900 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96814 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POST AGE PAID Honolulu, Hawaii, Permit No. 119 ~aen ~-ar ews © Honolulu Academy of Arts 1986 HONOLULU ACADEMY OF ARTS Henry B. Clark, Jr., President, Board of Trustees· George R~ Ellis, Director December 1986 A Registered National Historic Place • Accredited by the American Association of Museums GALLERY HOURS: Tuesday through Saturday 10:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday 1 :00-5:00 p.m. Closed Monday, New Year's Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. GENERAL INFORMATION Telephone: 538-1006 (information only); 538-3693 (administrative and other business) Admission: Free Garden Cafe: Luncheon, Tuesday-Friday at 11 :30 a.m. and 1 :00 p.m. Thursday supper at 6:30 p.m. For reservations call 531-8865 (Monday 9:00 a.m.-noon, Tuesday-Friday 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.). Garden Cafe closed June-August. Academy Shop: Open during regular museum hours, except closes Tuesday through Saturday at 4:00 p.m. Library: Tues~:fay-Friday 10:00 a.m.-noon and 1 :00-4:00 p.m. Saturday 10:00 a.m.­ noon and 1 :00-3:00 p.m. Closed Sunda) and Monday. Tours: Guided tours of the collection are offered Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday at 11 :00 a.m.; Thursday at 2:00 p.m. and Sunday at 1 :00 p.m. Special and group tours are available, and tours for hearing-impaired persons can be arranged; call 538-3693, ext. 255. Access for the physically handicapped is available through the Ward Avenue Happy Holidays! This spectacular infra-red photograph of the museum is by entrance. Free parking spaces for the Raymond Sato. In 1986 the Honolulu Academy of Arts was named Hawaii's handicapped are available in the parking "best building" by members of the Hawaii Society/ American Institute of lot on the Ward Avenue side of Architects. Award-winning designs of the Society's annual competition are on the museum. view in Central Court through December 28. Calendar Exhibitions December 1986 1-7 Monday-Sunday Artists of Hawaii 1986 Bumpei Akaji has created many well­ Hawaii International Film festival films. Second Floor Galleries known public sculptures, including a Please consult newspapers and festival through December 28, 1986 large bronze work Pu'uwai (Heart) at brochure for more information. the lmin Center of the East-West Academy Theatre (free) The Academy's 36th annual juried and invitational exhibition presents works Center; Eternal Flame, a copper work 2-7 Tuesday-Sunday in various media by artists from at the Hawaii State Capitol; Na Manu Folk Art Bazaar continues in Lecture throughout the state of Hawaii. Serving Oli (Birds of Glad Tidings), Mau Loa Gallery. Tuesday-Saturday: 10 a.m. to Ka Ohana (Eternal is the Family), and 4 p.m. Sunday: 1-5 p.m. Parking at as juror this year was Lee Mullican Ulu Laau Ua (Rain Forest) at the Bishop 1035 Kinau Street on space-available basis. artist and professor of art at the Uni­ versity of California at Los Angeles. Trust Building; as well as sculptures at 4 Thursday Three hundred and fifteen Hawaij the Neal Blaisdell Concert Hall, Ala Exhibition opens: Paintings on Paper by Moana Shopping Center, and Mauna Lei-Sanne Doo and Dreamscapes by artists submitted 777 works, including Kea Beach Hotel. Akaji developed an George Binns. Graphic Arts Gallery 20 artists from the island of Hawaii, through January 11, 1987. 33 from Maui, 11 from Kauai and interest in art as a teenager on Kauai, along with other prominent artists Members' tours: Artists of Hawaii 1986 at 251 from Oahu. lsami Doi and Reuben Tam. During 9 a.m. Please register in advance by The invitational section of the exhibi­ World War II, Akaji served with the calling 538-3693, ext. 255. tion honors six Hawaii artists who have 442nd Regimental Combat Team in 8-10 Monday-Wednesday 7:30 p.m. made significant contributions in the Italy where he remained after the war Masters of Japanese Cinema: "A.K.," visual arts: Bumpei Akaji, sculpture; 1985, documentary on Akira Kurosawa. to study art. Later he returned to Kenneth Bushnell, painting; Helen Hawaii and received a master's degree English and Japanese dialogue with Gilbert, painting; Brone Jameikis, subtitles. Invited Artist of Hawaii 1986 Bumpei Akaji, in art at the University of Hawaii. His stained glass; Mamoru Sato, sculpture; sculpture Academy Theatre (admission) free-standing forms, relief panels, and and Harry Tsuchidana, painting. 