{"id":138254,"date":"2021-03-30T15:57:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T01:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=138254"},"modified":"2021-03-30T15:57:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T01:57:16","slug":"leeward-cc-art-kaiser-west-oahu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/03\/30\/leeward-cc-art-kaiser-west-oahu\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr>  art displayed at Kaiser\u2019s West O\u02bbahu Medical Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_19161\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4pCzWE6e_gE?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Leeward Arts display at Kaiser Permanente&#039;s new West O\u2018ahu Medical Office\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Most of the classes at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/\">Leeward Community College<\/a> have shifted to online instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic making it difficult for visual arts students to create and showcase their creations. Through a new partnership, students will have an opportunity to display select works of art in the <a href=\"https:\/\/thrive.kaiserpermanente.org\/care-near-hawaii\/west-oahu-kapolei-medical-office\">West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> Medical Office at Kapolei<\/a>&#8212;Kaiser Permanente\u2019s newest state-of-the-art facility.<\/p>\n<p>This 40,000-square-foot facility will feature family, adult and keiki care, a laboratory, a pharmacy, and a &ldquo;Thrive Path&rdquo; and garden with Native Hawaiian healing plants. Displaying artwork from local artists and students in the community also contributes to this environment that is designed for healing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Not only are we offering new technology&#8230;but we want it to be a place of healing and engagement with all of our partners in the community itself,&rdquo; said Jenn Cabael, clinic manager, West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> Medical Office.<\/p>\n<p>The idea to feature student artwork began with Richele Thornburg, Kaiser Permanente\u2019s vice president for strategy, leadership and communications, and Hyewon Jun, assistant associate medical director, service and onboarding, who worked with James Goodman, Leeward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr>\u2019s dean of arts and sciences, to preview the facilities and student artwork on campus. Although classes were out of session that day, a number of art instructors opened their classrooms for this tour.<\/p>\n<h2>Uplifting, positive images<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_138263\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138263\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/leeward-art-kaiser-harada-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/leeward-art-kaiser-harada-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Harada installing his work\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-138263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/leeward-art-kaiser-harada-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/leeward-art-kaiser-harada-2-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/leeward-art-kaiser-harada-2.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-138263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Harada installing his work (click\/tap for larger image)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With a limited number of pieces from students available, the decision was made to start by featuring work done by Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr>\u2019s faculty. Fine Arts Instructor <strong>Mike Harada<\/strong>, had some prints he did for Kumu Kahua Theatre\u2019s promotion of Lee Cataluna\u2019s play <em>Folks you Meet in Longs<\/em>, and these lighthearted images were a perfect fit for the chosen space near the urgent care and behavioral health wings.<\/p>\n<p>Harada said, &ldquo;In the moment of dealing with someone who needs urgent care, we thought it would be wonderful to have something that is uplifting (for those waiting) to help them focus on the positive.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harada\u2019s work will be on display when the clinic opens in April 2021, followed by instructor <strong>Tom Walker<\/strong>, who will be exhibiting his artwork during June and July. In August, Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> alumnus <strong>Gian Paulo Mauricio<\/strong> will be featured. Mauricio is currently completing his first year of study at the Savannah College of Art and Design. He excels in drawing and painting, using both traditional and digital media.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Gian represents the direction the visual arts are headed in the 21st century,&rdquo; said Harada.<\/p>\n<p>Kaiser Permanente hopes to showcase more Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> student artwork at the facility in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr>\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/the-arts\">Fine and Visual Arts programs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the <a href=\"http:\/\/kp.org\/westoahu\">West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> Medical Office<\/a> at Kapolei.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;by <strong>Tad Saiki<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_138264\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138264\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/leeward-art-kaiser-harada-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Harada with his art\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-138264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/leeward-art-kaiser-harada-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/leeward-art-kaiser-harada-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/leeward-art-kaiser-harada-1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-138264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Harada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First up are Mike Harada&#8217;s prints for the Kumu Kahua Theatre promotion of Lee Cataluna\u2019s <em>Folks you Meet in Longs<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[105,65,71,56],"class_list":["post-138254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-art","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138254"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138269,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138254\/revisions\/138269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}