 40). This concert is co-spon- Film: Matariki pre-screening reception with Great Local Artists, 1:30pm in decades that he has allowed The New York Times has hailed sheltermates, a lonely social sored by Mozart House. 7:30 pm. Directed by Michael Bennett, complimentary glass of wine. Tour+Tea: Things with Wings, his studio and working process this Grammy Award-winning worker, a hapless vicar and his $25, $20 museum members New Zealand, 2010, 92 mins., Carol Bonham, 2:30pm to be filmed. Official Selection: quartet as “something extraor- landlord, Arthur brings hope Hawai‘i premiere Toronto International Film dinary.” They're lauded for their and humor to conflict, changing A tragic late-night scuffle on the 17 Sat Festival. 1 + 7:30pm appearances with great orches- things in ways noone could eve of Matariki—the Maori New The Curator Is In: 2 Fri tras as well as performances in have predicted. 1 + 7:30pm Year (Matariki is the Maori name Anxiety’s Edge, 1pm So p tlight Tour: non-traditional venues such as for the Pleiades, equivalent to 16 Fri Stretch Your Imagination Yoga, Great Local Artists, 1:30pm 7 Wed Barbès, a bar and performance Hawai‘i’s Makali‘i)—brings together So p tlight Tour: Sacred Places Spalding House, 10:30–11:45am Conr ce t: African American Jazz Me e t the space in Brooklyn. Daniel Chong, 11 Sun eight strangers. This group of in Japanese prints, 1:30pm Heritage Concert: Chuck James 'Hawai‘i Art Now' Artist: Karen Kim, Jessica Bodner and E xpression Session Teens: Maori, päkehä, and Asians find Quartet+Special Guests, 7:30pm Deb Nehmad, 10:15am Kee-Hyun Kim are famous for Manga Baskets, Spalding House, redemption, hope and new begin- Film: The Conquest Film: Gerhard Richter Painting, their Beethoven and Bartók 10:30am–noon nings. Official selection: Toronto Directed by Xavier Durringer, 1 + 7:30pm interpretations. 6:30pm meet the Tour+Tea: Honolulu International Film Festival, Wairoa , 2011, 105 mins., in French 3 Sat So p tlight Tour: artists, 7:30pm concert. $45, Printmakers, Honolulu Museum Maori Film Festival. 1 + 7:30pm with English subtitles, Hawai‘i So p tlight Tour: Maori Art, 1:30pm $40 museum members of Art School, Fred Smith, 2:30pm premiere Great Local Artists, 1:30pm 13 Tue The French answer to The Iron Film: Being Elmo, 1, 4 + 7:30pm Film: Boy So p tlight Tour: Sacred Places 15 Thur Lady, this witty, commanding 8 Thur Directed by Taika Waititi, New in Japanese prints, 1:30pm So p tlight Tour: Sacred Places portrayal of Nicolas Sarkozy’s Film: Zealand, 2010, 88 mins. Tour+Tea: The Year of the in Japanese prints, 1:30pm rise to the French presidency 4 Sun Gerhard Richter Painting, 1pm Obsessed with Michael Jackson, Dragon, Carol Bonham, 2:30pm Tour+Tea: The Year of the through the lens of his unravel- E xpression Session Kids: So p tlight Tour: 11-year-old Boy lives a rough- Dragon, Carol Bonham, 2:30pm ing marriage to then-wife Cecilia, Abstracted Landscapes, Maori Art, 1:30pm and-tumble existence on a farm Film: The Strength of Water is filled with brilliant, sharp College Day, Spalding House, 10:30am–noon Tour+Tea: Honolulu with his grandma, his younger Directed by Armagan Ballantyne, Conr ce t: Ghulam Farid Nizami: characterizations of living politi- noon–3pm Film: Being Elmo, 1, 4 + 7:30pm Printmakers, Honolulu Museum brother Rocky, and cousins. New Zealand, 2008, 86 mins. Music of Pakistan + India cians. Official Selection: Cannes Film: The Conquest, 1pm Tour+Tea: Things with Wings, of Art School, Fred Smith, 2:30pm When Boy’s wayward, charis- Ten-year-old twins Kimi and This internationally acclaimed Film Festival. 1pm So p tlight Tour: Sacred Places Carol Bonham, 2:30pm matic father, played by director Melody live in an isolated Maori 17th-generation musician—and in Japanese prints, 1:30pm Ltec ure: Thutmose III, the Taika Waititi, appears out of community. The arrival of an one of the world’s foremost Friends of Film Friday: Napoleon of Egypt, American the blue, he will do anything to enigmatic stranger precipitates scholars and teachers of the The Island President Temple Emanu-El Kirk 6 Tue Institute of Archeology 10 Sat make him stay. Boy is the high- an accident that forces the music of his region—sings and Directed by Jon Shenk, USA, 2011, Cashmere Jewish Film So p tlight Tour: The unexpected shattering So p tlight Tour: est-grossing New Zealand film of twins apart, and Kimi acts out plays sitar and harmonium 101 mins., Hawai‘i premiere Festival starts, opening night Maori Art, 1:30pm of Ancient Egypt’s security by Maori Art, 1:30pm all time. Official Selection: HIFF, his heartbreaking loneliness in masterfully in a vast array of Until he was overthrown on Feb. reception 6–7:30pm, Tour+Tea: Honolulu the invasion of the Hyksos (c. Sundance. Winner: Audience destructive ways while looking styles including Classical Indian, 7, former Maldives President $15, $12 museum members Printmakers, Honolulu Museum 1660bce) imposed a new para- Aotearoa-New Zealand Awards, Berlin, Sydney and after the Melody that only he Ghazal, Geet, Qawwali, Bhajan, Mohamed Nasheed fought of Art School, Fred Smith, digm on Egypt’s international Film Festival starts, opening Melbourne International Film can see. Official selection: Berlin Pakistani Folk and Sufi music. He for the survival of his country. continued on next page 2:30pm relations. The doctrine of defen- night reception 6–7:30pm, $20, Festivals. 1, 4 + 7:30pm and Hawaii International Film is joined by his son Nizami on Climate change threatens to sible borders far removed from $25 museum members Festivals. 1 + 7:30pm tabla. Co-sponsored by Shangri raise sea levels that would -

