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Thursday, January 23, 1997



OPENING

Cafe Che Pasta restaurant, 1001 Bishop St., 524-0004. "Have a Heart," works by 14 local artists, opens Monday. Participating artists include Jeff Baise, Ian Gillespie, Sergio Goes, Tom Haar, Yoko Haar, Jon Hamblin, Christine Kaaloa, Shereen Kanehisa, Hal Lum, Dan Rudoy, Franco Salmoiraghi, Sharleen Tashima, Jason Teraoka and Carla Lemon Wilcoxen. Show continues through Feb. 14. For details, call 287-3780.

Moonlight Images Gallery, Hilton Hawaiian Village Rainbow Bazaar, 2005 Kalia Road, 947-1773. Sculptures and paintings by Anthony Casay, opening with a reception 5 p.m. Saturday.

University of Hawaii Commons Gallery, Art Building, 2535 The Mall, 956-6888. Works by artists who are political refugees, on view Sunday through January.



CONTINUING

Arts of Paradise, International Marketplace, 924-2787. "The Abstract Mind of Robert Kelsey," on view in January.

Contemporary Museum, 2411 Makiki Heights Drive, 526-0232. "Shirts and Skins," works by 14 artists who deal with the human figure, on view through Feb. 2. Tamas Banovich, Gotscho, Marc Quinn, Judith Shea and other artists explore the nature of human existence. Free admission on third Thursdays. Gallery tours at 1:30 p.m., garden tours by appointment. Call 526-1322.

A video on David Hockney's installation based on Maurice Ravel's opera "L'Enfant et les Sortileges" will be shown through Feb. 2.

The Contemporary Cafe features "Heavenly Bodies," paintings by Elsa Flores, through March 23.

The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center, 999 Bishop St. "Artists/Hawaii," works by 22 artists featured in the book of the same title, on view through Feb. 19. Artists include Allyn Bromley, Alan Leitner, Rick Mills, Franco Salmoiraghi, Tadashi Sato, Laura Smith, Suzanne Wolfe and Doug Young. Docent tours at noon Thursdays, and gallery talks on the third Thursday of the month.

Contemporary Museum's Honolulu Advertiser Gallery, 605 Kapiolani Blvd., 526-1322. "Five Artists/Five Works," featuring Shereen Kanehisa, Violet Murakami, Tammy Ohtake, Erin Shie Palmer and Kaori Ukaji, on view through March 12.

Davies Pacific Center, 841 Bishop St. Landscape drawings by Kit Cameron, on view through Jan. 30. Cameron explores the intersection between the ordinary and the sacred realm in drawings with crayon on black paper.

East Hawaii Cultural Center Gallery, 141 Kalakaua St., Hilo, Big Island, 808-961-5711. "Women's Beauty/Women's Fate: Myths & Metaphors," mixed media work and installations by Phan Nguyen Barker, on view in January. The Center Stage Gallery features the traveling exhibition "Vietnam: Awakening the Dragon."

Firehouse Gallery, Waimea, Big Island. Pen-and-ink and acrylic paintings and koa wood work by Wendy Arakawa, on view in January.

Gallery Iolani, Windward Community College, 45-720 Kea'ahala Road, 235-7346. "Humanity Above Nation," reflecting on the influences of two young men in improving relations between Japan and the United States, on view in January.

Gordon Biersch restaurant, Aloha Tower Marketplace, 599-4877. Paintings and drawings by M. Goodwill, on view through Feb. 28. Goodwill depicts palm trees, flowers and North Shore landscapes; her mural adorns the outside wall of the Wave Waikiki.

Hawaii Pacific University Art Gallery, 45-045 Kamehameha Highway, Kaneohe, 233-3167. "Addition, Subtraction," large-scale works on canvas and paper by Jason Teraoka, on view through March 7.

Heart of Lanai Art Gallery, Lanai City, 808-565-6678. "Inspired by Lanai," oils by Macario Pascual and watercolors by Denise Hennig, on view in January.

Honolulu Academy of Arts, 900 S. Beretania St., 532-8700. "Shadows and Reflections," pieces of Japanese lacquer art from a private collection, some with inlaid and carved designs, and some dating from the 16th century, on view through June 29. Free admission on the first Wednesday of each month.

"Modern Design, 1920-1960" reflects the century's major changes, through March 16. Silver, glass and ceramics highlight changes in the arts of the United States, Russia and Europe.

Ukiyo-e by American and European artists in Japan during the 19th and 20th centuries is on view through Feb. 23. The exhibit features color wood prints by Charles W. Bartlett, Lilian May Miller, Pieter Irwin Brown, Elizabeth Keith and Bertha Lum.

