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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2008 Board of Trustees From the Director Continuing Exhibitions

Lynne Johnson , Chairman Dear Friends, Earth and Sky: Chinese Textiles from Decades of Abstraction: Linda Ahlers the Academy’s Collection From the Collection of the Charman J. Akina In September the Academy witnessed a first: the opening of two Burta Atherton I GALLERY 16 THROUGH NOV. 16 Honolulu Academy of Arts Dawn Aull major traveling exhibitions from Honolulu on the East Coast within ee a coat made of wolf fur, sumptuous imperial silk Frank Boas four days of each other: Hawaiian Modern: The Architecture of I Srobes, tapestries and other rarely exhibited works. CLAIRE BOOTH LUCE GALLERY THROUGH OCT. 18, 2009 Mark Burak Vladimir Ossipoff at the Yale University School of Architecture in New hile the Academy makes headlines with its Asian Henry B. Clark, Jr. Wart collections, it also has a comprehensive collec - Samuel A. Cooke Haven, Connecticut, on September 15, and The Dragon’s Gift: The Judy Dawson Sacred Arts of Bhutan at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City Literati Modern: Bunjinga from tion of modern and contemporary art. The museum Diane Dods Cecilia Doo on September 18. Both exhibitions will continue their tours beyond their current venues: Late-Edo to Twentieth-Century pulls from its collection a survey that reveals the evolu - Barney A. Ebsworth the Ossipoff show opens at the German Architecture Museum in Frankfurt in the spring of Japan, The Terry Welch Collection at tion of American abstraction. Don’t miss the return of Peggy Eu 2009, and the Bhutan exhibition will move on to venues in San Francisco, Cologne, Robert Rauschenberg’s 1962 Trophy V (for Jasper Josh Feldman the Honolulu Academy of Arts Mark Fukunaga Zurich, and other cities in Europe. Johns) , a prime example of his combines, along with Helen Gary These exhibitions, each unique in their own way, bring prestige and visibility to the I HENRY R. LUCE GALLERY THROUGH NOV. 16 works by Lee Bontecou, Helen Frankenthaler, and many Stephanie Hee Academy and to Hawai‘i. They are especially important for helping change the percep - he public debut of the stunning Terry Welch others. An interesting note: Terry Welch, the collector Ron Higgins TCollection at the Honolulu Academy of Arts is an Michael Horikawa tion outside of these islands that relatively little of international cultural significance who assembled the works in Literati Modern , was Claire Johnson happens in Hawai‘i—an absurd notion, but surprisingly widespread beyond our borders. eye-opening look at the transformation of the Japanese highly influenced by the work of Pacific Northwest Akemi Kurokawa scholar-amateur tradition from the pre-modern to the Clarence Lee Both exhibitions focus on themes that had never been the subject of major international painter Mark Tobey, who studied calligraphy. You can Warren K.K. Luke exhibitions, and bring to light material that has never before been published. modern period. From Yokoi Kinkoku’s early 1800s see this Japanese-art connection in Tobey’s 1954 Watters O. Martin, Jr. On another note, I am delighted to announce that the entire collection amassed by the depiction of friends having a tea taste test amid a Margaret Oda painting Untitled , on view in this exhibition, next door Michael O’Neill late scholar Richard Lane, purchased by the Academy from the Court of Kyoto Prefecture swirling landscape to Hirai Baisen’s 20th-century to Literati Modern . Wesley T. Park in 2003 and comprising nearly 20,000 works of art, will be moved to Honolulu over the stylized, brain-twisting scenes of real and mythical James F. Pierce Susan Pillsbury course of the coming year. Having the collection at the Academy will speed up the inven - places, these paintings go beyond any preconceived Graphic Cabinet #3: Face to Face Duane Preble tory and photography of its diverse holdings, and enable us to begin displaying signifi - notions you may have about Japanese hanging scrolls Jean E. Rolles cant parts of this enormous acquisition. Comprising mostly Japanese scroll paintings and and screens. Don’t miss the last two weeks of this I GALLERY 9 THROUGH FEB. 22, 2009 Charles A. Sted ew people know that the Academy owns a notable Charles Stockholm woodblock-illustrated books of the Edo (161 5–1868) and Meiji (186 8–1912) periods, pioneering exhibition that cements the Academy’s repu - Fcollection of photographic works. Portraits are the Donna Tanoue the Lane holdings also include rare examples of Chinese and Korean paintings. tation as the nation’s premier museum for modern Thurston Twigg-Smith focus of this exhibition that includes images by Robert Indru Watumull The first Academy exhibition to focus solely on the Lane Collection will open in Gallery Japanese art. Charles R. Wichman 14 on October 30. Entitled Richard Lane and the Floating World , the exhibition Frank, Robert Mapplethorpe, Mary Ellen Mark, Betty Wo comprises paintings and woodblock-illustrated books of beautiful women ( bijin ) and festi - Nicholas Nixon, Sebastião Salgado, and Garry Emeritus Trustees vals of Edo-period Kyoto. Many of the paintings in the show were recently conserved by Winogrand. See them while you ca n— the highly light- Phoebe Cowles sensitive works rarely go on view. Alice Guild the Academy’s Asian Painting Conservation Studio, under the aegis of Conservator Keiji Kawakami Ephraim “Eddie” Jose. For more on the exhibition, see page 6. Richard Mamiya The end of the year brings Muraqqa’: Imperial Mughal Albums from the Chester Beatty All About Textiles T. Clifford Melim, Jr. Lila Morgan Library, Dublin to the Academy. Exploring the beauty and depth of Indian Mughal I MUSEUM LEARNING CENTER, GALLERY 31, THROUGH Yoshiharu Satoh painting of the 15th through 19th centuries, this exhibition complements the growing AUG. 9, 2009 Joanna Lau Sullivan strengths of the Academy’s permanent collection of Indian art, on display in the Edward D. Sultan, Jr. From Aborigine sorcerer shoes to a Southeast Asian Joanne V. Trotter Jhamandas Watumull Gallery. Next year also promises superb events and exhibitions, eel trap, All About Textiles reveals that textiles are about Stephen Little , Director including the Garden Club of Honolulu’s triennial Flower Show in April, and a major a lot more than fabric. The exhibition reveals why ------retrospective of paintings by the internationally renowned artist Masami Teraoka in humans make textiles. The eclectic display reveals On the cover: September. cultures' spirituality, life milestones, identity, and Jujhar Singh Bundela Kneels in Submission to My thanks, at the close of 2008, to the Academy’s outstanding staff, volunteers, Shah Jahan by Bichitr, c. 1630. On view in the personal comfort. In the interactive spaces, visitors can Henry R. Luce Gallery beginning Dec. 17. and Board of Trustees, and to all those whose help and support make these and other weave on a loom, design fashions, tie knots, create quilt ------extraordinary programs possible. Calendar News vol. 80, no. 6, is published six designs, and mix and match a trunk load of textiles to times a year as a benefit for museum members by create a vibrant display. Art instructors will assist all Honolulu Academy of Arts 900 South Beretania Street, visitors in a variety of textiles projects. Open Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96814 Editor: Lesa Griffith Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Design Coordinator: Milt Chun Stephen Little Staff Photographer: Shuzo Uemoto Design: Ledbetter Kennedy Creative Director Printing & Mailing: Edward Enterprises © 2008 Honolulu Academy of Arts, All rights reserved.

