PAST EXHIBITS
Guest Curator: Kiki Rivera
March 20-August 21, 2022
Guest Cultural Practitioner: Dakota Camacho
September 30, 2021–February 20, 2022
Recipes For Joy
Guest Curator: Kiki Rivera
July 10, 2021- Earthly Transition
ALA MAI: An Awakening of Mental Health Awareness
Artist-in-Residence/Co-Curator: JP (Jason Pereira)
May 1, 2021 – September 22, 2021
Guma' Gela': House of Existence
August 2020 – April 2021
Carrying the Pacific: Pregnancy, Birth, and Parenthood
Guest Co-Curator: Stevie Merino
July 20, 2019 – December 31, 2019
Island Ink: Tattoo Traditions of the Pacific
Guest Curator: Tricia Allen
August 25, 2018 – June 30, 2019
Fa'a Sāmoa: The Samoan Way
The Falana'i and Lisa Papadakis Ala Collection
January 6, 2017 – June 4, 2017
Becoming PIEAM: From Collection to Museum
April 29, 2016 – December 30, 2016
Marks of the Ancestors: Tattoo Traditions of the Pacific
Guest Curator: Tricia Allen
October 17, 2015 – April 17, 2016
PIKO: Pacific Islander Contemporary Art
Guest Curator: Dan Taulapapa McMullin
January 10, 2015 – July 5, 2015
Out of Taiwan: Shared Connections in the Pacific
Photographs by Danee Hazama
Guest Co-Curator: Wennifer Lin-Haver
October 26, 2013 – April 20, 2014
Island Where | Community Exhibit
June 6, 2013 – October 20, 2013
‘Aikona: A Solo Art Show by ‘Amelia Niumeitolu
February 2, 2013 – June 2, 2013
Faces of Ceremony | Community Exhibit
September 16, 2011 – December 2, 2012
Legend of Ngkeklau, storyboard, Belau – Robert Gumbiner Collection
The storyboard is an art form that echoes the rich cultural heritage of the people of Belau (Palau) in the Western Caroline Islands of Micronesia. For centuries, Palauans have embellished the inside and outside of their meeting houses, called bai, with carved wooden planks and tie beams telling the legends, myths, and histories of their islands. Traditionally the story artwork was an integral part of the bai architecture which also serves the dual purpose of teaching social values to the people.