"Hiroshige's Tokaido" shows prints of places along a pilgrimage route between Edo and Kyoto, in the 200th anniversary of the artist's birth. Show continues through Feb. 16.

Honolulu Hale, 530 S. King St., 527-5666. Exhibit by members of the Hawaii Photographic Society, on view in the Lane Gallery through Jan. 30.

Works by the Association of Hawaii Artists, on view through Jan. 30.

Honolulu Zoo Fence, Monsarrat Avenue. Paintings by local artists on view 9 a.m. to noon Tuesdays, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center, 2841 Baldwin Avenue, Makawao, Maui, 808-572-6560. "Members Show," juried by Alan M. Leitner, on view through March 8.

Koa Gallery, Kapiolani Community College, 4303 Diamond Head Road, 734-9375. Paintings and drawings by Linda Fong, on view through Jan. 29.

Pacific Cafe's Beach House, 5022 Lawai Road, Koloa, Kauai 742-1424. Works by Kauai artists A. Kimberlin Blackburn, Sally French and John Davison, on view through March 16. Stylized Hawaiian landscapes, mixed media glass, prints, landscape paintings and watercolors.

Queen Emma Gallery, Queen's Medical Center, 1301 Punchbowl St., 547-4397. "Ho'ohali'a: Treasured Memories," paintings, ceramics and mixed media by Hinano and Ke'alaonaonapuahinano, on view through Feb. 9. Latest in the "Homage to Manamana" series, started in 1987 as a tribute to the medical center's founders, Queen Emma and King Kamehameha IV.

Ramsay Galleries, 1128 Smith St., 537-2787. "New Contemplations: A Universal Sense of Place," paintings by Lewis Moore, on view in January.

University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Art Building, 956-6888. "A Journey Through Chinese Hell: Hell Scrolls from Taiwan" depicts through two sets of scrolls the severe chastisements in hell, giving insight into Chinese culture and ethics. The scrolls are on loan from the Smithsonian Institution. On view through Feb. 21.

Viewpoints Gallery, 3620 Baldwin Ave., Makawao, Maui, 808-572-5979. Oils and pastels by Diana Dorenzo, on view through Jan. 29.

Volcano Art Center, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Big Island, 808-967-8222. Wood sculptures by Lonny Tomono, on view through Feb. 23. Call 967-7511 for details.



SPECIAL

Calligraphy class: Rob Thompson teaches "Roman Capitals: Queen of Alphabets," 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Volcano Art Center. Costs $35. Call 967-8222, Big Island.

Lecture: By Claudia Bernardi, an artist who focuses on human-rights abuses in Latin America and Africa, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 29, Art Auditorium, University of Hawaii-Manoa. She is part of the Forensic Anthropology Team that exhumes mass graves in Argentina, El Salvador and Guatemala. Bernardi is the curator of a show by political refugees at the Commons Gallery. Free. Call 956-5249.

Funding for folk arts: Applications for the 1997 Folk Arts Apprenticeships will be accepted through Jan. 31. The program, aimed at preserving traditional cultural art forms, supports one-to-one training between a master artist and an experienced apprentice with awards of up to $4,000. Call Lynn Martin at 586-0306.

The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts approved 18 apprenticeship teams for 1996, in such arts as Hawaiian fishnet making, ki ho'alu, Cantonese opera and Laotian wood carving.



NOTICES

Members' Show: The Hawaii Watercolor Society accepts entries 3 to 5:30 p.m. Jan. 30 in the Kewalo Room at Ward Warehouse. Pick up is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 1. Call 395-8078 or 396-1520.

Works on Paper: National exhibit will accept slides of work in any media on paper, including photography, through Feb. 1. New York City art critic Jerry Saltz will be the juror.

Entry fee of $15 covers two entries per artist. For entry form, write: 10th McNeese National Works on Paper, Department of Visual Arts, P.O. Box 92295, McNeese State University, Lake Charles LA 70609-2295. Or call 318-475-5060. Exhibit will run March 20 to April 18.

National Painting Show: Artists may enter two works in any permanent painting medium through Jan. 31. The show is open to Americans 18 and older; work must be original and not done under instruction. Entry fee is $10 per slide. Prizes total more than $3,000. Write to: Paul Edwards, Art Department, Washington and Jefferson College, Washington PA 15301.

Honolulu International Art Festival: Expressions in Art is planning a show June 21 through 23 at the Amfac building on Fort Street. Call 597-8108.




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