Capitol Modern facts for kids
The Capitol Modern Museum is a cool art gallery in downtown Honolulu, Hawaii, in the United States. It's on the second floor of the No. 1 Capitol District Building. This museum used to be called the Hawaii State Art Museum until 2023, and many people still know it as HiSAM. The museum is run by the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, which helps support art and culture in Hawaii.
About the Museum
The Capitol Modern Museum first opened its doors on November 1, 2002. It's a special place where you can see amazing art from Hawaii.
What You Can See
The museum has different art shows that change over time, called "temporary exhibitions." This means there's always something new to discover!
It also has a "permanent display" of Hawaiian art. This collection shows off Hawaii's many different cultures and traditions. You can see 132 pieces of art made by 105 different artists. Most of these artworks were created from the 1960s up to today. They help us understand the people of Hawaii and their dreams through art.
Famous Artists Featured
Many talented artists have their work displayed at the Capitol Modern Museum. Here are some of them:
- Sculptor Satoru Abe (born 1926)
- Sculptor Bumpei Akaji (1921–2002)
- Sculptor Sean K. L. Browne (born 1953)
- Sculptor Edward M. Brownlee (1929–2013)
- Mark Chai (born 1954)
- Jean Charlot (1898–1979)
- Isami Doi (1883–1931)
- Juliette May Fraser (1887–1983)
- Hon Chew Hee (1906–1993)
- Ceramicist Jun Kaneko (born 1942)
- John Melville Kelly (1877–1962)
- Sueko Matsueda Kimura (1912–2001)
- Ceramicist Sally Fletcher–Murchison (born 1933)
- Printmaker Huc-Mazelet Luquiens (1881–1961)
- Ceramicist David Kuraoka (born 1946)
- Ben Norris (1910–2006)
- Louis Pohl (1915–1999)
- Sculptor Esther Shimazu (born 1957)
- Shirley Ximena Hopper Russell (1886–1985)
- Tadashi Sato (1954–2005)
- Reuben Tam (1916–1991)
- Ceramicist Toshiko Takaezu (1922–2011)
- Masami Teraoka (born 1936)
- Madge Tennent (1889–1972)
- Sculptor Michael Tom (1946–1999)
