SPECIAL

Alex Steelsmith offers two free prints of his works, "Beginnings" and "Elysium," to donors who send $75 or more through him to the American Red Cross for Hurricane Katrina relief. Make checks payable to the American Red Cross, mail to him and he will arrange delivery of the two prints. Reach him at 735-0251 through tomorrow.

SPECIAL EVENTS

"Porcelain: China's 1000-year Secret" tour of the Honolulu Academy of Arts collection led by docent Cecilia Doo, 2:30-4 p.m. today and "The Art of Colonial America," led by Margaret Murchison, 2:30-4 p.m. Tuesday and Nov. 6; free with regular admission, $7 ($4 military, seniors and students). Reservations: 532-8700.

Terry Adkins, lecture by visiting artist, musician, teacher and scholar, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, UH-Manoa Art auditorium; free. 956-5260.

Friends of the East-West Center Annual Meeting, with a walk-through of the "Enduring Threads" exhibit, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, East-West Center Art Gallery, John Burns Hall; $25 includes a light buffet dinner. Reservations required by tomorrow: 944-7111.

"Situation Comedy," lecture by John Hanhardt, senior curator of film and media arts at the Guggenheim Museum, on the the Contemporary Museum's current exhibit, 7 p.m. Thursday, UH-Manoa Art auditorium; free. 526-1322.

Holiday Art Fair, oil paintings, framed miniature prints, gemstone jewelry and handmade crafts, 3-8:30 p.m. Friday, YWCA, Richard's St.; free admission. 383-0998.

Art Montage, works on display by artists whose work has been shown at the restaurant in the past year, 5-9 p.m. Friday, Tea at 1024; free admission, light meals and desserts created by Joslyn Benn are available for purchase. 521-9596.

"The Gift of Art," annual exhibition and sale of works by a group of contemporary Hawai'i artists, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Nov. 6, artist studio, 48 Kailua Road, Kailua; free admission. 261-5455.

ONGOING EVENTS

Art on the Zoo Fence, more than 35 Island artists display their work for sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays, Honolulu Zoo fence on Monsarrat Avenue.

Artist Demonstrations, Island artists demonstrate techniques, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, Native Books/Na Mea Hawai'i, Ward Warehouse; free. Call for scheduled artists: 596-8885.

WOW! (Wailea on Wednesday), with guest artist, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Lahaina Galleries, Shops at Wailea, Maui. (808) 874-8583.

Friday Night is Art Night, meet with Island artists, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Fridays, Lahaina Galleries, Front Street, Lahaina, Maui; free. (808) 661-6284.

Painting Demonstration by Island artists, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays, Gallery at Ward Centre. 597-8034.

OPENING

New works by Hans Loffel, Sabra Feldstein and Deborah Pacheco, presented by the Balcony Gallery, today through Jan. 27, opening reception 5-7 p.m. today, Duc's Bistro.

"Three Guys ... Three Solutions," works by Bob Freitas, Imai Kalahele and Carl Pao, Tuesday through Nov. 25, Louis Pohl Gallery. 523-1812.

"Touch Asia," photographs by Carolyn Ma, Tuesday through Nov. 29, Canon Photo Gallery. 522-5930.

"Frog Friends," stoneware frogs by Chris Brown, Tuesday through Nov. 30, Ko'olau Gallery at Manoa Marketplace. 988-4147.

Warren Stenberg, recent oils, acrylics and watercolors, Tuesday through Nov. 30, Staircase Gallery, Borders Books, Ward Centre. 262-8306.

Taiwanese American Art Show, sponsored by the Taiwanese Association of America and Hawaii Taiwanese Women Association, Tuesday through Dec. 2, opening reception 3-5 p.m. Friday, Chinatown Cultural Plaza Shopping Center. 262-9388.

Hawaiian Quilt Show, Tuesday through Dec. 31, Kaua'i Museum, Lihu'e, Kaua'i. (808) 245-6931.

"Altered Matter," recent works by Jay West, Tuesday through Nov. 31, Firehouse Gallery, Waimea, Big Island. (808) 887-1052.

"Enduring Threads," sunzani textiles from Bukhara, Uzbekistan, from the collection of Doris Duke, Wednesday through Jan. 19, East-West Center Gallery. 944-7177.

"Peace and Tranquility," intuitive art from 14 local artists, Wednesday through Nov. 29, opening reception 3-5 p.m. Nov. 6, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden Art Gallery, Kane'ohe. 233-7323.

