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  • Downtown Art Center Presents - Main Gallery - ARTISTS OF HAWAI'I BIENNIAL 2024Current Courtyard Gallery Exhibition - The Flow: Fire & Water Paired Elemental Photography by PF Bentley and Leslie Gleim

  • Date: Friday - 11/1/2024
    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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Current Main Gallery Exhibition

ARTISTS OF HAWAI'I BIENNIAL 2024
On Display November 1-December 21, 2024
Downtown Art Center presents the return of the much-anticipated Artists of Hawaiʻi Biennial 2024, an updated version of the state's largest, longest-running all-media juried exhibition, designed to showcase the best of Hawaiʻi's contemporary art. This year’s juror is Tom Klobe, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Art Department professor emeritus and founding director of the University of Hawaiʻi Art Gallery. 

Artists of all ages living in the state of Hawaiʻi, working in all media, regardless of experience level, were eligible to apply for the exhibition. Out of nearly 2,000 works submitted by 576 artists, the juror chose 356 pieces in a blind digital jurying (with the names of the artists removed) in the first round, then narrowed it down in the final in-person jurying round to 202 works by 159 artists from across Hawaiʻi to be accepted into the exhibition. Visitors may see the exhibition, which is free and open to the public, during regular gallery hours, in two galleries at DAC: the upstairs Main Gallery and the downstairs Studio C Gallery, Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please note that on the first day of the exhibition, Friday, November 1, the galleries will open at 5 p.m.

Artists of Hawaiʻi prize money to be given out this year adds up to $55,250 in awards to artists, with eight DAC Artist Awards, including a $10,000 Best In Show Award, and seven awards generously provided by The Honolulu Museum of Art (HoMA), from its Artists of Hawaiʻi-related endowed funds. All awards are exclusive of each other; each artist may only win one award. For a full list of awards and accepted artists, plus the full Juror’s Statement, visit downtownarthi.org/artistsofhawaii. 

“For decades, Artists of Hawaiʻi served as the premier all-media juried exhibition in the islands, selected by artists of renown from within and outside our community who brought keen personal perspective, helping us see ourselves with fresh eyes,” says prominent Honolulu-based artist, author, arts writer and critic, and arts educator Marcia Morse. “The exhibitions included those established artists we expected to see, but they also always included new artists with new visions. The recent return of Artists of Hawaiʻi to Downtown Art Center has re-opened an important door to the art world of our islands.”

EXHIBITION EVENTS:
First Friday, November 1 from 5:30 - 8 p.m.: Exhibition opens with a First Friday Reception
Saturday, November 2 from 5:30 - 8 p.m.: Artists’ Award Ceremony and reception
Saturday, November 9 at 12:00 p.m. Public Juror's Walkthrough with Tom Klobe
Sunday, November 17 at 12:00 p.m. Public Juror's Walkthrough #2 with Tom Klobe
Saturday, December 21 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.: Public Artists’ Closing Reception

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Courtyard Gallery Exhibition
 The Flow: Fire & Water
Paired Elemental Photography by PF Bentley and Leslie Gleim

On View in the Courtyard Gallery November 1 - December 21, 2024
First Friday Opening Reception: Friday, November 1 from 5:30-8 p.m.

The Hawaiian Islands are the result of elemental forces: Fire, which takes even as it grows the islands; and water, which gives life while it returns formerly molten ores into elemental particles. This interplay, the stuff of Gods and Legends, is the inspiration for an exhibit by two multi-award-winning photographers who make their home in the Hawaiian Islands. The Flow: Fire and Water pairs PF Bentley’s awe-inspiring photography of waves crashing against the shoreline with Leslie Gleim’s breathtaking aerial photography of the life of a land fed by rivers of molten lava. In their exhibit is encapsulated the Alpha and Omega of life itself in the Hawaiian Islands.
The Exhibit: The Flow: Fire and Water is comprised of pairs of framed, matched photographs by PF Bentley and Leslie Gleim.



Current Classroom Exhibition
DAC Volunteer Art Show 2024
On View September 13 - November 9, 2024 (Extended!)
Opening Reception: First Friday, October 4, from 5:30 - 8 p.m.
From painters, printmakers and textile artists to photographers and ceramicists, Downtown Art Center has some of the most talented, creative volunteers around. This show is to celebrate them, not only for their contributions to the gallery (DAC literally couldn’t run without our volunteers) but as artists too! This exhibition showcases the work of DAC volunteers, many of whom belong to other local arts organizations as well. To find out how to become one of our volunteers, email volunteer@downtownarthi.org!




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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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