Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 6, Number 1, 1 Ianuali 1989 — Papers Sought For Symposium On Arts Of the Pacific [ARTICLE]

Papers Sought For Symposium On Arts Of the Pacific

Academic papers are being sought for "Artistic Heritage in a Changing Pacific,"thefourth International Symposium on the Arts of the Pacific held by the Pacific Arts Association in Honolulu, August 612, 1989. Sponsors of the event include the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Bishop Museum, East-West Center, Hawai'i Museums Association, Native Hawaiian Culture and Arts Program, Center for Pacific Island Studies, University of Hawai'i and Hawai'i Loa College. Sessions tentatively will be held at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Bishop Museum, and at the University of Hawai'i. Papers will be accepted in the following sections: "Role of the Museum in a Changing Pacific," "Development, Use and Conservation of Collections," "Technology and lnformation Sharing," "Visual Arts," "Current Archaeology in the Pacific," "Ethnographic Arts," "Performing Arts," and "The Future of Pacific Arts." Persons interested in presenting papers should immediately contact the Pacific Arts Association conference coordinator for addresses of section chairpersons. Contact the coordinator at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, 900 South Beretania St., Honolulu, HI 96814. A beautiful queen-size Hawaiian quilt made by renowned quilter Meali'i Kalama was the prize in the Bishop Museum Family Sunday drawing January 1. Margaret Wagner of Honolulu was the lucky winner of "Pua Kakahiaka," "Flower of the Moming," (Morning Glory), an original design in Wedgewood blue on white. Wagner is a Bishop Museum Association member, and a volunteer in the anthropology department.