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APRIL 2024 EVENTS
2025 HAWAIʻI REGIONAL
SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDS

Last day to view: Tuesday, April 1, 2025. Experience Hawaiʻi through award-winning artworks by Hawaiʻi teens!

Free admission, all ages welcome.

2025 SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDS EXHIBIT



Photo: museum visitors in the 2025 Hawaiʻi Regional Scholastic Art Awards exhibit at Capitol Modern.
 
APRIL EVENTS

FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 5:00 - 9:00 PM
FIRST FRIDAY
Live music with Brighter Side of Sol and Jungle Ferns, Art + Flea urban market, food and drink vendors, and more!

Free and open to all ages.

FIRST FRIDAY




FRIDAY NIGHT TEMPO
APRIL 18, 5 - 9 PM

UHM BFA SHOWCASE
THURSDAY APRIL 24, 5 - 7 PM

HT25 FRIDAY TOURS
FRIDAYS, 11 AM - 12 PM

2025 ART AT THE CAPITOL
FRIDAY, APRIL 11
4:00 - 7:00 PM

The Hawaiʻi State Legislature’s annual Art at the Capitol event welcomes the public into participating offices after hours to view artworks from the Art in Public Places Collection and to enjoy live performances at the State Capitol.

Free admission, all ages welcome. Details to be announced by participating legislators.

FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
OPEN ON GOOD FRIDAY
Capitol Modern will be open during the Good Friday state holiday on Friday, April 18. Enjoy free street parking and reduced traffic in downtown Honolulu! All galleries will be open, free admission.

THE MOD GALA 2025
BOTANICAL RHAPSODY
SATURDAY MAY 3, 2025

The Friends of Capitol Modern invite you to The Mod Gala 2025: Botanical Rhapsody fundraiser for the Hawai’i State Art Museum (Capitol Modern).

Ages 21 and over. Admission tickets start at $90.
 
CURRENT EXHIBITS

2025 HAWAIʻI REGIONAL SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDS
MARCH 1 - APRIL 1, 2025
Experience Hawaiʻi through artworks created by Hawaiʻi students grades 8-12.

Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts is the Hawaiʻi regional affiliate for the national Scholastic Art Awards program.

2025 SCHOLASTICS


HAWAIʻI TRIENNIAL
FEBRUARY 15 - MAY 4, 2025
Capitol Modern is one of 14 exhibition and programming venues for Hawaiʻi Triennial 2025. This is Hawaiʻi’s largest thematic contemporary art exhibition!

Friday tours 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. guided by HT25 Curator Noelle Kahanu.

Supported in part by public funding from the Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

HAWAIʻI TRIENNIAL 2025



 
UPCOMING EXHIBIT
MID-PACIFIC SCHOOL OF THE ARTS STUDENT EXHIBIT
APRIL 7 - 24, 2025

The SFCA Art in Public Places Program and the Mid-Pacific School of the Arts are partnering on a pilot program for arts education. “Stories from Nature”, an exhibit of student works will be at Capitol Modern April 7 - 24, 2025 in the Turnaround Gallery (second floor, back of the Lēʻahi Gallery). Students from Mid-Pacific Kindergarten and first and second grades engaged in a deep investigation of the natural world and the works on display will be artifacts from this ongoing exploration.
 
VOLUNTEER

VOLUNTEER AT THE FRIENDS OF CAPITOL MODERN FUNDRAISER
SATURDAY MAY 3, 2025
Volunteers are being recruited for the upcoming Mod Gala, a fundraiser for the Friends of the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum (Capitol Modern).

Contact Yvonne Manipon, SFCA Folk and Traditional Arts Coordinator, for more information and to apply. Email: Yvonne.Manipon@hawaii.gov. Telephone: 808-586-9956.

MOD GALA FUNDRAISER

SUPPORT PUBLIC FUNDING FOR ARTS AND CULTURE IN HAWAIʻI

HAWAIʻI ARTS ALLIANCE
Get updates and tips on how you can support public funding for arts and culture in Hawaiʻi from the Hawaiʻi Arts Alliance, a nonprofit arts advocacy organization. Subscribe to Hawaiʻi Arts Alliance email news for Action Alerts on bills and hearings, fact sheets, templates for testimony, and more. Recent action alerts from the Hawaiʻi Arts Alliance have included:

•   Supporting emergency grant-in-aid funding for Hawaiʻi nonprofit arts and culture organizations impacted by federal cuts and executive orders (Action Alert: Support Emergency Grant Funding for Hawaiʻi’s Nonprofits (SB933).

•   Opposing HB1378-HD2-SD1, a bill that would dismantle the Works of Art Special Fund. This would have a significant negative impact on Hawaiʻi State Art Museum (Capitol Modern) daily operations and programming. (Action Alert: Contact WAM Senators to Oppose HB1378-HD2-SD1).

Hawaiʻi Arts Alliance has also been hosting community calls to get the latest updates, ask questions, and strategize with fellow arts advocates. Email arts@HawaiiArtsAlliance.org to learn more about upcoming calls.

Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA) is Hawaiʻi’s state government arts agency, supporting arts and culture throughout the state through grants and programs with public funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Hawaiʻi State Legislature, and the SFCA Works of Art Special Fund. Capitol Modern is a part of the SFCA Art in Public Places Program.

HAWAIʻI ARTS ALLIANCE

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