Department of Art and Art History

College of Arts, Languages & Letters
Art 142
2535 McCarthy Mall
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-8251
Fax: (808) 956-9043
Email: uhart@hawaii.edu
Web: www.hawaii.edu/art/

Faculty

*B. Taylor, MFA (Chair)—ceramics
*W. Kawabata, MFA (Associate Chair)—drawing and painting
*M. Babcock, MFA, PhD—fiber
*A. Bush, MFA—graphic design
*K. Chun, MFA—kanaka maoli visual arts
*C. Cohan, MFA—printmaking
*D. Drexler, MFA—drawing and painting
*J. Ferreira, N.H. Dipl.—sculpture
*S. Groeniger, MFA (Graduate Chair MFA Art Studio Program)—digital imaging
*J. Hamilton Faris, PhD—contemporary art history and theory
*P. Lavy, PhD—South and Southeast Asian art history
*C. Lee, MFA—graphic design
*K. Lingley, PhD—Chinese art history
*R. Mills, MFA—glass, sculpture
*Y. Monakhov Stockton, MFA—photography
*S. Spangler, MFA—ceramics
*J. Szostak, PhD (Graduate Chair MA Art History Program)—Japanese art history
*N. Tonga, PhD—Pacific art history

Affiliate Graduate Faculty

J. Feldman, PhD—Pacific art history

* Graduate Faculty

The Academic Program

The Department of Art and Art History (ART) offers two separate but interrelated 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 art studio 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.

The department is housed in an excellent three-story facility with painting studios, photography and computer labs (Macintosh equipped for graphic design and digital imaging, PCs for electronic arts), and fully equipped printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, fiber, and glass facilities. The UH Art Gallery is a prominent feature of the department’s programs. Six or seven major exhibitions are presented each year, many of which have received national recognition. Visiting artist programs supplement the regular course offerings.

Advising

Advising is mandatory for all art and art history majors. For advising, see the associate chair, Wendy Kawabata, in Art 142A, email: wendyak@hawaii.edu.

Programs

Bachelor’s

Master’s

Minor

Art and Art History, Minor