  {"id":215158,"date":"2025-05-05T13:07:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T23:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=215158"},"modified":"2025-05-05T13:09:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T23:09:34","slug":"windward-cc-annual-student-art-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/05\/05\/windward-cc-annual-student-art-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Student visions come to life at Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr>\u2019s Annual Art Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_215163\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215163\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/windward-gallery-iolani-student-exhibit-1.jpg\" alt=\"lots of people looking at art in an exhibit\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-215163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/windward-gallery-iolani-student-exhibit-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/windward-gallery-iolani-student-exhibit-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/windward-gallery-iolani-student-exhibit-1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-215163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½ors enjoy opening night festivities with exhibiting students.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\">Windward Community College<\/a> invites the public to experience a vibrant showcase of student creativity at its Annual Student Art Exhibition at <a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.windward.hawaii.edu\/\">Gallery <span aria-label=\"Iolani\">&#699;Iolani<\/span><\/a> through May 13, Monday through Saturday, 1&#8212;5 p.m. The free exhibit features the work of 55 student artists across a diverse range of media, including ceramics, digital art, drawing, film photography, painting, sculpture and woodworking.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_215164\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215164\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/windward-gallery-iolani-student-exhibit-2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"2 people looking at art at an exhibition \" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-215164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/windward-gallery-iolani-student-exhibit-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/windward-gallery-iolani-student-exhibit-2-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/windward-gallery-iolani-student-exhibit-2.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-215164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gallery goers express excitement when viewing a woodworking piece.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The annual exhibition is a celebration of the dedication, talent and growth of Windward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> art students throughout the academic year. Each piece reflects not only technical skill but also a unique voice shaped by the college\u2019s strong foundation in Hawaiian values, cultural learning and the natural environment of <span aria-label=\"Koolaupoko\">Ko&#699;olaupoko<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Celebrate the remarkable work created in the energetic and productive environment of the Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> studios\u2026 It\u2019s our students, coming together from all walks of life, sharing space, sharing ideas, sharing support for one another in their challenges, that makes Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> the great place that it is,&rdquo; said Bryce Myers, assistant professor of art.<\/p>\n<p>Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr>\u2019s art programs challenge students to expand their creative boundaries while engaging deeply with cultural knowledge of Kanaka <span aria-label=\"Oiwi\">&#699;&#332;iwi<\/span> (Native Hawaiian) and the natural history of the <span aria-label=\"aina\">&#699;&#257;ina<\/span> (land). The result is a body of work that is rich in meaning, connection and identity\u2014art that is both technically refined and rooted in a strong sense of place.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit Gallery <span aria-label=\"Iolani\">&#699;Iolani<\/span> or call (808) 236-9155.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bold, original works from emerging Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> artists across ceramics, painting, photography and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[105,156,71,66],"class_list":["post-215158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-art","tag-gallery-iolani","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215158"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215167,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215158\/revisions\/215167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}