ARTafterDARK has grown exponentially since it launched in 2004. Last month’s event brought in 2,300 people—and it was a rainy...
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Meet our members: Roberta Schmitz+
It’s gratifying getting to know visitors in the galleries and at events. Museum staff love it when we see familiar...
Glass act: Art collectors (and donors) Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser+
Los Angeles–based art-collecting couple Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser have been coming to Hawai‘i for decades, and this year their...
Museum milestone: Meet our first Korean art curator+
The Honolulu Museum of Art was one of the first museums in the United States to have a gallery dedicated...
We are looking for volunteer docents!+
Join our next volunteer docent training course! Any teacher who has brought their students on a guided school tour knows...
Educating Educators: Ualani Davis and Andrea Charuk+
Working parallel to the museum’s core full-time staff is a phalanx of part-time artist instructors who create curriculum for and...
Here it is, your moment of zen: Security Supervisor Lars Tellander+
Regular readers of this enewsletter know from this “Staff Pick” series that many museum staff members develop varying degrees of...
Where Egyptian tradition and dubstep meet: The creator of Shimmy Showcase on this year’s extravaganza+
Malia Delapenia created the Hawaii Belly Dance Convention a decade ago, and this year she kicks the weeklong program off...
Going en plein air with instructor Andrew Rose+
(Andrew Rose [right] with a student. Photo courtesy Andrew Rose, 2014) Entering Andrew Rose’s namesake gallery in Pauahi Tower, leaving...
Congratulations 2014 graduating docents!+
Congratulations to our newest crop of school tour docents who graduated just last week and have hit the ground running....