12 Calendar Calendar 13 never-before-seen archival publisher, target of the Watergate 17 Sat (cont.) footage vividly illustrate the 20 Tue burglars, hero of Israel’s War 24 Sat 29 Thur ' ' ' April Film: Eli and Ben accounts of rescued children in So p tlight Tour: of Independence—these are Film: The Conquest, 1 + 4pm Film: Where I Stand: The Hank ' ' Directed by Ori Ravid, Israel, this inspiring story. Sir Nicholas Hindu Deities, 1:30pm just some the titles given to Film: Little Rose, 7:30pm Greenspun Story, 1pm 2008, 91 mins., in Hebrew with is still with us at the age of 102. Tour+Tea: Jewish Artists and publisher Hank Greenspun. His So p tlight Tour: So p tlight Tour: Contemporary l : u m· 1 Sun English subtitles, Hawai‘i premiere Winner: Audience Award for the Collectors, Bill and Karlyn Pearl, amazing story is told for the first Hindu Deities, 1:30pm artist, 1:30pm ,,. 1·1·· '~1 E xpression Session Kids: I ~ • \• ~I 1~_ ,...., Twelve-year-old Eli’s life is Best Documentary, Montreal 2:30pm time. Winner: Audience Award Tour+Tea: Regal and Royal: ... a, . • 1•1 Casting with Plaster, Spalding . ' . turned upside down when he World Film Festival. 1pm Film: Eli and Ben, 1pm for Best Documentary, San Diego Hawaiian Quilts, Charlene . \ House,10:30am–noon finds out that his father, the City G allery talk: Curator James Jewish Film Festival. 7:30pm 25 Sun Hughes, 2:30pm r , \'r Tour+Tea: Regal and Royal: Architect of Herzelya, has been Film: Matchmaker Jensen on Toshiko Takaezu, E xpression Session Adults: Film: Berlin ’36, 7:30pm \,I Hawaiian Quilts, Charlene accused of taking bribes. Eli Directed by Avi Nesher, Israel, Chanel Waikiki, 5pm Abstracted Landscape/ Hughes, 2:30pm sets out on a mission to prove 2010; 112 mins., in Hebrew, with 22 Thur Seascape Baskets, Spalding his admired father’s innocence. English subtitles, Hawai‘i premiere Film: Little Rose O pening: Kawase Hasui: House, 10:30am–noon 30 Fri 31 Sat Honolulu Museum of Art 85th Winner: Grand Prix Award, In 1968 Haifa, a teenage boy gets Directed by Jan Kidawa-Blonski, Capturing the Ephemeral Film: Where I Stand: The Hank So p tlight Tour: So p tlight Tour: Anniversary Concert Moscow Children’s Film Festival. a summer job with a Holocaust Poland, 2010; 118 mins., in Polish Film: Nicky’s Family, 1pm Greenspun Story, 1pm Contemporary artist, 1:30pm Contemporary artist, 1:30pm Celebrate the founding of the 7:30pm survivor who makes ends meet with English subtitles, Hawai‘i So p tlight Tour: Tour+Tea: Jewish Artists and ARatr T f e DARK: O Tahiti, 6–9pm Bo o k Club: The Hare with museum in 1927 and its excit- by brokering marriages and premiere Hindu Deities, 1:30pm Collectors, Bill + Karlyn Pearl, Amber Eyes: A Family’s Century ing future at this night of song, smuggling goods. Throughout Divided loyalties and misguided Tour+Tea: Jewish Artists and 2:30pm of Art and Loss by Edmund de dance, and food. Jeff Peterson, 18 Sun the summer, the mysterious love play out against a backdrop of Collectors, Bill and Karlyn Pearl, Film: Little Rose, 4pm Waal. 1:30pm Puamana, ‘uke duo Bryan Bnoa k f Hawaii Family Sunday: matchmaker takes the boy on political unrest in 1967 communist 2:30pm Film: Nicky’s Family, 7:30pm Tolentino and Herb Ohta, Jr, Spring Fever, 11am–3pm a dangerous coming of age ride Poland. A security police colonel Im Kino: Four Decades of and trio Pa‘ahana perform into the deepest underbelly of enlists his alluring, yet naive girl- Film: Restoration New German Cinema starts on three stages. Food is by chef Family Film Sunday: Birds of a Haifa. Winner: Audience Choice friend to spy on a writer accused Directed by Yossi Madmony, 27 Tue Mike Nevin! And you can view Feather: Short Films from the Award, Israel Film Festival, New of being a Zionist under the code Israel, 2010; 105 mins., in Hebrew Film: Berlin '36, 1pm Film: Soul Kitchen Hawai‘i Art Now too. 5:30 pm. $45, Ofriday, Tahiti march 30, 2012 Children’s Film Festival Seattle York; Best Actor and Best Actress, name “Little Rose.” As her relation- with English subtitles, Hawai‘i So p tlight Tour: Directed by Fatih Akin, Germany, $40 museum members 67 mins., recommended for ages Israeli Academy Awards. 4pm ship with the writer develops, premiere Contemporary artist, 1:30pm 2009, 99mins., in German with 4 and up untold secrets and shifting loyal- When his business partner dies, Tour+Tea: Regal and Royal: English subtitles If you like furry and feathered Film: Berlin ’36 ties are revealed. Winner: Best Yakov Fidelman discovers that Hawaiian Quilts, Charlene honolulumuseum.org A hopelessly disorganized 3 Tue creatures, this animated en- Directed by Kaspor Heidelbach, Director, Moscow Film Festival; his furniture-restoration shop is Hughes, 2:30pm restaurateur runs a Hamburg Film: Soul Kitchen, 1 + 7:30pm chanted animal kingdom is for Germany, 2009, 100 mins., in Best Film and Best Actress, Polish in financial straits. His estranged Film: Matchmaker, 7:30pm Ms a terworks concert: café staffed by a motley crew So p tlight Tour: Netsuke: Tiny you! Special thanks to sponsor German with English subtitles, Film Festival. 7:30pm son proposes scrapping the François Rabbath of lovable eccentrics. When his Japanese Sculpture, 1:30pm Sidney Stern Memorial Trust and Hawai‘i premiere shop to build apartments. When Contrabass virtuoso François girlfriend moves to Shanghai, Tour+Tea: Art of the Afterlife, to Elizabeth Shepherd, Director Based on an incredible true sto- Fidelman’s mysterious new ap- 28 Wed Rabbath revolutionized the way he decides to follow her, leaving Steve Miller, 2:30pm of the Children’s Film Festival ry. In the days leading up to the 21 Wed prentice finds a neglected 1882 Me e t the 'Hawai‘i Art Now' his instrument is played. Don’t his restaurant in the hands of Seattle. 