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Mughal splendor Seventeenth-century Imperial India and calligraphy that they assembled now serve as a lives on in the jewel-like paintings from window to understanding the culture of this pivotal the Chester Beatty Library period of Indian history. On view are formal (often symbolic) portraits of the emperors, depictions of fter earning high praise at its debut venue, the members of the royal family in relaxed private settings, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian portraits of courtiers and of Sufi saints and mystics, A Institution in Washington, D.C., this exhibition of genre scenes, and natural history subject s— a rich mélange of pictures that allows viewers to enter the Opposite page: some of the best Indian painting in the world opens at Salim Kills a Rhinoceros the Academy. world of these great rulers. This is the first major exhi - and a Lion (50.1) was bition of these stunning, jewel-like works to take place once part of a shikar - The Persian word muraqqa ’ means “patched” or nama, an album of “patched garment.” It came to be applied to Indian outside Dublin. images of the hunt, The Chester Beatty Library holds significant portions presumably compiled albums from the Mughal period due to their patchwork for Prince Salim, who construction, with each album folio, or went on to become Emperor Jahangir. page, consisting of numerous pieces of While most elements of paper pasted together to form a single, the painting, done in 1600 to 1604, are continuous sheet. Originally these folios precisely depicted, the presented an image on one side and a panel influence of European painting and prints can s of calligraphy on the other, with both sides s t t r r A A be seen in the impres - f f o o y y m surrounded by elaborately decorated m sionistic treatment of the e e d d a a c c A A two trees. u u l borders. Folios were arranged so that the l u u l l o o n n o o H H 8 openings of images alternated with openings 8 0 0 Left: 0 0 2 2 © © Folio from the Minto o o t t o of calligraphy. o h h P P Album The 86 superb Mughal-dynasty album In Mu’in al-Din Chishti folios are drawn from one of the finest of a number of imperial albums made for Jahangir and Foundation, and an indemnity from the Federal Council Holding a Globe (07A.14) , the “a” side collections of its kind in the worl d— the Shah Jahan. The Library’s renowned folios from the on the Arts and the Humanities. of a folio from the Minto Chester Beatty Library in Minto Album (compiled c. 161 2–1640) and the Late Album, the face of the sheikh depicted is strik - Muraqqa’: Imperial Dublin, Irelan d— assembled Shah Jahan Album (compiled c. 165 0–1657) form the ingly grave, in keeping Get the catalogue Mughal Albums from by American mining mogul Sir core of this exceptional exhibition. Folios from other with the message Alfred Chester Beatty, who calligraphed on his the Chester Beatty imperial albums and other single folios and manu - This lavishly illustrated, globe: “The key to the Library, Dublin after years of living in London, scripts, also on view, are presented in relation to these color, softcover conquest of the two moved to Ireland in 1950 catalogue took first worlds is entrusted to December 18, 2008 two great assemblies of images and calligraphy. your hand.” The globe prize for Best –March 1, 2009 where he remained until his Through these rare albums and folios, the exhibition is destined for Emperor Illustrated Text and was Jahangir. The painting, Henry R. Luce Gallery death in 1968. The albums, explores the function and place of album-making within awarded the top honor dated 1610 to 1618, is made between 1600 and 1657 the imperial library and the world of the Mughals. inscribed “Done by for the emperors Jahangir The exhibition next travels to the Nelson-Atkins of Best in Show at the Bichitr, the servant of recent Washington the court.” (ruled 160 5–1627) and Shah Jahan (ruled Museum of Art and the Denver Art Museum. Book Publishers 2008 162 8–1657), the man who had the Taj The exhibition is organized and circulated by Art Right: Mahal built, encompass some of the most Book Design and Effectiveness Awards. The In Mughal painting, Services International, Alexandria, Virginia. book features essays by Elaine Wright, Curator peoples’ mouths are remarkable of all historical depictions of His Excellency, Ambassador Thomas C. Foley, usually shown firmly of the Islamic Collections, Chester Beatty Library; shut. But in this folio individuals and the world around them. Ambassador of Ireland to the United States of America is Wheeler Thackston, lecturer, Harvard University; from the Minto Album, s t r

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Delving into the Richard Lane Coll e ction Acquired in 2003, this cache of Japanese from the collection, focusing on the floating world of Paintings Conservation Center, under the supervision of Another dominant trend in ukiyo-e art is yielding beautiful surprises ukiyo-e, a genre that was a core interest for Lane East Asian Art Conservator Ephraim Jose. was the depiction of the world of Kabuki throughout his life, and for which he was best known. The depth of the Lane Collection reveals the many theater, as fans developed an increasingly n 2003, the Honolulu Academy of Arts acquired Most of the works in the exhibition are “new discover - aspects of ukiyo-e, from the familiar woodblock-print voracious appetite for images of favorite nearly 20,000 paintings, prints, and rare books ies,” previously unpublished and undocumented paint - images to rarely seen variants not represented in most actors in their most recent roles. I from the collection of Richard Lane (1926-2002). ings. Many were conserved by the Academy’s Asian exhibitions. Ichikawa DanjËrØ as Asahina A noted scholar of Japanese art and literature from the Ukiyo-e is best known for its sumptuous nishiki-e (2008.338) is a classic example of Edo period (1615-1868), “brocade” woodblock-printed images of courtesans ukiyo-e paintings made for this purpose. Lane lived in Japan for from the pleasure quarters, particularly the famed Again, however, the Lane Collection is full nearly 50 years, during Yoshiwara outside Edo. However, many ukiyo-e artists of surprises, among which is Shibaraku which time he wrote put their greatest creative efforts into paintings, and (2008.340), the dramatic pause from a dozens of articles and considered prints as a secondary venture. Ironically, favorite Kabuki play, but this time repre - books, establishing a repu - since their expensive paintings, often commissioned by sented by a 20th-century example from a tation as one of the higher-level patrons, were limited in output, they have late Torii-school artist. This painting foremost experts on received less exposure than their mass-produced coun - reminds us that ukiyo-e genres had a Japanese ukiyo-e, “images terparts. The Lane Collection is especially strong in remarkable endurance, with rich tradi - of the floating world.” ukiyo-e paintings, from early depictions such as Beauty tions that go far beyond the normal Lane had strong ties to Writing a Letter (2008.308) to fully developed master - boundaries typically assigned to them. Hawai‘i, beginning with his pieces by the dominant ukiyo-e schools like Bijin and Images of the floating world also appointment to the Attendant (2008.313) by Torii Kiyotada II. captured scenes from everyday life with Academy as Research One notable discovery is Taiyu with Phoenix Robe , a remarkable detail and frequently with Associate for Ukiyo-e in superb painting of a high-ranking courtesan dressed in sympathetic humor. Among the most s t r A f o

