The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo invites the public to its One Heart: Korean Art and History Across the Pacific exhibit May 3 – June 20, 2024 at the Wailoa Center in Hilo. There is no admission charge.
UH Hilo faculty members and exhibit coordinators Seri Luangphinith, professor of English, and Michael Marshall, professor of art, note that the exhibition “brings together a juried art show and a presentation of Korean history on Hawaiʻi Island, including translations and discussions of gravestones and stories of individuals who supported Korean Independence.”
“The first floor will include an in-depth look at local Korean graves, the historical information they contain, and the stories associated with these individuals,” Luangphinith said. “The lower-level Fountain Gallery will be devoted to the Hawaiʻi Island figures who were active with the Korean Independence Movement and President Syngman Rhee.
“The second floor hosts the juried international art exhibition, Paths We Cross: Perspectives from the Korean Diaspora.”
Guest speakers include Lumiel Kim, the granddaughter of an independence activist (May 4), Retired Hawaiʻi Electric Light Company (HELCO) Director of Administration Rhea Lee-Moku (May 11), and artist Gary Chong (June 1).
The Wailoa Center is open Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Contact Luangphinith at seri@hawaii.edu for more information on the schedule of presentations.
The exhibit is sponsored by UH Hilo, UH Mānoa’s Office of Student Equity, Excellence, and Diversity (SEED) and by the Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities through the support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.