11:10am. $3 adults, 1936 Olympics, the fate of high Me e t the 'Hawai‘i Art Now' Steinway piano in the workshop, Artist: miss this concert of melodic his unreliable ex-con brother. $1 children (12 + under). jumper Gretel Bergmann hangs Artist: it could be the answer to his Sally French, 10:15 beauty as Rabbath is joined by The mayhem that follows is a 4 Wed in the balance as it is decided Hawaii Art Now, 10:15am financial woes. Winner: Best Film: Eli and Ben, 1pm his son Sylvain on piano. hilariously entertaining story of Me e t the 'Hawai‘i Art Now' Film: Nicky’s Family whether or not a Jewish athlete Film: Matchmaker, 1pm Screenplay, Sundance Film So p tlight Tour: Contemporary François and Sylvain regularly self-realization, set to an irresist- Artist: Gaye Chan, 10:15 Directed by Matej Minac, Czech can be a part of the German So p tlight Tour: Festival; Best Film, Jerusalem artist, 1:30pm visit Hawai‘i to perform and teach ibly soulful soundtrack. So p tlight Tour: Netsuke: Tiny Republic/Slovak Republic, 2011, Olympic team. 7:30pm Hindu Deities, 1:30pm Film Festival. 7:30pm Film: Restoration, 7:30pm at the biennial Hawaii Contrabass 1, 4 + 7:30pm Japanese Sculpture, 1:30pm 96 min., in English, Hawai‘i Festival. Co-sponsored by premiere Film: Where I Stand: Shangri La, a Center for Islamic continued on next page Sir Nicholas Winton, the The Hank Greenspun Story 23 Fri Arts and Culture owned and “British Schindler,” organized Directed by Scott Goldstein, Film: Restoration, 1pm operated by the Doris Duke - the rescue of 669 Czech and , 2008; 98 mins., So p tlight Tour: Foundation for Islamic Art, and Slovak children just before in English, Hawai‘i premiere Hindu Deities, 1:30pm the Hawaii American String the outbreak of World War II. Convicted gun runner, Las Vegas Film: The Conquest, 7:30pm Teachers Association. 7:30pm. Dramatic reenactments and visionary, crusading newspaper $35, $30 museum members

14 Calendar Calendar 15 4 Wed (cont.) 6 Fri 7 Sat 9 Mon 11d We 14 Sat 17 Tue 19 Thur Film: Run Lola Run So p tlight Tour: Netsuke: Tiny So p tlight Tour: Netsuke: Tiny Chamber Music Hawaii: Me e t the 'Hawai‘i Art Now' Film: MIS: Human Secret So p tlight Tour: Film: Oka!, 1pm Directed by Tom Tykwer, Japanese Sculpture, 1:30pm Japanese Sculpture, 1:30pm Honolulu Brass Quintet Artist: Weapon, 11am, 1pm, 4 + 7:30pm Hawaiian Quilts, 1:30pm So p tlight Tour: Germany, 1998, 81 mins. Program: Suite from Westside Linda Yamamoto, 10:15am So p tlight Tour: Tour+Tea: Six Local Artists in Hawaiian Quilts, 1:30pm A woman races against the clock Film: Conr ce t: Story by Leonard Bernstein, Film: Charlotte Rampling: Contemporary artist, 1:30pm the Biennial X, Spalding House, Tour+Tea: Six Local Artists in to meet her boyfriend, who has The Marriage of Maria Braun House of Wolves, 7:30pm Street Song by Michael Tilson The Look, 1+7:30pm Susan Palmore, 2:30pm the Biennial X, Spalding House, fallen afoul of his gangster boss Directed by Rainer Werner House of Wolves is the musical Thomas, and other favorites. So p tlight Tour: Susan Palmore, 2:30pm and needs big money, fast. The Fassbinder, Germany, 1978, moniker of singer/ 7:30 pm. Contemporary artist, 1:30pm 15 Sun Film: Oka! film plays out in three scenarios, 120 minutes, in German with songwriter Rey Villalobos. $25, $20 museum members Directed by Lavinia Currier, USA, Lt ec ure: The Chauvet Caves: which demonstrate the reper- English subtitles Joined by Cory Grey on trum- Bnoa k f Hawaii Family Sunday: 2011, 106 mins., in Sango, Akka, Man’s Earliest Art, American cussions of tiny choices and Maria marries Hermann Braun pet, Brian Wright on drums and 12 Thur Happy Birthday!, 11am–3pm and French- with English subtitles Institute of Archaeology missed opportunities. 1 + 7:30pm in the last days of World War Amanda Lawrence on viola, Film: Charlotte Rampling: Film: MIS: Human Secret Lavinia Currier, a part-time Dr. Jean Clottes of the French II, only to have him disappear the band performs songs from The Look, 1+7:30pm Weapon, 1, 4 + 7:30pm Molokai resident, does a Ministry of Culture, excavator of in the war. Alone, Maria uses House of Wolves’ debut album So p tlight Tour: Contemporary superb job of capturing life in the Chauvet Caves, presents this 5 Thu her beauty and ambition to Fold In The Wind. Villalobos artist, 1:30pm Family Film Sunday: Once Upon rural Central African Republic, lecture on his research and find- So p tlight Tour: Netsuke: Tiny prosper in Germany’s “economic sings his haunting melodies Tour+Tea: The Buddha’s Path of a Time: Short Films from the home to Bayaka pygmies, ings in this, the earliest known Japanese Sculpture, 1:30pm miracle” of the 1950s. This first with a tender tenor voice. Wisdom and Compassion, Millie Children’s Film Festival Seattle lowland gorillas and elephants. repository of cave paintings, Tour+Tea: Art of the Afterlife, part of Fassbinder’s famed Reception 6–7:30pm, concert Liu, 2:30pm 75 mins., recommended for ages Ethnomusicologist Larry estimated to be 35,000 years Steve Miller, 2:30pm “postwar trilogy” was his biggest 7:30pm. $30; $25 museum 6 and up. Whitman travels from New old. Dr. Clottes and his work in international box-office suc- members Gather round a cinematic Jersey to a Bayaka village to these caves were the subject Film: Wings of Desire cess, and stars his screen muse 13 Fri campfire for these tall tales, record the molimo, an ancient of the recent Werer Herzog Directed by Wim Wenders, Hanna Schygulla. 1pm So p tlight Tour: Contemporary fables and fractured fairy tales! instrument. When he learns a documentary Cave of Forgotten Germany,1987, 127 mins., in 10 Tue artist, 1:30pm Program includes 2011 Oscar- local mayor has been selling a Dreams. 