See the best of Black cinema next month at the 15th Honolulu African American Film Festival! Celebrate Black History Month with an outstanding lineup of eight features and one program of short films, from a rare intimate lens of a 1960 civil rights protest to documentaries on trailblazers like congresswoman Barbara Jordan and artist Faith Ringgold (whose work is in HoMA's collection). The festival kicks off Thursday, Feb. 5, with an opening reception where you’ll enjoy: 📽 The Hawai‘i premiere o

NOW OPEN → "Each Thing that in Season Grows: The Japanese Garden" Discover the importance of gardens as expressions of Japanese culture through this exhibition of modern period paintings, which includes this hanging scroll by Nonagase Banka, who from 1921 to 1923 studied in Paris, where he was influenced by post-Impressionism. You can see it in his treatment of this traditional bird-and-flower motif, representing spring, renewal, and good fortune. 📍 "Each Thing that in Season Grows: The Japanes

🔊 Get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look—and sound—of our upcoming exhibition “Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within” with collections manager Marc Thomas. One of Toshiko Takaezu’s signature works was the “closed form,” a ceramic vessel she’d transform into both a sculptural object and an abstract painting. The artist would often drop a small bit of clay inside the sculpture before sealing it, leaving behind the unseen “rattles” heard in the video. Here, Marc “plays” one of her works. → You can also

Experience the work of Hawai‘i-born Toshiko Takezu, one of the most compelling and innovative American artists of her generation. | Honolulu Museum of Art