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Monkey Couple © an advisor to the Academy other major urban centers like Kyoto and Osaka also world of animals. o t o h and to woodblock print had pleasure quarters that sustained independent Marries (2006.135) playfully suggests P collector James schools of ukiyo-e throughout the Edo period. Lane that we are not so different from our A. Michener, lived in Kyoto, and works by Kyoto and Osaka artists are simian relations, while Fox Wedding Disrupted by a Richard Lane and whose collec - a major component of his collection. Examples in this Dog shows that even the most magical of creatures can the Floating World tion forms the exhibition such as Drinking Party (2007.149) by the be unexpectedly disturbed during their sacred cere - core of the Osaka artist Matsunaga Sozan remind us that Osaka and monies. October 30, 200 8– museum’s Kyoto also enjoyed the leisure activities of the floating Through his lifelong dedication to Japanese art, February 1, 2009 Opposite page: world-famous world. Richard Lane increased the world’s appreciation for the Taiyu with Phoenix Robe Gallery 14 ukiyo-e collec - By the 18th and 19th centuries, the increasing popu - depth and breadth of ukiyo-e, not only through classic (2008.10) before and tion. after undergoing larity of genre scenes from daily life resulted in an ever- images of the Yoshiwara and the Kabuki theaters, but conservation at the For the past expanding repertoire of subjects for ukiyo-e. Festivals also through surprising, even startling, examples of Academy’s Asian Art five years, the Academy has became a popular subject in prints and paintings, artists, subjects, and periods often overlooked. The Conservation Studio. The work is a superb worked with an interdisci - including Shijo artist Yokoyama Kazan’s Gion Matsuri legacy of his collection at the Honolulu Academy of Arts painting of a high- plinary team of interna - (2008.307) of this famed festival from the Kyoto geisha continues this mission to astonish and delight the ranking courtesan. s t r A f

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Japanese print gallery gets a new name Hiroshige revisited In honor of the Robert F. Lange Foundation, which has supported the Academy’s Japanese art programs for New research reinterprets the artist’s Taking historical events into account to read the nearly two decades and made possible the conservation and preservation of hundreds of woodblock prints image, in the tenth lunar month of 1855, five months from the James A. and Mari Michener Collection, the Academy’s Japanese print gallery has been renamed famous last series the Robert F. Lange Foundation Gallery. The museum will hold a formal renaming ceremony in November. before “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo” was Look for a full report in the next Calendar News , We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Lange he great ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Hiroshige’s final published, the Great Earthquake of the Ansei era shook Foundation for its continuing promotion of international awareness and appreciation for Japanese culture SAWAKO CHANG, Japanese Art Imaging great series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo Edo, killing an estimated 9,000 people and damaging a through the Academy’s collections of art. Project Manager & T (Meisho Edo Hyakkei ),” produced in 185 6–58, vast area of the city. Hiroshige, whose neighborhood Research Assistant was devastated by fires caused by the earthquake, may Asian Art Department has long been thought to be no more than 19th-century The earthquake also destroyed the nine-ring (kurin) functioned as a means of spreading the good news to souvenirs for visitors from provincial areas. However, have intended to show the impressive recovery of the finial of the pagoda at Asakusa KinryËzan Temple, which Edo’s residents. some scenes in the serie s— such as one with a kimono town and its people in the lively print. shocked citizens. The finial was repaired within eight Putting the series into the context of the period’s drying on a nondescript months, and two months later Hiroshige, as part of the political turmoil, the new interpretation also explains verand a— hardly qualify as series, published a print of the temple, commemorating Hiroshige’s visual anomalies, such as exaggerated famous, then or now. Why did the landmark’s recovery. Accordingly, it is now thought cherry blossoms. By the mid-19th century, the Hiroshige and his publisher Uoei that many places depicted in the series gained post- Tokugawa shogunate’s power was failing. Japan’s highlight these seemingly earthquake fame as symbols of Edo’s renewal. Since the Confucian-based society and economy could no longer unknown or anonymous places? prints could be mass-produced, the series may have maintain political and economic stability, and in 1853, Recent research suggests a new the American Commodore Matthew interpretation of the prints. Perry (179 4–1858) arrived at the port The print Tanabata Festival of Uraga, forcing Japan to open its doors in a Prospering City depicts a to foreign trade for the first time in splendid view with festival deco - centuries. The earthquake followed two rations dancing in breeze. years later, crippling the Tokugawa Although the title does not shogunate’s ability to maintain its author - identify the place, it may in fact ity, as social unrest rose dramatically. be a view from Hiroshige’s home. The Japanese thought that natural disas - A tower seen in the ters such as the Ansei earthquake could distance to the right be a sign of the coming of a new age, based on ancient Buddhist apocalyptic Good News from marks the Yayosu beliefs. The people of Edo might have Hiroshige: A New barracks of the considered the earthquake to be a sign Interpretation of the shogunal firefighters of the shogunate’s impending downfall, Series “One where Hiroshige was preordained by the Confucian concept of Hundred Famous born, raised and lived until he was 43. The the Mandate of Heaven. Further more, Views of Edo” Opposite page: warehouses depicted Hiroshige’s prominent cherry blossoms, A new interpretation of Robert F. Lange at the bottom of the which traditionally mark the start of Hiroshige’s series One Foundation Gallery spring and the new year, might have Hundred Famous Views print were owned by of Edo , see the print October 9, 200 8– the merchants of suggested hope for a new society. Kinr y¯uzan Temple at January 11, 2009 A careful reading of Hiroshige’s Asakusa , 1856, as the KyØbashi and Minami commemoration of the Denma-chØ area, images in historical context offers restoration of the insights not only into the artist’s creativ - temple’s damaged which was just west of pagoda after a severe Hiroshige’s residence. In the ity, but also into the society in which he earthquake.