7:30 pm. Free. German with English subtitles Friends of Film Friday: We Are So p tlight Tour: winner The Lost Thing and Chinese timber company log- Bruno Ganz is Daniel, an angel All Captains (Todos Vós Sodes Contemporary artist, 1:30pm Film: Gulp a new film from Aardman ging rights to Bayaka land, Larry who can hear the thoughts, Capitáns) Tour+Tea: The Buddha’s Path of MIS: Human Secret Weapon Animations (Peter Gabriel video embarks on a crusade to obtain fears, hopes, and dreams of Director: Oliver Laxe, Spain, 2010, Wisdom and Compassion, Directed by Junichi Suzuki, USA/ Sledgehammer, Wallace and his recording and save the forest the people of Berlin. But when 78 mins., in Arabic, French and Millie Liu, 2:30pm Japan, 2012, 100 min, Hawaii Gromit), shot on the world’s larg- from destruction. Based on a he falls in love with a beautiful Spanish with English subtitles, Premiere est stop-animation set. Special true story. Official selection: trapeze artist, he is willing to Hawai‘i premiere Film: From the director of 442: Live thanks to sponsor Sidney Stern Maui Film Festival. 1 + 7:30pm give up his immortality to be Compared with the films of Charlotte Rampling: The Look With Honor, Die With Dignity, Memorial Trust and to Elizabeth with her. Includes cameos by Abbas Kiarostami, We Are All Directed by Angelina Maccarone, comes this documentary on Shepherd, Director of the Peter Falk and Nick Cave and Captains follows a self-described Germany/France, 2011, 90 mins., the Military Intelligence Service Children’s Film Festival Seattle. 18 Wed the Bad Seeds. Wenders has the “neo-colonialist” filmmaker, 8 Sun in English, French and German (MIS), the secret World War II 11:10 am. $3 adults, $1 children Me e t the 'Hawai‘i Art Now' characters feeling hopeful about playfully portrayed by director E xpression Session Teens: with English subtitles, Hawai‘i unit of the U.S. Army comprised (12 + under). Tickets available Artist: the future in this divided city. Oliver Laxe, who goes to Tangier Casting with Plaster, Spalding premiere of Nisei (second-generation) at the box office one half hour Esther Shimazu, 10:15am The Berlin wall fell two years to hold a series of workshops for House, 10:30am–noon This revealing look at legendary, Japanese Americans. The Nisei before the screening. Film: Oka!, 1+7:30pm 20 Fri after the film was released. street children. The film ques- Film: Wings of Desire, 1pm enigmatic British actress Charlotte MIS soldiers’ achievements Artist off the Rock: Art Film: Oka!, 1+7:30pm 1 + 7:30pm tions cinema’s role in cultural Tour+Tea: Art of the Afterlife, Rampling is told through her own remained top secret and were Residencies 101, Spalding So p tlight Tour: exchange by blurring the line Steve Miller, 2:30pm conversations with artist friends classified by the government. House, Hawaiian Quilts, 1:30pm between fiction and documen- Film: The Marriage of and collaborators, including MIS tells their story. Talking noon–1:30pm tary. Winner: FIPRESCI Prize Maria Braun, 4pm Peter Lindbergh, Paul Auster, and heads include Sen. Daniel So p tlight Tour: continued on next page Cannes Film Festival. Reception Film: Soul Kitchen, 7:30pm Juergen Teller. Includes footage Inouye. 11am, 1pm, 4 + 7:30pm. Hawaiian Quilts, 1:30pm at 6pm, screening at 7:30pm. $15, from some of Rampling’s most $10 in advance, $13 at the door. - $12 museum members; includes famous films. Official Selection: pre-screening reception with Cannes International Film complimentary glass of wine. Festival. 1 + 7:30pm

16 Calendar Calendar 17 To impress his literature teacher, Film: Pintakasi 21 Sat who moonlights as a dance Directed by Nelson Caguila, Lee 27 Fri 29 Sun 6 Sun 12 Sat 19 Sat The Curator is In: teacher and choreographer, Meily, Philippines, 2011, 72 mins., Film: Tour+Tea: Contemporary Indian Tour+Tea: Chinese New Year So p tlight Tour: Flowers, 1:30pm The Curator is In: Anxiety’s Anxiety’s Edge, 1pm Marlon hires a classmate to give in Filipino with English subtitles, Woman in the Septic Tank, 1pm Painting, Cathy Levinson, 2:30pm Paintings, Myra Kent, 2:30pm Edge, 1pm So p tlight Tour: him private dance lessons. A Hawai‘i premiere So p tlight Tour: Highlights of Film: Teoriya, 1pm So p tlight Tour: The Museum Hawaiian Quilts, 1:30pm unique love triangle unfolds set In this urban hip-hop fairy tale, Filipino Art, 1:30pm Film: The Woman in the Septic 13 Sun Courtyards, 1:30pm ConTempo: to Filipino poetry intertwined aspiring graffiti artist DJ moves ARatr T f e DARK: Tank, 4 + 7:30pm 7 Mon Tour+Tea: Flowers, Fresh StART, Nieman Marcus with haunting music and to a big city “garbage island” to Heroes + Villains, 6–9pm Conr ce t: Chamber Music Barbara Higgins, 2:30pm Cinémathèque Française: stunning choreography. Official practice his craft. After joining a May Hawaii and Hawaii Public Radio New+Classic French Films Filipino Film Festival Selection: Hawaii International local gang, he falls afoul of their 30th Anniversary Concert starts starts, opening night recep- Film Festival. Winner: Best leader. The ensuing results in Hawaii Public Radio announc- 15 Tue tion 6–7:30pm, $15, $12 museum Cinematography, Best Original a multimedia “pintakasi” or hu- Go to ers narrate musical works per- So p tlight Tour: The Museum 20 Sun members Score, Cinemalaya. 1, 4 + 7:30pm man cockfight of artists, rappers, honolulumuseum.org formed by the Chamber Music Courtyards, 1:30pm Bnoa k f Hawaii Family Sunday: dancers, and thugs. Featuring for updated schedule Hawaii Tresemble, including Tour+Tea: The Quilt Show, Click!, 11am–3pm Film: Dance of My Life award-winning hip-hop dance the world premiere of a special Honolulu Museum of Art Family Film Sunday: TBA, 11:10am Directed by Lydia Benitez-Brown, 24 Tue group Philippine All-Stars. of films, concerts, and commission by composer School, Marilyn Smith, 2:30pm Philippines/USA, 2011, 75 mins., in So p tlight Tour: Highlights of Winner: Best Film, New Wave & lectures. Takeo Kudo in honor of the Filipino, Portuguese and English Filipino Art, 1:30pm Section, Metro Manila Film combined HPR and CMH 30th Persian Nights: 22 Tue with English subtitles, Hawai‘i Tour+Tea: Contemporary Indian Festival. 