Events

Part of the Honolulu Surf Film Festival 2017 Two films give us a look at Indonesian surf odysseys—in the 1980s and today. Secrets of Desert PointDirected by Ira Opper. USA / Indonesia. 2017. 44 min.In the early eighties, whi...

Part of the Honolulu Surf Film Festival 2017 These three creative films take surf cinema across all boundaries. Dream SteepleDirected by Eddie Obrand. USA. 2016. 28 min.A new surfing thriller documenting the journeys of a group of...

Part of the Honolulu Surf Film Festival 2017 Directed by Mark Gunson. USA. 2017. 90 min.Great Highway traces the roots of Bay Area surfing from past to present and explores the changes that time reveals. The history is told by thos...

Part of the Honolulu Surf Film Festival 2017 Directed by Patrick Trefz. USA. 2016. 58 min.Surfers' Blood tells the universal story of true individuals that share deep bloodlines connected to the sea. Learn about the old world fishi...

Part of the Honolulu Surf Film Festival 2017 Directed by Peter Hamblin. South Africa / UK. 2016. 50 min.Director Peter Hamblin, part of a new wave of auteur surf film, created this award-winning mock-doc exposé—a wildl...

Part of the Honolulu Surf Film Festival 2017 See three films that articulate the relationship between man and sea. Special thanks to our community partner, Salvage Public. Wednesday, July 26 at 7:30pm: Join us for a pos...

Join docent Cathy Levinson for a themed tour, followed by an art discussion. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

Part of the Honolulu Surf Film Festival 2017 Two films give us a look at Indonesian surf odysseys—in the 1980s and today. Secrets of Desert PointDirected by Ira Opper. USA / Indonesia. 2017. 44 min.In the early eighties, whi...

Part of the Honolulu Surf Film Festival 2017 Directed by Mark Gunson. USA. 2017. 90 min.Great Highway traces the roots of Bay Area surfing from past to present and explores the changes that time reveals. The history is told by thos...

Part of the Honolulu Surf Film Festival 2017 Directed by Rob Bruce. USA. 2016. 62 min.In Distance Between Dreams, the most historic year in big wave surfing comes to life through the eyes of iconic surfer Ian Walsh, as he sets mind...

Join docent Susan Palmore for a themed tour, followed by an art discussion. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

Part of the Honolulu Surf Film Festival 2017 Directed by Patrick Trefz. USA. 2016. 58 min.Surfers' Blood tells the universal story of true individuals that share deep bloodlines connected to the sea. Learn about the old world fishi...

Part of the Honolulu Surf Film Festival 2017 Two films give us a look at Indonesian surf odysseys—in the 1980s and today. Secrets of Desert PointDirected by Ira Opper. USA / Indonesia. 2017. 44 min.In the early eighties, whi...

Led by Lizzy Lowrey Bestselling author and artist Edmund de Waal travels to China, Germany and England to understand the allure of porcelain in this intimate narrative history. His search forces him to confront dark moments of the 20th ...

Part of the Honolulu Surf Film Festival 2017 See three films that articulate the relationship between man and sea. Special thanks to our community partner, Salvage Public. Wednesday, July 26 at 7:30pm: Join us for a pos...

A key function of art is to provide commentary and insight on the world around us.  It can be critical or affirmative, and focus on the sensational or the mundane. Ultimately, art is a visual account of our history told by the arti...

Part of the Honolulu Surf Film Festival 2017 Directed by Tombottom. France / Morocco. 2016. 52 min. French with English subtitles.Set in Morocco, Second Souffle follow six surfers as they discover more about the country and themsel...

Join docent Susan Palmore for a themed tour, followed by an art discussion. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

Part of the Honolulu Surf Film Festival 2017 Directed by Bruce Brown. USA. 1966. 92 mins.See the ultimate surfari on the big screen! A timeless classic, The Endless Summer sees legendary filmmaker/narrator Bruce Brown and surfers M...

Part of the Honolulu Surf Film Festival 2017 This program profiles California surfers and their craft. Vertical LinesDirected by Perry Gershkow and Kyle Buthman. USA. 2016. 38 min.From the frigid waters of Ocean Beach, San Francis...

Our series of exhibitions by Hawai‘i artists in our Arts of Hawai‘i Gallery continues with Roberta Griffith’s Unpleasant Conversations. An extension of her recent work The NO Series, the porcelain plates and cups featur...

