Hawaii State Art Museum
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The Hawaiʻi State Art Museum is operated by the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, and is located on the second floor of the No. 1 Capitol District Building, 250 South Hotel Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is closed Sunday, Monday and all state and federal holidays. The museum is also open for First Friday, the downtown gallery walk held on the first Friday of every month, from 5-9 p.m. Admission is free at all times.
The museum consists of three galleries. In addition to changing temporary exhibitions, there is a permanent display of the art of Hawaii. It reflects a mix of Hawaii's ethnic and cultural traditions through 132 works of art by 105 artists. In a wide variety of artistic styles, movements, and media, the exhibition illustrates the varied cultural influences that fuel the creativity of Hawaii's artists.
Predominately comprised of works dating from the 1960s to the present, the exhibition depicts the expression of artists throughout the state and their profound contributions toward understanding the people of Hawaii and their aspirations. Sculptor Satoru Abe (1926-), sculptor Bumpei Akaji (1921-2002), sculptor Edward M. Brownlee (1929-), Jean Charlot (1898-1979), Isami Doi (1883-1931), Juliette May Fraser (1887-1983), Hon Chew Hee (1906-1993), John Melville Kelly (1877-1962), Sueko Matsueda Kimura (1912-), ceramicist Sally Fletcher-Murchison (1933-), printmaker Huc-Mazelet Luquiens (1881-1961), Ben Norris (1910-2006), Louis Pohl (1915-1999), Shirley Ximena Hopper Russell (1886-1985), Tadashi Sato (1954-2005), Reuben Tam (1916-1991), ceramicist Toshiko Takaezu (1922-), Masami Teraoka (1936-) and Madge Tennent (1889-1972) are among the artists whose works are on display.