1 + 7:30pm. FRIDAY APRIL 27 2012 1 Tue Anniversaries. 7:30pm. Representations of Love So p tlight Tour: honolulumuseum.org premiere. Painting, Cathy Levinson, So p tlight Tour: $25, $20 museum members in Contemporary Iranian Japanese Tea Utensils, 1:30pm Icon Bessie Badilla was the first 2:30pm Japanese Paintings, 1:30pm Cinema starts Tour+Tea: The Art of France, Filipina to become Carnival 26 Thur Film: Pintakasi, 9pm Tour+Tea: Chinese New Year Simone Cahill, 2:30pm Queen in Brazil. This film traces Film: Teoriya Film: Dance of My Life, 1pm Paintings, Myra Kent, 2:30pm 8 Tue her journey from a humble Directed by Zurich Chan, So p tlight Tour: Highlights of So p tlight Tour: 16 Wed childhood in the Philippines, Philippines, 2011, 100 mins, in Filipino Art, 1:30pm 28 Sat Latino Film Festival starts Flowers, 1:30pm Family Heirloom Quilt 23 Wed to success as an international Filipino, Chavacano, Cebuano Tour+Tea: Contemporary Indian Art Club Round 3, Tour+Tea: Flowers, Workshop, 10–11:30am So p tlight Tour: supermodel and to life as a with English subtitles, Hawai‘i Painting, Cathy Levinson, 2:30pm Spalding House, 10am–1pm Barbara Higgins, 2:30pm So p tlight Tour: The Museum Japanese tea utensils, 1:30pm Connecticut wife and mother. premiere So p tlight Tour: Highlights of 2 Wed Courtyards, 1:30pm Official selection: Chicago After hearing the news that Film: Filipino Art, 1:30pm So p tlight Tour: Filipino American Film Festival. his estranged father has died, The Woman in the Septic Tank Bo o k Club: The Red Queen by Japanese Paintings, 1:30pm 9 Wed 24 Thu 1 + 7:30pm Jimmuel Apostol II goes home Directed by Marlon Rivera, Margaret Drabble, 1pm So p tlight Tour: Flowers, 1:30pm 17 Thu So p tlight Tour: to Zamboanga City for the first Philippines, 2011, 90 min., in Thea ter closed So p tlight Tour: The Museum Japanese tea utensils, 1:30pm time in a decade. He arrives to Filipino with English subtitles Film: Boundary 3 Thu Courtyards, 1:30pm Tour+Tea: The Art of France, 22 Sun find that his father left him a Hotshot writer-director Directed by Benito Bautista, So p tlight Tour: Tour+Tea: The Quilt Show, Simone Cahill, 2:30pm O pening: The Living Mirror: piece of land, a rundown car, a Rainer is directing his “real- Philippines, 2011, 110 min., in Japanese Paintings, 1:30pm 10 Thu Honolulu Museum of Art Luminaries of 20th-Century diary and no clue as to his burial ist” masterpiece about Mila, a Filipino with English subtitles, Tour+Tea: Chinese New Year Tour+Tea: Flowers, School, Marilyn Smith, 2:30pm Modernist Photography place. As he searches for the slum-dwelling woman. A movie- Hawai‘i premiere Paintings, Myra Kent, 2:30pm Barbara Higgins, 2:30pm 25 Fri E xpression Session Adults: grave, he discovers secrets and within-a-movie gets reborn in A slick businessman takes cab, Thea ter closed So p tlight Tour: Life Casting, Spalding House, finds meaning in his own life. the director’s imagination using not knowing that the driver and 18 Fri Japanese tea utensils, 1:30pm 10:30am–noon Official Selection: Cinemalaya. non-actors alongside stars like two local gang members are 4 Fri So p tlight Tour: The Museum Tour+Tea: Six Local Artists in 1 + 7:30pm Eugene Domingo, Cherry Pie conspiring to kidnap him. Their So p tlight Tour: 11 Fri Courtyards, 1:30pm continued on next page Biennial X, Spalding House, Picache and Mercedes Cabral. journey along the streets of Japanese Paintings, 1:30pm Garden Club of Honolulu Friends of Film Friday: TBA, Susan Palmore, 2:30pm Official Selection: Vancouver, Manila makes for an innovative, Flower Show opens reception at 6pm, film at 7:30pm - 25 Wed Busan and Hawaii International breathtaking thriller. Official So p tlight Tour: Flowers, 1:30pm Film: Dance of the Two Left Feet So p tlight Tour: Film Festivals. Winner: Audience Selection: Toronto International 5 Sat Directed by Alvin Yapan, Highlights of Filipino Art, Award, Cinemalaya. Official Film Festival. Winner: NETPAC So p tlight Tour: Garden of Cinematic Philippines, 2011, 85 mins., in 1:30pm Filipino entry to the 2012 Prize, Cinemalaya, Special Japanese Paintings, 1:30pm Delights starts Filipino with English subtitles - Academy Awards. 7:30pm Mention, Cinemanila 1, 4 + 7:30pm 18 Calendar Calendar 19 PROGRAMS

Expression Sessions Orvis Artist in Residence 25 Fri (cont.) Weekly talks + tours Theatre Information at Spalding House Program 2012 Free with museum admission The theatre opens its doors on Kinau Street $15, $10 museum members Bank of Hawaii Family Sunday ARatr T f e DARK: Rockfest, 6–9pm 30 minutes before each showing. The Orvis Artist in Residence program, open honolulu museum of art: Kids: Abstracted landscapes with Nicole Higa to University of Hawai‘i art students, enters its Every third Sunday of the month, Spotlight Tours focus on collection highlights film Prices March 4, 10:30am–noon third year with a change of venue as it moves Bank of Hawaii sponsors a free day and are held Tuesdays to Saturdays at 1:30pm. $10 general public; Have fun with fiber! Make your own felt from from the basement of the Honolulu Museum of art projects and entertainment. The topic of these half-hour tours changes $8 museum members wool fiber and water, then use it to create of Art to the gardens of Spalding House. weekly. No reservations required. abstracted landscapes. For ages 5–12. Funded by the Arthur and Mae Orvis 11am–5pm (activities end at 3pm) Museum members receive discounts on films Foundation, the A.I.R. program provides