"Island Sunrise," 50 recent paintings by Kiiko Nakahara Renoir, Friday through Nov. 30, opening reception 5-9 p.m Friday, Art Board. 536-0121.

CLOSING

Hawai'i Craftsmen Annual Juried Exhibition, contemporary work by artists and craftsmen juried by Hope Daniels, through today, Academy Art Center at Linekona, ground-floor gallery. 532-8701.

"Chanoyu 2005 — Ceramic Implements for Tea," pieces for the Japanese tea ceremony by Carl Fiever, Ed Higa, Ken Kang, Bob McWilliams, Yukio Ozaki and screen prints by Philip Markwart, through today, Academy Art Center at Linekona, mezzanine gallery. 532-8701.

"Paradise Found," watercolor batiks and acrylic semi-abstract paintings by Marti Wiese Rounds, through today, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden Gallery. 233-7232.

Current works by Kelly Sueda, through today, Cedar Street Galleries. 589-1580.

"Before and Behind/Pictures of Memory," two-dimensional works by Erika Klara Luecke, through Monday, Gallery on the Pali. 526-1191.

"Card Sharks," watercolor prints by Karen Spachner, through Monday, Ko'olau Gallery. 988-4147.

"Happy Color Impressions," oils and jewelry by Yuan Shaw and sculpture by J. Forest Ocean Bennett, through Monday, Details Gallery. 546-8000.

"Fire and Light: Expressions of Tea," photographs by Robin Scanlon and ceramics by Ed K. Higa, through Monday, A Gift for All Seasons Gallery. 737-9038.

Works by Daniel Sakuma and Cecilia Wang, completed through the Louis Vuitton Creative Arts Program, through Monday, Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific, main-lobby gallery. 531-3511.

"concluding that the circle is sometimes square," mixed-media works by Viola Violet, through Monday, Tea at 1024. 521-9596.

"Mana O Ke 'Aina," artworks in wood by Mel Pau'ole and oils by Sunny Pau'ole, through Monday, Parker Ranch Historic Homes Art Gallery, Waimea, Big Island. (808) 885-5433.

"Earth and Fire," paintings by Russell Davidson, through Tuesday, Anthony Casay Gallery. 922-9199.

"Fly: Nature Transformed," acrylics and mixed-media works by Alicia Francis, through Tuesday, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace. 536-7036.

"Ahupua'a," mixed-media mural composed of over 60 pieces of nonsubjective art from 10 Hawai'i artists: George Woollard, Arthur Johnsen, Debbie Young, Barbara Okamoto, Jinja Kim, Mary Philpotts McGrath, Georg James, John Dinsmore, Gina Bacon Kerr and Mark Ammen, through Friday, Pegge Hopper Gallery. 524-1160.

Floral oil paintings, new works by Noriko, through Friday, Art Board. 536-0121.

"Botanical Hawai'i: a Photographic Exploration in Natural Symmetry," works by Rujunko Pugh, through Friday, South Street Gallery. 525-5212.

Art Kaua'i 2005, annual juried exhibit of multimedia works by members of Kaua'i Society of Artists, through Friday, Kukui Grove exhibition hall, Lihu'e, Kaua'i. (808) 823-0579.

Spirit House, installation art by Anna Peach, through Friday, artist's reception Wednesday, Kahilu Theater, Waimea. (808) 895-8938.

"Bad Kitties, 3-Eyed Horses and ... " works in various media by Elsha Bohnert, Joey Chiarello, Kandi Everett, Sally French, Jo Rowley, Ginny Walden, Roy Venters and Cora Yee, through Saturday, Balcony Gallery, Kailua. 263-4434.

Oils by Sandra Blazel and Painting by Mark Brown, through Saturday, Hale'iwa Art Gallery, Hale'iwa. 637-3368.

Martha Greenwell Retrospective, landscapes of Hawai'i created over 30 years, through Saturday, Isaacs Art Center, Hawaii Preparatory Academy campus, Waimea, Big Island. (808) 885-5884.

ONGOING EXHIBITS (LISTED BY CLOSING DATE)

"Figuratively Speaking," paintings by Chuck Davis and Alan Stamper, through Nov. 11, Koa Gallery at Kapi'olani Community College. 734-9374.

New Works by Brenda Cablayan, through Nov. 14, Bethel Street Gallery. 524-3552.

