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Bishop Museum Celebrates the Return of Worldwide Walls (formerly POW! WOW!) and the Installation of Six New Murals on its Grounds
# Bishop Museum Celebrates the Return of Worldwide Walls (formerly POW! WOW!) and the Installation of Six New Murals on its Grounds
As part of this year's Hawaiʻi Walls Mural Festival, Worldwide Walls will debut the murals at the Museum's After Hours event on Friday, May 12, 2023.
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, in partnership with the Hawaiʻi Walls Mural Festival in Kalihi, celebrates the return of Worldwide Walls (formerly POW! WOW!) and the addition of six new murals to Museum grounds at its After Hours event on Friday, May 12, 2023.
The mural artists include Kai Kaulukukui, Solomon Enos, Sean "Hula" Yoro, Lauren YS, Ran Noveck, and Triston Eaton. Their original works are inspired by the Kalihi community, local histories, and Bishop Museum's cultural and scientific collections and resources.
Bishop Museum After Hours attendees will be among the first to view the newly painted murals and have the opportunity to meet the artists, listen to and participate in artist conversations, take part in Museum tours, and enjoy live music, food, and beverages.
"We're excited to welcome Worldwide Walls, formerly POW! WOW!, back to Hawaiʻi's Museum," said Taylour Chang, Bishop Museum director of public programs and community engagement. "A significant part of Bishop Museum's kuleana (responsibility) is to perpetuate culture through storytelling in all its forms, including art and creative expression. We're honored that the Worldwide Walls artists have included Bishop Museum as a space to share their contemporary art and unique perspectives on storytelling."
"It's even more meaningful to us that this year's Hawaiʻi Walls Mural Festival is being held in Kalihi, a community that the Museum has been a part of for over 130 years," Chang added.
The festival's move to the Kalihi and Pālama district is aimed at uplifting the community through public art. Founder Jasper Wong, who has been teaching art classes at Palama Settlement, a community center and cornerstone of the area, saw the immediate need for support in the community. Public art has been known to transform and uplift underserved areas, and Wong hopes to bring the same effect to Kalihi and Pālama.
On Friday, May 12, Worldwide Walls is taking over Bishop Museum After Hours to celebrate the completion of the six new murals with special programming, including a talk story with festival founder Jasper Wong and director, actor, and writer Justin Chon.
Bishop Museum After Hours
Friday, May 12, 2023
Select, featured programming:
Talk Story with Filmmaker Justin Chon, presented by Toyota Hawaiʻi 6-7 p.m. Bishop Museum Gallery Lawns
Spotlight Panel: Year of the Kāhuli with Artist Kai Kaulukukui and Bishop Museum Scientist Dr. Norine Yeung 7-8 p.m. Bishop Museum Gallery Lawns
For the full lineup of Bishop Museum's After Hours event, please visit BishopMuseum.org/after-hours and follow @BishopMuseum.
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About Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, the State of Hawaiʻi Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Bishop Museum’s mission is to inspire our community and visitors through the exploration, celebration, and perpetuation of the extraordinary history, culture, and environment of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific. The Museum was founded in 1889 by Charles Reed Bishop in memory of his wife Bernice Pauahi Bishop, a royal descendant of King Kamehameha I. Today, the Museum thrives as an educational center for the community and is widely regarded as the world’s premier institution for Hawaiian and Pacific content.
Bishop Museum’s vast collections of more than 25 million objects and specimens represent nine disciplines and include more than 22 million biological specimens, over 2 million cultural objects, 115,000 historical publications, and 1 million photographs, films, works of art, audio recordings, and manuscripts. These collections tell the stories of the cultures and biodiversity of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific as well as the proud legacy of scholarly research spanning 130 years.
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