Roundup
: Chinatown
Text By
Lisa Yamada
Art Walk In Chinatown
Andrew Rose Gallery
Only glass separates the hustle of downtown from the serenity behind the doors of the Andrew Rose Gallery (1003 Bishop St.). Featuring an exciting, museum-quality program, Rose’s gallery aims to expose the world to contemporary art that has a significant connection to Hawai‘i, featuring works by such artists as Noreen Naughton, Carl Pao, Wayne Levin, and Franco Salmoiraghi.
Chinatown Artists Lofts
Housed in the historic Joseph P. Mendonca Building, which was rebuilt in 1901 after the infamous Chinatown fires destroyed much of the area, this living and working space (1120 Smith St.) for creative entrepreneurs opens its doors each First Friday for gallery showings hosted by an eclectic group of resident artists, including printmaker Sergio Garzon and illustrator Kris Goto.
The ARTS at Marks Garage
Founded in 2001 by Hawai‘i Craftsmen and Hawai‘i Arts Alliance, this gallery in the heart of Chinatown (1159 Nu‘uanu Ave.) features monthly rotating exhibitions of works in a multitude of medias by contemporary Hawai‘i-based artists, as well as educational workshops for youth and community, open mic nights, and large-scale presentations throughout the week.
Pegge Hopper
Pegge Hopper has become known for her portrayals of Native Hawaiian women, having been inspired in 1968 by state archival photos. Poignant, fortuitous, even a bit sad, Hopper’s paintings have become iconic in Hawai‘i, their beauty etched in the minds of visitors and locals alike. Find her works at her namesake gallery (1164 Nu‘uanu Ave.).
Hawai‘i State Art Museum
Established in 2002 by the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, the Hawai‘i State Art Museum (250 S. Hotel St.)—often called the “people’s museum”—documents half a century of island history. Now on display in the museum’s ‘Ewa Gallery is Hawai‘i: Change and Continuity. Curated by Tom Klobe, professor emeritus and founding director of the University of Hawai‘i Art Gallery, this is the wing’s first new exhibition since the museum opened. The showcase explores artistic expressions that define Hawai‘i’s changing landscape, and makes a profound contribution toward explaining who we are as people.
Fumiko Keeper of the Meek by Sally French and The Trillionth Sister by Solomon Enos are on display at the Hawai‘i State Art Museum’s new exhibition, Hawai‘i: Change and Continuity. Photos by Paul Kodama.
Louis Pohl’s oil painting Sunday Sail (1970).
Louis Pohl Gallery
The Louis Pohl Gallery (1142 Bethel St.) is the namesake gallery of a Living Treasure of Hawai‘i. The establishment features some of the artist’s best-known works, inspired by volcanoes, oceans, and birds, alongside paintings by other contemporary Hawai‘i artists. Pohl excelled at making art even as a young boy, and studied at the Art Academy of Cincinnati at the height of the Great Depression thanks to the generosity of a beneficiary. After graduating, he worked as a window designer, furniture painter, artist supervisor, and even as a dry dock ship painter for the U.S. Navy. Pohl spent his remaining years teaching at the Honolulu Academy of Art (as the Honolulu Museum of Art was then called) and Kamehameha Schools before his passing in 1999.
Roundup
: Chinatown
Text By
Lisa Yamada
Art Walk In Chinatown
Andrew Rose Gallery
Only glass separates the hustle of downtown from the serenity behind the doors of the Andrew Rose Gallery (1003 Bishop St.). Featuring an exciting, museum-quality program, Rose’s gallery aims to expose the world to contemporary art that has a significant connection to Hawai‘i, featuring works by such artists as Noreen Naughton, Carl Pao, Wayne Levin, and Franco Salmoiraghi.
Chinatown Artists Lofts
Housed in the historic Joseph P. Mendonca Building, which was rebuilt in 1901 after the infamous Chinatown fires destroyed much of the area, this living and working space (1120 Smith St.) for creative entrepreneurs opens its doors each First Friday for gallery showings hosted by an eclectic group of resident artists, including printmaker Sergio Garzon and illustrator Kris Goto.
The ARTS at Marks Garage
Founded in 2001 by Hawai‘i Craftsmen and Hawai‘i Arts Alliance, this gallery in the heart of Chinatown (1159 Nu‘uanu Ave.) features monthly rotating exhibitions of works in a multitude of medias by contemporary Hawai‘i-based artists, as well as educational workshops for youth and community, open mic nights, and large-scale presentations throughout the week.
Pegge Hopper
Pegge Hopper has become known for her portrayals of Native Hawaiian women, having been inspired in 1968 by state archival photos. Poignant, fortuitous, even a bit sad, Hopper’s paintings have become iconic in Hawai‘i, their beauty etched in the minds of visitors and locals alike. Find her works at her namesake gallery (1164 Nu‘uanu Ave.).
Hawai‘i State Art Museum
Established in 2002 by the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, the Hawai‘i State Art Museum (250 S. Hotel St.)—often called the “people’s museum”—documents half a century of island history. Now on display in the museum’s ‘Ewa Gallery is Hawai‘i: Change and Continuity. Curated by Tom Klobe, professor emeritus and founding director of the University of Hawai‘i Art Gallery, this is the wing’s first new exhibition since the museum opened. The showcase explores artistic expressions that define Hawai‘i’s changing landscape, and makes a profound contribution toward explaining who we are as people.
Fumiko Keeper of the Meek by Sally French and The Trillionth Sister by Solomon Enos are on display at the Hawai‘i State Art Museum’s new exhibition, Hawai‘i: Change and Continuity. Photos by Paul Kodama.
Louis Pohl’s oil painting Sunday Sail (1970).
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