Dance Workshop with Dr. Sam-jin Kim

Date, time, place: December 2, 2024, 12:30 – 1:50 PM, Dance Building Studio

This workshop is inspired by the choreography Form_Image by Dr. Kim. The movements are rooted in traditional Korean dance techniques, and Dr. Kim will guide participants through selected parts of the piece. 

What encapsulates the essence of the choreography:

It was not something that existed from the beginning.
The form I imprint into the space—that very form becomes me.

Our dance is like that.
In an empty space, I move to create forms,
and those forms come together to become the dance.

Carissa Moore: The Power of Outdoor Places

Date, time, place: December 5, 2024, 6:30 PM, (doors open at 6), Kennedy Theatre
Lead Sponsor: Trust for Public Land

Join Carissa Moore, Native Hawaiian surfer and Olympic gold medalist, for a conversation about the power of parks and outdoor places. Together with Bianca Clarke, Trust for Public Land’s Associate Vice President and leader of their Parks Initiative, and Hawaii News Now’s Māhealani Richardson, Carissa will discuss the magic that happens when communities come together to protect, preserve and steward local spaces.

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series is a joint venture of Hawaiʻi Community Foundation, Kamehameha Schools Kaiāulu, and the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, with assistance from the UH Foundation.

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Gothmass in Waikiki and other Femme FaTALES

Date, time, place: December 7-8, 2024, 8:30 PM, Earle Ernst Lab Theatre
Organized by: Late Night Theatre Company & Kennedy Theatre

Gothmass in Waikiki and other Femme FaTALES is an interactive, raunchy, warming experience inspired by a local event held in Waikiki a few years ago. On the bill are collaboratively and independently created performances (such as dances, songs, and short plays) that use holidays, spirituality, and alternative living as themes to tell stories of members in our community. We hope you enjoy our spin on this formative event and are inspired to see more underground and experimental art on island. Most importantly, we hope you and yours feel a little more seen this holiday season.

Please note that tickets to all Late Night Theatre Company performances will only be available at the Kennedy Theatre Box Office starting one hour before each performance.

Panel Discussion on Satoru Abe’s exhibits at HoMA and UH Mānoa

Panel Discussion

• December 8, 2024, 1:00 – 2:00 PM, Art Auditorium Room 132

Closing Reception 

• December 8, 2024, 2:00 – 4:00 PM, The Art Gallery 

As part of the closing celebration for Satoru Abe: 100 New Paintings, at the UH Mānoa Art
Gallery, and programming for Satoru Abe: Reaching for the Sun at the Honolulu Museum of Art, join Debra Drexler, Interim Director of the Museum and Galleries, UH Mānoa, and HoMA curators, Katherine Love and Alejandra Rojas Silva, (Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, and Curator of European and American Art, respectively) for a conversation on Abe’s creative legacy. Join us for light refreshments and a final viewing of the exhibition after the panel discussion.

Rising Curators of Hawaiʻi

Date, time, place: December 9, 2024, 3:30 – 4:30 PM, Campus Center 203E
Organized by: Center for Pacific Islands Studies, Department of Asian Studies, AAPI EHEJ

Curious what it’s like to work with a museum? Wondering what it takes to be a curator? Join us for a discussion with Dr. Halena Kapuni-Reynolds and Healoha Johnston, two curators working to share Hawaiian history and Pacific arts at their respective museums. Halena and Healoha, both UHM alumni, will discuss the academic training and on-the-job skills that have shaped their careers. Open to the public, coffee and snacks provided!

After 1177 BCE: The Survival of Civilizations

Professor Eric Cline, George Washington University

Date, time, place: December 9, 2024, 7:30 PM, Art Auditorium Room 132
Sponsored by: RLAC and History

In the years after 1177 BCE, many of the Late Bronze Age civilizations of the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean lay in ruins, undone by invasion, revolt, natural disasters, famine, and the demise of international trade. An interconnected world that had boasted major empires and societies, relative peace, robust commerce, and monumental architecture was lost. Now, in After 1177 BCE, we will trace the compelling story of what happened during the next four centuries across the Aegean and Eastern.

Ceramics Glass Christmas Sale 2024

UH Manoa’s Department of Art & Art History’s Clay Club and Glass Art Family are having a Christmas Sale!

• Presale: December 9, 2024, 4:00 – 6:00 PM, Commons Gallery

• Regular Sale: December 10-14, 2024, 10:00 – 4:00 PM, Commons Gallery

For more information or questions, please email Prof. Rick Mills at rlmills@hawaii.edu