"Seen," new paintings by Mary Mitsuda, through Nov. 18, Hawai'i Pacific University Gallery, Kane'ohe. 544-0287.

"9x7," nine works each by seven women artists: Reiko Brandon, Bobby Crockett, Denise Devone, Linda Gue, Jinja Kim, Laura Smith and Elizabeth Train, through Nov. 18, Gallery 'Iolani, Windward Community College. 236-9155.

"Rounds," watercolor paintings in circular format by Cindy Conklin; "Out of the Fire," ceramics by Joel Park; "Silver with a Touch of Gold," jewelry by Cynthia Wiig; and Bound Treasure Books by Daphne Myers, through Nov. 22, Gallery at Ward Centre. 597-8034.

"Wood Skin Ink: The Japanese Aesthetic in Modern Tattooing," examination of the connections, both historical and contemporary, between the art of Japanese woodblock printing and tattooing, sponsored by Hui No'eau Visual Art Center of Maui and Robyn Buntin of Honolulu, through Nov. 23, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i, Community Gallery. 945-7633.

"Jon Hamblin: Tales of Radiance," large-scale paintings, three-dimensional mixed-media sculptures and oil on steel and aluminum, through Nov. 26, opening reception Friday, The ARTS at Marks Garage. 521-2903.

"Tennis Dessus," site-specific installation of hand-painted art on the museum's tennis courts by Michael Ming Hong Lin of Taiwan, through December, Contemporary Museum at Makiki Heights. 526-0232.

"Spinning Stories: The Art of Pakistani Women Miniaturists," contemporary miniature works curated by Enrico Mascelloni, through Dec. 11, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Arts of the Islamic World Gallery. 532-8701.

"Yakimono: 4000 Years of Japanese Ceramics," fifty works from the Jomon period (2000 B.C.) to the Showa period (20th century A.D.), through Dec. 11, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Asian galleries. 532-8701.

"Archipelago: Portraits of Life in the World's Most Remote Island Sanctuary," photographs by David Liittschwager and Susan Middleton of flora and fauna in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, through Dec. 18, Bishop Museum, Castle Memorial Building, second floor; included with museum admission of $14.95 general and $11.95 ages 4-12; kama'aina discounts available. 847-3511.

"Situation Comedy: Humor in Recent Art," multimedia traveling exhibit portrays humor in American life, through Dec. 31, Contemporary Museum at Makiki Heights. 526-1322.

"Into the Light: The Shifting Palette in Edo- and Meiji-Period Ukiyo-e Prints," Japanese prints from the academy's collection, curated by collection conservator Susan Sayre Batton, through Jan. 8, Honolulu Academy of Arts, James A. Michener Gallery. 532-8701.

"Reflecting Hawai'i," juried exhibition of two-dimensional works by artists of Hawai'i, through Jan. 28, Diamond Head galleries; also, "Summertime," multimedia visuals on the themes and images of the summer season from more than 100 Hawai'i artists, through Jan. 28; and "Enriched by Diversity: The Art of Hawai'i," works from the 1960s to the present in various media by Island artists, with docent-led tours available, Hawai'i State Art Museum. 586-0900.

"Here: Paintings by Stephen Niles," "May Chee — An Overview of Ceramic Works" and "David Hamma: a year of Sundays: drawings, paintings, prints," through Jan. 31, Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center. 526-1322.

"Ho'oulu I Ka Nani: Breadfruit Quilts of Hawai'i," 27th annual exhibit of Hawaiian quilts from three generations of quilters curated by Margo Vitarelli and Loretta Woodard, through Feb. 4, Mission Houses Museum. 531-0481.

"The Pacific Islands," permanent installation from the museum's collection, including "Barkcloth of the Pacific," examples of kapa, Honolulu Academy of Arts, second-floor galleries. 532-8700

"Arts of the Philippines," permanent exhibition of works from museum's collection, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Ellis Gallery of Filipino Arts. 532-8701.

"Na Hale 'O Waiawi," site-specific installation by Patrick Dougherty, created from strawberry guava and rose-apple saplings, Contemporary Museum at Makiki Heights. 526-0232.

OTHER VENUES (LISTED BY CLOSING DATE)

Exhibit of Rembrandt's Etchings, rare works by the baroque master from the collection of Dr. Morton and Mrs. Tobia Mower, through Nov. 6, UH-Manoa Hamilton Library's Bridge Gallery. 956-9932.

