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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Top Island artists lend Boys & Girls Club a hand

By Lesa Griffith
Advertiser Staff Writer

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Rujunko Pugh's "Hawaiian Cotton and DNA" cyanotype is one of the many works on sale.

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'ONE-NIGHTER AT NU'UANU GALLERY'

5-8 p.m. tomorrow (preview 11 a.m.-5 p.m. today)

Nu'uanu Gallery at Marks Garage

536-9828,

www.nuuanugallery.com

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A long list of Hawai'i's best- known artists have donated work for a one-night-only art sale at Nu'uanu Gallery at Marks Garage to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii.

Collectors can choose from works by Masami Teraoka, Dorothy Faison, Lynda Hess, Sanit Khewhok — it's a stellar lineup. Also in the mix are up-and-comers such as Alan Konishi, Elena Nakashima and Mat Kubo (of "Miniature Monuments to Empire" fame).

"I've been donating art to (the Boys & Girls Club) fundraiser for years," said artist John Koga, the behind-the-scenes orchestrator of the Nu'uanu Gallery.

Creating an all-art event at the new Chinatown venue was a natural move.

"A big part of art-making is trying to make statements and make a difference, but this is a way to make a direct donation," Koga said.

Serious collectors will be interested to know that a California gallery owner, who wishes to remain unnamed, has brought in works by some big West Coast names such as Ed Ruscha and Billy Al Bengston.

For a full list of participating artists, go to the gallery's Web site.

Reach Lesa Griffith at lgriffith@honoluluadvertiser.com.