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WELCOME TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ART HISTORY

Who we are and what we value

 

NEWS

Our thoughts are with Satoru Abe’s close friends and family during this time of loss. It was an honor and a joy to work with him and to be able to exhibit 100 of his powerful new paintings in the UHM Art Gallery.

Our thoughts are with Satoru Abe’s close friends and family during this time of loss. It was an honor and a joy to work with him and to be able to exhibit 100 of his powerful new paintings in the UHM Art Gallery.

Go Around (Hawaiʻi Edition) Kumiko Sato

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is proud to present “GO Around (Hawaiʻi Edition),” on view in The Art Gallery from February 16 – February 23, 2025.

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The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is proud to present “Dark Slide,” on view in The Art Gallery from January 19 – February 9, 2025.

Heroes, Poets, Gods, and Monsters: From Gekkō’s Brush

The John Young Museum of Art presents “Heroes, Poets, Gods, and Monsters: From Gekkō’s Brush,” on view from January 19 – May 4, 2025.

FOCUS

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is proud to present “FOCUS,” on view in The Art Gallery from January 19 – February 16, 2025.

CURRENT

FOCUS
Heroes, Poets, Gods, and Monsters: From Gekkō’s Brush
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COMING SOON

Go Around (Hawaiʻi Edition)
Go Around (Hawaiʻi Edition)
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Undergraduate

BA + BFA degree programs

Graduate

MA + MFA degree programs

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Museum of Art

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.