Photo: Wayne Levin, “The Edge #101, Sand Clouds” archival pigment print photograph, 2024. SFCA Art in Public Places Collection.
On September 11, 2024, the SFCA Board of Commissioners approved the acquisition of ten artworks for the SFCA Art in Public Places Collection. All of the works were nominated by committees visiting Hawaiʻi exhibitions. A list of artworks recently approved for acquisition (purchase or gift) can be viewed on our Art in Public Places Program page, along with information about how to invite a committee to an exhibit and a link to the Art in Public Places Collection online photo album of artworks.
These artworks will be eligible for placement in hundreds of state government sites across Hawaiʻi, including libraries, schools, and Capitol Modern (the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum).
Exhibit: “Happy Veggies”, Donkey Mill Art Center
- Mayumi Oda, “Morning Breath, My Breath” print on paper diptych, 1983.
- Mayumi Oda, “Haloa” print on paper, 2005
- Mayumi Oda, “Heart Sutra with Ulu” print on paper, 2008
Exhibit: “The Paths We Cross: Perspectives from the Korean Diaspora”, Wailoa Center and University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
- Jennifer Lugris, “The Mother Who Never Smiled” oil and acrylic painting on canvas, 2021
Exhibit: “The Location of Up and Down”, Aupuni Space
- Kainoa Gruspe, “the location of the very, absolute, tippety top of the mountain is not yet known” egg tempera, gathered and processed pigments, various rocks, yarn on polycotton. 2021.
- Kainoa Gruspe, “stool teetering on the fabric of reality and everything itself” wood veneer, pencil, acrylic, rust from years of sharpening chisels, yarn on polycotton. 2024.
Exhibit: “Wayne Levin: A Life in Photography Retrospective 1965-2024”, Downtown Art Center
- Wayne Levin, “Column of Akule” silver gelatin print photograph, 2000.
- Wayne Levin, “Sub-Pod of Melon Head Whales” archival pigment print photograph, 2007
- Wayne Levin, “The Edge #101, Sand Clouds” archival pigment print photograph, 2024
Exhibit: “Under the Influences: Glass Work by Stephanie Ross and Hugh Jenkins”, Downtown Art Center
- Stephanie Ross and Hugh Jenkins, “Upper Road Mist”, glass, 2009