M.A.P. Maoli . Art . Pedagogy Collaboration Project
Maoli . Art . Pedagogy (MAP) is a real-time intervention into discourses about art in Hawai`i, especially as they pertain to the community and institutions of learning and teaching. MAP is coordinated and sponsored by the HPU Media and Cinematic Arts Program and the Department of Communication. The HPU Gallery Board helps sponsor exhibitions that invigorate discussion and engagement in the community about a wide range of artistic themes. MAP artists have exhibited paintings, illustrations, sculpture, music, electronic media including audio-video productions.
2013 MAP2 (Maoli . Art . Pedagogy): Visions of the Future
Exhibition Curator: Pete Britos
Gallery Curator: Sanit and Carol Khewhok
MAP2 explores the interface of Hawaiian art, our local and global communities, and pedagogy. Building on the 2012 MAP exhibition at the Hawaii Loa Gallery, this year's exhibition specifically addresses the issue of visualization and the future. Like last year, a selection of Maoli artists have been invited to address the MAP2 themes. The artists work in a variety of media, from sculpture, to painting, illustration, concept art and installation, graphic design, model building, murals and animation. A popular Hawaiian saying suggests that: ka wa mamua, ka wa mahope. "the past is before us (what we face), and the future is behind us (what is to come). The saying provocatively underscores that visualizing the future can be a matter of where one stands, or comes from, culturally, psychologically, geographically. Hawaiian artists in Hawai'i of course come from a unique island environment, and operate in the capacity of translator and transmitter of past, present and future for its peoples. These artists then function as guides and teachers, and are most often deeply rooted in multiple cultures, drawing on a wide variety of disciplines and traditions. Artists in MAP2 include Kazu Kauinana, Solomon Enos, Lilette Subedi, Kahiau Beamer, Pete Britos.
MAP2 Installation Article
Exhibition Curator: Pete Britos
Gallery Curator: Sanit and Carol Khewhok
MAP2 explores the interface of Hawaiian art, our local and global communities, and pedagogy. Building on the 2012 MAP exhibition at the Hawaii Loa Gallery, this year's exhibition specifically addresses the issue of visualization and the future. Like last year, a selection of Maoli artists have been invited to address the MAP2 themes. The artists work in a variety of media, from sculpture, to painting, illustration, concept art and installation, graphic design, model building, murals and animation. A popular Hawaiian saying suggests that: ka wa mamua, ka wa mahope. "the past is before us (what we face), and the future is behind us (what is to come). The saying provocatively underscores that visualizing the future can be a matter of where one stands, or comes from, culturally, psychologically, geographically. Hawaiian artists in Hawai'i of course come from a unique island environment, and operate in the capacity of translator and transmitter of past, present and future for its peoples. These artists then function as guides and teachers, and are most often deeply rooted in multiple cultures, drawing on a wide variety of disciplines and traditions. Artists in MAP2 include Kazu Kauinana, Solomon Enos, Lilette Subedi, Kahiau Beamer, Pete Britos.
MAP2 Installation Article
Collaborators include: HPU Art Gallery Board, Na Mea Hawai`i Native Books, Black Sand Productions, HPU Media and Cinematic Arts, HPU Department of Communication, HPU Arts and Humanities Department, Hawai`i Pacific News, Hawai`i Pacific Network, The Kalamalama.