Celebrations: Windows Into Culture

This was the fifth annual COllaboratory project done in partnership with the Bishop Museum. This year's exhibit was created by freshmen in the Rainbow Advantage Program at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, third graders from Le Jardin Academy in Kailua, eighth graders at Iolani School in Honolulu, college students in the Russell Scholars Program at the University of Southern Maine and fifth and sixth graders from Gorham Village School in Maine. Altogether there were 58 fabric sculptures, each representing a different celebration from a variety of cultures around the world. Each hanging depicted the history, a cultural component, and an interesting fact or explanation of the particular celebration. A great deal of research, discovery, and effort went behind each of the individual pieces.

Celebration Images