FRIDAY • MAY 25, 2012 • 6 - 9 PM Daily special exhibition tour starts at 10:15am. and performances Teens: Manga Baskets with Nicole Higa emerging artists a rare opportunity to flex March 11, 10:30am–noon their creative muscles and interact with the Spring Fever March 18 Daily permanent exhibition tour starts at Purchase film and concert tickets online at Turn your favorite manga character into public in a museum setting. Come see the It’s springtime! Be inspired by the dramatic 11:30am. honolulumuseum.tix.com. Film tickets may a felted basket! Using wool fiber, water, artists in action—here is the schedule. floral design in the exhibitionRegal and Royal honolulumuseum.org also be purchased at the theater door on the and felt, create your own felt baskets with Hawaiian Quilts, then try your hand at a quilt- Japanese language tour starts at 10:15am day of screening. Recorded listing of films and Domo-kun, Pikachu, and more! Bring your Eva Enriquez related activity. 26 Sat Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. concerts: 808-532-8768. own manga for inspiration. For young Through March 11, weekends So p tlight Tour: people age 13–17. Japanese tea utensils, 1:30pm Tour+Tea: Held every Tuesday, Thursday and To purchase concert tickets by mail, send order Robert Reed Happy Birthday! April 15 Bo o k Club: Lost in Shangri-La by Sunday at 1:30pm. Join docents for a free tour (concert name, date, number of tickets desired) Adults: Abstracted Landscape/Seascape March 17–April 6, Tuesdays–Sundays Join us for a fun-filled day of music, games Mitchell Zuckoff,1pm followed by an art discussion over a glass of and a check and self-addressed stamped en- Baskets with Nicole Higa and art as we celebrate our 85th birthday. iced tea in the Pavilion Cafe. Call 532-3621 for velope to: Honolulu Museum of Art Box Office, March 25, 10:30am–noon Andrea Jonna Charuk Don't miss the building contest with the reservations. 900 S Beretania St, Honolulu, HI 96814. Create landscape/seascape baskets using April 28–June 3, weekends Honolulu chapter of the American Institute 27 Sun wool fiber, water, ready-made felt appliqués, of Architects. Tour+Tea: The Art of France, S palding House: For the hearing impaired: The Doris Duke and hand-sewing techniques in this fun fiber Mark Maresca Simone Cahill, 2:30pm Daily docent-guided tour of current special Theatre is equipped with the Easy Listener workshop. Bring a photo for inspiration. July 21–August 26, weekends exhibitions starts at 1:30pm. Tour is held at 11am Hearing Assistance System. You can pick up a Click! May 20 and 1:30pm on First Wednesday. receiver at the ticket counter. Kids: Casting with Plaster with Gideon Gerlt Check out the exhibition The Living Mirror: 29 Tue April 1, 10:30am–noon L ecture: Ezra Pound, Man Ray Luminaries of 20th-Century Modernist So p tlight Tour: Summer First Hawaiian Center: For corporate or private rentals and other Explore fast and easy casting techniques. and Vorticism in America, Photography then explore cool photo craft Landscapes, 1:30pm Docent-led tour of exhibitions at noon on the theater inquiries, please call Found objects will be used to enhance and 1914–1917 activities and dream up your own ideas. Tour+Tea: What’s for Dinner? first Friday of the month. 808-532-8794. modify hand molds to make a personal and Margaret Mann, 2:30pm unique sculpture. For ages 5–12. Professor Allan Antliff, University of Victoria, Teens: Life Casting with Gideon Gerlt March 14, 4pm, Doris Duke 30 Wed April 8 10:30am–12:00pm Theater So p tlight Tour: Summer ~ ll1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Create a detail life casting of your feet, face or Landscapes, 1:30pm Get inside stories on hands. Alginate casting allows you to sculp- Vorticism is a British offshoot of Cubism ~ museum programs at turally capture facial expressions and detail with ties to Futurism. When the impact of honolulumuseum.org/blog down to your fingerprints. For ages 13–17. this movement on the visual arts in America 31 Thur is considered at all, it has routinely been So p tlight Tour: Summer For event alerts Adults: Life Casting with Gideon Gerlt configured around the activities of the New Landscapes, 1:30pm and insider tidbits, follow April 22, 10:30am–noon York collector John Quinn, who sponsored Tour+Tea: What’s for Dinner? @honolulumuseum on Twitter Use advanced casting techniques to create the movement’s last group exhibition at Margaret Mann, 2:30pm multipart life cast sculpture. Learn how your the Penguin Club in January 1917. By then, “like” Honolulu Museum of Art feet, face, and hands can be combined by Vorticism was characterized as a clapped Honolulu Rainbow Film on Facebook. casting supporting materials directly into out movement, sustained in name only by Festival starts your mold. continued on next page - 20 Calendar Programs 21 F rom Left: Alvin Langdon Coburn, Ezra Pound, 1913

Jacqueline Rush Lee, speaking March 14 in the exhibition Hawai‘i Art Now. NFWS BRIEFS

