Standing in front of Lionel Walden’s blue-hued The Torchlight Fisherman, Waikiki on display in...
Staff Pick
Staff Pick: The nature scene that inspires Hilary Sholin+
Almost exactly seven years ago, Hilary Sholin joined the Honolulu Museum...
Staff pick: How van Gogh brought Art School’s Sarah Smith to tears+
If you’ve ever been involved with the classes and programs...
Staff pick: Chris Emory loves the vibrancy of Madge Tennent+
Chris Emory is a filmmaker, tapa-maker, performance artist, cultural practitioner,...
Staff pick: How the Chinese Art Gallery makes Sarah Fang nostalgic+
Have you seen a film or performance at Doris Duke Theatre...
Staff pick: Caitlin Kohl’s fascination with Suda House’s empowering ‘Salome’+
When you first enter the Honolulu Museum of Art, chances...
Staff pick: The synchronicity of Guanyin for development associate Mark Chavez+
At the end of last year, Mark Chavez and his...
Staff Pick: Janna Plant loses herself in the forest of ‘L’Enfant et les sortilèges’+
In addition to our staff of almost 200 employees, HoMA...
Staff pick: Hannah Craft considers the boundaries of art and trash in Rauschenberg’s ‘Trophy V’+
Hannah Craft joined the museum as a teaching artist in...
Staff Pick: Tyler Wyatt starts with ‘AAAHHH!’ and ends with Ni-ō+
Frequent museum visitors will undoubtedly recognize Visitor Information Center (VIC)...
Staff Pick: Anjali Lee is drawn to Light and Space+
Senior graphic designer Anjali Lee is the woman behind the...
Staff pick: Shawn Eichman shares the extraordinary adventures of Bodhisattva+
Having spent the last ten years as the museum’s curator...
Staff pick: Nandi gives Josh Hancock wings+
Honolulu Museum of Art Café manager Josh Hancock is always...
Staff pick: Aaron Padilla is a blip in time with Kneeling Figure and Head+
“My first memory of the museum is the smell of...
Staff Pick: Patrick Canonigo receives a divine message from Franz Kline+
On Wednesdays, you can usually find Patrick Canonigo watching over...
Staff Pick: Michael Wilcox on two American portraits+
For more than two years shuttle bus driver Michael Wilcox...
Staff Pick: Security officer Jame Husband could write a novel about ‘The Great Machine’+
When security officer Jame Husband looks at a work of...
Staff Pick: A Buddhist relief spurs childhood memories for accounting clerk Emi Wooden+
Emi Wooden visited the Honolulu Museum of Art for the first...
Staff Pick: Textiles curator Sara Oka’s lesson in art appreciation+
Surrounded by more than 6,000 textiles and costumes from around...
Staff Pick: Development associate Ching Jen Lum brings history to life through dance+
When she’s not managing the museum’s Fellows membership program, development...
Staff Pick: Micah Vargas on works that feel like home+
If you visit the museum, then you know the face...
Staff Pick: Jenny Engle experiences familiarity at first sight+
There’s something about the museum’s wooden Guanyin sculpture that demands reverence, even from...
Staff Pick: Art School registrar Kelsey Hughes on artful women’s wear+
“Why the bra?!” asks Art School registrar Kelsey Hughes, repeating...
Staff Pick: Director of finance Weijun Robertson on ‘The Child’s Caress’+
“Cassatt was a woman painting in Impressionism, which was usually...
Here it is, your moment of zen: Security Supervisor Lars Tellander+
Regular readers of this enewsletter know from this “Staff Pick”...