Downtown Art Center First Friday -Downtown Art Center Presents ‘oluʻolu: Expressions Of Graciousness And Kindness’, An Exhibition By Hank M. Taufaasau And Burton Uhr, In The Dac Performance Space, May 3-28

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Downtown Art Center First Friday -Downtown Art Center Presents ‘oluʻolu: Expressions Of Graciousness And Kindness’, An Exhibition By Hank M. Taufaasau And Burton Uhr, In The Dac Performance Space, May 3-28
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Date: Friday - 5/6/2022
Time: 5:30 to 8 p.m
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Downtown Art Center
1040 A Nuuana Avenue
Honolulu, Hawaii 96717

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DOWNTOWN ART CENTER PRESENTS ‘OLUʻOLU: EXPRESSIONS OF GRACIOUSNESS AND KINDNESS’, AN EXHIBITION BY HANK M. TAUFAASAU AND BURTON UHR, IN THE DAC PERFORMANCE SPACE, MAY 3-28

 Downtown Art Center at 1041 Nuʻuanu Ave., Second Floor, in Honolulu's historic Chinatown Gateway Plaza, is proud to present ‘OluʻOlu: Expressions of Graciousness and Kindness,’ featuring the oil paintings of well-known local Hawaiʻi artists Hank M. Taufaasau and Burton Uhr, in the second floor Performance Space. This dual show by two of Hawaiʻi’s veteran artists is inspired by the beauty of the Hawaiian Islands.

A free, public artist’s reception will be held on First Friday, May 6, from 5:30-8 p.m. The public can view the show during regular gallery hours, Tuesday through Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., May 3-28.

Hank M. Taufaasau was born in Hawaiʻi, and raised in Lanakila and Mānoa on the island of Oʻahu. "I grew up copying everything in the comics; Dick Tracy, Terry and the Pirates,” says the artist. “I thank my mother for the foresight of enrolling me in the Honolulu Academy of Arts instructional programs when I was 11.” At St. Louis High School, Taufaasau was usually the lone student of Brother Nicholas Waldeck's lunchtime non-credit art classes. “He taught draftsmanship. I wanted to use paints and colors. He insisted that I learn to draw.” The artist credits his ethnic background (Samoan, Chinese, English, Portuguese, Hawaiian and Tahitian) for his distinctive use of color and form. “Growing up in Hawaiʻi, even rainy days are screaming with color,” he says. “A grey, overcast day in Mānoa is rife with the colors of the ever-present rainbow.”

Burton Uhr was born in 1943, and studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, and, with the help of a Ford Foundation Scholarship, at The Art Students League of New York with renowned artists Robert Brackman and Robert Beverly Hale. He also studied with Richard Halstead in Chicago and Daniel Greene in New York. He was an illustrator for many well-known companies. Uhr won First Place at the Tokai University’s annual art contest in 2007, and his work has been included in the Schaefer Portrait Challenge. His art has been exhibited at Honolulu Hale, Punahou Gallery, Hoʻomaluhia Botanical Gardens, Honolulu Club, Cathedral Gallery, Cedar Street Galleries, and many other art spaces in Hawaiʻi and beyond.

For more details about this show and other current and upcoming shows, classes and events, visit downtownarthi.org.

About the Downtown Art Center (DAC):
Located in the Chinatown Gateway Plaza building at 1041 Nuʻuanu Ave., Second Floor, the nonprofit Downtown Art Center is an evolving gallery and workshop space for Oʻahu's arts scene. DAC strives to become a thriving center for the arts by providing display space for local artists and art organizations, workshop classrooms, performances, and more. Support DAC and help it grow at donorbox.org/downtownartcenter!

Parking for DAC is located at nearby municipal parking lots (onsite at Chinatown Gateway Plaza, parking entrance off Bethel Street) or at Mark's Garage (entrance at 22 S. Pauahi St.). DAC is easily accessible by public transit as well; get directions, routes and timetables at www.thebus.org.
 

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Downtown Art Center First Friday -Downtown Art Center Presents ‘oluʻolu: Expressions Of Graciousness And Kindness’, An Exhibition By Hank M. Taufaasau And Burton Uhr, In The Dac Performance Space, May 3-28

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