{"id":172449,"date":"2023-02-07T15:19:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T01:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=172449"},"modified":"2023-02-08T08:11:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T18:11:36","slug":"uh-alumni-art-in-accession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/02\/07\/uh-alumni-art-in-accession\/","title":{"rendered":"Art crafted by 17 UH<\/abbr> alumni to be featured at state museum"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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“The Lilies How They Grow (II<\/abbr>)” by Emily McIlroy, oil and pastel on paper.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A new exhibit showcasing an array of hand-selected contemporary works from 38 artists across the pae ʻāina<\/span> (Hawaiian archipelago) will open at the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> State Art Museum<\/a> (HISAM<\/abbr>) on February 10. More than half of the featured artists graduated from the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> campuses with a wide range of backgrounds such as sculpture, painting, fiber and medicine. <\/p>\n

The exhibit, “Accession: new additions to the Art in Public Places Collection<\/a>,” offers an insight into current trends and themes in the local arts scene and provides an opportunity to see the diversity of works being created in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> today.<\/p>\n

“The Department of Art and Art History<\/a> prepares our students to be artists, art educators and historians, and museum professionals,” said Gaye Chan<\/strong>, interim associate dean at UH<\/abbr> Mānoa College of Arts, Languages and Letters<\/a> who also served as art faculty and chair for 13 years. “Our alumni are among the most respected fine, craft and commercial artists of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. They show their artworks in exhibitions and are a part of major museum collections.”<\/p>\n

The public is invited to an opening reception at HISAM<\/abbr>, 6–9 p.m. All ages are welcome to visit the free exhibit, which will run through the end of the year.<\/p>\n

“I would hope that the public takes away a greater appreciation of the diversity and richness of artwork being created in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> today and that the arts are alive and well and exciting,” said Elizabeth Baxter, curator for Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA<\/abbr>) Art in Public Places Program. “Besides the aesthetic and conceptual differences between the works, there is also a wide variety of approaches to art, and a complete blurring or disintegration of the line between art and craft.”<\/p>\n

Adorning Â鶹´«Ã½\u2019s<\/span> buildings<\/h2>\n
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Ceramic sculptures by Maile Yawata. Credit: State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The exhibit\u2019s 51 recently acquired artworks were selected from juried and curated exhibitions across the state and will be added to the SFCA<\/abbr>‘s Art in Public Places Collection, which distributes works of art to publicly accessible state buildings. In 1967, the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> State Legislature passed the Art in State Buildings law which sets aside 1% of the construction and renovation costs of state buildings to acquire and commission works of visual art that beautify and humanize the built environment.<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> alumni artists<\/p>\n

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  • Bernice Akamine<\/strong>, UH<\/abbr> Mānoa BFA<\/abbr> glass, 1994 and MFA<\/abbr> sculpture and glass, 1999<\/li>\n
  • Jake Boggs<\/strong>, UH<\/abbr> Mānoa MFA<\/abbr> ceramics, 2016<\/li>\n
  • Tobias Brill<\/strong>, UH<\/abbr> Hilo, 1994<\/li>\n
  • Allyn Bromley<\/strong>, UH<\/abbr> Mānoa BFA<\/abbr>, 1968<\/li>\n
  • Sean K. L. Browne<\/strong>, UH<\/abbr> Mānoa MFA<\/abbr> sculpture, 1983<\/li>\n
  • Gaye Chan<\/strong>, UH<\/abbr> Mānoa BFA<\/abbr>, 1979<\/li>\n
  • Ghislaine D. Chock<\/strong>, UH<\/abbr> Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine, 1994<\/li>\n
  • Lynn Martin Graton<\/strong>, UH<\/abbr> Mānoa MA<\/abbr> Pacific Island studies, 1981<\/li>\n
  • Daven Hee<\/strong>, UH<\/abbr> Mānoa BFA<\/abbr> ceramics, 1999<\/li>\n
  • Darius Homayounpour<\/strong>, UH<\/abbr> Mānoa MFA<\/abbr> textiles, 2000<\/li>\n
  • Roen Hufford<\/strong> UH<\/abbr> Mānoa BFA<\/abbr> ceramics, 1973<\/li>\n
  • Emily McIlroy<\/strong>, UH<\/abbr> Mānoa MFA<\/abbr> drawing and painting, 2011<\/li>\n
  • Carl Franklin Kaʻailaʻau<\/span> Pao<\/strong>, UH<\/abbr> Mānoa BFA<\/abbr> ceramics, 1994<\/li>\n
  • Maya Lea Portner<\/strong>, UH<\/abbr> Mānoa MFA<\/abbr> fiber, 2006<\/li>\n
  • Joy Sanchez,<\/strong> UH<\/abbr> Mānoa BFA<\/abbr> ceramics, 2021<\/li>\n
  • Juvana Soliven<\/strong>, UH<\/abbr> Mānoa BFA<\/abbr> sculpture, 2013<\/li>\n
  • Maile Yawata<\/strong>, UH<\/abbr> Mānoa BFA<\/abbr> painting, 1969<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    “Dance Forest” by Maya Lea Portner, paper, acrylic paint, thread, pins. Credit: State Foundation on Culture and the Arts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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