Featuring Jasper Wong and Simone Legno.Presented by Bank of Hawaii.  ADMISSION Museum members: Admission is free for museum members. You do not need a ticket. For a speedy entry, use your digital member card in the HoMA ...

Jasper Wong, founder and lead director of POW! WOW! and Simone Legno, co-founder and chief creative officer of design brand tokidoki, will hold a workshop for youth age 6 to 12 at Spalding House. The two artists will teach kids abou...

Led by Lizzy Lowrey Bestselling author and artist Edmund de Waal travels to China, Germany and England to understand the allure of porcelain in this intimate narrative history. His search forces him to confront dark moments of the 20th ...

Part of the Honolulu Surf Film Festival 2017 These three creative films take surf cinema across all boundaries. Dream SteepleDirected by Eddie Obrand. USA. 2016. 28 min.A new surfing thriller documenting the journeys of a group of...

Part of the Honolulu Surf Film Festival 2017 Directed by Tombottom. France / Morocco. 2016. 52 min. French with English subtitles.Set in Morocco, Second Souffle follow six surfers as they discover more about the country and themsel...

Part of the Honolulu Surf Film Festival 2017 Directed by Rob Bruce. USA. 2016. 62 min.In Distance Between Dreams, the most historic year in big wave surfing comes to life through the eyes of iconic surfer Ian Walsh, as he sets mind...

Join docent Susan Palmore for a themed tour, followed by an art discussion. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

Part of the Honolulu Surf Film Festival 2017 Closing reception: July 30, 6-7:30pm: As is tradition, we close the festival with a classic film and on-stage discussion by Hawai‘i surf legends. Ticket includes liv...

Part of the Honolulu Surf Film Festival 2017 Directed by Jess Bianchi. USA. 2016. 84 min.Kaua‘i surfers Aamion and Daize Goodwin (Singlefin: yellow) set off on a year-long global adventure with a toddler and a newborn. Follow...

Join docent Carol Bonham for a themed tour, followed by an art discussion. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

Part of the Honolulu Surf Film Festival 2017 This program profiles California surfers and their craft. Vertical LinesDirected by Perry Gershkow and Kyle Buthman. USA. 2016. 38 min.From the frigid waters of Ocean Beach, San Francis...

Part of the Honolulu Surf Film Festival 2017 Directed by Rob Bruce. USA. 2016. 62 min.In Distance Between Dreams, the most historic year in big wave surfing comes to life through the eyes of iconic surfer Ian Walsh, as he sets mind...

Part of the Honolulu Surf Film Festival 2017 Directed by Taylor Steele. USA. 2017. 55 min. After 2013’s Missing, Taylor Steele is back with this intimate portrait of modern surfing. The film follows eight of the world's best&mdas...

Join docent Carol Bonham for a themed tour, followed by an art discussion. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

Directed by Ryoo Seung-wan. South Korean. 2017. Korean with English subtitles. See this action-packed thriller before anyone else! The newest film from Ryoo Seung-wan (Veteran, Berlin File) is one of most anticipated releases of the yea...

Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award finalist Izik returns to the Doris Duke Theatre stage for a night of music and art. Mimesis is derived from the Greek mimesis, meaning to imitate. The collaborative show melds performances of original material by I...

Sundance Film Festival’s annual traveling program of short films selected from the festival is widely considered the premier short film showcase. It has also been the launchpad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers for more...

Sundance Film Festival’s annual traveling program of short films selected from the festival is widely considered the premier short film showcase. It has also been the launchpad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers for more...

Yes, the 1970s hobby is back with a vengeance—learn how to make a simple macramé plant hanger with string and wooden beads. Bring your own small pot with a plant or buy one from the shop to place in your hanger. Explore the...

Sundance Film Festival’s annual traveling program of short films selected from the festival is widely considered the premier short film showcase. It has also been the launchpad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers for more...

Join docent Carol Bonham for a themed tour, followed by an art discussion. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

Directed by Marie Noëlle. Germany/France/Poland. 2017. 100 min. French with English subtitles. As a 20th-century French physicist and chemist, Marie Curie was a pioneer in the study of radioactivity and spent her life setting prece...

Sundance Film Festival’s annual traveling program of short films selected from the festival is widely considered the premier short film showcase. It has also been the launchpad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers for more...

Sundance Film Festival’s annual traveling program of short films selected from the festival is widely considered the premier short film showcase. It has also been the launchpad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers for more...

Sundance Film Festival’s annual traveling program of short films selected from the festival is widely considered the premier short film showcase. It has also been the launchpad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers for more...

