May 14, 2013

Rail project seeks artists

Rail project seeks artists

City officials are looking for original, Hawaiian-themed artwork for Honolulu’s rail transit system.

Apr 28, 2013

VIDEO: ‘Little Worlds’

VIDEO: ‘Little Worlds’

“Little Worlds” combines video and oddball forms in a way that manages to be strangely charming.

Mar 28, 2013

Social Encore: Connelly comes home

Social Encore: Connelly comes home

After spending time in New York, artist Sean Connelly is back in Honolulu with a new exhibit at ii Gallery.

Feb 19, 2013

PICS: Pow Wow Hawaii 2013

PICS: Pow Wow Hawaii 2013

Take a virtual tour of this year’s Pow Wow Hawaii art installations in Kaka’ako.

Feb 17, 2013

PICS: ‘Honolulu Night Market’ in Kak...

PICS: ‘Honolulu Night Market’ in Kaka’ako

Pow Wow Hawaii celebrated a week of creativity in Kaka’ako during “Honolulu Night Market” on Auahi St. on Saturday, Feb. 16.

Feb 14, 2013

Pow Wow artist’s work adorns NFL sta...

Pow Wow artist’s work adorns NFL star

Pow Wow Hawaii featured artist Orly Locquiao recently tattooed San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

Feb 14, 2013

VIDEO: Pow Wow artists share insight

VIDEO: Pow Wow artists share insight

“Social Encore” blogger Jermel-Lynn Quillopo spends time with artists participating in Pow Wow Hawaii 2013.

Feb 10, 2013

PICS: Pow Wow Hawaii Group Exhibitio...

PICS: Pow Wow Hawaii Group Exhibition

Pow Wow Hawaii 2013 officially got underway with a group art exhibition at Loft in Space on Saturday, Feb. 9.

Feb 8, 2013

Try Wait: Pow Wow starts a music sch...

Try Wait: Pow Wow starts a music school

Now in its third year, Pow Wow Hawai’i branches off to teach music as well.

Feb 8, 2013

Artists unleash bold visions during ...

Artists unleash bold visions during Pow Wow Hawai’i

The popular Kaka’ako art festival returns for its third year this weekend.

Feb 1, 2013

Freestyle: Pow Wow Hawaii returns

Freestyle: Pow Wow Hawaii returns

Street-art festival Pow Wow Hawaii extends its reach in 2013, with 100 participating artists and a North Shore tie-in.

Jan 12, 2013

PICS: ‘Geisha: Women of Art’

PICS: ‘Geisha: Women of Art’

Loading Zone Arts presented the first of two performances of “Geisha: Women of Art” on Friday, Jan. 11.

Dec 21, 2012

‘SuperCW’ hosts Pow Wow Hawaii fundr...

‘SuperCW’ hosts Pow Wow Hawaii fundraiser

BY GARY CHUN / gchun@staradvertiser.com Honolulu blogger Christa Wittmier, an...

Oct 11, 2012

Social Encore: Fall brings art, film...

Social Encore: Fall brings art, film fun

These past few weeks have been fully packed with cool events!

Sep 6, 2012

Social Encore: ‘Little Black Bag’ op...

Social Encore: ‘Little Black Bag’ opens in Kakaako

Kaka’ako collaborative space Interisland Terminal hosts a new art installation by Dana Paresa.

Aug 24, 2012

Freestyle: Burning desires

Freestyle: Burning desires

Hawaii artist Matt Kubo is part of a Texas team chosen to build, display, then fire up an interactive sculpture at Burning Man.

Aug 23, 2012

Hon Chew Hee inspires HiSAM fashion ...

Hon Chew Hee inspires HiSAM fashion show

The late artist was the inspiration for a recent fashion show by 2Couture’s Eric Chandler and Takeo.

Aug 16, 2012

‘Textured Lives’ opens at Bishop Mus...

‘Textured Lives’ opens at Bishop Museum

Slip into the plantation era mindset when wages were pennies per day and there was never enough to feed a family.

Aug 12, 2012

Ward Centers constructs 300-foot mur...

Ward Centers constructs 300-foot mural

Ward Centers welcomed the general public to help a group of local artists paint a 300-foot-long mural on Saturday, Aug. 11.

Aug 11, 2012

PICS: ‘Two Museums and a Palace’

PICS: ‘Two Museums and a Palace’

The Honolulu Museum of Art partnered with Bishop Museum and Iolani Palace on Friday, Aug. 10.