ON EXHIBIT
Backyard Monsters
June 13 - September 7, 2009Castle Memorial Building
Summer 2009 is the time for big, big bugs at Bishop Museum! Backyard Monsters features six giant-sized moving robotic insects. From the chills of a 12-foot tarantula to the drama of two Atlas Beetles fighting it out to the grace and beauty of a giant Monarch Butterfly, the animatronic creatures of Backyard Monsters bring the often-secret world of insects vividly to life.
Each of the creatures is between 10 and 12 feet in length. Other featured insects include a Tomato Caterpillar that towers nearly 12 feet high; a paper wasp with a 15 foot wingspan; and a stationary Dragonfly overhead.
The exhibit also includes nine insect display cases and a full set of interactive exhibits that help visitors explore bug sounds, worldwide insect population and insect vision.
Backyard Monsters has been completely refurbished by Adventure Edutainment, an Odyssey Attractions/Garner Holt Productions LLC. The exhibit has won the prestigious endorsement of the American Entomological Society and has appeared at such leading venues as the Field Museum in Chicago, the Science Museum of Minnesota (St. Paul) and Science World Vancouver.
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MAMo Awards 2009: Celebrating Our Masters
May 3, 2009 - TBDJoseph M. Long Gallery
This year’s MAMo Awards exhibit highlights the work of two native Hawaiian master artists: “Gussie” Bento and Alapa‘i Hanapi. Bento is a quilter, feather worker, and weaver. Hanapi is a master carver from Moloka‘i.
The 2009 MAMo Awards exhibit, located in the Joseph M. Long Gallery, also includes selected works from previous MAMo awardees, making this exhibition an unprecedented example of the breadth, depth, and diversity of contemporary native Hawaiian art. These artists are: Imaikalani Kalahele; Rocky Jensen; Herb Kane; Mary Lou Kekuewa; Marie McDonald; Ipō Nihipali; Leialoha Kanahele; Jo-Anne Kahanamoku; Joe Dowson, Sr., Sam Ka‘ai, Sean Browne, Pua Van Dorpe; Elizabeth Lee; Hanale Hopfe; Al Lagunero; and David Parker.
The MAMo Awards are co-sponsored by Bishop Museum and PA‘I Foundation. MAMo (Maoli Arts Month) began four years ago as a community-based effort to celebrate Native Hawaiian master visual artists who have devoted their lives to the perpetuation of Hawaiian arts.
Bernice Pauahi Bishop, A Legacy for Hawai‘i
Castle Memorial Building, Second Floor
Bishop Museum celebrates the wisdom and foresight of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop and Charles Reed Bishop with Bernice Pauahi Bishop, A Legacy for Hawaii, a new exhibition that opened on February 3, 2007.
This exhibit features items from many of the early collections received at Bishop Museum, valued treasures associated with Hawaiian ali‘i, and striking examples of Hawaiian mastery.
This exhibition pays tribute to the vision of Princess Bernice Pauahi and Charles Reed Bishop.
