Quarterly Membership Newsletter of the Hawai‘i Museums Association HMA President’s Report by Stacy Hoshino Overall 2011 was an extraor- statewide project that was fund- dinary year for HMA - our ed by the Institute of Museums membership, institutional mem- and Library Services, and the bers, and board of directors all massive Western Museums came together to fulfill the mis- Association Annual Meeting sion of HMA. and Conference that descended I am not one to give the upon Honolulu in September. excuse “I was busy,” but I had Nühou is slowly getting back to break that personal rule and on track and soon you will be say it because 2011 was a very able to read it online, also, be busy year for the organization. sure to head to www.hawaii- Nühou all but ceased produc- museums.org and sign-up to tion for most of last year, but receive emails to keep in touch. HMA Offers Critique of New Exhibit HMA went into overdrive with On behalf of the Board of several well-attended work- Directors, thank you for your Hawai‘i Museums respond & describe the chal- shops, the completion of a continued support! Association is pleased to lenges they faced. View the gal- announce a Critique of Pearl leries from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. HCH Grants for Hawai‘i Harbor’s WWII Valor in the The critique session will start at Hawai‘i Council for the are HMA institutional mem- Pacific National Monument 6:00 to 7:00 pm in the Pearl Humanities (HCH) encourages bers. For more details on grants Galleries Friday, March 23, Harbor Memorial Theater. Free HMA members to apply for awarded go to www. 2012. with limited seating; RSVP via grants to fund programs and hihumanities.org In December 2010, the email at hawaiimuseums preservation projects that have National Park Service opened [email protected]. Regular Grants a humanities context. HCH sup- its new exhibition at the Pearl $5,000- University of Hawai‘i Panelists include: ported 25 projects statewide in Harbor Visitor Center. Included Manoa, Historic Costume Tom Klobe 2011, awarding $110,827 to in the displays on the 1941 Museum. Founding Director, University grant recipients including the Japanese attack are the voices $5,000- Mission Houses of Hawai‘i Art Gallery museums, learning centers, of Hawai‘i residents. Museum. Barbara Moir libraries and archives. For This critique will examine the $4,000- Hawai‘i Museums Education and Operations more information visit their exhibit from different perspec- Association Curator, Lyman Museum website, or email Stacy tives— museum professionals $3,800- Historic Hawai‘i Paul DePrey Hoshino at shoshino@hihu- will offer evaluations while Foundation. Superintendent, WWII Valor in manities.org. The next deadline National Park Service staff $2,300- Honolulu Academy of the Pacific National Monument is October 31, 2012. Following Arts. Eileen Martinez is a selection of last year’s Inside Chief of Education & grant recipients, many of whom continued on page 3 Interpretation, WWII Valor in 2011 WMA Convention the Pacific National Monument Hightlights & Photos Save-the-Date Moderator: Karen Kosasa Monday, May 14, 2012 HMA Annual Director, Museums Studies HMA Annual Members Meeting Membership Meeting Graduate Certificate Program at the Honolulu Museum of Art & more... formerly the Honolulu Academy of Arts HMA Annual Members Meeting Websites for Grants & Resources HMA Board Institute of Museum & Library Services www.imls.gov Treasurer Celeste Heritage Preservation www.heritagepreservation.org Ohta gives outgoing National Endowment for the Humanities www.neh.gov Board Director Bron National Endowment for the Arts www.nea.gov Solyom a lei to acknowledge her American Assoc. for State & Local History www.aaslh board service. Western Museum Association www.westmuse.org Association of American Museums www.aam-us.org Hawai‘i Museums Association www.hawaiimuseums.org Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities www.hihumanities.org HMA held its Annual Library Services, and running Members Meeting on Sunday, several workshops. Celeste September 25, 2011 at the Ohta, Board Treasurer, present- Nühou is the quarterly newsletter of the Hawaiÿi Museums Association Hawai‘i Convention Center ed HMA’s state of finances, which carries articles of professional interest to HMA members. with over 40 members attend- and revenue and expenditures Submissions to Nühou are welcome, subject to editing, and should be ing. Usually held in May, for the year. received c/o HMA at the above address by January 20, April 20, July 20, and October 20. Photos and artwork are welcome and encouraged. HMA HMA’s board directors voted to Retiring Board Director-at- reserves the right to accept, reject and edit all submissions. postpone the members meeting Large Bron Solyom and HMA until September to coincide Vice President Kippen de Alba HMA Board of Directors 2011-2012 with WMA’s conference. Chu were acknowledged and President: Stacy Hoshino, Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities An overview of the year was thanked for serving full