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Honoring an artform The ultimate disaster plan director emeritus of the Honolulu Botanical Gardens. n Sunday, December 7, 1941, Honolulu Academy objects marked with red dots to the Screen Room; MARY ANN AKAO The kapa of Marie McDonald Archivist Besides being an artist, author and teacher, the 82- of Arts Director Edgar C. Schenck and his five- pottery and stone sculpture marked with blue dots to O year-old daughter watched black smoke billow the Ceramics Room; fabrics and furniture with green year-old McDonald is also a lecturer, researcher, farmer, businesswoman and practitioner. from Pearl Harbor in the distance. According to Betty dots to the Textile Room; books and records to the “Motivated by curiosity and the urge to ‘see beyond Schenck, when Gov. Poindexter announced on the radio book storage room; and prints to Storage #1. Secondary the bend in the road, or the other side of the mountain that O‘ahu was under enemy attack, her husband sped works replaced masterpieces in the galleries. or in the next valley,’ and obsessed with the retrieval of to the Academy to safeguard the museum’s treasures. On Monday, staff shored windows and shelves of a lost art form then challenged by the elusiveness of the As war darkened Europe and East Asia, Schenck had ceramics with sandbags and basement ceilings with six-

s inch pipes, and the installation of new exhibitions was t already prepared for just such an event. By September r process of creating the finest bark cloth in the world, I A f o y

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o supplies and practiced fire and air raid drills. people. To build morale, the Board of Trustees kept the h Sources of information were limited and none P described the manufacturing processes of the cloth of The installation staffers, also concerned about the Academy open and continued as many activities as possible, including the annual Christmas events for SARA OKA his exhibition of Marie McDonald’s contempo - the making of dyes in detail. Assuming that these were collections, raced to the Academy. Following the plan, Collection manager of rary kapa made with traditional dyes and tech - artistic secrets possessed and passed on by each kapa they rushed paintings, screens, wood, and lacquer children. textiles T niques, honors a meaningful, yet often unsung, maker, I proceeded to discover such secrets for myself. artform. The master kapa maker spent most of her My work [in this exhibition] is the result of that discov - childhood on Moloka‘i and is descended from families ery.” of two great cultural traditions: on her mother’s side, At her Hawaiian Homestead Farm at the foot of the the Mahoe line of Hawaiian chiefs; on her father’s side, Kohala Mountains, one walks among podocarpus, the distinguished Adams family of New England. After agaves, succulents, lavender, rosemary, and snapdrag - earning her degree in art from Texas Woman’s ons. Clustered in a corner is her famous patch of University in Denton, she returned to Hawai‘i where wauke , commonly known as paper mulberry, which she worked for the City and County of Honolulu for 23 she beats daily into kapa . Each layered piece of kapa years, then began a second career as an art retains the memory of her beaters, leaving behind her teacher in public schools. highly textured signature watermarks. Also growing on He Ho‘ala Ana / An In 1990, she was awarded the National her farm are dye plants, from which she picks flowers, Awakening: Kapa Endowment for the Arts National Heritage leaves, berries, roots and bark and processes them by Marie McDonald Fellowship as a Hawaiian lei maker. Her using recipes only she knows. Patterns in undulating Gallery 22 1985 book Ka Lei: The Leis of Hawaii is repetition gently flow from edge to edge. One can easily November 20, 200 8– the authoritative source on the subject. see where all her inspiration, creativity, and dreams are January 18, 2009 Another masterpiece is Na Lei Makamae , made…in perfect harmony with the place she named which she co-authored with Paul Weissich, Honopua, or “Flower Place.”

What a gas: From left to right are Academy staff Alice Poole, s s t t r r George Duncan, Edgar A A f f o o y y Schenck (kneeling), m m e e d d a a c c Molly Reppun, Alyce A A u u l l u u l l o o Hoogs (kneeling), n n o o H H 8 8 Marvell Hart, Marion 0 0 0 0 2 2 © © Morse, Nancy Corbett, o o t t o o h h P P and Peggy Kai.

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featured in the Ossipoff exhibition and cata - Fond farewells logue, was at the Sept. 15 opening in Yale’s East meets West: Academy shows travel recently renovated gallery designed by Paul cademy Director Stephen Little attended the Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut, and The Dragon’s After 23 years as the Academy’s Head of Finance Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan at the Rubin Museum Rudolph. Also in attendance were former and Chief Financial Officer, Eric Watanabe openings of two Academy exhibitions on the East Deputy Director Susan Sayre Batton and A Coast: Hawaiian Modern: The Architecture of of Art in New York City. retired on Sept. 15. In addition to his work for the former European and American Art Curator Vladimir Ossipoff at the Yale School of Architecture Bob Liljestrand, whose Makiki Heights house is museum, Eric serves as a Director of the Palolo Michael Rooks, who co-curated the exhibi - Chinese Home, and has been Treasurer of their s t r

tion. Exhibition co-curator Dean Sakamoto, A f Board since 1998. The Academy thanks him for his o y m e d

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security officer Tong Le . He was hired in 1983 by © o t o h dinner at the New Haven loft of Robert A.M. former Head of Security Roy Yonamine, who made P Stern, Dean of the Yale School of a surprise appearance at Tong Le’s farewell coffee. Director Stephen Little and security staff bid Architecture. farewell to Tong Le. The next night, Donald Rubin, the co- founder and CEO of the Rubin Museum of New librarian cataloguing Art, his wife Shelley, and the museum’s extensive collections Artists of Hawai‘i 2009 trustees hosted a dinner at the Rubin. prospectus now online Academy Director of Development Karen Sumner graced Mr. Rubin with a maile lei Asako Shiba started The prospectus for the next Artists of 1 2 and Mrs. Rubin with an orchid lei. Also in work as the Hawai‘i juried exhibition is now on attendance were Board of Trustees Academy’s Japanese President Lynne Johnson, Trustee Indru Language Cataloguer the Honolulu Academy of Arts Watumull and her husband Gulab, and Dr. and Library website (www.honoluluacademy.org). Reda Sobky, the exhibition’s content Automation As with the 2007 Artists of Hawai‘i, advisor. Assistant Curator John Johnston led Coordinator in submissions will be made online a tour of the show. Asako Shiba September. She is On Sept. 17, the Center for Architecture cataloguing the exten - through www.callforentry.com. in New York City hosted a well-attended sive research materials that are a part of the Deadline for submissions is Jan. 2 at symposium on Ossipoff. Little, Sakamoto, museum’s Richard Lane, Azabu and Ikeda noon. The Academy is excited that Liljestrand, essayist Karla Britten, and collections. She will also establish a Laura Hoptman, Senior Curator at the Ossipoff house owner David Whitcomb all computerized catalogue system. As a native spoke. The event raised awareness of the Japanese speaker and holder of a Master’s New Museum of Contemporary Art 3 4 Ossipoff exhibition at Yale among New York degree in Library and Information Science in New York, will be the exhibition architects and designers. from the University of Hawaii–MÅnoa, Shiba juror. Coordinating the exhibition is On Sept. 18, The Dragon’s Gift: The is tailor made for the job. Previously the Rui Sasaki, who is the European and Sacred Arts of Bhutan had its grand Japanese Catalogue Librarian/Subject opening at the Rubin. The packed event was Librarian at Washington University in St. American Art Department’s Assistant presided over by Lyonchen Jigmi Y. Thinley, Louis, Missouri, Shiba dealt with art-related Curator of Special Projects through materials as well as literature, history and

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56 o h P www.honoluluacademy.org/blog As part of Christie’s Asian Art Week, the venerable auction house invited Director Stephen 1. Actress Ellyn Burstin and Rubin Producer Tim McHenry. 2. Sonny Mehta, the head of Alfred A. Knopf. 3. Stephen Little and Prime Minister Lyonchen Jigmi Thinley of Bhutan at the New York opening of The Dragon's Gift. 4. Karen Sumner, Chairman Lynne Johnson, Director Stephen Little, Little to give the lecture Reflections on the Connoisseurship of Chinese Painting at its Heloisa Oliveira, Dr. Reda Sobky, and John Johnston at the Sept. 18 opening of The Dragon's Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan at the Rubin Museum of Art in Rockefeller Plaza on Sept. 14. His talk was followed by a reception and private viewing of New York. 5. Donald Rubin, co-founder of the museum, making his opening remarks. 6. Trustee Indru Watumull and Bhutan Prime Minister Lyonchen Jigmi Thinley. Christie’s Fall Sales of Asian Art.

