“Document your work!” Something art instructors preach to students from the very beginning. For some reason though, it seems to...
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Introducing Boz Schurr+
If you hadn’t noticed, there is a new Artist in Residence in Gallery 31 Art Studio. Her name is Boz...
Bank of Hawaii Family Sunday: Views from the Top+
The day opened with a bang—students from The Pacific Buddhist Academy of Hawaii performed taiko drumming in Central Courtyard. The...
The party’s over+
The Art Studio is again dark (for just one weekend) as Allison Uttley has packed up her work...
Bridging the Balloon Gap+
In school, I had a professor use the term “Art Gap” a lot during critiques. Not sure if the term...
Opening of Hokusai’s Summit+
“Hokusai’s Summit: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji” has been incredibly gratifying for Academy staff. Putting the exhibition together was a...
Puffy Pareidolia+
Yesterday, I popped in to see what Allison was up to. There were more balloons, the shapes and scale of...
Super Saturday! Action in ‘Hokusai’s Summit’ and Artist in Residence studio+
Today is Museum Day, organized by Smithsonian Magazine, and people have been taking advantage of their free passes. So far...
Check out the Academy’s new Artist in Residence+
There’s something bittersweet about balloons—they serve as fluffy milestones, marking times of achievement and worth, yet they also remind you...
Why it’s harder than ever for Hawai’i arts organizations+
“It’s much worse now,” says George Ellis, director of the Honolulu Academy of Arts from 1982 to Feb. 1, 2003,...