Museum After Hours

Museum After Hours
Traditions of the Pacific
Friday, January 10, 2025
5 pm – 9 pm

Location: Gallery Lawns | Castle Memorial Building | Hawaiian Hall Complex

$10 pre-sale, $15 at the door for General Admission. Free for Bishop Museum Members

In collaboration with the Bishop Museum Association Council, Museum After Hours brings back the beloved program series Traditions of the Pacific celebrating the extraordinary history, culture, and environment of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific. This month, join Kumu Kapa Dalani Tanahy in making a piece of Hawaiian kapa (bark cloth) using traditional methods and tools.

And, don’t miss this opportunity to experience Ka ʻUla Wena: Oceanic Red before it closes on Sunday, January 12, 2025! Celebrate our highly acclaimed original exhibition with gallery talks with Co-curator Kaplikū Maile and a special ʻUla Nōweo Reflection featuring Kumu Hula Mehanaokalā Hind, exploring the themes of Ka ʻUla Wena.

Spotlight Programs

Kapa Workshop (Gallery Lawn Ma Kai)
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Kumu Dalani is a 30-year practitioner and teacher of this art and is pleased to partner with Bishop Museum and Helumoa in presenting cultural workshops to the public. The workshop will be ongoing from 6:30 pm through 8:30 pm with a maximum of 25 students in the tent at one time. Keiki ages 5 and up are welcome; keiki under 5 may be accompanied by an adult. Capacity is limited.

Please watch this short video for a preview of the kapa-making process.

ʻUla Nōweo Reflection (Ka ʻUla Wena: Oceanic Red · Castle Memorial Building)
7:30 pm
Mehanaokalā Hind
Haumea: The sacred ʻUla of Regeneration and Creation

ʻUla Nōweo refers to the glowing red witnessed at the rising, or setting, of the sun; times of the day especially suited for reflection. Inspired by the Bishop Museum original exhibition Ka ʻUla Wena: Oceanic Red, the ʻUla Nōweo Reflection Series, offers artists, scholars and community leaders of Hawaiʻi an opportunity to meditate upon manifestations of the color red in their own traditional practices and contemporary lives.

Mehanaokalā Hind is a Kumu Hula and cultural practitioner skilled in hula and oli. She descends from the hula lineage of Kumu Hula Leinaʻala Kalama Heine and earned the rank of Kumu Hula in 2009 when she completed the ‘ūniki rites set forth by her Kumu. She has been trained in mele oli from some of Hawaiʻiʻs master chanters. Mehana brings a breadth and depth of relationships with Native Hawaiian communities, leaders, schools and organizations that is hard to match. She is the Senior Advisor to the CEO at the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement and Kumu of Hālau Nā Pua Maeʻole o Ka Wai Ola.

Ka ʻUla Wena Oceanic Red Gallery Talk with Exhibit Co-curator Kapalikū Maile (Ka ʻUla Wena: Oceanic Red · Castle Memorial Building)
6:00 pm & 7:00 pm
This highly acclaimed original Bishop Museum exhibit, Ka ʻUla Wena Oceanic Red, explores manifestations of red in the landscapes, memories, and created expressions of Oceania. Ka ʻUla Wena celebrates the distinctly unique reds of Oceania and the redness of our connection. Exhibit co-curator Kaplikū Maile reveals the inspirations, the intentions and the creation process of Ka ʻUla Wena.

Hawaiian Hall Tours (Hawaiian Hall Complex)
6:30 pm
Immerse yourself in the beauty and history of Hawaiian Hall on a guided tour, highlighting tradition and change in Hawaiʻi through signature gallery spaces and displays. Meet at the staircase in Hawaiian Hall’s front entry tower.

Live Music with Kamanaʻo Sarsona (Gallery Lawn Stage)
6:30 pm
Due to maintenance projects in the J. Watumull Planetarium, we will not be offering planetarium shows at this month’s Museum After Hours. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Ongoing Offerings

Food and Beverage on the Lawn
5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Keiki Activities w/ Ulu Aʻe Learning Center (Flanders Lawn)
5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Activities include ʻohe kāpala (create a greeting card using stamps), kōnane (outplay your opponent in a two-player strategy board game) and kiʻi pōhaku (collect the most matching petroglyphs). For ages 5-10. A parent/guardian must be present.

Lauhala Weaving w/ Keoua Nelsen (Flanders Lawn)
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Weave the dried leaves of the Pūhala (Pandanus) into a stunning bracelet (one per attendee). Courtesy of Helumoa, Royal Hawaiian Center

Lei Making w/ Maxeen Shea (Flanders Lawn)
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Use the kui (sewing) style to string an assortment of blossoms into a beautiful lei (one per attendee). Courtesy of Helumoa, Royal Hawaiian Center

ʻUkulele Lesson w/ Puʻuhonua Jumawan (Flanders Lawn)
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Learn basic chords and sing a song as you strum Hawaiʻi’s best-known string instrument, introduced to the islands in the 1870s from Portugal. ʻUkulele provided. Courtesy of Helumoa, Royal Hawaiian Center