Aloha HoMA Community, I hope this message finds you well as we all navigate the many ways COVID-19 has altered our normal way of life—community to community, and throughout the entire world. While no one could have possibly imagined the degree to which things would change virtually overnight, it is inspiring to see our community working together to support the most vulnerable among us, honoring our frontline heroes, and pushing forward to the day when we can fully open for business once again. Like so many non-profits, the pandemic has required us to look closely at our operations and activiti ..read more

An Arnold Palmer is just a fancy way to order lemonade mixed with iced tea, but at HoMA Café, we spice ours up with a little bit of ginger, and it’s undoubtedly one of the most popular items on the menu. In our version of the drink, tropical iced tea floats atop house-made ginger lemonade, resulting in an exceptionally refreshing Arnold Palmer. Here’s how you can make it at home. IngredientsIced tea* Ginger lemonade Water Lemon slices (optional) For the ginger lemonademakes 2 liters 2 ounces finely chopped ginger 2 cups white sugar 10 ounces fresh lemon juice 1. Add 1 ounce of the ginger and l ..read more

This essay, penned for the long weekend, is part of an exploration of the idea of “infits”, which is what one wears when staying in rather than going out. An infit is the opposite of an outfit.  What’s new in fashion right now is what’s in, as in what one wears when staying at home. This ensemble has been dubbed the infit. As people are staying home during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a shift in what people are wearing on a daily basis. In these times, the use and sale of leisure or athleisure wear is on the rise. For those working from home, an entire business ensemble is no ..read more

This essay, penned for the long weekend, is part of an exploration of the idea of “infits”, which is what one wears when staying in rather than going out. An infit is the opposite of an outfit.  COVID-19 has inspired some surprising home innovations­; one that has captured the popular imagination is the use of underwear as a face mask. You might think only a pandemic would lead to recycling undergarments, but in fact, as with so many other things, there is a historical precedent, examples of which can be found in HoMA’s collection. When we display paintings from East Asia, we ge ..read more

This essay, penned for the long weekend, is part of an exploration of the idea of “infits”, which is what one wears when staying in rather than going out. An infit is the opposite of an outfit.  The field of ukiyo-e–Japanese prints published between about 1661 and 1868–tends to focus upon topics of urban entertainment, such as Kabuki theater performances. Depictions of home life are surprisingly rare, and only in the 20th century, when non-Japanese artists dedicated themselves to the understanding of print techniques, do images of families relaxing in their home become popular ..read more

May 22 is World Goth Day. First celebrated in the United Kingdom in 2009, it is intended to commemorate the Goth scene and make its presence known to the world. Why May 22? The World Goth Day website states, “If there wasn’t an occasion on the 22nd of May, that day would just sit around on your calendar not earning its keep and generally freeloading off the other dates.” The term Gothic, as a description of the Germanic tribes know as Goths, originated in the third century. With the passage of time, the word came to mean outside the civilized world, in the dark ages or unenlightened. Later the ..read more

Israel Ka‘ano‘i Kamakawiwo‘ole, born on May 20, 1959, was an ambassador of aloha and Hawaiian music to the world. Sadly, he passed away in June 1997 at the age of 38. In observance of Bruddah Iz’s birthday, we are highlighting a portrait of him by Yan Pei-Ming, who created this painting a few months after IZ’s death as an artist-in-residence for the Crossings ‘97: France/Hawaii state-wide exhibition. This dynamically gestural portrait of IZ with closed eyes suggests a death mask, portraying the intensity of emotion and feeling expressed through the singer’s remarkable voice. As a Chinese émigr ..read more

Making a mini-exhibition is an opportunity to look at your environment in different ways, as well as to express yourself and your own perspectives. It also leaves a lot of room to be creative! A mini-exhibition can be a grouping of meaningful objects on a shelf in your home, an arrangement in a sidewalk square, or images hung on a wall. Mini-exhibitions can be serious or lighthearted, deeply meaningful or exploratory. They can take a few minutes or many hours to create. Read on to see examples of mini-exhibitions created by HoMA staff members at home. Mini-exhibitions can be a s ..read more

HoMA is spotlighting the work of artists in our community and beyond during these challenging times. The Doris Duke Theatre team asked filmmaker Heather Giugni of ʻUluʻulu archives to share what has been inspiring her creativity during shelter-in-place and social distancing. Doris Duke Theatre: Heather, tell us a bit about yourself. Heather: First a look through the rear view mirror: I was born on Oʻahu in the month of May when Hawaiʻi was still a Territory. My parents were raised on the Pearl City Peninsula originally known as Mānana on the shores of beautiful Puʻuloa. On my maternal side, my ..read more

HoMA is spotlighting the work of artists in our community and beyond during these challenging times. The Doris Duke Theatre team asked filmmaker Heather Guigni of ʻUluʻulu archives to share what has been inspiring her creativity during shelter-in-place and social distancing. Doris Duke Theatre: Heather, tell us a bit about yourself. Heather: First a look through the rear view mirror: I was born on Oʻahu in the month of May when Hawaiʻi was still a Territory. My parents were raised on the Pearl City Peninsula originally known as Mānana on the shores of beautiful Puʻuloa. On my maternal side, my ..read more