Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 6, Number 7, 1 July 1989 — Pacific Arts symposium to meet in Honolulu [ARTICLE]

Pacific Arts symposium to meet in Honolulu

A wealth of information about "Artistic Heritage in a Changing Pacific" will be featured in the Pacific Arts Association's fourth lnternational Symposium, whieh is being hosted for the first time in Honolulu, Aug. 6-12. The Pacific Arts Association is an international organization of scholars of Pacific cultures. The symposium theme will be explored through formal sessions, video and film presentations, exhibitions and a number of Pacific-related events. Presentations will be made on various anthropological, art historical and archaeological topics by internationally-known scholars including: Dr. Sidney Moko Mead, professor of Maori studies, Victoria University, Wellington; Dr. Adrienne Kaeppler, Smithsonian lnstitution, National Museum of Natural History; and Dr. Philip Dark, professor emeritus of anthropolgy, Southern IIlinqis University.

While the program will focus on academic papers in subject areas such as visual, ethnographic and performing arts, archaeology, and the role of museums, it will be supplemented by performances in traditional Pacific music and dance. The public is invited to register for the week-long symposium and especially weleome to attend the free opening lecture by Dr. Sidney Moko Mead at the Honolulu Academy of arts theater, Sunday Aug. 6 at 7:30 p.m. For a pre-registration form and complete schedule of presentations, eall symposium coordinator Linda Le Geyt at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, 538-3693. Pre-registration fee for all activities during the week is $25 for Pacific Arts Association members, $45 for non-members. Registration at the symposium fee is $40 for members, $60 for non-members. For those persons wishing to attend only one day, the fee is $15 at the door.

Other papers cover art and archaeology of the Marquesas, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Easter Island, New Zealand, Australia, Mangareva, Micronesia and the Society Islands, among other subjects. Sessions will be held at the Honolulu of Aeademy Arts theater. Exhibits scheduled in eonjunction with the symposium will include "The Hawaiian Calabash," at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, and at Bishop Museum, "Kalaupapa: A Portrait," a photo exhibit by Wayne Levin. Sponsors of the symposium include: the Honolulu Academy of Arts; Bishop Museum; the Office of Hawaiian Affairs; East-West Center; Center for Pacific Island Studies, University of Hawai'i; Hawai'i Museums Association; Hawai'i Loa College; Hawai'i Maritime Center; Native Hawaiian Culture & Arts Program; Consortium for Pacific Arts and Cultures (CPAC); the Hemmeter Corp., Hawaiian Airlines, Continental Airlines and the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.