12 Calendar News - November/December 2008 13 News Briefs Art Center

Gilman Hu returns to the Academy Art and takutaku (prayer). Te Kaha will bring Shelf Life Workshop the winter Center to present two five-day workshops in hard-to-find pounamu with him from New New books in the Robert Allerton Art See and buy works by blues away the art of the Chinese New Year tradition of Zealand. His sculptures are included in Research Library n Academy Art Center workshop is the Crabclaw Narcissus Culture. Registration collections in Europe, the U.S., Australia Aperfect way to jumpstart your brain after opens on Dec. 2. The morning sessions are and New Zealand. Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and ceramic stars the holidays. Artists are coming from as far open to beginners and those who want to Furniture in the Eighteenth Century , 20 individual cars, all painstakingly he Art Center Ceramics Exhibition away as New Zealand and the UK to share repeat the basics. The afternoon session is Harold Koda constructed with components thrown on and Benefit Sale Nov. 25 to Dec. 14 their expertise. For more information: advanced and open only to those who have the potter’s wheel. The carved collabora - Action Painting , Fondation Beyeler, T already taken the basic course. The Crab in the Art Center’s Second Floor www.honoluluacademy.org, 532-8741. tions of Hee, Diane KW, Joel Park, and Cory Gottfried Boehm, Robert Fleck, Pepe gallery is your chance to buy work by local Claw Narcissus Exhibition will be on view in Lum will be on view, as well as works by Karmel, Jason Edward Kaufman, and and international heavyweights such as Dorothy Feibleman: Nerikomi the Academy Arts Center on Feb. 7 and 8. Cynthia Tesoro, Rochelle Lum, John Bade, Ulf Küster world-famous Karatsu potter Takashi John Vongvichai, and other noted local and Zogan Colored Porcelain Nakazato at affordable prices. Nakazato’s Heide Pruess Grew: Ceramic Cameroon: Art and Kings , editor potters. And, of course, work by Art Center Clay Techniques lineage can be traced back 13 generations Sculpture Lorenz Homberger ceramics students will also be on view. I DEC. 6–8, 9 A.M. – 3 P.M. DAILY. to the original Karatsu potters who I JAN. 3 AND 4, 9 A.M .–3 P.M. Women Impressionists: Morisot, A portion of sales of the works will go STUDENTS WILL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL WEEK emigrated from Korea and settled in the TUITION: $300 (SUPPLY FEE NOT INCLUDED) Cassatt, Gonzales, Bracquemond , toward new equipment for the Ceramics OF OPEN STUDIO TO FINISH PROJECTS. region. Known as Japan’s most skilled TUITION: $600 (SUPPLY FEE NOT INCLUDED) REGISTRATION DEADLINE: NOV. 30, 2008 editor Ingrid Pfeiffer, Department. ceramic thrower, Nakazato had a solo exhi - Students will make a ceramic sculpture s t bition at the Denver Art Museum in 2000, r Titian: The Complete Paintings , and learn to work with stains, slips, and A f o y m e

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I h DECEMBER 2 0–28 See the diversity of manga and anime and the artist. Each student will complete a sake P Komelia Hongja Okim: Get in the holiday spirit with the colorful, their derivatives in this exhibition that cup or tea bowl, beads, or a window and Pendant and Bracelet creative works by students in grades K-12 learn finishing techniques. Back by popular demand, Maori artist Te Rhythms of Modern Life: British Prints , examines the influences these genres have I JANUARY 9, 10 AND 11 10 A M–3 PM enrolled in the Academy Art Center’s Art Kaha will give two three-day workshops in 1914-1939, editor Clifford Ackley had upon the art world and local culture. TUITION: $300 (NOT INCLUDING MATERIALS) Classes for Young People Fall 2008 Gilman Hu creating a toki pounamu , or greenstone Included are drawings, paintings, manga, Students will learn techniques such as Treasures Rediscovered: Chinese semester. The exhibition opens Saturday, chisel. For the Maori, this instrument was photos, and sculptures by local artists and New Narcissus Classes reticulation, scoring, folding construction, Stone Sculpture from the Sackler Dec. 20, 2–4 p.m. not only a carving tool but also a taonga members of the local group Manga Bento. I JAN. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, AT 8:3 0–11 A.M. flush and tube stone settings with kum-boo Collections at Columbia University , (treasure) of great mana and prestige. AND 1 – 3:30 P.M. to make three pendants or two pendants Leopold Swergold TUITION: $40 FOR NEW HAA STUDENTS, Students will also learn a waiata (song) $25 FOR RETURNING STUDENTS 14 Calendar News - November/December 2008 15 Art Center Education/Museum Learning Center

and one bracelet. Okim is Professor of Sumita Kim: Metal Art at Montgomery College, Rockville, Self Portrait in a Limited Maryland. She has had exhibitions in Asia, Palette from Photograph Outreach within reach Europe and the U.S. Ambassador Program tions and artifacts, while a post-museum well as offering interdisciplinary studies in I JANUARY 9,10 AND 11, 10 A M–3 PM, continues to bring art to follow up rounds out the program with a language arts, drama, literature, science, TUITION $200 Yoonchun Kim: Image Transfer children hands-on art project. geography, social studies and history. on Ceramics and Glass Surface Students will create a self-portrait from a The program offers nine thematic Through the Ambassadors’ hard work photograph in either oil or acrylic paint. Art I JANUARY 9, 10 AND 11 choices: Art of the Ancient and preparation, students will investigate historical contexts will be conveyed through chool is back in session and the FROM 10 A.M.-3 P.M. Mediterranean, East Meets West, Hawai‘i cultural traditions around the world and illustrated lectures with examples of self- Education Department’s Academy TUITION: $300 S and Its People, Art of the Philippines, develop critical thinking skills. The portraits signifying self-empowerment, ther - Ambassadors are ready for another Learn image transfer techniques on apeutic healing, and social/cultural busy year. The Ambassador Program, the Animals in Art, Animals in Art for program also offers teacher resource ceramics or glass using the photo commentary. Kim will review visual museum’s most popular school-outreach Preschool, Animals in Art for Special materials and tours can be booked on a silkscreen image transfer and laser printer measurement and facial anatomy and will program, combines a guided museum tour Education, Art of the Pacific Islands , and new online-scheduling system at decal image transfer techniques. For begin - emphasize an understanding of three- with two visits by an Ambassador to the Roots . All programs are available to www.honoluluacademy.org/schooltours. ning and advanced levels. Students should dimensional form. Kim is an assistant classroom, enriching the study of art and schools and community groups year-round This school year, Title 1 schools can partic - bring wet or fired ceramic pieces or professor at Montgomery College, culture for students. During a pre-visit, and helps meet the Department of ipate in the Ambassador Program free of s t r A