the energies of Ezra Pound. The Penguin Artist off the Rock: Book Club ConTempo: Fresh StART whose bricks were deteriorating. New Japanese Art Club show caused barely a stir. Art Residencies 101 April 21, 6:30–11:30pm, The new forced-draft kiln is fired Research Associate Allan Antliff contests this reading of April 18, noon–1:30 pm Join this docent-led two-hour experience Neiman Marcus up once a month (to 2000˚F!) In January, the Asian Art Vorticism as a marginal affair by arguing for to understand the collection in new ways and will yield about 200 firings. Department welcomed an American variation of Vorticism in art. Some of Hawai‘i’s top artists talk about how and make new friends. Books are selected Tables: $5,000–$25,000 The project cost $23,000 and Stephen Salel as the new Robert Tracing the impact of Ezra Pound’s configura- they took their talent off the island and into to connect with the museum’s works of art. was funded by revenue from F. Lange Research Associate for tion of Vorticist aesthetics in the Blast, New artist in residence programs on the mainland Discuss the book in a relevant gallery. Last The hip benefit and art last year’s Studio Benefit Sale Japanese Art. Salel started his Age, and Egoist journals on Man Ray and and beyond. Learn how you can prepare Saturday of the month, 1–3pm. Call 532-3621 for collector’s event of the and donations from Diane Chen, career as an artist, and while others in his circle during 1914–1917, Antliff yourself to take that next big step. Free with reservations. Free with museum admission. year is back with the Brian Choy, Peter Drewliner and a graduate student at Tyler unpacks a new chapter in the history of Man museum admission. To reserve a spot, Charles Higa. School of Art in Philadelphia Ray’s oeuvre. His discussion culminates call 237-5217. The Hare with Amber Eyes: Contemporarities exhi- The kiln was off to an auspi- (MFA 1993), he began to experi- with an examination of Man Ray’s critical A Family’s Century of Art and Loss bition and art sale on cious start in January when the ment with woodblock prints. reworking of Vorticism’s precepts under the by Edmund de Waal view at Neiman Marcus school did a firing of dozens of In 1994, he moved to Japan influence of Marcel Duchamp. Man Ray’s L ive Painting with Solomon Enos March 31 April 4 to 20, and at hono- ceramic dragons. and, while teaching English turn to Dada, Antliff argues, begins here. Every weekend in May De Waal, a ceramics professor at the for the Ministry of Education, University of Westminster, weaves a tale lulu​museumfriends.org/ Spalding House classroom produced artwork and studied Biennial X artist Solomon Enos will be on site that stems from his experiences as a contempo2012. The sale In January the space that was traditional ink painting. Upon Stretch Your Imagination Yoga to paint a mural with the community on the potter in Japan. Docents: Gail Sanders and includes works by such Spalding House’s Museum Shop returning to the States in 2000, March 17 10:30–11:45am Spalding House Tennis Court. Reservations a Kaui Philpotts artists as , reopened as a studio classroom. Stephen studied Japanese art must. To reserve a spot, call 237-5230. Artist-instructor Roger Whitlock history at the University of These family-oriented yoga sessions are The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble Snowden Hodges, inaugurated it with a watercolor Washington where he earned a geared toward children, but are appropriate April 28 Chris Campbell, Esther class. Architects Kirk Malanchuk second Masters degree. Before for all ages. Bring your own mat. To reserve Family Heirloom Quilt Workshop This elegantly constructed meditation Shimazu, Vicky Chock, and Mark Little of the firm Eight joining the museum, Stephen a spot, call 237-5230. $10 members, $12 non- May 16, 10–11:30am, on memory, mortality, risk and reward is and Wayne Zebzda. Inc. redesigned the space, and was the manager of Seattle members, $5 children 6–12, 5 and under free Education Lecture Hall based on the historical Memoirs of Lady construction and plumbing gallery Kagedo Japanese Art for Hyegyong: the Autobiographical Writings Dinner is by Mariposa were completed by contractor five years. In this program for the exhibition Royal of a Crown Princess of Eighteenth-Century chef Marc Anthony 57 Builders. Spalding House College Day and Regal Hawaiian Quilts (see p. 5), conser- Korea. Led by docent Dietra Cordea Freiberg. Come and March 17, noon–3pm, free vator Linda Hee teaches you the basics of celebrate art and the Anna Rice Cooke Society’s handling, storing and caring for quilts. She'll Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckoff special night College students get free admission! Come demonstrate how to fold and pack a quilt, May 26 launch of the “new” In November, members of view the Biennial of Hawai‘i Artists X exhibi- then the class will take a short tour of the The true story of the survivors of a plane Honolulu Museum of the Anna Rice Cooke Society tion, learn about professional practice, and exhibition. crash in Dutch . Docent: Art at Neiman Marcus. gathered for their annual recep- have your portfolio reviewed by museum Workshop limited to 30. To register, call Dineene O’Connor. For table information, tion, which included a tour staff and art professionals.RSVP to 237-5217. 532-3621 by May 1. Museum admission applies, of Masterpieces of Landscape and a $5 optional donation will be collected at contact Sheryl Kramer at Painting from the Forbidden City the door. Meet the Artist skramer@ led by Shawn Eichman, Curator W ednesdays, 10:15–11:15am honolulumuseum.org. of Asian Art. The Cooke Society honors members who have Art Club Round 3 Meet artists who are in the exhibition included the museum in their April 28, 10am–1pm Hawai‘i Art Now. estate plans. For more informa- New school kiln tion, please call Karen Sumner, Don’t ask, just show. March 7: Deb Nehmad In December, Donovan Director of Development, March 14: Jacqueline Rush Lee Palmquist and his Master Kiln at 532-8714. March 28: Sally French Builders constructed a new April 4: Gaye Chan soda kiln behind the Honolulu April 11: Linda Yamamoto Museum of Art School, on the April 18: Esther Shimazu footprint of the old soda kiln,

