Downtown Art Center Presents The Heart Of Honolulu Art Festival, A Family-Friendly Block Party In Chinatown, Saturday, October 8, 2022 - 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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DOWNTOWN ART CENTER PRESENTS THE HEART OF HONOLULU ART FESTIVAL, A FAMILY-FRIENDLY BLOCK PARTY IN CHINATOWN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2022

 Honolulu (September 2022) – Celebrate the arts, culture, and good food as you walk, shop, and eat your way around the Chinatown Arts District. Downtown Art Center is proud to present the HEART of Honolulu Street Festival, a family-friendly, daytime art festival that will close Nuʻuanu Avenue, from King Street to Chaplain Lane, to traffic, and open it to pedestrians, allowing the community to participate in a showcase of local art, live local music, food, crafts, and more. The festival takes place on Saturday, October 8, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

HEART is an acronym that stands for Heritage, Entertainment, Arts & Culture, Restaurants, and Theatre & Performing Arts. Together, these elements make up the core of the vibrant creative community that exists in Honolulu's Bethel and Nuʻuanu Avenue district, between King Street and Beretania Avenue.

Participating artists, arts organizations, nonprofits and local businesses include, but are not limited to:

The ARTS at Marks Garage
Better Blocks Hawaiʻi
Chinese Chamber of Commerce
Downtown Art Center
fishschool at fishcake
Gay Island Guide
Glass Fusion Collective
Hank’s Café
Hawaiʻi Arts Alliance
Hawaiʻi Craftsmen
Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui
Hawaiʻi Health and Harm Reduction Center
Hawaiʻi Theatre
Hawaiʻi Watercolor Society
HomeStreet Bank
Honolulu Fire Department
Honolulu Police Department
Honolulu Printmakers
Kumu Kahua Theatre
Olay’s Thai-Lao Cuisine
Open Sea Leather Co.
Pastel Artists of Hawaiʻi
PAPA Hawaiʻi (Pacific Academy of Performing Arts)
Plein Air Painters of Hawaiʻi
Rainbow Bonsai Club
Rotary Club of Honolulu Pau Hana
Sergio Garzon’s PRINT BIG
Tea at 1024
Will Espero

One highlight of the street festival will be the return of the PRINT BIG project by local Chinatown artist and printmaker Sergio Garzon. Intended to break down the barriers between the studio, the gallery, and the public by taking the artistic process onto the street, the project involves making giant wood block prints as big as 750 square feet, printed with the aid of a pavement roller.

On the Pauahi Street entertainment stage, enjoy live music by Absolute Joy (Joy Waikoloa and Arex Ikehara), ESD: Every Single Day (Brian Chang, Mike Chung, Kyke Oyasato and Terry Oyama) and Stepsons of Soul (Kata Maduli, Kevin Hirasa and Kapono Naʻiliʻili). In addition, don’t miss performances by the young performing artists of PAPA Hawaiʻi, and other surprises!

Mahalo to our sponsors, the City and County of Honolulu, HomeStreet Bank, and Island Insurance Foundation.

For more information on the HEART of Honolulu Street Festival, visit downtownarthi.org/heartofhonolulufestival.

About 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 is a thriving center for the arts, providing display space for local artists and art organizations, workshop classrooms, performances, and more. DAC is dedicated to the revitalization of Downtown/Chinatown Honolulu through culture and the arts.  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.  ###

Photo of Nuʻuanu Avenue by Tracy Chan
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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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Downtown Art Center Presents The Heart Of Honolulu Art Festival, A Family-Friendly Block Party In Chinatown, Saturday, October 8, 2022 - 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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