Bishop Museum is proud to host an awards ceremony that honors this year’s MAMo Award recipients: revered lauhala weaver Elizabeth Lee (Kona); painter David Parker (O‘ahu); sculptor Hanale Hopfe (Waianae); and painter and arts organizer Al Lagunero (Maui). The MAMo Award is a community-based effort to recognize Native Hawaiian visual artists who have devoted a lifetime to championing Native Hawaiian arts.

Also related to the MAMo Awards is the Museum’s exhibition in the J.M. Long Gallery, which celebrates these artists through the presentation of artworks that attest to their lifetime achievements. The exhibit remains on view through September 7, 2008.