Entries tagged 'galleries'
Four Seasons Wailea -- A Maui Hotel and Top Hawaii Art Gallery Rolled Into One
Curator Julie Cline has turned the Four Seasons in Wailea into perhaps the leading showspace for contemporary art in Maui and possibly in Hawaii overall. She has a beautiful whitewashed canvas. What's more, she regularly runs tours of the...
Microsoft Mobile Post: Arts at Marks - Nuuanu Gallery
Posting from the Nuuanu Gallery at Marks Garage. This post is sponsored by Microsoft. When you see the Microsoft Mobile logo, you know I'm posting on the go. Or something like that. So, back to the subject matter at...
Inside the Academy: Get ready for Robot Tea Party
These five handsome men are the AV Club of Honolulu, an art collective that has been doing interactive performance art events since 2006. And three of them are part of the great staff at the Academy Art Center at Linekona....
LA Times Honolulu Chinatown Roundup: Nice Piece, Lots More to See
LAT visits Chinatown and declares it now hip. A decent read with decent coverage. They missed, however, the newer restaurants and many of the good hangouts. No reference to Mei Sum for Dim Sum or Hank's for piano bar's or...
Inside the Academy: Artists on Staff, Rising Talent
It's not just a museum -- it's a veritable art league farm team! Did you know that some of O'ahu's best up-and-coming young artists are on staff at the Honolulu Academy of Arts? On Nov. 25, Alan Konishi, who oversees...
Inside the Academy: Bhutanese Art Arrives
The Bhutanese Buddhist works that will be in The Honolulu Academy of Arts’ “The Dragon’s Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan,” opening Feb. 26, arrived on Friday. Three Bhutanese monks—Norbu Tshering, Sonam Tshering and Sonam Tshering (yes, they have the...
Hawaii Shopping: Maui Hands, Gallery Supreme
Maui has long been a magnet for artists seeking sun, tranquility and sky high prices. Thankfully, Maui Hands helps these creative souls monetize their vision and handiwork. This company, which has galleries on Maui in Makawao, Paia, Kaanapali and Lahaina,...
To Do Tomorow: "Waves, Wahine, Wonder"
Naitonal Geographic shooter DeWitt Jones resides on Molokai. When he's not out shooting the world, he focuses his lens on his home state with stunning results. His latest show features beautiful waves, lovely imageds of Hawaiian women, and natural wonders....
Hula On the Edge of the World: Kahiko at Volcano Art Center
Anyone who's been to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, on the Big Island, understands what its like to walk on Earth so new its still smoking. Literally. Madame Pele, the volcano goddess, is everpresent and the eery quiet of this isolated...
Hawaiian Culture: The Life of Sam Ka'ai
Sam Kaha‘i Ka‘ai is a master woodcarver and Hawaiian cultural treasure. He was born in Hana in 1938 and during the Hawaiian Renaissance of the 1970s and 1980s he played key roles, carving ki'i (spirit totems) for traditional Hawaiian sailing...
Moku Ola Hawaiian Art Gallery: Oahu's Newest Venue for Local Artists
Moku Ola Hawaiian Healing Center is known for its excellent lomilomi massage and Hawaiian spa treatments. Now, the healing center has expanded its offerings to include top local artist. The current collection includes the work of nine of Islands’ most...
Luce Wing: Hawaiiana Art Superlative
The second floor gallery of the Henry R. Luce Wing in the Luce Pavillion Complex houses a collection of works which represent a pictorial record of Hawai'i, created by the finest artists who have worked in the state, from...
Hawaiian Tattoos Exhibit: Amazing Ink
Polynesian tattoos are something that has fascinated visitors to the Pacific Islands for centuries and the fascination continues today. The Honolulu Academy of Arts is running an exhibit of images of tattoo culture in Hawaii captured by Jacques Etienne Victoire...
Lodestar Gallery: Kailua Couture
Lodestar Collective--one of the most interesting galleries to spring from Kailua’s newly revitalized art scene--may just be the closest thing Hawaii has to a couture house (through November 11, anyway). The gallery is co-owned by six local artists--Carl F.K. Pao,...
Cool Shops: The Gallery at Hilton Waikoloa Village
I stumbled upon this gallery in the massive resort in Waikoloa on the Kona-Kohala Coast of the Big Island when I was visiting this past weekend. It's packed with art, some of it cheesy but a lot of it...
In the Bowels of a Sugar Mill
Very cool multi-media installation at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center running through July 30th. "Maui artist and filmmaker Tom Sewell’s fascination with Hawaii’s sugar mills has compelled him to create a multi-media installation project, complete with industrial video...