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Give a gift of art Classes fit the bill for young 12 begins Saturday, January 17, and people and grown ups alike continue through April 4, 2009. Among classes offered are Exploring Art for grades or adults: Choose from more than 40 K-4; Drawing and Painting for grades 5-12; classes, including Beginning Drawing, Cartooning for grades 4-7; and Ceramics F Drawing II, Life Drawing, Pastel, Oil for grades 7-12. The Fine Art of Comics for and Acrylic Painting, Watercolor Painting, Grades 5-8 is offered Wednesday afternoons Chinese Brush Painting, Chinese 3-5 p.m. Classes are subdivided by grade Calligraphy, Beginning Printmaking, level. Tuition for the series is $155 ($145 Intaglio, Silkscreen Printing, Lithography, for Academy members.) The spring Monoprint, Ceramics, Jewelry Making, semester runs from Jan. 17 to April 4. Gemology, Fabric Design, Weaving, Basketry Registration begins Dec. 2. and Figurative Sculpture. The spring To register: Call 532-8741 for application s t r A

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16 Calendar News - November/December 2008 17 Education/Museum Learning Center ARTafterDARK

Have yourself a very creative Christmas August ARTafterDARK: Hawaii Ink awai‘i may not get a white Christmas, students from local schools to participate in A little August rain didn’t stop 1,900 ARTafterDARKers from having fun at Hawaii Ink on August 29, 2008. The evening featured Hbut the snowflakes will fall from our creating Nativity tours and Christmas Hawai‘i’s extreme side with faux tattoos, larger-than-life live art, custom surfboards by Keoki Chang, and Makana’s show that ceiling at this year’s Creatively Christmas! tableaux for the public. During more turbu - mixed ‘auana and kahiko hula with Hawaiian slack key and human beatbox Jason Tom. Special thanks to the evening’s sponsor tour for families with young children. lent times, such as December 1941 and the Tori Richard for their continued support and for the free fans they gave to all attendees to ward off the summer heat. Beginning Dec. 3, the public is invited to attack of Pearl Harbor (see p. 12), the have a magical encounter with Elfie (played museum remained open to the public with by professional clown and retired teacher Christmas exhibitions and programs at the Susie Roth), one of Santa’s jolliest helpers. behest of the Academy trustees. In 1943, Children will go on a quick tour of the then-Director Edgar Schenk sang in a galleries to learn about the story of special Christmas opera. Christmas through artworks. Then comes the main event: A performance by Elfie, who s t r

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Teacher Workshop Afternoon Tour and Tea Bank of Hawaii on textiles I Family Sunday TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY, I NOV. 22 2:3 0–4 P.M. IN THE GALLERIES Third Sunday of every month, Depictions of Eastern Deities 11 a.m.-5 p.m. The Museum Learning Center will hold a free Teacher Workshop for the school tour Cookie Stephan ...... Nov. 4, 6, 9 Nov. 16: A Great VALUE All About Art: Textiles on Nov. 22, from 8 Art on the Outside 3 4 Learn all about the tints and shades a.m. to 1 p.m. This exciting session will Patrick Norman ...... Nov.11, 13 of color. introduce educators to our comprehensive school tour on the importance of textiles Spirituality in Art Dec. 21: RED Alert Maeona Mendelson ...... Nov.18, 20, 23 You’ll be seeing scarlet. around the world. Participants will tour the galleries with museum curators and visit the Treasures and Pleasures Every Bank of Hawaii Family Sunday Lending Collection, where educators can Carol Bonham ...... Nov. 25, 30 includes a scavenger hunt, borrow objects to use at their schools. The entertainment and fun art activities— workshop includes hands-on activities that 18th Century European Art all related to the day’s theme. can be replicated in the classroom and Stephen Mc Claran ...... Dec. 2, 4, 7 learn about valuable teacher resources. To Gilding the Lillies o t o m

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8728. P Hannelore Herbig ...... Dec. 16, 18 1. Tori Richard gave out free fans bearing their koi design. 2. Makana organized a show that included dancers from Halau Mohala ‘Ilima. 3. Elisa and Bret Ranoa checked out painter Silas Stoddard in Kinau Court. 4. Local artist Silas Stoddard worked on a portrait of Barack Obama. 5. ARTafterDarkers enjoyed food and drinks in the Pavilion Court. 6. Makana on his guitar.

18 Calendar News - November/December 2008 19 Events

Showcase 2008: Bon Temps! Kama‘aina Christmas: A silent auction preview aissez les bon temps rouler was the and restaurant had to offer. Cooking up a storm this year were: 12th orget the sugarplums, Kama‘aina provides unique, exclusive items, with donation or underwriting portions of the theme for this year’s Showcase food- A special thank you to our premium table Avenue Grill, Buzz’s Original Steak House, Christmas: A Hawaiian Tradition opportunities to bid at the Preview party, event. To learn more, contact Denise L and-wine event, mixing Cajun, Creole hosts: Anonymous, James and Lynn Lally, Chai’s Island Bistro, Country Comfort F conjures visions of exquisite silent Wonderland Shoppe (see sidebar) or gala Nakano at 532-3671 or email and Hawaiian tastes with fine wine. The and Carrie Walter. Catering, E&O Trading Co., Formaggio, auction items. If you’re dreaming of fine art event. There are numerous opportunities to [email protected]. event raised more than $30,000 for the Guests were greeted with a mint julep Kevin Two Boots, Lucy’s Grill ‘n Bar, this Christmas, Trustee Michael Horikawa, contribute through a silent auction Academy’s children’s art education prepared by E&O Trading Company. Moss Mariposa, The Pavilion Café, Roy’s co-chairing this year’s gala event along with programs. and mood lighting set a bayou feel as Restaurant, and Ruth’s Chris Steak House. Trustee Watters Martin, has donated four The premium tables were “showcased” Blueszilla entertained guests in Central Honolulu Coffee Company’s fresh French- works from his private collection: A pair of in KÈnau and Banyan Courts where guests Court. Meanwhile, the Kevin Leong Jazz pressed coffee went perfectly with Country portraits of King Kamehameha II and Queen were treated to a premium-tables-only Quartet swung in Kinau Courtyard, Comfort Catering’s irresistible beignets. Kamamalu by John Hayder (pictured), circa seafood appetizer from Elua Restaurant and saxophonist Scott Villager strolled If you weren’t able to purchase wines at 1824, framed in hand-carved period Wine Bar. VIP service and sommeliers throughout the Academy and DJ G Spot Showcase, you can find them at The Wine Chinese Chippendale frames and valued at brought guests the best that each vineyard played tunes in Central Court. Stop (1809 S. King St., 946-3707). $15,000; the Dede Rebkowsky oil on canvas Sunset , ca 1928, valued at $15,000; and Silk Merchants by Charles Bartlett, a 1 2 This year’s participating wineries and distributors were: woodblock print in a hand-gilded frame Bouchaine Vineyards Jack Creek Cellars Peju Winery Terra Valentine valued at $4,500. Carneros della Notte Justin Vineyard & Winery Robert Chadderson Selections Tomero Winery If your sights are set on more distant Cass Winery Kenneth Volk Vineyards San Francisco Wine Exchange Storrs Winery & Vineyards shores, exotic travel items are also in store: Gauthier Cellars Kysela Pere et Fils Andeluna Cellars The Other Guys Gruet Winery Limerick Lane Cellars Milbrandt Winery Zaca Mesa Winery Place your bid for four nights in a Horizon s Club room at the Shangri-La China World t Oceana Vistalba Winery r A f o y m

