EXHIBITION
NOCTUARY: EMILY MCILROY
August 20 – September 7, 2018
Commons Gallery
Statement
noctuary (noun) 1. a record of what passes in the night
After nightfall, when the activities of the day give way to quiet stillness, I sense the stirring of all that resides most powerfully within me. Out of darkness, inky things surface that by the subtle illumination of starlight and of moonlight, begin to take on shapes that I can touch.
About the Artist
Emily McIlroy received her BA in Studio Art from the University of Arizona in 2005 and her MFA in Drawing and Painting from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa in 2011. She has previously been the recipient of the Melusine Award in Painting, the John Young Scholarship in the Arts, the Geraldine P. Clark Memorial Fellowship in Painting, the H. John Heide Fellowship in Art and the UH Mānoa Graduate Teaching Fellowship. She has had recent solo exhibitions in Kaneohe, HI, Berea, KY and Las Vegas, NV. McIlroy currently teaches at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, the Honolulu Museum of Art School and the Hawai’i State Art Museum. She is the author of One Half Living for Two: Cross-Cultural Paradigms of Twinship and Twin Loss.
Special Events:
Free and open to the public
Combined Opening Receptions:
{NEW DATE DUE TO HURRICANE LANE} Sunday, September 2
2:00–3:00 p.m., Talk story with Harry Tsuchidana
3:00–5:00 p.m., Combined opening reception for
Harry Tsuchidana: Works on Paper, The Art Gallery, UHM; and
Emily McIlroy: Noctuary, Commons Gallery, UHM
Live music by guitarist Christopher Hopper.
Sponsors
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s Department of Art + Art History and College of Arts + Humanities; SEED IDEAS, UHM; Student Activity and Program Fee Board, UHM; and supported by Waikiki Parc Hotel – Hospitality Sponsor for the Arts at UH Mānoa; and anonymous donors.
Gallery hours + admission:
Mon. – Fri. 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Sun. 12:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Free admission. Donations are appreciated.
Parking fees may apply.