Downtown Art Center Presents - Creative Community Center Artist Co-op

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Downtown Art Center Presents - Creative Community Center Artist Co-op
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Date: Friday - 1/3/2025
Time: 5:30 to 8 p.m
Location:
Downtown Art Center
1040 A Nuuana Avenue
Honolulu, Hawaii 96717

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Current Main Gallery Exhibition
*Please note that DAC’s upstairs galleries will be CLOSED until January 13, 2025, when classes will resume. Exhibitions will return in February with Pacific New Media’s Contemporary Photography in Hawaiʻi 2025, on view February 6-21.

Upcoming Studio 1C Exhibition
Creative Community Center Artist Co-op On View January 3-29, 2025
EVENTS:

-First Friday Reception: Friday, January 3 from 5:30-8 p.m. with live music by Kevin Hirasa & Lil Albert.
-January Jazz at DAC: Live music every Sunday from 2-4 p.m. with the Alika Lyman Group + Reggie Padilla (Jan. 5), Maggie Herron + Dean Taba (Jan. 12), The Honolulu Jazz Quartet (Jan. 19), and Bruce Hamada + Jim Howard (Jan. 26).
-Chinese New Year Choy Cheng (Lion Dance) Celebration: Friday, January 24 from 5:30 - 8 p.m. with live music by Men in Grey Suits, lion dancers and firecrackers!
-Na Hoku Hanohano award winning musician Lee Eisenstein: Every Wednesday from 12 - 1 p.m. -Veteran local musician Nate Hatico: Every Thursday from 12-1 p.m. With more to come!
During the month of January, DAC is excited to present the Creative Community Center, a cooperative pop-up pilot project for local artists and arts nonprofits, in the downstairs Studio 1C space at Chinatown Gateway Plaza, a vacant space on lease from the City and County of Honolulu. The space will provide shared access for participating artists and nonprofit arts organizations, while showcasing its many potential uses, including art classes, workshops, live music, cultural events, meeting spaces, and a cooperative gallery.

Invited participating artists include Jackie Mild Lau, Linda Kane, Yukio Ozaki, Liz Train, Dwayne Adams, Marina Borovok, and Alla Parsons.

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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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First Friday Hawaii Event Calendar Item

Downtown Art Center Presents - Creative Community Center Artist Co-op

First Friday Hawaii
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