Bishop Museum Extends Animation Exhibit
Honolulu, HI – Bishop Museum is pleased to announce it will extend its popular Animation exhibit till May 25, 2009. This is a two-week extension. The exhibit opened to the public on February 14th and remains on display in the Castle Memorial Building. It explores the history of animation and features a screening room and a cartoon museum.
Animation’s stimulating and fun environment allows visitors to explore animation from concept to finished product — from storyboarding, character design, and drawing techniques to movement, timing, filming, and sound. Animation has six thematic areas:
- History – to learn about early animation and apparent motion
- Animation Studio – to explore the process of animation, story creation, animator techniques and tools
- Art in Motion –with help from Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, discover why art and math are important allies when creating characters, motion, and change
- Science Laboratory – in Dexter’s Laboratory, delve into the science and technology that make animation possible
- Sound and Stage – discover the principles of sound and phonetics with the Kids Next Door
- Cartoon Museum – take a seat in this intimate theater setting and view clips of popular animations while learning the secrets behind their production
Animation at Bishop Museum is sponsored by Straub, Horizon Lines, Seven-Eleven Hawai‘i, Diamond Head Self Storage and The John Young Foundation. The exhibit was developed by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in collaboration with Cartoon Network.
For more information about Bishop Museum and all of its exhibit halls, please visit www.bishopmuseum.org or call (808) 847-3511.
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