ON EXHIBIT

Ho‘olaulole: The Joy of Wearable Art

Friday, November 13, 2009 through Sunday, April 18, 2010

Inspired by Maori artist-in-residence Donna Campbell and coordinated by Hawaiian artist Maile Andrade, this exhibition features full body adornment (from clothing to jewelry) by Native Hawaiian visual art students and some of the most cutting-edge artists of today.

Ka Lei Pāpale

Friday, November 13, 2009 through Sunday, April 11, 2010

HatsKa Lei Pāpale, the wreath of hats, is an exhibition featuring Bishop Museum’s 19th and 20th century hat collection alongside contemporary hats by experienced craftsmen of today. This collaborative effort between Bishop Museum and the plaiting community of Hawai‘i honors the skills of our kūpuna. It also recognizes the continuity of traditional knowledge and its perpetuation into the future. These delicate and sometimes elaborate examples are rarely displayed in this manner, a real treat for anyone with an interest in Hawai‘i’s fashion heritage. The voices and stories of the past reside within each piece, making this exhibition not only a gathering of hats from the past and the present, but a genealogy and living story of plaiting in Hawai‘i.

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