Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 34, Number 12, 1 Kekemapa 2017 — Holo Moana Exhibit [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Holo Moana Exhibit

Submitted by Bishop Museum T'he Holo Moana: Generations of Voyaging exhibition at the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum celebrates the story of how a centuries-old ancestral practice has been re-awakened, re-activated, and re-envisioned by Hawaiian and Oeeanie voyagers during the past five decades. Closely following HōkOle'a's return to Hawaiian waters and based on a collaboration between Bishop Museum and the Polynesian Voyaging Society, the exhibit explores the history and legacy of the revitalization of longdistance voyaging undertaken from Hawai'i in the 1970s. By bringing together cultural objects, archives, photographs and films from Bishop Museum's and PVS's outstanding collections, Holo Moana will reveal how past endeavors served and eon-

tinue to serve as guiding stars for future voyages. The core content of the exhibit begins with the training of Hawaiian and Oeeanie navigators by master navigator Mau Piailug for the historic voyage of Hōkūle'a to the ancestral homeland of Tahiti in 1976, and highlights the building of Hawai'iloa on the grounds of Bishop Museum during the 1990s, and culminates with the eompletion of the 3-year Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage of Hōkūle'a in 2017. It showcases how generations of voyagers have and continue to share their knowledge, fostering connections, reigniting relationships, and building bridges between communities on a global scale. J.M. Long Gallery, Bishop Museum November 4, 2017 - June 24, 2018 ■

i Original acrylic painting : on canvas by aborigi- | nal artist Roslyn "Effie" ; Serico, gifted to tbe ] Hōkūle'a crew in Aus- | tralia in tbe summer of [ 2015. - Photo:Jesse \ IM. Stephen, ©Bishop ■ Museum

Canoe model made by Douglas "ūukie" Kauhulu and Mau Piailug onboard the Hōkūle'a on her maiden voyage from Hawai'i to Tabiti in 1976. The model was made from one of tbe canoe's steering paddles and other materials on board. - Photo:Jesse W. Stephen, © Bishop Museum