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shopping mall. Luxuriously furnished and 3 o h Thank Yous P hank you to FIJI Water, Hokulani Bake appointed with contemporary Asian art, the rooms have every amenity for discerning 1. A pair of portraits of King Kamehameha II and Queen Kamamalu by John Hayder. 2. Silk Merchants by Charles TShop, Ko‘olau Farmers, the Gas Bartlett. 3. Dede Rebkowsky oil on canvas Sunset , ca 1928. Company, and Edward Enterprises for traveler s— the hotel was home to many VIP donating their time and services to help visitors to the Summer Olympic Games. Or enjoy one glorious week at Maison du It’s a winter Wonderland Shoppe make this event a success. Our heartfelt Mettre, a 400-year-old stone house at the thanks go to Mapuana and Mani Schneider The Academy Guild’s annual Kama‘aina Christmas Wonderland Shoppe will be held edge of the medieval village of Caramany in of Fine Wine Imports for bringing on Thursday, December 11, 2008 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Come and shop for that southeastern France’s Languedoc-Roussillon Showcase to the Academy and for organiz - one-of-a-kind Christmas gift. Here is a sneak peek of some of the vendors featured regio n— the land of The Da Vinci Code and ing the wine makers and restaurants. this year. the Crusades-era Cathar Castles. This five- A very special thanks to all the volun - Barb Masumoto & Friends ...... Homemade cookies and holiday wreaths bedroom/two-bath house accommodates up teers who helped this year. Finally, our Jenny Maii ...... One-of-a-kind Christmas trees to 10 people. The home has two terraces, a thanks go to our chairs Holly Marchant, Janice Wright ...... Holiday ornaments, pillboxes and more fireplace, and views of the village’s 13th- Naomi Reale and their committee for Robert Pierce ...... Washi paper ornaments century château, lake and majestic mountain creating a fun-filled and successful Emily Field ...... Gourmet food and wine gift baskets vineyards. It’s near the Perpignan-Rivesalt evening. Meng Dynasty ...... Jewelry with an Asian flair s t r Airport and depending on when you go, you A f

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20 Calendar News - November/December 2008 21 Year-End Gift Planning Members & Donors

