Dustin Miyakawa published

Dustin Miyakawa is writer AND photographer of a 2-part article featuring the East West Ceramics Collaboration for Monthly Ceramic Art (Korea) http://www.cerazine.co.kr/

Yida Wang in "Across the Divide"

Associate Professor Yida Wang was selected to a group traveling exhibitions entitled "Across the Divide" at University of Wisconsin Whitewater and University of Texas at Austin.

Curator and critics Chris Miles brings together a diverse group of contemporary Chinese artist faculty who are currently working in academia across the United States, and their works are informed by cross-cultural explorations.

OFF hours art demonstration workshop makes the News!

Art demonstration workshop takes aim at APEC

Artists and activists met to explore the word "demonstration" at AlternaAPEC, a program organized by Jaimey Hamilton. The gathering was led by Mary Babcock and Gaye Chan, and joined by Andrea Charuk, Ryan Shultz and Rex Vlcek. Sign painting, stitching, crocheting and screenprinting were some of the activities that brought together members of the community wanting to question and challenge the upcoming APEC conference at the beginning of November. See coverage on Hawaii News.

Silent Lucidity solo exhibition by Jessica Orfe at Gallery on the Pali

Elements from dreams collected over a period of months underlays Orfe's exhibition Silent Lucidity. Narratives of unconscious apprehension suggest the absurdity and variation of individual conscious experience, interweaving dreams and real life.

Gallery on the Pali

First Unitarian Church of Honolulu, 2500 Pali Highway

Opening Reception: Saturday, October 22 · 6:00pm - 8:00pm

The show will run October 15 - November 3,

(Gallery hours weekdays 10am-6pm, weekends 2pm-6pm, Thursday evenings to 8pm)

To the Nines Exhibition at the TCM's Cafe Gallery

To the Nines is a small look at the work of the students from this summer's first internship course at The Contemporary Museum. The work covers a variety of media and topics, from Reid Tabata's bronze abstraction to the solitude of Aaron Nicholson's “Exhale.” The work of Sonia Castro and Ualani Davis both carry a sensitivity and strength with their own unique personal visions. Gideon Gerlt's sculpture seems caught in ether and decay as corrosion sets in. Yumiko Glover's pop-inspired take on Japanese subculture plays on boundaries between reality and fantasy. Heather Matsuura's small figures quietly ask to be discovered, playing in the surrounding space. Brandon Ng utilizes the intensity of his eye, eloquently capturing his subject matter through a lens. Mapping environments in 4 dimensions Rex Vlcek uses capsules of the mundane and often overlooked: dust.

Come visit The Contemporary Café Gallery and indulge in fine food and Fine Art!

For more information please contact Deborah Nehmad, curator, at inquiry@deborahnehamd.com.

To the Nines
September 20 – October 31, 2011
The Contemporary Café at Honolulu Academy of Arts/Spalding House
2411 Makiki Heights Drive
Café Hours: Tuesday to Saturday: 11:00 am to 2:00 pm, Sunday: 12:00 noon to 2:30 pm
Phone number: 536-1322

Betsy Curtis solo show opening " The Visitors" at Hawaii Pacific University

Betsy Curtis, MFA student is showing solo this coming Sunday, September 25 at Hawaii Pacific University Art Gallery in Kaneohe. The opening reception will be from 4:00pm - 6:00pm.

"The Visitors" is a project where Curtis photographed willing visitors to the Battleship Missouri Memorial, Waimea Bay Beach Park and the Honolulu Academy of Arts. While people are dressed in street clothes, their body poses reference the formal Victorian portraiture conventions.
Hawaii Pacific University Art Gallery
45-045 Kamehameha Hwy
Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744

Show runs September 25- November 11
Gallery Hours: Mon-Sat, 8am-5pm

Graphic Design Workshop wins prestigious international award

The UH Design Workshop has won the First Place Award for Environmental/Sustainability at the 2011 international AIGA (Re)Design Awards. The winning design project is an identity system for the UH Mānoa School of Architecture and uses recycled paper, carbon-neutral printing, and a single press sheet to reduce paper waste.

According to the AIGA website, “The AIGA (Re)Design Awards is an international design competition and premier awards event that recognizes the importance and excellence of sustainable and socially responsible work.”

The UH Mānoa Graphic Design Program initiated the UH Design Workshop in Spring of 2008. The special studio, run by advanced Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) graphic design students with faculty supervision, is committed to providing high-quality graphic design work for non-profit organizations in Hawai‘i.

Earlier projects that the Design Workshop have undertaken include yearly planners for UH Health Services, an annual report for the State of Hawai‘i Environmental Council, and the visual identities of UH Mānoa’s School of Architecture and Hawai‘i Nature Center.

Although the studio is only three years old, all completed projects have won local or national recognition. They include awards from the American Institute of Graphic Arts (Hawai‘i Chapter), the American Advertising Federation (Hawai‘i Chapter), and HOW Magazine, a national publication showcasing outstanding work in graphic design.

In 2010, the project designed for the UH Mānoa School of Architecture was selected as one of 28 semi-finalists, from over 600 international applicants, for the Adobe Design Achievement Awards, and will be showcased in the Print Magazine Regional Design Annual in November 2011. The annual national competition/publication recognizes outstanding graphic design.