Fendi Act 3 - Jonathan Swanz

The department continues our partnership with Fendi in 2012. To start off the year, MFA Jonathan Swanz is the selected UHM artist to show his glass works at the Waikiki Fendi. Nadine Kam covers the show and champagne toast in Fashion Tribe.

10% of proceeds from related Fendi receptions will be donated to the department.

Mary Babcock News

Mary Babcock, Faculty member and Graduate Chair included in EAST/PACIFIC/WEST: CONFLUENCE

Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery, Center for the Arts, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ

January 30 - March 9
Gallery talk: Thu., February 9, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Reception: February 9, 5-7 p.m.
Lecture: February 9, 7 p.m., Recital Hall

Featuring the works of Claire Campbell Park, Nancy Tokar Miller and Mary Babcock representing a merging of East, Pacific and West influences, in relation to their response to the natural world around the Hawaiian Islands and to their underlying creative philosophy.

BFA alum Carl Lindstrom news

The Unisex Circle Scarf from American Apparel on Vimeo.

BFA alum Carl Lindstrom continues to be a commercial photographer in LA. Clients include American Apparel. See his website for more.

Art and Sustainability / Akihiko Izukura

Art and Sustainability

Lecture by renowned textile artist Akihiko Izukura
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 6:30pm / ART building auditorium

reception to follow lecture

To open his exhibit Life in Color at the Commons Gallery and outdoor pieces on McCarthy Mall, Akihiko Izukura will be giving a lecture to share his philosophy and approach to art based on three guiding principles:

“compassion for life” 思いやりの美学
“zero-waste” 廃棄物ゼロ
“sun and water circulation” 太陽と水の循環

Wendy Kawabata at Visual Arts Center (Boise)

Faculty member Wendy Kawabata included in Cutting Edge: Contemporary Paper

The exhibition features the work of ten contemporary visual artists that utilize cut paper as a primary medium to create two-dimensional and three-dimensional artworks.

Visual Arts Center, Gallery 2 (Boise State University Art Department)
Curated by Kirsten Furlong and Janice Neri
January 31st - March 23rd, 2012
Opening Reception: February 3rd, 2012 6-8pm

Image: Wendy Kawabata, The Ascetic (detail), 30" x 22", handmade pin perforations in paper, 2011

Curatorial Project by Liam Davis

STEPHEN HILGER /Hotel California
Exhibition curated by MFA alum Liam Davis and HP Garcia
January 4 to 28, 2012
at MUSE | CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE MOVING IMAGE
580 Eighth Avenue @ 38th Street, 7th Floor, NYC

Linda Kane and Noreen Naughton at Andrew Rose Gallery

UHM Alum Noreen Naughton was the augural artist of Honolulu's new and impressive ANDREW ROSE GALLERY. If you have missed Noreen's show make sure you don't miss ARG's second exhibition, a solo entitled NĀ MAHINA I HALA by alum and lecturer Linda Kane.

artist statement ~

The paper is a battle ground
where history, memory, loss and renewal
struggle for dominance.
The resulting palimpsest is a metaphor
for the conflict between fading memory
and the need to remember.

January 13 - February 24, 2012
Artist's reception / FIRST FRIDAY, February 3, 6:00 - 8:00PM
at Bishop Square - Pauahi Tower
1003 Bishop Square, Suite 120, Ground Floor