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31st Annual Trash Art Show

Exhibition
Friday, October 4, 2019 - 5:30pm to Friday, October 25, 2019 - 4:30pm
Ira Ono, founder of “The Trash Show: Hawaii Artists Recycle,” will be returning to jury the 31st anniversary edition of one of East Hawaii’s longest-running annual arts events. The show runs from October 4th-25th, beginning with a gala opening on Friday, October 4th from 5:30-7:00p.m., followed by a Multimedia Presentation by Ken Goodrich starting at 7:30 in EHCC’s upstairs performance space, (the gallery will close at this time).

BARE

Performance
Friday, September 13, 2019 - 7:30pm to Sunday, September 29, 2019 - 2:30pm

Hilo Community Players presents Bare in the upstairs Kahua ‘Elua Theatre at the East Hawaii Cultural Center for ten performances August 13 – August 29th.

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The Leaping Place & A Collection

Exhibition
Friday, September 6, 2019 - 6:00pm to Friday, September 27, 2019 - 4:00pm
Main Gallery: Matt Shallenberger: The Leaping Place
Makai Gallery: Jim Rhodes: A Collection

The East Hawaii Cultural Center is pleased to present The Leaping Place, a collection of large format landscape photographs by Matt Shallenberger, made on the Big Island of Hawai’i between 2014 and 2018 exhibited in the Main gallery. 

Roots & Follow The Light

Exhibition
Related People: 
Monika Mann
Friday, August 2, 2019 - 6:00pm to Friday, August 30, 2019 - 9:00pm
Mauka Gallery stephen u lang: roots
Makai Gallery Monika Mann: Follow the Light

August 2nd - 30th 

The East Hawaii Cultural Center is pleased to present artists, stephen u lang and Monika Mann in concurrent exhibition installations opening First Friday August 2nd, from 6:00 - 8:00 pm in downtown Hilo. The artists both address the nature of existence and the certainty of transition from life.

TaKeTiNa Music in Motion Workshop

Workshop
Saturday, June 29, 2019 - 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Dancers, actors, and those interested in rhythm work are invited to a workshop with international artists from Berlin, Germany, entitled Music in Motion: Surfing the Waves of Rhythm. Helmut Erler, a certified TaKeTiNa therapist, musician, and sound engineer, teams with dancer and choreographer Natascha Noack for a four-hour workshop at Kahua ‘Elua, the second-floor theatre at the East Hawai’i Cultural Center in downtown Hilo. The workshop is scheduled for June 29, from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm, and is open to participants from age 12 through adult.

Life is a Form, the Rest is Just a View by Andrzej Kramarz

Exhibition
Related People: 
Andrzej Kramarz
Friday, June 7, 2019 - 6:00pm to Friday, July 19, 2019 - 4:00pm
LIFE IS A FORM, THE REST IS JUST A VIEW
Exhibition of New Works by ANDRZEJ KRAMARZ
 
Opening Reception: Friday June 7, 2019 at 6:00pm
Exhibition open June 8–July 19, 2019
Gallery Hours: Tue-Sat, 10am-4pm

A provocative exhibition of new works by Polish-American artist Andrzej Kramarz explores how our points of view and adopted perspectives shape how we understand the limits of freedom and enslavement.

Mayumi Oda: Expression of the Female Deity

Exhibition
Friday, May 3, 2019 - 6:00pm to Friday, May 31, 2019 - 4:00pm

Mayumi Oda in a retrospective survey spanning 40 years of creative work by the artist is scheduled to open at the East Hawaii Cultural Center with a 6:00 pm reception for Mayumi who will be present and entertainment from Gamelan of the Molten Blossom on First Friday, May 3, 2019. The exhibition will feature a selection of silk screen, wood block, intaglio, and calligraphic works from the artist’s Buddhist, Heart Sutra, Kannonkyo, Goddess, and Ocean Series. And include five (5) major original Thangkas that reflect an exceptionally bold and delightfully inventive feminist spirit.

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