downtown art center

About 40 pictures shot by nine photographers will fill the Downtown Art Center's second-floor gallery.

For the past 10 years, Sandy Pohl of the Downtown Art Center has been trying to organize an art festival to highlight the arts district. Now, it’s finally happening. HPR's Jayna Omaye has more.

Three photographers. One show. It’s entitled "Portraits in Monochrome." Floyd Takeuchi curated the exhibit at the Downtown Art Center. It features black and white images from across the community taken by three longtime friends.

The exhibit “Illusion and Reality” at Honolulu’s Downtown Art Center showcases photorealistic oil paintings by two artists from two generations. The Conversation sat down with Charles Valoroso and Crissia Vaughn to learn how they put the show together.

Kumu hula Auliʻi Mitchell has worked for more than 30 years to bring back the critically endangered practice of hula kiʻi. Now, he has curated an exhibit at the Downtown Art Center featuring puppets of all sizes. HPR's Jayna Omaye has more.

A new exhibit at the Downtown Art Center in Honolulu highlights a different side of those who design the buildings we see every day. HPR’s Noe Tanigawa reports the show gives the public a chance to see into the minds of 30 local architects through the art they make on their own time.

Those who knew George Ellis, the much-admired former director of the Honolulu Museum of Art, remember his goal of curating the museum to welcome and teach people from all walks of life. Hawaiʻi Public Radio sat down with Sandy Pohl, director of the Downtown Art Center, and art patron Tim Choy.

On today's Aloha Friday Conversation, we turn our attention to the real estate inventory on the Big Island. Lower home prices are attracting more buyers, both in and out-of-state. That's good for business, but what might be the unintended consequences?

An upcoming hula exhibit at the new expansive art spaces at the Downtown Art Center in Chinatown comes on the heels of the Merrie Monarch Festival. Opening on Aug. 3, the exhibit is called "Ho’okupu To Emerge: The Love of Hula."

Honolulu’s Downtown Art Center has been gaining momentum since the 10,000-square-foot space opened in October. In fact, shows are booked into next year, but now there's a hitch.