Past Exhibits

September 2006 - Pa’a Ka La’a

EXHIBITION DATES
August 11, 2006 – October 6th

RECEPTION FOR THE ARTISTS: Friday August 11 from 6 to 10 PM. Indigenous dance performance and pupus.

Hale Naua III will premier Pa’a Ka La’a at their Hilo art headquarters, Art in the Iron Works, August 11, 2006, running through October 6th. The exhibit will then be opening at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu beginning January, 2007 through March. From there it will travel to the mainland; Seattle, San Francisco, and Santa Fe (dates and venues still pending). Negotiations are also under way for the exhibit to tour in New York and London.

Pa’a Ka La’a is an invitational art exhibit honoring the 30 year contributions made by Hale Nauâ III, Society of Hawaiian Arts, towards the establishment, maintenance and perpetuation of Indigenous Hawaiian Contemporary Fine Arts and the continued protection of ancient art and ancient art forms. The Hawai’i Maoli artists have created a collection of works that not only describe their individual signature style, but more importantly, echo their passion for the overwhelming persistency and perfection of their culture. Their creativity lends a definition to the often asked question, “What is Indigenous Art?”

Hale Nauâ III has for the first time extended invitations to established Indigenous artists from the First Peoples of the mainland, including Alaska and Canada. Animism and Totemism is part of a fundamental philosophy shared by all of these peoples and the theme will allow the different art styles to express that unified belief.

2006, Hale Nauâ III, under the directorship of Living Treasure Rocky Ka’iouliokahihikolo’Ehu Jensen, will celebrate it’s 30th anniversaries with this latest touring exhibition curated by Lucia Tarallo-Jensen and Natalie Mahina Jensen-Oomittuk––First Peoples of the mainland is coordinated by Othniel Art Oomittuk Jr.

This exhibit is Sponsored in part by the Bishop Museum and marks the ninth collaboration between Hale Nauâ III and the Bishop Museum since 1978.

A portion of the proceeds to the gallery will be donated to Ka Maluhia Learning Center in Hilo. An educational institution providing resources to aid individuals and communities in their journeys of healing.