SPECIAL EVENTS

"DANCE MACHINES FROM THE TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS," touring exhibition from Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, Australia; 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, and noon-4 p.m. Sundays, through Jan. 3; East-West Center Gallery. 944-7584.

"THE ART OF BONSAI," showcasing the personal collection of artist Kahi Ching. Collected since childhood, many saved and "resuscitated" from construction sites and dumping grounds on view 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Nov. 20-22 and Nov. 27-29 (artist receptions 5-8 p.m. Nov. 20 and 27); Kahi Gallery, 460 'Ena Road, Alana Waikíkí Business Center; 561-1032.

"AT 21: GIFTS AND PROMISED GIFTS In Honor of The Contemporary Museum's 20th Anniversary," exhibition of major gifts and promised gifts; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, and noon-4 p.m. Sundays, through Jan. 24; The Contemporary Museum, Makiki; 526-0232.

"BEHIND BLYTHE: CREATIVE DIRECTION BEHIND A POP CULT ICON," doll and book sale, and lecture, in conjunction with the continuing "Degrees of Distinction: Alumni Invitational Exhibition," by Junko Wong, instrumental in birth of the "Japan cult craze Blythe doll; 6 p.m. Nov. 17; University of Hawai'i-Mänoa, Art Auditorium; free; 956-6888.

GALLERY GRATITUDE CELEBRATION and kick-off for Hawai'i Food Drive, with gallery friends, artists, massage therapists, and sharing of canned foods and written notes of individual thankfulness, 5:30-8 p.m. Nov. 20; Louis Pohl Gallery. 521-1812.

CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM EDUCATION DAY, designed for artists, art students and art educators, with gallery visits, docent-led tours, access to museum library and special program, including "Portfolio Preparation" and a "Teacher's Workshop"; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 21; at the museum, Makiki Heights; free to students, faculty and staff with school ID; 526-1322.

OPENINGS

"IN THIS ORDER," mixed-media works by Chinatown-based artist Richard Earl Leong Yu Hadad-Ralya, "a sideways glance at globalism, sustainability and the 'big blue'"; 4 p.m.-2 a.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays through Dec. 31; thirtyninehotel, second floor; 599-2522.

PASTEL ARTISTS OF HAWAII 2009 OPEN EXHIBITION juried show, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, Nov. 16-Dec. 25; Bishop Square, Pauahi Tower, second floor; 489-7531.

"OCEAN OF EMPTINESS: PAINTINGS BY STEPHEN LITTLE," director, Honolulu Academy of Arts, an exhibit of canvases — "imaginary landscapes, situated in spaces that are mostly empty" — influenced by his years studying Chinese and Japanese paintings; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays, Nov. 19-Dec. 12; Pegge Hopper Gallery (artist reception, 5:30-8 p.m. Nov. 18); 524-1160.

"TWO DIMENSIONS," works by Hans Loffe, "bridging the gap between nature and organic forms, and geometry , balance and division of space"; 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, Nov. 22-Jan. 15; Hawai'i Pacific University, Hawai'i Loa Campus, Käne'ohe; 236-5853.

RECENT OPENINGS

THE WORKS OF HIROKI, SETSUKO AND MIHO MORINOUE, family of artists from the Big Island; 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, and 8:30-6 p.m. Fridays (7-9 p.m., First Fridays); The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center, 999 Bishop St.; through Feb. 9; free; 526-1322.

"BALGO: Contemporary Australian indigenous Art from the Balgo Hills," international touring exhibition; 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesdays-Saturdays, through Nov. 18; Ramsay Museum, Chinatown; 537-2787.

"LAND. . . SEA. . . MOON," photographs by Naomi Olson, on view through November, South Street Gallery and Frame Arts Hawaii; proceeds to Federation of the Blind, Hawai'i.

"URBAN ORIGINS," art by Martin Hsu, through Jan. 7; Split Obsession store, Ala Moana Shopping Center; 951-8480.

"HAWAI'I'S MODERN MASTERS," 10 a.m.-10 p.m. through Nov. 30; Luxury Row, Cedar Street Galleries, 2100 Kaläkaua Ave.; 971-9011.

ONGOING EXHIBITS

(Listed by closing date)

"IMPRESSIONS IN PRINTMAKING," original linoleum and woodblock prints by Big Island artist John McCaskill; through Nov. 8; ING Direct Cafe, Waikíkí; 808-345-6200.