"Making Connections: Treasures of the University of Hawai'i Library," rare and special collections of books, historical documents, photographs, letters written by Hawaiian monarchs, prints, drawings, maps and other artifacts of Hawaiian history and culture, saved from the October 2004 flood at Hamilton Library, through Nov. 10, UH-Manoa Art Department Gallery. 956-6888.

"Dreams," juried show sponsored by the Oahu Art Center, through Nov. 11, Honolulu Country Club. 627-1079.

"The Hawaiian Kingdom on the Threshold of Annexation," retrospective photo exhibit of works by Brother Bertram Gabriel Bellinghausen from glass-plate negatives, through Nov. 18, Chaminade University's Sullivan Library Gallery, third floor of Henry Hall. 739-4665.

"Hey Girl," drawings and paintings by Judith Perry, through Nov. 26, Café Che Pasta. 524-0004.

"Puerto Ricans of Hawai'i — Past and Present," exhibition of artifacts and photographs, through Nov. 20, Hawai'i Heritage Center's Chinatown Cultural Gallery, 1040 Smith St.; $1 adults, 25 cents for children. 261-6680.

"The Beauty of the Islands," watercolors by Susan Cardenas, through Dec. 2, Art of Vision Gallery, Laser Eye Center. 946-6000.

Collage Works by Thomas Krieger, Alexandru Preiss and Amanda Toy, through Jan. 22, Contemporary Café. 526-1322.

"Honolulu: Island Views," works by Mark Brown, Brenda Cablayan, Ka-Ning Fong and Tom Smith, through Jan. 31, Sub-Zero/Wolf Showroom, Pi'ikoi and King streets. 597-1647.

NEIGHBOR ISLANDS (LISTED BY CLOSING DATE)

"Embracing the Park," color-pencil drawings by Arenzo Smith, through Nov. 6, Volcano Art Center Gallery, Big Island. (808) 967-7565.

Hui No'eau Juried Exhibition 2005, multimedia works by hui members juried by Rick Mills, through Nov. 16, Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, Maui. (808) 572-6560.

2005 International Invitational Works on Paper Exhibition, works by seven artists from Japan, Canada and the U.S.: Gene Chu, Dorothy Faison, Rosalyn Richards, Francisco Souto, Elizabeth Stuck, Kodou Tadataka and Raine Vasquez, through January, UH-Hilo Campus Center Gallery. www.uhh.hawaii.edu/~art.

"Grandfather's House," full-scale replica of a 1930s Korean home, through March, Lyman Museum, Hilo, Big Island. (808) 935-5021.

CLASSES/WORKSHOPS

Basics in Oil, ongoing classes by Elaine Matsuda for ages 12 and older, 10 a.m.-noon, 1-3 p.m. or 4-6 p.m., Mondays through Saturdays, 2639 S. King St., No. 204; $100 plus supply fees for five weeks of classes. 952-0309.

Oil-painting Classes, impressionist techniques using brush or palette knife, for beginning and experienced students, series of six classes (90 minutes each); $270 for the series, taught at the YWCA on Richards Street. Schedule: 383-0998.

CALLS TO ARTISTS

ArtZone, a new Honolulu gallery, is accepting video, two- and three-dimensional art and performance art for its Nov. 17 grand-opening show, "Magical Masterpieces for the Mind & Spirit." Deadline is Nov. 10. 595-6591.

Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden seeks three-dimensional frogs and garden creatures for its annual show to be held Dec. 3-30 at the garden's gallery. Contest rules and applications available through Nov. 23 at Ho'omaluhia in Kane'ohe or Foster Botanical Garden in Honolulu. 233-7323.

Art Fairs seeks works in any media to show at the Richard Street YWCA on First Friday's downtown gallery walks. 383-0998.

Café Che Pasta seeks hanging art in all media from single or group artists. 524-0004.

Gallery on the Pali seeks interested artists to submit works: Tee Shirt Festival, Nov. 7-Dec. 9, call 239-2880; Flowers and Poetry Show in 2006, call 538-1052; Leap Year Show in 2008, marinelli@capitol.hawaii.gov; for solo or group exhibitions, 526-1191.

Send announcements, with contact name and phone number, to: Island Life, Art Calendar, The Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802; or to islandlife@honoluluadvertiser.com, with "Art Cal" in the subject line; or fax 525-8055.