Category Archives: Announcements

PAA Pacific One-day Symposium “Hawaiian Futurisms” Saturday June the 15th 2024, Honolulu What are the future aesthetic and political practices of Hawai‘i? The Pacific Arts Association–Pacific Symposium “Hawaiian Futurisms” brings together Kānaka Maoli artists and scholars for a one-day symposium and community talanoa, or discussion, to develop the growing field

PAA-E Annual Meeting 2023 : National versus local museums 11-12 December 2023, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chartres, France The annual PAA-E meeting entitled National versus local museums will be held at the Musée des Beaux-Arts (MBA) of Chartres, France from 11 until 12 December 2023. The museum holds paintings, sculptures,

Scholarships for Participation at the Annual PAA-E Meeting 11-12 December 2023, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Chartres France The Pacific Arts Association-Europe is offering up to two annual scholarships to support the participation of Pacific artists, students and scholars at the annual PAA-E conference. The scholarship is for a maximum of €

PAA Currents: A Speaker Series from Pacific Arts Association Join us for our next Pacific Currents talk by Emily Cornish Royal Hawaiian Women’s Textile Politics: Fiber Arts, Fashion, and Anti-Colonial Action During the Kalākaua EraOctober 16th 3:00pm PDT via Zoom Register Here In response to intensifying American colonial incursions upon

PAA is launching an online speaker series. “PAA Currents” invites scholars and artists working in Oceania to share their research and join in conversation. Our first speaker is Dr. Nicole K. Furtado. Ika wā ma mua, I ka wā ma hope: An Aesthetic and Praxis of Hawaiian Futurism in Noah

Announcing our latest PAA Journal PAA Vol 22, no 2 (December 2022) special issue ‘Grounded in Place: Dialogues between First Nation Artists from Australia, Taiwan, and Aotearoa’ We are pleased to announce that Pacific Arts, vol. 22, no. 2 (December 2022) has been released as an open access, peer reviewed,

PAA EUROPE 2022 CONFERENCE AT THE MUSÉE DU QUAI BRANLY – JACQUES CHIRAC, PARIS GENDERED OBJECTS IN OCEANIA. 13-15 SEPTEMBER 2022 The annual PAA-E meeting entitled Gendered objects in Oceania will be held at the Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac from 13 until 15 September 2022 to coincide

Announcing our latest PAA Journal PAA Vol 22, no 1 (March 2022) special issue ‘Pacific Island Worlds: Oceanic Dis/Positions’ This special issue focuses on the theme “Pacific Island Worlds: Oceanic Dis/Positions,” which explores past and present visual art forms and practices related to place-making and identity formations in Oceania. Colonial interactions have

It is with a heavy heart that we inform you of Adrienne Kaeppler’s passing, 5 March 2022, aged 86. Adrienne was a stalwart of the Pacific Arts Association and was one of its founding members. She was awarded our association’s highest accolade, the Manu Daula Award in 2003. Adrienne spent

PAA Europe 2022 Conference at the Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Paris: Gendered objects in Oceania. 13-15 September 2022 The annual PAA-E meeting entitled Gendered objects in Oceania will be held at the Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac from 13 until 15 September 2022 to coincide