Downtown Art Center Hosts - HOSTS 'ILLUSION AND REALITY,' A JOINT ART SHOW FEATURING PAINTINGS BY CRISSIA VAUGHN AND CHARLES VALOROSO, AUGUST 4-27, 2022

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DOWNTOWN ART CENTER LAUNCHES ‘VACANT TO VIBRANT,’ A MULTIPHASE PROJECT THAT CREATIVELY RE-ENVISIONS DOWNTOWN HONOLULU & THE CHINATOWN ARTS DISTRICT

 Honolulu (July 2022) – July marks the launch of a special multiphase project by Downtown Art Center at 1041 Nuʻuanu Ave., Second Floor, in Chinatown Gateway Plaza. The project, called Vacant to Vibrant, is focused on creatively re-envisioning vacant spaces in Honolulu’s Downtown and Chinatown Arts districts through the arts, with a goal of turning "vacant spaces into vibrant places." Downtown Art Center's existing gallery and retail art spaces at Chinatown Gateway Plaza, once vacant City and County offices, is testimony of the concept's viability.

Downtown Honolulu and its historic Chinatown Arts District are in trouble. Once the vital heart of the Pacific business community, multiple circumstances, including economic downturns and the COVID pandemic, has changed a once-vibrant area into a struggling historic arts, entertainment, and restaurant district with blocks of abandoned real estate and rising crime and vandalism.

However, with change comes opportunity. The time is right to start the conversation about how Downtown Honolulu and the Chinatown Arts District can be transformed into a vibrant community that attracts both locals and visitors alike. Downtown Art Center’s Vacant to Vibrant project, with several phases planned, aims to prove that these vacant spaces can come alive again, as valuable hubs of art, creativity, and community involvement.

Phase 1: Vacant to Vibrant Community Arts Pop-Up Studio, July 19 - August 14, 2022
Chinatown Gateway Plaza’s Suite C, vacated during the COVID pandemic, is the former space occupied by the Strode Montessori preschool. Now empty, it provides the opportunity for a month-long community arts pop-up. Programming will include art and crafting workshops, arts organization meetups, open studio sessions, live art, music, sip & paint events, and more. To see activities and classes planned for the pop-up space, visit downtownarthi.org/vacanttovibrant.

Phase 2: ‘From Vacant to Vibrant: Re-envisioning Downtown’ Gallery Exhibition, Coming in 2023

“From Vacant to Vibrant: Re-envisioning Downtown” is a visual art exhibition, to be held in Downtown Art Center’s second floor exhibition space in late 2023, that seeks to engage members of Honolulu’s art, architectural and design, business, urban planning, and youth communities to present their ideas in a multidisciplinary show that visualizes how to transform Downtown Honolulu and the Chinatown Arts District into a vibrant gathering place. More details will be announced soon.

For more information about current and upcoming shows, classes and events at Downtown Art Center, visit 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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