First Fridays at First Hawaiian Center
First Fridays at The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center (999 Bishop Street) are presented on the first Friday of each month from 7-9 p.m. Enjoy Hawaii’s popular Chinatown art walkabout on the first Friday of every month and make TCM at First Hawaiian Center your first stop. TCM at First Hawaiian Center is open from 7 until 9 p.m. on these nights with light refreshments and special programs designed to enhance your understanding of the contemporary art on view. TCM members enjoy validated parking.
On view in November is Contemporary Fiber Art of Hawaii. All FHC exhibitions organized by TCM Curator of Exhibitions Inger Tully.
First Friday Artist’s Talks are as follows:
November 7 from 7:30 p.m. - Nicole Morita and Mary Babcock
Artists Nicole Morita will present a fiber based performance art piece called The Yellow Scarf Project. This event compliments the exhibition Contemporary Fiber Art of Hawaii presented in conjunction with the Textile Society of America 11th Biennial Symposium hosted in Honolulu in 2008. This exhibition is on view through January 13, 2009
The Yellow Scarf Project: Mark/Give began in 2005 in South Carolina and has traveled to Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia. Significant places were marked with the yellow scarf relating to the cultural history of the song “Tie a yellow ribbon.” A short performance was documented in Clemson, South Carolina relating to mark making in personal space
Oral and written historical accounts document a yellow cloth or ribbon as a symbol of hope in time of need or loss. Several symbols of the yellow ribbon in contemporary culture relate to providing some form of awareness or support. The act of providing hope in time of need can be seen in various campaigns, including the distribution of yellow Livestrong wristbands for cancer awareness or ribbons that support troops overseas. Yellow ribbon (or tape) is also used as a warning or caution sign to indicate safety hazards. The acts of both personal and public mark making and giving come together in Yellow Scarf Project: Mark/Give
For the November First Friday event, Morita will be utilizing the scarf to provide an active exchange with the audience. Viewers will receive pieces of the scarf so that they may be able to mark their own personal/public spaces. With a piece of the scarf, each viewer will also receive a brief note indicating where the scarf has been and how it has been used a marker. The note would also encourage the viewer to create their own meaning for the object by using it in a way that is significant for them.
Mary Babcock, Chair of the Fibers Program in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Hawaii at Manoa will be performing “Crossing.”
The works deals with the difficulties inherent in our attempts to make genuine contact with another human, and the ways in which our lives invariably and irrevocably converge
Babcock has performed across the United States, Japan and the Philippines in individual and collaborative contexts, as well as lectured at numerous conferences on her work linking fiber, performance and peace and justice studies. Her work bridges two diverse paradigms: art as beauty and art as social criticism. Recent creative investigations explore the metaphor of mending as it relates to cultural transformation. Babcock will be performing together with Kate Werner.
For more information about The Contemporary Museum, visit our website at www.tcmhi.org; Exhibition Info: (808) 526-0232; Reception: (808) 526-1322. Third Thursdays are free entry days!
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