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WELCOME TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ART HISTORY

Who we are and what we value

 

NEWS

Dong-ow Cho Cultural Exchange: A Change in perception brought about through experience

The University of Hawai’i at Mānoa is proud to present “Dong-ow Cho the cultural planning leader at the Dalseo Art Center in Daegu Korea will be presenting, Cultural Exchange: A Change in Perception Brought About Through Experience,” a public lecture, on Saturday, March 30, 2024, at 3 PM.

JACQUELINE RUSH LEE AT EAST HAWAIʻI CULTURAL CENTER

Jacqueline Rush Lee (BFA 1997/MFA 2000) Solo Exhibition at East Hawai’i Cultural Center, Hilo WHORL April 6-May 31st,…

UHM Galleries and John Young Museum of Art will be closed on Tuesday, March 26th, in observance of Prince Kūhiō Day, Friday, March 29th, for Good Friday, and Sunday, March 31st, for Easter Sunday holidays.

UHM Galleries and John Young Museum of Art will be closed on Tuesday, March 26th, in observance of Prince Kūhiō Day, Friday, March 29th, for Good Friday, and Sunday, March 31st, for Easter Sunday holidays.

PUBLIC ARTIST’S TALK BY MAIKAʻI TUBBS

Aloha mai kākou, You are invited to attend the upcoming candidate presentations for the Assistant Professor of Kanaka…

UHM Galleries and the John Young Museum of Art will be closed during Spring Break It will reopen on Sunday, March 24, 2024

UHM Galleries and the John Young Museum of Art will be closed during Spring Break and is scheduled to reopen on Sunday, March 24, 2024.

CURRENT

Legacy in Ink: Selections from the Print Collection of Charles Cohan
Still Standing Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition
Faculty Exhibition Series Part 4
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COMING SOON

___identity: 2024 Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition
Angela Tiatia
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The Academic Program

The Department of Art and Art History (ART) offers three separate but interrelated undergraduate programs. Art history, leading to the BA, affords the opportunity to study the arts of Asia, the Pacific, and the West in a historical and cultural context. The studio art programs provide students either with a broad-based, liberal arts approach via the BA or with a more focused studio specialization leading to the BFA. The latter is considered more appropriate for students intending to pursue the MFA at the graduate level.