From now until October 10, the Honolulu Museum of Art is asking its Facebook page fans (that’s you) to submit works using the hashtag #HMAcontest of art inspired by a work currently on view at the museum. One lucky winner will have their work put on display next to the actual work–or as close as possible to it—for a full week!
Can you recreate Morris Louis’s Turning with colored pencils? Dress up like Saint John the Evangelist for a photo? Build a Lego diorama of A Musical Conversation? Knit a Hercules sweater? We welcome anything you can think of to reimagine one of our works using your talents.
Here are the guidelines:
1) Use only non-organic material (paint, pencil, ink, plastic, metal, yarn, etc).
2) Only bring pencils into the gallery to sketch your chosen work. Paint and ink are strictly forbidden inside the galleries. You may also take pictures of any works in the gallery that doesn’t have a “no photography” sign.
3) Be careful about the size of your submission, we won’t display it in the gallery if it doesn’t fit!
4) Submissions should identify the museum work from which it was inspired with the title, artist, and gallery.
5) Much of the works in the Japanese gallery and all of the surrealist exhibition will be rotated out Sept. 21, if you would like to recreate a Japanese work, it is recommended to wait until after Sept. 22 when new works will be installed.
To enter, upload your image to our Facebook page using the hashtag #HMAcontest. The winner will be chosen by our curators, notified the week of Oct. 13, and announced Oct. 24.
The image above is a recreation of Edward Eggleston’s Girl in Moonlight with Banjo Ukulele! by our mail maestro Miguel Tobias. Here are a few more examples of what we’re looking for to get you started:
Bonnard recreated by Jennifer Kort
Whistler recreated by Johanna Hill
While we love drawings and paintings, we’re also excited to see other creative ways to bring the works to life. For example, our own special events associate Wainani Paikai designed this nail art based on Roy Lichtenstein’s Woman Contemplating a Yellow Cup.
Lichtenstein recreated by Wainani Paikai
Not all submissions have to be copies of the original. This work, by David Smith, was partially influenced by the koi pond in the museum’s Chinese courtyard.
Impress your friends/parents/date/pet hamster by telling them “My work is on display next to the famous (artist of your choice) at the Honolulu Museum of Art!” Come to the museum and get inspired—your week of artist celebrity status is waiting!
My name is Julian Rilveria I’ve gotten in to a critical car accident in the year 2010 becoming a paraplegic I felt I could do absolutely nothing..then realizing I thought to my self, I still had the use of my hands..as I started to draw as I got in to Rehab Of The Pacific at Kuakini in Kalihi there came along anArt Teacher through the program heals at the rehab asked if I wanted to paint instead of drawing I went forth in to trying to paint something sticking close to what I loved in drawing I painted a wave using oil an this canvas I named the set..not knowing how great it really was jus figure to paint it became known as Julian your a exlent painter not really accepting their compliments it ended up being recognized by Luis vuitton an they ended up making post cards out of painting..having the excitement rush through my vains I felt as if a dream was coming through..An a little down the line I sponsored the painting to UH manoha hanging in the nursing dorm I felt was wonderful..all in all I yet have to prosper in growing more paintings for the coming future..An HAM will be a big part of my work instead of freedom of speech I feel it’s more gonna depend on freedom expression through Art in Hawaiian culture
Hi Julian,
Thank you for your story. We look forward to seeing your submission for this contest!