Art in Public Places Collection: Recent Acquisitions (December 2022)

December 2, 2022
Print of many colorful lines on a black background. Lines are in various shades of beige, green, blue, red, purple, orange.

On November 30, 2022, the SFCA Board of Commissioners approved the acquisition of twenty-five 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 to invite a committee to an exhibit and a link to the Art in Public Places Collection online photo album of artworks.

Image: “Composition #1, E.V. #6/20” pochoir print by Marcia Pasqua, 2022. Purchased from the Honolulu Printmakers 2022 Annual Exhibition. Art in Public Places Collection of the Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

Exhibit: “O Kalani: Sean K.L. Browne and Imaikalani Kalahele” at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center (Maui)

  • “Makau (Fish Hook)”, Italian bianco marble sculpture by Sean K.L. Browne, 2019
  • “O Kalani (Of the Heavens)”, cast bronze and mahogany wood sculpture by Sean K.L. Browne, 2019
  • “Divided”, acrylic on canvas painting by Imaikalani Kalahele, 2018
  • “Dancing in the Clouds”, acrylic on canvas painting by Imaikalani Kalahele, 2017

Exhibit: “Huakaʻi/Journey” at Firehouse Gallery (Hawaiʻi Island)

  • “Ka Wa Ma Mua, Ka Wa Ma Hope / The time that came before the time that follows” mixed media on panel painting by Sarah Taylor Ko

Exhibit: “Hawaiʻi Watercolor Society Open Show 2022”

  • “From the Deep-Pas de Trois” watercolor painting by Regina Bode
  • “Our Lady of the Forgotten Fields” watercolor painting by Darold Ramelb

Exhibit: “Honolulu Printmakers 2022 Annual Exhibition” at the Honolulu Printmakers Studio (Oʻahu)

  • “Epilogue”, screenprint by Allyn Bromley, 2022
  • “Composition #1, E.V. #4/20” pochoir print by Marcia Pasqua, 2021
  • “Composition #1, E.V. #5/20” pochoir print by Marcia Pasqua, 2022
  • “Composition #1, E.V. #6/20” pochoir print by Marcia Pasqua, 2022
  • “Composition #2, E.V. #1/20” pochoir print by Marcia Pasqua, 2021
  • “Composition #2, E.V. #2/20” pochoir print by Marcia Pasqua, 2022
  • “Squirms” gesso and color on paper print by Hiroko Sakurai, 2022
  • “Invisible Horizon”, Urs-Sabaku and monotype print by Jonathan Yukio Clark, 2022

Exhibit: “2022 Hawaii’s Woodshow, Na Lāʻau o Hawaiʻi” (Oʻahu)

  • “Nānā I Ke Kumu (Look to the Source) Series 1”, African tulip wood, stone, and wax sculpture by Kahi Ching, 2022
  • “Nānā I Ke Kumu (Look to the Source) Series 2”, African tulip wood, stone, and wax sculpture by Kahi Ching, 2022
  • “Hāpai”, coconut wood vessel with shellac/polyurethane finish by John Fackrell, 2022

Exhibit: “Flashpoint – the fire show” at Downtown Art Center (Oʻahu)

  • “Takuan #1”, high-fired ceramic sculpture by Maile Yawata, 2019
  • “Takuan #2”, low-fired ceramic sculpture, underglazes, gold leaf, white glue, acrylic paint, epoxy by Maile Yawata, 2018
  • “Takuan #3”, ohia wood-fired ceramic sculpture, underglazes, epoxy by Maile Yawata, 2019
  • “Takuan #4”, high-fired ceramic sculpture, underglazes, gesso, acrylic paint, epoxy by Maile Yawata, 2022
  • “Takuan #5”, high-fired ceramic sculpture, underglazes, epoxy by Maile Yawata, 2022
  • “Takuan #6”, high-fired ceramic sculpture, underglazes, epoxy by Maile Yawata, 2022
  • “Gather”, mixed media sculpture by May Izumi, 2022
  • “Fire Sale”, stoneware sculpture by Esther Shimazu, 2021

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