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New librarian + Design a necklace ARTafterDARK is the museum’s monthly art Ofriday, Tahiti march 30, 2012 new library hours with Fay Scherr party organized by a dynamic group of young The next time you visit the Saturday, April 28 professionals dedicated to furthering the arts in Richard Allerton Art Resarch 10:30am–3pm Library, you’ll meet new Best known for her signature their community. Events highlight different themes librarian Sachiyo “Sachi” style of combining a wide in art by exploring culture, music, dance and food. Kawaiaea. Kawaiaea has variety of beads to create Visit honolulumuseum.org for upcoming dates a Masters of Library and stunning pieces, Scherr’s bold, and details. honolulumuseum.org Information Studies from the one-of-a-kind, versatile jewelry University of Hawai‘i and was is often asymmetrical, and the Asia-Pacific Librarian at always compelling. Now you Kapi’olani Community College can get a Fay Scherr original March 30: O Tahiti! for more than 11 years. In with a personal twist—bring a ARlafterDARK at t'"lC Honolulu Museum of Art addition to administering the treasured bead or heirloom with Celebrate Tahiti—its culture, art and music—at this research library, she will focus you and she will include in a ARTafterDARK inspired by ’sNoa Noa on creating a community perfect gift for Mothers’ Day or print series now on view in Gallery 9. outreach program focusing on any occasion. Reservations are Asian art. a must. Preregister for appoint- The library is the state’s ment: 532-8703 largest cache of art-related April 27: Heroes & Villains books and publications. Have a seat and read the latest issue of Quilt book and bookmarks Comic book favorites come to life as ARTafterDARK Artforum or peruse a book on Has the exhibition Regal and assembles the world’s mightiest superheroes to anything from American silver Royal Hawaiian Quilts inspired conquer and destroy evil once and for all. It’s in to Cai Guo Qia. The facility is you? From now through May 31, now open six days a week, you can get the book Hawaiian anticipation of Disney’s upcoming filmThe Avengers. & VILLAINS 10am to 2pm. Quilts: Tradition and Transition by Reiko Brandon and Loretta Woodard for the sale price May 25: Rockfest of $8.99. The book features FRIDAY APRIL 27 2012 historic quilts from three Hawai‘i Summer is coming—the season of outdoor honolulumuseum.org museums and a section on music festivals. Take a sonic trip through the contemporary quilters. 60s, 70s and 80s as we pay homage to iconic sounds Flag your favorite quilts with a gold-plated bookmark ($10.95) of rock ’n’ roll. Cause we like it. in the design of quilts from the museum collection. There are eight designs to choose from.

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honolulumuseum.org CHAIRMAN’S & DIRECTOR’S CIRCLES museum Business Council We are deeply grateful to these special museum friends for their BOARD OF TRUSTEES generosity and commitment to the museum. For more information about the Chairman’s and Director’s Circles, please contact Karen $15,000+ CORPORATE LEADERS Sumner, Director of Development, at 532-8714. Chairman Lynne Johnson Jeff Peterson ~h Trustees Bank of Hawaii Pa‘ahana / Puamana ... THE HALEKULANI CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE $25,000+ Linda Ahlers Violet S.W. Loo Charman J. Akina Warren K.K. Luke Bryan Tolentino + Herb Ohta, Jr CHANEL A First Hawaiian Bank. Burta Atherton Watters O. Martin, Jr. Dawn Aull Margaret Oda I Robert R. Bean Michael O’Neill !Wd:1hir \ • j Frank Boas Wesley T. Park * Mark Burak Cherye Pierce -- Steve & Linda Ahlers Richard & Elizabeth Judith Dion Pyle Samuel A. Cooke James F. Pierce ~ Burta Atherton Grossman & Wayne Pitluck Judy Dawson Duane Preble HERMES UO~0LULU F--',= ":- . ' . 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Wichman Sandy & Jill Friedman Catherine Moore Whitcomb Lynne Johnson Betty Wo Anniversary Keith & Allison Gendreau Mike & Trish O’Neill Charlie & Jean Wichman Robert S. Katz Kathleen Sullivan Wo $10,000+ Corporate Director’s Circle Buzz & Kitty Wo Akemi Kurokawa DFS Hawaii Sotheby’s Concert Horizon Lines Waikiki Parc Hotel Emeritus Trustees DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE $10,000+ Henry B. Clark, Jr. Patricia J. O’Neill April 1, 5:30pm $5,000+ Corporate Patrons Walter A. Dods, Jr. Yoshiharu Satoh ABC Stores Johnson Brothers of Servco Foundation Peter Bihari & Chris Gene & Cecilia Doo Jim & Bryann Nuzzo Alice Guild Charles M. Stockholm $45, $40 museum members Aqua Hotels and Resorts Hawaii Tyrie Lee Jenkins M.D. Inc. Campbell Eddie & Peggy Eu Elahe Mir-Djalali Omidyar, Toshio Hara Joanna Lau Sullivan Hawaii Pacific Health Royal Hawaiian Movers David Bohnett & Tom Helen Gary Ph.D. Richard Mamiya Joanne V. Trotter Celebrate the founding Gregory Gary & Linda Goldfein Wesley & Daphne Park T. Clifford Melim, Jr. of the museum and its $2,500+ Corporate Benefactors Tim Bostock & Melanie Donald & Laura Goo Alex & Frances Pickens exciting future at this night Christie’s John Hara Associates, Inc. Surftech Holt Jim & Priscilla Growney Jim & Cherye Pierce Director of song, hula, and food. Hawaiian Airlines Pace Art Conservation Lauran Bromley & Sherman & Stephanie Hee Ken & Shaunagh Robbins Stephan F. F. Jost An all-Hawaiian show on Honblue Inc. ShakaNet Myrna Bromley Will & Celeste Hughes Donna Tanoue & Kirk three stages. Food by chef George & Georgi Chant Larry & Claire Johnson Caldwell Mike Nevin. $1,000+ Corporate Guardians Diane Chen & Jim & Lynn Lally Ruedi Thoeni & The Honolulu Museum of Art presents Vol. 84, No. 2, the members’ magazine is C.S. Wo & Sons, Ltd. Services, Inc. Pacific Home Jan Koch-Wesser Patricia Lang David Franklin international caliber special exhibi- published four times a year as a benefit Buy tickets at Ferraro Choi and Min Plastics & Supply, Inc. 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