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SEPTEMBER 2024
OCTOBER 2024


FIRST FRIDAY

Honolulu Pride celebration, featuring drag show by Generation Next and drag tour with Cocoa Chandelier. Free admission, all ages welcome.
OCTOBER EVENTS


FIRST FRIDAY
FRIDAY OCTOBER 4, 5-9 PM
Drag show, live music and Art + Flea

•   Generation Next drag show 7 - 8 pm

•   Drag tours with Cocoa Chandelier at 6pm and 7pm

•   Art+Flea urban market on the outdoor Grand Lanai

•   “Nā Akua Ākea” exhibit tours at 6:15 and 7:15 pm

•   Community mural with Solomon Enos 5-9 pm

•   Special guest DJs

•   All museum galleries open

•   Food and beverage vendors

FIRST FRIDAY


FRIDAY NIGHT TEMPO
FRIDAY OCTOBER 18, 5:00 - 9:00 PM

Free, family-friendly evening of live music at Capitol Modern. Live jazz music featuring Nicholas Kaleikini, Ethan Capone, Mark Lindburg, Paul Nelson, and Ian Sheridan.

Galleries and Sculpture Garden will be open, with Art + Flea urban market and food/beverage vendors.

FRIDAY NIGHT TEMPO



EXHIBITS

Free admission, Monday - Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Closed on Sundays and some state holidays.

School groups are welcomed! For more information on bringing a school group (or other group), please contact Shirley Lam, Museum Education Coordinator, at info@CapitolModern.org or (808) 586-0900.

Photo: museum visitors viewing the “Nā Akua Ākea” exhibit.

VIDEO TOUR
Ke Kumu Hawaiʻi has shared a video tour of the “Nā Akua Ākea” exhibit, which they curated, featuring work by their students. View the video tour on YouTube: youtu.be/yIj_OK9DD4M.

HULA KIʻI
THROUGH DECEMBER 2024

Hula Kiʻi is an ancient practice involving the use of a puppet and/or your own body to create images and share stories.

Curated by the Hula Preservation Society.
ʻAI Ā MANŌ
THROUGH DECEMBER 2024

Artworks by Native Hawaiian contemporary artists and culture bearers, selected from the Art in Public Places Collection of the Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

Curated by Kapulani Landgraf, Kaili Chun, and Drew Broderick.


NĀ AKUA ĀKEA
THROUGH DECEMBER 2024

Display of the artistic and weaving endeavors of Kumulā‘au and Haunani Balino-Sing and students. Ancestral images, demigods, goddesses, shapeshifters, and ʻaumakua.

Sponsored by the National Organization for Traditional Artists Exchange (NOTAE).
PILINA
THROUGH NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Artworks by Native Hawaiian contemporary artists and culture bearers, selected from the Art in Public Places Collection of the Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

Curated by Kapulani Landgraf, Kaili Chun, and Drew Broderick.


OUR SEA OF ISLANDS
THROUGH NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Rather than considering these islands as an exotic other, scholar and cultural practitioner Epeli Hauʻofa coined the term “Our Sea of Islands” and challenged the world to see the Pacific region as a metropolis for engagement of all kinds.

Curated by Dr. C. Makanani Salā and Alyssa Chau of Gravitas Pasifika.
CALL FOR ARTISTS

2025 HAWAIʻI REGIONAL SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDS COMPETITION

The entry portal for the 2025 Hawaiʻi Regional Scholastic Art Awards competition is now open! Submissions are due by December 15, 2024, through the Scholastic Art Awards portal. Hawaiʻi students grades 7-12 (ages 13 and up) are eligible to enter. Gold Key award-winning artworks will be displayed at Capitol Modern February 22 - March 22, 2024.

For more information and to enter, please visit ArtAndWriting.org/regions/HI001A.

Photo: museum visitors viewing the 2024 Hawaiʻi Regional Scholastic Art Awards exhibit at Capitol Modern.
EVENT RENTALS

RENT THE MUSEUM

Indoor and outdoor spaces hold up to 1,500 people. Ask about the discount for nonprofit organizations!

Photo: 2024 Hawaiʻi Chess Federation tournament in the ʻEwa Gallery.

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    The free, contemporary public art gallery of Hawai‘i has evolved and rebranded, debuting a new name, creative gathering spaces and calendar of events. Formerly called the Hawai‘i State Art Museum (HISAM), the name Capitol Modern is meant to better reflect its location in Honolulu’s historic Capitol District and the vibrant modern art experience people have come to love.

    Capitol Modern is eager for the public to experience this next chapter in their evolution as the people’s museum, and the opportunity to reach diverse audiences in all Hawai‘i communities.
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