11-12 Thursday-Friday monumental works are powerful state­ Masters of Japanese Cinema: "Sound of The Artists of Hawaii 1986 exhibition ments of Akaji's unique vision the Mountain," 1954, directed by Mikio is sponsored by AT&T and supported and energies. Naruse is based on the novel by Yasunari in part by a grant from the State Kenneth Bushnell is professor of art Kawabata. Thursday at 1 and 7:30 p.m. Foundation on Culture and the Arts. at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Friday at 7:30 p.m. Since 1963 his paintings have been Academy Theatre (admission) shown in numerous solo exhibitions in 13 Saturday 8 p.m. Honolulu, New York, Philadelphia, Honolulu Brass Annual Christmas·concert Los Angeles, Hamburg, Barcelona and Central Court (admission) Amsterdam, in group exhibitions 14 Sunday nationally and internationally, and in Members' tour: Artists of Hawaii 1986 environmental and expo~ition installa­ at 9 a.m. Please register in advance by tions. In 1986 a retrospective of his calling 538-3693, ext. 255. work was held at the Contemporary 15-16 Monday-Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Arts Center and the Artloft in foreign Film: "The Smile of the Lamb," Honolulu and included works from his 1985, Israel. Diamond series (1967-68), Kite series Academy Theatre (admission) (1972-74), Lintel and Couplet series 17 Wednesday 7:30 p.m. (1975-81 and 1982-84), and culminating film: "Naked Spaces: Living is Round," in the Euclidean Dream Cycle (1983--). 1986, directed by,rinh ,. Minh-Ha, In addition to painting, Bushnell is filmed in rural areas of five West African Invited Artist of Hawaii 1986 Kenneth Bushnell, involved in filmmaking, printmaking, countries. painting and theater design for dance. Academy Theatre (admission) 18-19 Thursday-Friday Painter Helen Gilbert, professor of art Masters of Japanese Cinema: "High and at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Low," 1963, directed by Akira Kurosawa. is a native of California and attended Thursday at 1 and 7:30 p.m., Friday at Mills College, San Francisco Art Insti­ 7:30 p.m. tute, Central School of Art in London, 20 Saturday 2-4 p.m. Friedlander Atelier in Paris, and the Young People's Art Exhibition opens. University of California at Berkeley. Free reception in Art Center galleries and She received her M.F.A. from the Uni­ Fountain Court. Exhibition continues versity of Hawaii where she has taught through January 4, 1987. since 1965. Her works have been 27-30 Saturday-Tuesday exhibited in solo exhibitions in Phila­ Film: "My American Cousin," 1986, award­ delphia, New York, Dusseldorf, winning Canadian film. Saturday, Monday, Hamburg, Barcelona, and Honolulu Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday at 4 p.m. and in numerous group exhibitions in Academy Theatre (admission) Europe and throughout the United 28 Sunday States. She is well known for her Final day: Artists of Hawaii 1986 exhibition kinetic light pieces, prints, paintings, 30 Tuesday and media works which reflect her Exhibition opens: Works by William interest in geometric abstraction and Wegman the contructivist tradition. FOCUS Gallery through February 1, 1987 Invited Artist of Hawaii 1986 Helen Gilbert, painting Lithuanian-born artist Brone Jameikis came to the United States in 1949, began studying at the Art Institute of Chicago and working at the Valeska Church Art Studios in 1952, receiving a B.F.A. and M.F.A. from the Art Institute of Chicago by 1958. During this period she studied the art of stained glass, winning an award at an exhibition of religious art in Chicago. Later, in Hawaii, Miss Jameikis received an M.A. in Far Eastern Art from the University of Hawaii. She joined the staff of the Honolulu Academy of Arts in 1971, where she served as keeper of the audiovisual center until her retirement in 1981. Texas-born sculptor Mamoru Sato was trained in art at the University of Colorado where he received a B.A. in fine arts and an M.F.A. in sculpture. Invited Artist of Hawaii 1986 Brone Jameikis, He has been professor of art at the stained glass University of Hawaii since 1965. His works have been widely exhibited including recent solo exhibitions at the ArtLoft, Dqwntown Gallery and Central Pacific Bank in Honolulu, in Oklahoma City, Muncie and San Diego, and an invitational exh ibition in Kagoshima, Japan. Among his numerous commis­ sions are a 24-foot terrazzo sculpture for the Honolulu International Airport, a 24- x 28-foot aluminum ceiling for the Hayashida Onsen Hotel (Kago­ shima), a 32-foot brass and mahogany sculpture for the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel, Honolulu, and three ) exterior sculptures for Hilo Hospital. Sato's works are in many collections . including the State of Hawaii, Honolulu Academy of Arts, University of Hawaii, University of Colorado, and the James A. Michener Collection. Harry Tsuchidana was born in Waipahu Invited Artist of Hawaii 1986 Mamoru Sato sculpture ' and received his first formal art train­ ing at the Honolulu Academy of Arts The Imperative of the Cold Triangle from when he was 16 years old. After serving Dreamscapes by George Binns, December 4- January 11, 1987 in the U.S.