"LUXURY PLAYTIME: WELCOME TO THE NEW LIFESTYLE," works by Kirsten Rae Simonse; 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Mondays through Saturdays, through Nov. 13; Hawai'i Pacific University, Windward Campus; free; 236-5853.

"RIA KELTZ-REMENAR: SELECTED ABSTRACT WORK ON CANVAS," 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, and 1-4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, through Nov. 13; Gallery on the Pali, First Unitarian Church of Honolulu; 526-1191.

"NEW WORKS," by Yoko Haar and Erika Luecke, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays-Fridays and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays, through Nov. 13; Koa Art Gallery, Kapi'olani Community College; 734-9374.

"IMPRESSIONS OF AN ERA: The Art of John Kelly," gallery hours, through Nov. 14; Pegge Hopper Gallery, Chinatown; 524-1160.

"NO PLAN B," works by Satoru Abe, Harry Tsuchidana and Warren Stenberg; through Nov. 14; Louis Pohl Gallery; 521-1812.

"THE DRAWING SHOW," exhibiting the work of a number of local artists; 1-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and Sunday, through Nov. 20; Windward Community College, Gallery 'Iolani; 236-9155; www.gallery.wcc.hawaii.edu

"DON'T STOP THE PRESSES," an artistic reaction to the expansion of electronic communication and demise of newspapers and printed media, by Honolulu Printmakers; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, through Nov. 21; The ARTS at Marks Garage; free; 521-2903; www.artsatmarks.com.

"THE NORTH SHORE IN BLACK & WHITE" by Sean Davey, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, through Nov. 25; free; public invited); The Photo Gallery, Canon USA, Ward Plaza; free; 522-5930 or www.seandavey.com.

"THE GEISHA COLLECTION," a display of original handbags made from vintage wedding uchikake (full-length outer robe), kimono and obi textiles by Lynda Sakraida and "EXTENSIONS," art work by Cindy Conklin; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, through Nov. 28; The Gallery of Ward Centre; 597-8034.

"AMONG GIANTS: PHOTOGRAPHIC MOMENTS WITH HAWAI'I'S HUMPBACKS," showcasing the photography of waterman Peter Ahing; 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Mondays-Fridays, through Dec. 4; Art of Vision Gallery, Laser Eye Center of Hawai'i; 1600 Kapi'olani Blvd., Suite 105; 946-6000.

"DEGREES OF DISTINCTION" annual alumni invitational exhibition, featuring 24 artists and art historians educated at the University of Hawai'i-Mänoa Department of Art and Art History; gallery hours, through Dec. 11; UH Art Gallery, Mänoa campus; 956-6888.

"THE UNIVERSE: YOURS TO DISCOVER," presented by University of Hawai'i Institute for Astronomy and the UHM Library, with telescope celestial images and graphic art works; library hours, through Dec. 18; Bridge Gallery, Hamilton Library, UH-Mänoa; 956-8688.

PASTEL ARTISTS OF HAWAII 2009 OPEN EXHIBITION, juried by nationally known artist Snowden Hodges; 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Tuesdays-Saturdays, through Dec. 25; Pauahi Tower, Bishop Square, second floor; 489-7531.

"TAKIE OKUMURA'S LANTERN SLIDES," exhibit of lantern slides, predecessors of 35 mm slides (including hand-painted color illustrations, black and white photographs and hand-colored photographs), by former converted Christian pastor and Japanese community educator; through Dec. 31; University of Hawai'i-Mänoa, Hamilton Library, Bridge Gallery; 956-8688.

"HAWAIIAN FLAG QUILT: LEGACY OF PATRIOTISM," 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday, through Jan. 2; Mission Houses Museum, Chamberlain Houses Galleries; $6; 447-3910, www.missionhouses.org

"THIRTY-SIX VIEWS OF MOUNT FUJI," first presentations of Edo-period Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai's entire museum series — one of the museum's masterpiece collections — with related exhibit of Mount Fuji works by other artists; 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday, through Jan. 3; Honolulu Academy of Arts; $10, $5 students/seniors, free for members and children younger than 12; 532-8700.

"GRAPHIC CABINET NO. 4: FRANCISCO GOYA — THE DISASTERS OF WAR," rare etchings on the horrors of war by the Spanish master, seen for the first time in decades; 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday, through Jan. 10; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Gallery 9; admission fee; 532-8700.

"BARTLETT IN EUROPE," mini-exhibition on the artist's early years in Europe, part of the year-long celebration of Charles William Bartlett; 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday, through Jan. 17; Honolulu Academy of Arts; 532-8700; www.honoluluacademy.org.

