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WELCOME TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ART HISTORY

Who we are and what we value

 

NEWS

Ea Mai Ke Kai Mai The 2025 Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition

The Department of Art and Art History is thrilled to present Ea Mai Ke Kai Mai: 2025 Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition. This exhibition features works by 2025 graduating BFA students in graphic design and studio arts.

Untold

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is proud to present “Untold,” on view in the Commons Gallery from April 6 – April 13, 2025.

UHM Galleries and the John Young Museum of Art will be closed during Spring Break, March 16–21, 2025 Will reopen on Sunday, March 23, 2025

UHM Galleries and the John Young Museum of Art will be closed during Spring Break and is scheduled to reopen on Sunday, March 23, 2025.

‘O ka ‘āina. ‘O ka moana a me ka lani. Land, Sea, Air

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is proud to present “‘O ka ‘āina. ‘O ka moana a me ka lani: Land, Sea, Air,” on view in The Art Gallery from March 2 – March 31, 2025.

Mud, Myth, and Memory Masters of Fine Arts Exhibition

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is proud to present “Mud, Myth, and Memory,” on view in The Art Gallery from March 2 – March 31, 2025.

CURRENT

Heroes, Poets, Gods, and Monsters: From Gekkō’s Brush
Ea Mai Ke Kai Mai: 2025 Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition
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BA + BFA degree programs

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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.