terms. Vice President: Neida Bangerter, Maui Arts & Cultural Center given by Board President Stacy Four new board directors were Secretary: Cynthia Low, Honolulu Academy of Arts Hoshino as well as plans and approved, Shari Tamashiro, Treasurer: Celeste Ohta, Honolulu Academy of Arts Kaua‘i Director: Jane Hoffman, Kïlauea Point Natural History Assn goals for the next year. Overall, Natalie Aczon, Kelly Ota, and Maui Director: Neida Bangerter, Maui Arts & Cultural Center HMA had a very productive Jane Hoffman, O‘ahu Director: Sharon Tasaka, University of Hawai‘i Art Gallery year, working to bring the Finally, to close out the meet- Hawai‘i Director: Barbara Moir, Lyman Museum & Mission House WMA Annual Meeting to ing, members were thanked for Directors-at-Large: Natalie Aczon, Whole Foods Market Kahala Honolulu, also, managing a their continued involvement in Kelly Ota, Daughters of Hawai‘i / Queen Emma Summer Palace project that was funded by the HMA programs and for their Shari Tamashiro, Kapi‘olani Community College Library Institute of Museum and ongoing and loyal support. Michael Thomas, Joseph F. Rock Herbarium, U.H. Mänoa Past President: Peter Van Dyke, Amy B.H. Greenwell Connecting to Collections Ethnobotanical Garden, Bishop Museum Continued from page 4 on exercise in salvaging wet WMA Representatives: Kippen de Alba Chu and Inger Tully Project consultant Barclay materials. “Are You Ready?” HMA Communications Ogden, head of UC Berkeley was presented the day after the Social Media Manager: Rebeccah Tresser, University of Library Preservation second statewide meeting, on Hawai‘i at Mänoa Department, and one of the top April 8, 2011. Membership Officer: E. Tory Laitila, Mayor’s Office on Culture & the preservation experts in the Where do we go from here? Arts nation, facilitated both the first Hawai‘i Museums Association Nühou Newsletter Editor: Chris Faye, Kaua‘i Museum statewide collections meeting in will be using the results from HMA Webmaster: Rich Tully, Websites Hawai‘i May 2010, and the second this project to pursue some of The Hawaiÿi Museums Association is a nonprofit corporation dedicated meeting held in April 2011. the great ideas identified during to communication and cooperation among the staffs and supporters of Lynn Davis designed the survey the statewide meetings. The Hawaiÿi’s museums. Membership, subject to approval by the HMA instrument, incorporating feed- report can be viewed in its Board, is open to all individuals, educational institutions, historical back from the project consult- entirety at www. organizations and museums interested in the growth and development of the museum professionals and its activities in the State of Hawaiÿi. ant, the Leadership Group and hawaiimuseums.org. Individual memberships: Students $15, Out-of-State $20, Single $35 per the Partnership Group. year, Dual $65. For institutional rates and applications please refer to the At the April 2011 meeting, a website at www. hawaiimuseums.org. Complete and mail with payment compilation of survey results to: Hawaiÿi Museums Association, P.O. Box 4125, Honolulu, Hawaiÿi was reviewed, and several areas 96812-4125. stood out as needing additional attention from cultural institu- Go Green in 2012 tions. Members, we need your email addresses to send you your The year-long project includ- printable, digital copy of Nühou. Archived issues of past ed three WESTPAS disaster newsletters will be posted on our website so that you don’t preparedness workshops. The One of the break out sessions generating great ideas. miss out on news around the state. Email addresses and first pair last summer included changes can be directed to [email protected]. developing a plan and a hands- Western Museums Association Annual Meeting in Honolulu Top, left: country and region. After 26 A traditional concurrent panel sessions and Hawaiian ‘awa affinity lunches, participants (kava) ceremony enjoyed an evening at Bishop to officially open Museum. and welcome all Following days of sharing the sponsoring ideas and meeting new friends, organizations the conference came to a bitter- and their mem- sweet close. Overall many peo- bership. ple were happy to experience a Right: part of Hawai‘i and were Receptions and impressed with how rich the events at the panel sessions were since many Bishop Museum, focused on the indigenous cul- ‘Iolani Palace, tures of Native Hawaiians, and Honolulu Native Americans, Pacific Academy of Arts. Islanders, and First Nations. The next WMA Annual Meeting will take place in Palm Springs, California, from October 21 to 24, 2012. HMA Board Directors would like to thank the many members Bottom, left, l to r: Anthony Ramirez, Guam representative and PIMA executive board member; who worked over the last two Adi Meretui Ratunabuabua, from Fiji, and chair of PIMA’s executive board; Tarisi Vunidilo, years on the HMA Host and PIMA’s secretary general, from Vanuatu; Bulou Unaisi Nawalowalo Manulevu, from Fiji; Program Committees, and to artist Dan Taulapapa McMullin of American Samoa; and Noelani Arista, from Honolulu.