Directed by Marie Noëlle. Germany/France/Poland. 2017. 100 min. French with English subtitles. As a 20th-century French physicist and chemist, Marie Curie was a pioneer in the study of radioactivity and spent her life setting prece...

Directed by Marie Noëlle. Germany/France/Poland. 2017. 100 min. French with English subtitles. As a 20th-century French physicist and chemist, Marie Curie was a pioneer in the study of radioactivity and spent her life setting prece...

Part of the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival 2017. Presented by Aqua-Aston Hospitality Directed by Katherine Fairfax Wright. 2017. USA. 100 min.From a small town in Texas to big-time show business, comes an inspiring docu...

Part of the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival 2017 Presented by I Do Hawaiian Weddings Directed by Monja Art. 2017. Austria. 104 min. German with English subtitles.Boarding school student Paula is secretly in love with her ...

Part of the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival 2017 Presented by Hula’s Bar and Lei Stand  Directed by John Butler. 2017. Ireland. 95 min.Ned, the bullied outsider, and Conor, a new boy and star athlete, are forced to ...

Part of the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival 2017 Presented by Hew & Bordenave LLP  A diverse cross-section of Iris Prize boyz and senior shorts exploring sexual awakening, first love, romance, relationships, and ...

Part of the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival 2017 Presented by ACLU of Hawaii Directed by Tiffany Rhynard. 2016. USA. 90 min.If you are an undocumented queer immigrant living in the United States amidst this turbulent political...

Part of the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival 2017 Presented by The Lavender Clinic Directed by Pouria Heidary Oureh. 2016. Armenia. 82 min. Armenian with English subtitles.Aram, an Iranian Armenian youth who immigrated to the U...

Part of the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival 2017 Presented by Honolulu Pride™ Directed by Gabrielle Muccino. 2016. Italy. 103 min. Italian with English subtitles. Marco and Maria, two Italian teens uncertain about t...

Part of the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival 2017 Presented by UH LGBT Student Services Directed by Filipe Matzembacher & Marcio Reolon. 2016. Brazil. 100 min. Portuguese with English subtitles.In this four-part, short-form...

Part of the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival 2017 Presented by Chitty Bang  An eclectic collection of Berlin and Iris Prize-winning shorts of the lesbian persuasion, offering laughs and tears while traversing the cycl...

Part of the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival 2017 Presented by Hawaii Women in Filmmaking  Directed by Maura Anderson. 2017. USA. 100 min.Following the sudden death of her girlfriend, young artist Laura returns to her moth...

Part of the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival 2017 Presented by Hawaii International Film Festival  Directed by Naoko Ogigami. 2017, Japan. 127 min. Japanese with English subtitles.The Rainbow Film Festival is thrilled to p...

Join docent Margaret Mann on a treasure hunt searching high and low for small, and sometimes large, exquisite, occasionally overlooked treasures in the museum's collection. Who knows what might be lurking in a dusty back c...

Part of the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival 2017 Presented by Life Foundation An assortment of Iris Prize-winning gay genre shorts weaving together themes of identity, love, longing, loneliness, aging, and even horror while un...

Part of the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival 2017 Presented by Honolulu Star-Advertiser Directed by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson. 2016. Denmark. 129 min. Icelandic with English subtitles.In a remote fishing village in Iceland, t...

Part of the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival 2017 Presented by Hawaii Rainbow Chamber of Commerce Directed by Ernesto Contreras. 2017. Mexico. 103 min. Spanish with English subtitles.A young linguist travels to the jungle of Me...

Part of the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival 2017 Presented by Honolulu Museum of Art Directed by Francis Lee. 2017. UK. 104 min.A contemporary tale of self-discovery and emotional awakening set on the sheep farming hills of ru...

Join docent Margaret Mann on a treasure hunt searching high and low for small, and sometimes large, exquisite, occasionally overlooked treasures in the museum's collection. Who knows what might be lurking in a dusty back c...

Part of the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival 2017 Presented by AF3IRM Hawaii and NAACP Hawaii Directed by Sabaah Folayan. 2017. USA. 103 min.A searing, emotionally charged account of the Ferguson uprising following "in your face" ci...

Part of the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival 2017 Presented by Transgender Awareness Hawaii  Directed by David France. 2017. USA. 105 min.Academy Award-nominated director and journalist David France (How to Survive a ...