"voluptuous lines," sculptural oil on canvas paintings by Kamea Hadar; 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, through Jan. 26; Pacific Guardian Center, 737 Bishop St.; 373-5186; www.kameagallery.com.

"IN HONOR OF GRANDMOTHER," exhibit of Hawai'i family stories through feather lei, quilts and more; 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday, through Jan. 31; Honolulu Academy of Arts; $10, $5 students/seniors, free for members and children younger than 12; 532-8700.

WORKS BY THE BIG ISLAND'S MORINOUE FAMILY — Hiroki, Setsuko and Miho; through Feb. 19; The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center; free during bank hours and First Fridays; 237-5231.

"UNCOMMON OBJECTS," various works in wood, clay, glass, fiber and metal, from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts' Public Places Collection; 1-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, and Sunday, for an unlimited engagement; Windward Community College, Paliku Theatre, second-floor lobby; 236-9155.

"HO'OULU: The Inspiration of Hula," featuring works from the Art in Public Places Collection; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday through July 17, 2010; Hawai'i State Art Museum; free; 586-0900; www.hawaii.gov/sfca.

CALLS TO ARTISTS

MACY'S DOWNTOWN seeks artwork to display in the Gazebo restaurant. Francisco.Mireles@macys.com.

Café Che Pasta seeks hanging art in all media from solo or group exhibitors. 524-0004.

The Gallery at Ward Centre seeks 3-D works in any media from O'ahu artists. 597-8034.

RESOURCE SUITES seeks artwork to display in its office. Contact Daniel Kaneshiro, 447-5801; www.resourcesuites.com.

WAIMEA VALLEY seeks Native Hawaiian, North Shore, Island artists and producers to showcase their locally made products in its retail store, Ku'ono Waiwai. 638-7766.

PERMANENT EXHIBITS

ARTS DEMONSTRATIONS, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. most Saturdays and Sundays, The Gallery at Ward Centre; 597-8034.

"A Gathering of Greenery," block prints by Caren Loebel-Fried; Kiawe Kitchen, Volcano Village, Big Island; 808-985-8979.

"Arts of the Philippines," Ellis Gallery of Filipino Arts, Ho nolulu Academy of Arts. 532-8701.

"Cap-a-City," installation art project made of recycled plastic bottles, caps, cans and other everyday containers; Tadpole; www.tadpolestudio.org.

"Enriched by Diversity: The Art of Hawai'i," works from the 1960s to the present by Island artists; tours available; Hawai'i State Art Museum; 586-0900.

IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTINGS BY FLEURETTE, Gallery Haiku, Windward Mall; Island Treasures, Koko Marina Center; 922-8641; www.fleuretteart.com.

"O2art 3: Paul Morrison, gamodeme," black-and-white monumental painting; The Contemporary Museum at Makiki Heights; 526-0232.

"The Pacific Islands," from the Honolulu Academy of Arts' collection, including "Barkcloth of the Pacific," examples of kapa; at the academy; 532-8701.

Quan Gallery, fine-art photo collages by Carolyn Quan; Aqua Waikiki Wave Hotel and 900 Front St., Lahaina; www.carolynquan.com.

Satoru's Art GallerY, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays; 905 Makahiki Way; 945-3939.

"Tennis Dessus," site-specific installation of hand-painted art on the museum's tennis courts, by Michael Ming Hong Lin of Taiwan; The Contemporary Museum at Makiki Heights; 526-0232.

"uncommon objects," works from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts' Art in Public Places collection; Hawai'i State Art Museum; 586-0900, 586-0305; www.hawaii.gov/sfca.

ONGOING EVENTS

GINNY WALDEN FINE ARTS, free talk and tour of gallery and sculpture garden, Olomana Gardens, Waimänalo; school groups welcome; by appointment only: 259-8453.

HAWAI'I STATE ART MUSEUM seeks volunteers to help with monthly Second Saturday events; patience with children, flexibility, and hands-on arts and crafts experience sought; 586-0307.

THIRD THURSDAY, live music for art lovers and people wanting to "stay and play" Downtown; 6-7 p.m. third Thursday monthly; The ARTS at Marks Garage; free; 1159 Nu'uanu Ave.; 521-2903.

The ARTS at Marks Garage seeks volunteers to help with events, gallery sittings and art installations; 521-2903; info@artsatmarks.com.

