Repaint, Repurpose, Reconstruct
REPAINT, REPURPOSE, RECONSTRUCT exhibit opened at Art at Marks Garage last week on the First Friday of January and is on view through the end of February. It was a […]
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Gott Nytt År!
It’s well into 2023 and posters are up at various businesses inviting customers to come celebrate Chinese New Year starting Friday January 13th this year, the beginning of the Year […]
Ho’omaluhia Miniature Show and Sale
The Association of Hawai’i Artists (AHA) is having it’s miniature show at the gallery at the visitor center of State Ho’omaluhia Botanical Gardens through November 30, 2022. The park is […]
Palama Kūpuna Art Program
The Palama Settlement art program for seniors started in 2018 with a grant to provide art classes in addition to existing programming. Studies show that activities that combat stress on […]
“Susurrus” on view through October at Honolulu Country Club
Curator husband and wife team Dexter Doi and Carol DʻAngelo have mounted the last exhibit for the Honolulu Country Club entrance. The title, Susurrus is an onamatopoetic work that refers […]
Palama Settlement 125th Anniversary Public Celebration
I will be on hand to assist those who want to try their hand at watercolor painting this Saturday 10am-2pm at Palama Settlement. The event will feature live music from […]
Palama Settlement Celebrates 125 years of service on Oct 8th
I first started volunteering teaching watercolor to keiki 7-11years old at Palama Settlement shortly after I moved back home from Sweden in 2014. I enjoyed seeing their faces light up […]
Supporting the arts
When I returned home, I was happy to hear that one of my kūpuna watercolor students from Palama Settlementʻs Kūpuna Art Program had one of her paintings juried into the […]
Enjoying the arts
After Kanehūnāmoku was installed, my husband and I took our first transatlantic cruise from New York to Europe. I enjoyed exploring each new country and we walked for hours until […]
Art as social activism and community building
The show Kānehūnāmoku closed in June 30th at Honolulu Hale while I was still in Sweden for the summer. The main floor was filled with images of wahipana that my […]