Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Robert Reed at SPF Projects as Wacky-kiki: The Queen of America!


Robert Reed joins forces with E.Y. Yanagi in a duo exhibition at SPF Projects in Kaka'ako. Robert received his MFA in 2011 and works primarily in the areas of performance, wearable art, installation, and sculpture.  

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Reem Bassous and Wendy Kawabata in The Dialogist Quarterly



Reem Bassous (top) and Wendy Kawabata (bottom) are both featured in The Dialogist Quarterly Vol. I, Issue III.

Joe Stanton Reads


Joseph Stanton will read a selection of his poems from his book A Field Guide to the Wildlife of Suburban O'ahu on Saturday, September 28, 2pm at the Hawai i State Library (main branch), 478 S. King Street. Professor Stanton is faculty at our department as well as the Department of American Studies. His poetry takes inspiration from nature, movies, baseball, fairy tales, noh plays, Hawai i places and people, popular music, paintings, and a wide variety of other things. 

Jaimey Hamilton Faris reviews WISH YOU WERE HERE in the Offsetter


Jaimey Hamilton Faris' take on WISH YOU WERE HERE at Chanel Waikiki (organized by Honolulu Museum of Art). Exhibition features the work of Ashley Bickerton, Paul Pfeiffer, Garnett Puett, and UHM's own Lawrence Seward.

Saturday, August 31, 2013

Jessica Orfe hits her stride at Spalding House


Recent MFA alum Jessica Orfe hits her stride at Spalding House - a collaborative tennis court size mural. See blog here. 
photo credit: Jessica Orfe


Kaleo covers Reem Bassous' Drawing Marathon


For the third time the department has offered a course entitled Drawing Marathon with Reem Bassous during summer session, where students draw for 6 hours each day for 3 weeks. Kaleo covers the courses in a column this week. (photo by Ismael Ma)

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Reem Bassous at The Washington Studio School


REEM BASSOUS: Green Line
Drawings, paintings and installation
August 28 – October 5, 2013
Friday, August 30th Reception from 6-9pm 

at The Washington Studio School (Washington, DC)
Reem will give a talk at 6pm about her work shortly followed by the reception.