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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Sunday, September 5, 2004

Art Calendar

Advertiser Staff

SPECIAL EVENTS

Military Appreciation Sunday, admission to all of the galleries, 1-5 p.m. today and the first Sunday of each month, Honolulu Academy of Arts; free to active duty, retired and reserve military and their families with a military ID. 532-8700.

Artist Demonstrations, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, Native Books/Na Mea Hawai'i at Ward Warehouse; free. 596-8885.

"The Color Blue," Darlene Weingand leads a tour of the academy's collection, 2:30-4 p.m. Tuesday, Honolulu Academy of Arts; free with $7 adult or $4 senior, student and military admission. Reservations required: 532-8726.

First Tuesdays, informal discussion on the "Crossings" exhibition featuring Tom Klobe, director of the University of Hawai'i Art Gallery, sponsored by Hawai'i Craftsmen, 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, The ARTS at Marks Garage; free, coffee and cookies provided, bring a brown-bag dinner. 521-2903.

"E Ho'ike Ka Hana No'eau (To Display Works of Beauty)" exhibit of works by 21 employees of the Outrigger hotels on O'ahu and the Big Island, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Outrigger Reef on the Beach Diamond Head Terrace. 924-6007.

Rudy Gonzalez demonstrates his technique, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays, Tabora Gallery in Hale'iwa; free. 637-5520.

WOW! (Wailea on Wednesday), meet artist Sue Perry, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Lahaina Galleries at Wailea, Maui; free admission. (808) 874-8583.

"Downside UP," documentary film by Nancy Kelly about the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, 3:30 p.m. Friday, Hawai'i Theatre, followed by a reception for the filmmaker at The ARTS at Marks Garage; free. 521-2903.

Friday Night is Art Night, meet artists Ronaldo Macedo and David Lee, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, at Lahaina Galleries' two venues on Front Street, Lahaina, Maui; free. (808) 667-2152, (808) 661-6284.

"Sacred Mountains as Areas of Retreat and Reclusion," two-day art and cultural symposium begins with a program of ancient zither music by Gu Qin master, John Thompson, 7 p.m., Doris Duke Theater, Honolulu Academy of Arts; free and open to the public. The symposium continues in the theater, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, with lectures on the connoisseurship of Chinese paintings, sacred mountains and Taosim presented by collector and scholar Wan-go H.C. Weng, academy director Stephen Little, Kathlyn Liscomb and Shawn Eichman, Liu Yang and Susan Nelson; free. Registration for Saturday's events is required. 532-6091.

Painting Demo, by local artists, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays, Gallery at Ward Centre; free. 597-8034.

Juno Galang, demonstrates his techniques, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays, Tabora Gallery in Hale'iwa; free. 637-5520.

"A Night of the Arts," to raise funds for the O'ahu Arts Center, 6-10 p.m. Saturday, Mililani Golf Course; $50 per adult, $25 for children ages 12 and younger. Information and tickets: 623-2234, 779-9156.

Opening

Tropical Mosaic II, digital art created by members of the Digital Art Society of Hawaii, available for viewing today through Oct. 31 at www.worldprintmakers.com.

Photographs by John A. (Jack) Titchen, works by a Honolulu Star-Bulletin photojournalist, today through Sept. 30, Unity Bookstore. 735-4436.

"A Delicate World: a Process of Conscience," recent artworks by Michael S. Teruya, tomorrow through Oct. 1, Pauahi Tower at Bishop Square, lobby area. 537-6838.

"Durga: The Great Goddess Revealed," exhibition of sculptural representations of the Hindu goddess, Thursday through Dec. 5, Honolulu Academy of Arts Asian wing. 532-8701.

"Ho'oilina; Birthright," contemporary Hawaiian carvings by Rocky Ka'iouliokahihikolo 'Ehu Jensen and photographs by his daughter, Natalie Mahina Jensen, and pen-and-ink vignettes by his son, Frank Jensen, Saturday through Nov. 28, Bishop Museum, Vestibule Gallery; included with admission to the museum, $14.95 adults, $11.95 youth 4-12 with discounts for kama'aina, seniors and military, children younger than 4 and museum members free. 847-3511.

"Na La'au O Hawai'i," Hawaii's Woodshow 2004 12th annual juried exhibition of fine woodwork created from native woods, sponsored by the Hawaii Forest Industry Association, Saturday through Sept. 19, Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center; $2 donation requested. 833-1111.

CLOSING

"E Ku Mau Mau — Ku Everlasting," statue of the Hawaiian god Ku, artifacts from the museum's collection, through tomorrow, Bishop Museum, Vestibule Gallery; included with admission to the museum, $14.95 adults, $11.95 youth 4-12 with discounts for kama'aina, seniors and military, children younger than 4 and museum members free. 847-3511.

Selected Works by Bumpei Akaji and "Post-Tattoo," through Tuesday, Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center. 526-1322.

New-media Arts Student Exhibition 2004, through Thursday, Koa Gallery, Kapi'olani Community College. 734-9374.

"Lucky," paintings by SEVEN, a group of women artists, through Thursday, workspace. 732-2300.

"Enveloping Spiral Part II: Down Under," ceramics by Daven Hee, through Friday, Bibelot gallery. 738-0368.

Raku Ho'olaule'a Exhibition, through Saturday, The ARTS at Marks Garage. 521-2903.