Current EventS
the Bishop Museum - Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
lectures
B. Kaʻimiloa Chrisman, M.D.
presents 5 lectures at the Bishop Museum - August 2 - 6, 2023
(click on the Lecture Topic for more information)
Planting and Growing Hawaiian Gourds - Wednesday, August 2, 2023 6:00 - 7:30 PM - located in the Gulab & Indru Watumull Atrium of Hawaiian Hall
Ipu Pāwehe - Thursday, August 3, 2023 6:00 - 7:30 PM - located in the Gulab & Indru Watumull Atrium of Hawaiian Hall
Ipu Heke - Friday, August 4, 2023 6:00 - 7:30 PM - located in the Gulab & Indru Watumull Atrium of Hawaiian Hall
Artist Talk Story: B. Kaʻimiloa Chrisman M.D. & Momi Greene - Saturday, August 5, 2023 10:00 - 11:00 AM - Located in the Gulab & Indru Watumull Atrium of Hawaiian Hall
Ipu Growing & Ipu Pāwehe (Advanced Class) - Sunday, August 6, 2023 2:00 - 4:00 PM - located in the Pākī Conference Room
B. Kaʻimiloa chrisman M.d.
Ipu Heke presentation at the Bishop Museum, Friday, August 4, 2023
bishop museum EXHIBIT
Ola Ka Noʻeau: Excellence in Hawaiian artistry
March 11 - October 28, 2023
This exhibition explores the genealogy of Hawaiian artistry focusing on the generational transmission of their art featuring artwork in kapa (barkcloth), decorated gourds, featherwork, plaiting, tool-making and visual design.
View the exhibit on the Bishop Museum website - click here
B. Kaʻimiloa Chrisman MD
B. Kaʻimiloa Chrisman MD and his student, Momi Greene, are featured with a representation of some of their decorated gourd artwork.
Examples of past EVENTS: WORKSHOPS, LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS
“Nānā ka maka; hoʻolohe ka pepeiao; paʻa ka waha.
Observe with the eyes; listen with the ears; shut the mouth.
Thus, one learns.”
PRESENTATION for University of Hawaiʻi, Hilo Archaelogy Club - Wednesday, April 12, 2023
In this presentation, using PowerPoint, oral presentation and artifacts, Dr. Chrisman will teach in depth how old-time stone-on-stone hand work created many items such as mortars, bowls, sling and bowling stones, pestles, pounders, fishing items, anchors and images. There was no one to teach him when he began self-learning this work in the 1970s. He has become considerably skilled since then.
Presentation: An In-Depth Overview of Old-Time Hawaiian History, Culture, Arts & Crafts
Location: Paʻukoholā Heiau National Histroic Site - Visitor Center
When: Saturday, April 8, 2023 2:00 - 4:30 PM
Presentation: A Detailed Look at Old-Time Hawaiian Culture, Arts & Crafts (But is the Famous Aloha Spirit Dying?)
Location: Tutuʻ s House in Waimea, HI (808) 885-6777 tutushouse.org
When: Saturday, April 8, 2023 7:00 - 8:30 PM
Presentation: Overview of Old-Time Hawaiian History, Culture, Arts and Crafts
Location: Liliʻuokalani Trust - Kipuka Kauaʻi - 4530 Kali Road, Lihuʻe, HI
When: Saturday, March 25, 2023 9:00 AM - 12 noon
Location: Cottonwood, Arizona
Presentation for Lau Kanaka No hawaiʻi
Saturday, August 10, 2019
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
The monthly meeting of Lau Kanaka No Hawaiʻi Hawaiian Civic Club of Phoenix will convene in Cottonwood, Arizona, as it does each August.
Aloha ʻĀina O Hawaiʻi and Hālau Hula Nāpuaokaleiʻilima will host this meeting and potluck.
Kaʻimiloa Chrisman, M.D. will lecture, along with show-and-tell items, on the topic of Hawaiʻi’s Evolving Culture - What’s Old, What’s New, What’s Borrowed, What’s Controversial and Why.
Location: Sedona Public Library, AZ
lecture & Demonstration - Stories to Life: The Hawaiian Hula
Friday, July 19, 2019
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Kumu Hula Kēhau Chrisman gives a cultural presentation and demonstration of the Hawaiian Hula at the Sedona Public Library.
Location: Sedona Public Library, AZ
presentation: Hawaiʻi’s Unique “pottery” from Birth to Death in older times - Gourds and Decorated GOurds
Thursday, May 23, 2019
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Kaʻimiloa Chrisman, M.D. presents a PowerPoint lecture on Hawaiʻi’s unique substitute for clay pottery - Gourds and Decorated Gourds - for the Verde Valley Chapter of the Arizona Archaeological Society.
Location: Flagstaff, AZ
Location: Steele Indian School Park - Visitor Center - Phoenix, AZ
lecture: The hawaiian lei presentation by Kēhau Chrisman
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
2:00 PM - 2:40 PM
Kēhau Chrisman presents a lecture on the Hawaiian Lei at Haven Health, Flagstaff, AZ
presentation:
tattooing in Hawaiʻi & Other Polynesian Cultures
Origins of Today’s “Mixed Polynesian” Tattooing -
What was it really like in older times
B. Kaʻimiloa Chrisman, M.D., will present a fascinating seminar on the designs of Hawaiian & Polynesian tattoo, origins of the designs and how and why they were applied in the art. Hawaiʻi will be emphasized.
During his 31 years in Hawaiʻi, Kaʻimiloa was on all the islands and had an excellent relationship within the Hawaiian community. He has taught extensively and is a recognized scholar on many Hawaiian & Polynesian cultural topics.
In this Phoenix seminar, you will learn:
What’s true and what’s not about Polynesian tattoo
The different kinds of tools used to tattoo
How tools and inks were made
How techniques & designs differed in the island groups
Cultural rules and requirements to give and receive tattoos
How & why Kaʻimiloa has a self-applied traditional tattoo
Note: This will be a very thorough 90-minute PowerPoint presentation plus some traditional tattoo tools & materials to view, with time for questions at the conclusion.
For more information, email alohahawaii96822@gmail.com
ADMISSION: $10.00