Part of the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival 2017 Presented by Hilton Waikiki Beach Directed by Darren Thornton. 2016. Ireland. 82 min.'Mad’ Mary McArdle returns home after a short spell in prison—for something she&...

Part of the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival 2017 Presented by Nathan Leo dba Directed by Yan England. 2016. Canada. 106 min. French with English subtitles.At the age of 16, Tim is an intelligent but shy young man gifted w...

Part of the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival 2017 Presented by Hawaiian Airlines  Directed by Gus Van Sant. 2017. USA. 84 min.A special presentation of the highly-acclaimed ABC miniseries chronicling the real-life struggle...

ART ACTIVITIES Happy People: kids will create different people by adding faces and color to wooden beads. They will then string the beads into a necklace. After you take a photo with Photo Ops Hawaii, kids will create a magnet frame fo...

66 mins. Best for ages 8+ though can also be appreciated by most younger viewers. Admission: Free. Seating is first come, first served. This collection of live-action shorts show how kids all over the world long for the same things: to...

66 mins. Best for ages 8+ though can also be appreciated by most younger viewers. Admission: Free. Seating is first come, first served. This collection of live-action shorts show how kids all over the world long for the same things: to...

Directed by David Bickerstaff. United Kingdom. 2017. 88 mins. Exhibition on Screen is back with a look at Michelangelo. His work may seem so familiar to us, but what do we really know about this renaissance genius? A virtuoso craftsman...

Directed by David Bickerstaff. United Kingdom. 2017. 88 mins. Exhibition on Screen is back with a look at Michelangelo. His work may seem so familiar to us, but what do we really know about this renaissance genius? A virtuoso craftsman...

Directed by David Bickerstaff. United Kingdom. 2017. 88 mins. Exhibition on Screen is back with a look at Michelangelo. His work may seem so familiar to us, but what do we really know about this renaissance genius? A virtuoso craftsman...

Directed by David Bickerstaff. United Kingdom. 2017. 88 mins. Exhibition on Screen is back with a look at Michelangelo. His work may seem so familiar to us, but what do we really know about this renaissance genius? A virtuoso craftsman...

Directed by David Bickerstaff. United Kingdom. 2017. 88 mins. Exhibition on Screen is back with a look at Michelangelo. His work may seem so familiar to us, but what do we really know about this renaissance genius? A virtuoso craftsman...

Born in Ibaraki Prefecture, Maejima Tadaaki, also known as Maki Haku (1924–2000), was one of the most internationally prominent members of the Creative Print (sōsaku hanga) movement, which emphasized the need for Japanese print art...

The Foolishness of Things: Paintings by James KurodaJames Kuroda’s bright, abstract paintings evoke otherworldly visions. Seas of white filled with curious creature-like forms stand out against the background in a harmonious and pl...

Directed by Linda Saffire and Adam Schlesinger. USA. 2017. 90 min. Get an intimate look at prima ballerina Wendy Whelan in this New York Times Critics’ Pick as she prepares to leave New York City Ballet after a record-setting thre...

Directed by Linda Saffire and Adam Schlesinger. USA. 2017. 90 min. Get an intimate look at prima ballerina Wendy Whelan in this New York Times Critics’ Pick as she prepares to leave New York City Ballet after a record-setting thre...

Directed by David Bickerstaff. United Kingdom. 2017. 88 mins. Exhibition on Screen is back with a look at Michelangelo. His work may seem so familiar to us, but what do we really know about this renaissance genius? A virtuoso craftsman...

Pride, baby! Get ready to wig out at our mini circuit party! ADMISSION Museum members: Admission is free for museum members. You do not need a ticket. For a speedy entry, use your digital member card in the HoMA mobile app&md...

Directed by Jeff Orlowski. USA. 2012. 75 min. Media sponsor: Honolulu Civil Beat Admission: Free. Guests will be admitted on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open at 12:30pm. In this visually stunning documentary, director...

Lopaka Kapanui returns to tell stories about Hawai‘i's spiritual realm. Mo‘o beings are beneficent to those descendants who still care for them today. They are equally malevolent to the foolish and the unwary. Hawaiian legen...

Directed by Jeff Orlowski. USA. 2017. 75 mins. Media sponsor: Honolulu Civil Beat Admission: Free. Guests will be admitted on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open at 12:30pm.  The filmmakers behind Chasing Ice follow...

Abstract Expressionism: Looking East from the Far West considers mid-20th-century abstraction through its Asian-American practitioners, with a special focus on Hawai‘i artists. It is the first museum exhibition to bring artists of ...