Have your cake and eat it, too: Tax savings. You receive an immediate inquiries will be kept strictly confidential Charitable gift annuities income tax deduction in the year you make and there is no obligation. The Chairman’s and Director’s Circles the gift and part of the annual payment you Academy Wouldn’t it be nice if you could support receive is free of income tax. And there are The Honolulu Academy of Arts is pleased to announce the important work of the Academy and at Business Council its new Chairman’s Circle honoring donors who make possible capital gains tax savings if you Sample Annuity Rates and Payments annual leadership gifts of $25,000 or more. Our Director’s the same time create a source of income make your gift with appreciated securities. Based on a $25,000 gift annuity, We salute leading members Circle honors donors who make annual gifts of $10,000. stream for yourself for life? Well, amazingly one beneficiary* of the Academy Business Council We are deeply grateful to these special Academy friends enough you can do just that by establishing Flexibility. You decide if you want to for their generosity and commitment to the museum. a Charitable Gift Annuity with the receive your annuity payments immediately ANNUITY $15,000+ Corporate Leaders Honolulu Academy of Arts. A gift annuity is or defer them to a future date. There can be ANNUITY AMOUNT AGE RATE (YEARLY) Chairman’s Circle Director’s Circle the gift of choice for many donors, and one or two income beneficiaries, either ~L 60 5.5% $1,375 J ~L AMTIMSUA6NO! Steve & Linda Ahlers CIJNN,Hl(IFl-l,,l,ol,ftl_l.JD., Burta Atherton yourself and/or family members or friends. Bank of Hawaii ,,-....,Sl"dlll>l"° here’s why: 65 5.7% $1,425 Bill & Dawn Aull 70 6.1% $1,525 Robert Bean Dependable, fixed income for life. Most important, you have the deep satis- Peter Bihari & 75 6.7% $1,675 Joan Bellinger Chris Campbell In return for your gift to the Honolulu faction of knowing you are helping the 80 7.6% $1,900 ~ _._ ARMSTRONG Fred & Diane Blum HERMES PRJ\..DJ\.. ~---~ BUILDERS LLC . Marc & Lynne Benioff Academy of Arts, you receive payments for museum in a big way to share the joy of the 85 8.9% $2,225 PA RIS Frank Boas Henry & Charlotte Clark life. The payment amount is determined at visual arts with the people of Hawai‘i. 90 10.5% $2,625 Victor & Marie Cole the time the gift is made, based on your age, If you have any questions or would like to Flora Atherton Crichton Kevin Comcowich & and will never decrease during your receive a personalized gift proposal, please *annuity rates will be slightly lower TORI RICHARD" Watters & Christy Martin Maile McLaughlin for annuities with two income Barney Ebsworth Sam & Mary Cooke lifetime. (See the chart for sample rates and contact Karen Sumner, Director of Walter & Diane Dods beneficiaries payment amounts based on a $25,000 gift Development, at (808) 532-8714 or Eddie & Peggy Eu Gene & Cecilia Doo $10,000+ Corporate Director’s Circle annuity.) [email protected]. All Keith & Allison Gendreau Peter Drewliner & Ameron Hawaii Sotheby’s Ruth Goodsill Charles Higa Pam Ebsworth $5,000+ Corporate Patrons Ron & Sanne Higgins Sandy & Jill Friedman Year-end giving: or other advisor help you understand the incur capital gains tax on the appreciation. Robert Ho Helen Gary ABC Stores Alert Alarm of Hawaii impact of your gift on your income tax However, if you gift the stock you get a Mike & Linda Horikawa Donald & Laura Goo Maximize your tax benefits return and estate. charitable deduction for the full amount of Christie’s Club Monaco Jim & Priscilla Growney Design Within Reach E & O Trading Company Lynne Johnson & Robert & Alice Guild The end of the year is a great time for the stock, just as you would if your gift was Do your giving early: This is espe- First Hawaiian Bank Hawaiian Electric Christopher Haig made with cash. And if you can’t use all of Randy Moore giving. When you make a donation by cially true if you want to make a gift of non- Industries, Inc. Wall-to-Wall Studios, Inc. Sherman & Stephanie Hee the income tax charitable deduction result- Jim & Lynn Lally December 31 to the Honolulu Academy of cash assets (stock, real estate, etc.). It also Les Ihara & Cathy Cooke ing from the gift, you can carry it forward Richard Mamiya Clarence & Elsa Lee Arts, you aren’t just giving money. You’re applies to life-income gifts (gift annuities, $2,500+ Corporate Benefactors supporting the mission and vision of for up to an additional five years. These gifts Mike & Trish O’Neill Michael Leong & trust arrangements, etc.). Brodhead, Warren, Ltd. Commercial Data Systems Barbara Fischlowitz-Leong Hawai‘i’s premier art museum. are deductible for up to 30 percent of your Ferraro Choi & Assoc., Ltd. HonBlue Michael & Susan Pillsbury adjusted gross income. John Levas The fiscal health of the Academy depends Calculate your income: Take the time Red Circle Judith Dion Pyle Edmund & Julie Lewis on donations to general operating support. to do some planning while you still have the Consider a life-income gift: The Jean Rolles Susan O’Connor Operating support keeps the doors of the opportunity to make a year-end gift. Try to $1,000+ Corporate Guardians Chuck & Maryanna Alex & Frances Pickens Academy offers a variety of life-income Alice Robinson museum open and staff paid, it enhances get a handle on your tax liability for the Aloha Naomi Auto Body C.S. Wo & Sons, Ltd. plans to fit your needs. You can make a gift Stockholm Abel & Sophia Sheng our outstanding art education programs for year. Did your unearned income increase? Castle & Cooke Homes Hawaii, Inc. Robert J. Clancey, LTD. now, obtain tax benefits, and receive Jay & Wallette Shidler Joanna Sullivan Market City Shopping Center Mary Worrall Associates children and adults, and maintains and Did you sell any appreciated assets? Will Ruedi Thoeni & income for the rest of your life. Min Plastics & Supply, Inc. Office Pavilion Larry & Joyce Stupski conserves the museum’s collection of more you owe more taxes? This alone may David Franklin To make a gift or pledge to the Academy Outrigger Enterprises, Inc. Pacific Guardian Center Thurston & Sharon motivate you to increase your giving before Gulab & Indru Watumull than 50,000 works of art. Gifts can be made or if you have any questions, please contact Systemcenter, Inc. Twigg-Smith David & Henrietta to specific areas including education, exhi- December 31. Karen Sumner, Director of Development, at bitions, acquisitions, and conservation. Helga Wall-Apelt Whitcomb (808) 532-8714, $500+ Corporate Sustainers Bob & Betty Wo Review your stocks: Look at the Charlie & Jean Wichman Philip & Anne Wright stocks you have held for more than a year. [email protected]. Atalanta/Sosnoff Capital Corp. Crazy Shirts Five tips to help you make the Anonymous (1) Anonymous (2) Which ones have appreciated the most? It Hilton Hawaiian Village ICAT Logistics, Inc. - HNL most of your year-end giving Laser Eye Center of Hawaii Pacific Gallery & Frames may be prudent for you to make your year- Shelton Corporation R.M. Towill Corporation For more information about joining the Chairman’s or Director’s Talk to your advisor: Before making end gift using one or more of these stocks. Jeff White, C.F.P. Circle, please contact Karen Sumner, Director of Development, at any significant gift, have your CPA, attorney, Here’s why: If you sell the stock, you will 532-8714, [email protected]

22 Calendar News - November/December 2008 23 Honolulu Academy I of Arts A Registered National Historic Place Accredited by the American Association of Museums Lynne Johnson Chairman, Board of Trustees

Stephen Little, Director

Museum hours: Tuesday–Saturday: 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Sunday: 1 p.m.–5 p.m. 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Bank of Hawaii Sundays (admission free) Closed Mondays, New Year’s Day, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

Telephone: 532-8700 Administration 532-8701 Recorded Information 532-8768 Recorded Theater Programs 532-8724 Membership Services 532-8734 The Pavilion Café 532-8703 The Academy Shop (866) DUKETIX or 532-DUKE Shangri La Reservations

Admission: General $10 Seniors (62+)/Students (12+)/Military $5 Age 12 and under FREE/Academy members FREE Bank of Hawaii Sundays FREE First Wednesday of every month FREE First Sunday of every month FREE for military personnel & families The Academy Shop, The Pavilion Café, and The Robert Allerton Library are always FREE

The Pavilion Café: Open Tuesday–Saturday 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Reservations 532-8734 27th AnnualWorld Art Bazaar The Academy Shop: Open during museum hours The Robert Allerton Art Research Library: Open Tuesday–Saturday 12:30 p.m.–4 p.m.

Tours: Guided tours: Tuesday–Saturday at 10:15 a.m.,11:30 a.m, November 29–December 14 1:30 p.m., and Sunday at 1:15 p.m. Japanese language tours: Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday at 1 p.m. Special and group tours are available, and tours for hearing impaired can be arranged. Call 532-8726 Celebrating ancient cultures. The Honolulu Academy of Arts is handicapped accessible. Courtesy wheelchairs and handicapped parking for disabled persons are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Handcrafted baskets, masks, folk art, textiles, ceramics, Academy Parking: folk art, textiles, ceramics, Art Center Lot: Monday–Saturday 7:00 a.m.–11:00 p.m. decorative accessories, ethnic Sunday 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. $3 with validation for every 4 hours. clothing and jewelry. 1035 Kinau Street Lot: (Diamond Head of Admiral Thomas) Closed during regular museum hours except for Tue–Sat 10 a.m.–.–4:30 p.m. museum staff and volunteers. Open during evening and weekend hours until 11:00 p.m. Sun 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Parking Fees: $3 for every 4 hours with validation, or $4 flat rate (evening) without validation All proceeds directly support or for parking beyond the validation period. Parking during member openings is free. thethe Honolulu Honolulu Academy Academy of of Arts Arts The Art Center and Kinau Street lots are controlled by Diamond Parking, Inc. Members’ preview: Friday, November 28, 10 a.m.– 4:30 p.m. www.honoluluacademy.org

Honolulu Academy of Arts NON-PROFIT 900 South Beretania Street ORGANIZATION I Honolulu, Hawaii 96814-1495 U.S. POSTAGE PAID HONOLULU, HAWAII w PERMIT NO. 119 Halekulani Everything for tfu? Arts

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