University of Hawaii—Museum Studies

EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS

The Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Program at the University of Hawaii offers students an opportunity to learn about museums, acquire professional experience, and develop research skills while earning a certificate.

Building Your Brand: What, Why, and How?
Speaker: Bernard Uy, Wall to Wall Studios, Inc.
March 28th, 2008
Bishop Museum ~ Paki Conference Room I
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Free to the public

Here’s an evening presentation to help institutions grapple with the challenge of creating a positive image that appeals to the varied communities they serve and the media they rely upon. The process of “branding” will be explained by professional Bernard Uy of Wall to Wall Studios, Inc. Uy will discuss the necessity of creating an image based on an institution’s strengths and vision, viewed in coordination with community expectations and needs.

Born in Brooklyn, Uy grew up on O‘ahu, and attended high school in New York. He received his BFA in Graphic Design from Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, PA, and worked for Henry Dreyfuss Associates in New York City. In 1992, Uy co-founded Wall-to-Wall Studios in Pittsburgh with fellow CMU alumni, James Nesbitt. Uy has served on the board of AIGA Pittsburgh as Education Chair and President. He has taught design as an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon and as a visiting lecturer at the School for Design in St. Gallen, Switzerland. In 2005, Uy opened the second office of W|W when he and wife Tammy returned to Honolulu.

A Hawai`i Museums Association Presentation, jointly supported by Bishop Museum and the Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Program at UHM.

Preserving and Interpreting the Lyman Mission House
Lecture presented by Dolly Strazar, Lyman Museum and Mission House
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Bishop Museum, Paki Conference Room I
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Honolulu, Hawai’i
Free and open to the public

In 2007, the American Association for State and Local History presented a “Leadership in History Award of Merit” to the Lyman Museum in Hilo for a 5-year project on its Mission House. The process began with the completion of an Historic Structures Report by a preservation architect and the implementation of preservation activities on the House. At the same time the museum reviewed its interpretation of the Mission House and revised it after conducting extensive research. The preservation work and interpretive work were done hand-in-hand—mutually informing and transforming the work and decisions made in either area. Please join us as we hear about this exciting process and related projects!

Marie Dolly Strazar is a Certified Archivist with an M.A. in East Asian History & Ph.D. in American Studies, both from UH-Mänoa. She served on the Historical Commission in Gardner, Massachusetts, on the State of Hawai‘i's Historic Sites Review Board for 8 years, and she directed the Statewide History & Humanities program at the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts for 17 years. She has been the President/Executive Director of the Lyman Museum and Mission House since February 2001.

An Hawai`i Museums Association presentation, jointly supported by Bishop Museum, Lyman Museum & Mission House, and the Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Program at UH-Manoa

Choosing Partners for the Disaster Prom
With Lynn Ann Davis and Deborah Dunn
Preservation Dept., Hamilton Library
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
Pre-HMA Annual Meeting Event
Friday, May 16, 2008
Queen Emma Summer Palace
9:00-11:30 a.m.
Free, but RSVP to make a reservation!
See HMA Annual Meeting Registration Form:
www.hawaiimuseums.org/HMAinfo_annualconf.htm

Disaster Preparedness depends on having partners who can dance backwards in high heels (thanks, Ginger). This session will provide a forum for leaders and stakeholders in cultural heritage organizations to engage in hands-on preservation planning. It will also report on two successful workshops on "Disaster Preparedness, Response and Recovery" that took place in Honolulu and Tinian (Mariana Islands) in 2007 and were co-sponsored by the Western States and Territories Preservation Assistance Service [WESPAS]. Bring your institutional disaster plan, if you have one, along with your prom photos (your own or another’s) for an exercise. Dance partners to be announced.

Lynn Ann Davis is from Kaneohe, Oahu. She began her illustrious career modeling preservation fashions at Bishop Museum. She currently
heads the Preservation Department at UHM Libraries and has worked in the preservation of cultural heritage materials for 35 years.

Deborah Dunn runs the book conservation lab in the Preservation Department at Hamilton Library.

An Hawai`i Museums Association presentation, jointly supported by Bishop Museum, UHM Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Program,
and UHM Preservation Department at Hamilton Library

Discovering Treasures in the Charlot Collection: Using Artists’ Papers for Research
Presentation by Bron Solyom, Curator,
Jean Charlot Collection
University of Hawai‘i at Mänoa Library
Friday, April 18, 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Hamilton Library Addition
Eugene Yap Room (A153)
Free and open to the general public.

A Mexican scholar came to the Charlot Collection seeking information on the artist Emilio Amero. After 10 years of research for a book about Amero, he did not expect to find much that he did not already know. Working with Curator Bron Solyom, he was astounded at what they discovered, demonstrating that the Charlot Collection is an exceptional collection of artists’ papers — the documentary and archival resources and artworks — that contributes to our understanding of an artist’s life, work and associations. This presentation promises to be a most unusual show-and-tell!

Bron Solyom has been learning about the art and archival treasures in the Charlot Collection since being appointed Curator in 2003. A career librarian, she has worked in several countries. With her husband Garrett, she has curated exhibitions and has written about many aspects of Indonesian art. She holds MLS and MA degrees from University of Hawai’i at Mänoa.

Come early and visit the exhibit, Image and Word: Jean Charlot and the Way of the Cross, in the Hamilton Bridge Gallery!

Presented in collaboration with Bishop Museum, UHM Jean Charlot Collection & UHM Museum Studies Program

For more information, contact Teri at 956-5531 or museum@hawaii.edu