Demonstrations by guest artists; 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. daily; Native Books/Nä Mea Hawai'i, Hilton Hawaiian Village; free; call for schedule: 949-3989.

Demonstrations by Island artists, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays-Fridays; Native Books/Nä Mea Hawai'i, Ward Warehouse; free; call for schedule: 596-8885.

WOW! (Wailea on Wednesday), with guest artists; 6:30-9:30 p.m. Wednesdays; Lahaina Galleries, The Shops at Wailea, Maui; free; 808-874-8583.

Wayne Takazono paints portraits from photos and offers live sketches at Marine Corps Base Hawaii and various Pictures Plus locations: 11 a.m.-2 p.m., first and third Fridays at Marine base; 5-9 p.m., second and fourth Fridays at Kahala Mall; noon-3 p.m., first and third Saturdays at Pearl Highlands Center; noon-3 p.m., second and fourth Saturdays at Ward Gateway Center; live sketches start at $40, portraits start at $160; 395-4630, 554-4600.

Expression Sessions, for ages 5-12; 10:30 a.m.-noon and 1:30-3 p.m.; Saturdays; The Contemporary Museum; $12 ($7 members): 237-5230.

Painting demonstrations by Island artists; 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Saturdays; The Gallery at Ward Centre; free; 597-8034.

Art on the Zoo Fence, works by more than 35 Island artists; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays; Honolulu Zoo fence on Monsarrat Avenue.

CLASSES

UH-MÄNOA OUTREACH CLASSES, registration: 956-8400; www.outreach.hawaii.edu/noncredit/courses.

Palette knife oil-painting classes, Ed Furuike teaches how to paint landscapes and seascapes, all experience levels welcome; 6-9 p.m. Mondays and 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursdays at Shingon Shu Temple, 915 Sheridan St., and 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesdays at Pigtails & Crewcuts, Moanalua Shopping Center; 206-0901; furuikeart@aol.com.

Learn the Basics, class by Susan Brooks in structural drawing, perspective, value and color; 12:30-2:30 p.m. or 3-5 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays or Saturdays; Arts of Paradise Gallery, Waikiki Shore Hotel; $30 for each two-hour class; register: 927-0452.

Basics in Oil, classes led by Elaine Matsuda; for 12 and older; 10 a.m.-12 p.m., 1-3 or 4-6 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays or Saturdays; Midori Art Studio, 2639 S. King St., Suite 204; $100 for five-week series of classes, plus supply fees; call for supply list and registration: 532-3989.

Plein-air Painting on location at Magic Island, Makapu'u, North Shore and other spots to be arranged; 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; $50 per class, includes use of an easel and art supplies; call for location: 590-7092.

Drawing classes, with Wayne Takazono; 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Hawaiian Graphics; also, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays; 12 weeks; Art at the Atrium, Kaneohe Atrium; both $25 per class; 554-4600; wtakazono@hawaii.rr.com.

Life-drawing classes, Disney animator Jim Goss teaches basics of life drawing, leading up to head painting and sculpture; 6-9 p.m. Wednesdays, Naturally Hawaiian, 41-1025 Kalaniana'ole Highway; $30, bring your own supplies; 384-5867.

Oil-painting classes, paint Island scenes using palette knife, and learn composition, natural color mixing, value, chroma and knife strokes, from George Eguchi; 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1-4 p.m. Thursdays; Hawaiian Graphics, 1923 S. Beretania St.; $125 for four consecutive sessions; registration: 398-8178, www.GeorgeEguchi.com.

Oil-painting classes, learn composition and color from Noriko Wakayama; 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturdays; $100 for four weeks of instruction, plus supply costs; call for location and registration: 523-0790.

Hawaiian quilting workshops, experienced and novice quilters welcome; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. second and fourth Saturdays of the month; Mission Houses Museum; $35 for first workshop, then $6 per class; 531-0481, ext. 714.

Watercolor class, Koko Toyomura teaches how to mix and work with contemporary color and shades to create moods; 3-5:30 p.m. Saturdays; The Art Board; $100 for four weeks; 536-0121.

Oil painting classes, modern impressionist techniques using brush or palette knife, with artist Yuan Shaw, for beginning students, nine workshop hours; YWCA on Richards St.; $270 for the series; schedule: 383-0998.

Send announcements, at least 10 days before event, with contact name and phone number, to: Island Life, Art Calendar, The Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802; islandlife@honoluluadvertiser.com, with "Art Cal" in the subject line; or fax 525-8055.