Capitol Modern - Hawaii State Art Museum First Friday - FEBRUARY 2025

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Capitol Modern - Hawaii State Art Museum First Friday - FEBRUARY 2025
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Type: Exhibit / Entertainment
Date: Friday - 2/7/2025
Time: 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Location:
250 South Hotel Street, 2nd Floor
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: (808) 586-0307 or
586-0900
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Cost: Free

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FIRST FRIDAY FEBRUARY 2025

FIRST FRIDAY

Live music, open galleries, food vendors, and the Art+Flea urban market.

Learn more about supporting the arts in Hawaiʻi with the Hawaiʻi Arts Alliance, Hawaiʻi’s arts advocacy organization! Capitol Modern is the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum, part of a public program supported by public funding.

Free admission, all ages welcome.

Friday, February 7, 5:00 - 9:00 p.m.

FIRST FRIDAY AT CAPITOL MODERN

PERFORMERS

Video: Simple Souls, live at HISessions Studio

Video: Rhiana Alana Lewis “Breaking Out of This Cage” original song

Video: The Elevations Hawaii cover “Stranger to My Happiness”

FRIDAY LINEUP

Outdoors

•   Live music

•   Art+Flea urban market with food and beverage vendors 
Ground Floor

•   Hawaiʻi Arts Alliance “Mobilize for the arts” gathering

•   MORI by Art+Flea shop  
Second Floor

•   Museum galleries temporarily closed  
photo: top, gift shop on the ground floor (open during museum hours and evening events).

UPCOMING EXHIBITS
HAWAIʻI TRIENNIAL
FEBRUARY 15 - MAY 4, 2025
Capitol Modern will be one of 13 exhibition and programming venues for Hawaiʻi Triennial 2025. This is Hawaiʻi’s largest thematic contemporary art exhibition!

Supported in part by public funding from the Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

HAWAIʻI TRIENNIAL 2025

2025 HAWAIʻI REGIONAL SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDS
FEBRUARY 15 - MAY 4, 2025
Experience Hawaiʻi through artworks created by Hawaiʻi students grades 8-12.

Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts is the Hawaiʻi regional affiliate for the national Scholastic Art Awards program.

2025 SCHOLASTICS

 SCULPTURE GARDEN
VIEW DETAILS VIRTUAL TOUR
Our ground floor Sculpture Garden has been transformed from its beginnings as a recreational area with a large swimming pool and bleachers into an urban oasis with pathways and nooks for reflection.

TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING
Public Transportation

•   TheBus – many bus routes stop directly in front of or very close to the museum. For routes and schedules, call TheBus at (808) 848-5555 or check online at www.thebus.org.

•   The Waikiki Trolley – the Red Line State Capitol/Iolani Palace Stop is a short walk from HiSAM. For more information, call the Waikiki Trolley at (808) 591-2561, or check online at www.waikikitrolley.com.

•   Biki Bikeshare – the closest Biki racks are directly in front of the building on South Hotel St. (120 Chinatown/DT – Hotel & Richards), and at the corner of Richards and South Beretania St (121 Chinatown/DT – Beretania & Richards).

•   Bicycle Racks – nearby Honolulu City & County bike racks are on South Hotel St. near Alakea St., on Richards St. near South Hotel St., and on the lawn between the Hawai‘i State Capitol building and Iolani Palace.

PARKING
There is no parking on site. Parking is available at nearby lots, including across Hotel street in the Ali‘i Place building (enter at 1099 Alakea Street, cash only, closes at 8:00PM), across Richards Street at Iolani Palace, the Kalanimoku Building, Kinaʻu Hale/Department of Health, State Capitol basement, Honolulu City Municipal Parking, and metered street parking in the area.

ACCESSIBLE PARKING
Free accessible parking stalls are available in these locations for persons with disabilities:

•   Iolani Palace grounds (one stall near the Richards Street exit, one stall near the State Archives building, and one stall near the gate leading to the State Capitol)

•   Ali‘i Place building parking structure (vehicle entrance at 1099 Alakea Street, pedestrian entrance/exit on South Hotel Street directly across from the Hawai‘i State Art Museum). 2 hour limit.

•   State parking lots allow metered spaces in those lots to be used as accessible parking, with a 2 hour limit. Nearby state parking lots include the State Capitol (415 South Beretania Street and Punchbowl Street), and the Kalanimoku Building (corner of Beretania Street and 1151 Punchbowl Street). For a full list of state government parking lots and a map, please visit the Automotive Management Division webpage. In order to use the spaces, vehicles must display the appropriate placard issued to individuals.
PHOTOS

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Capitol Modern Exhibits

HAWAI‘I STATE ART MUSEUM EXHIBITS
Artworks on display in the Hawai‘i State Art Museum are from the Art in Public Places Collection of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, or student art competitions (the Annual Hawai‘i Regional Scholastic Art Awards and Annual Young Artists of Hawai‘i). Most of the Art in Public Places Collection is on display in public buildings, including schools, libraries, and state offices. The collection can be viewed and searched online: Art in Public Places Catalog.

Click here for current exhibits and more exhibit details

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ABOUT THE HAWAII STATE MUSEUM

The Hawai'i State Art Museum is located in No. 1 Capitol Distric Building at 250 South Hotel Street. The building is situated in the historic Hawaii Capital Cultural District, across from 'Iolani Palace and the State Capitol. The museum is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. For more information on the Hawai'i State Art Museum call (808) 586-0900

For more information, contact:

Phone: (808) 586-0307

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