Downtown Art Center - Exhibitions and Events at DAC this November 2025

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EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS AT DOWNTOWN ART CENTER

Upcoming Events & Exhibitions

  DAC Walking Tour: Art, History & Architecture in the HEART of Honolulu 

Upcoming Tour Dates:

-Saturday, November 15 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Join historian Gary R. Coover, author of "Pocket Walking Tour of Honolulu's Royal Mile," and veteran artist/educator Susan Hogan for a lively 1.5–2 hour walk through the HEART of Downtown Honolulu. Discover the layered history, culture, and architecture of the district, explore pivotal sites and public artworks, and take home a complimentary copy of Gary’s book! 

Meeting Place: Downtown Art Center, 1041 Nuuanu Ave, Studio 1C (Chinatown Gateway Plaza building level 1)

$25 per person, limit 20 people per tour.

  Storytelling Night with Sean-Joseph Choo 

Saturday, November 15 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. DAC 2nd Floor Classroom  $10 per person, online or at the door.

 Hawaiʻi-born

Sean-Joseph Takeo Kahāokalani Choo

is a queer, multi-ethnic, multi-hyphenate artist: actor, composer, playwright, and creative producer. Join us as he takes to the soapbox to share some of his stories, songs, and reflections on art, faith,
and life.   

  PlayBuilders of Hawaiʻi Present: "No One Is Prepared for Alzheimer’s: One Family’s Story" 

Sunday, November 16 from 2:30 - 4:40 p.m., DAC 2nd Floor Classroom,

$10 per person

 PlayBuilders of Hawaiʻi Theater Company presents a moving production that explores the challenges and love at the heart of caregiving. The evening begins with a scene from

The Super Executive Aunties of the Mālama the Caregivers Collective,

created with Oʻahu family caregivers, followed by

No One Is Prepared for Alzheimer’s: One Family’s Story,

adapted from Lindsay Pjerrou Desrochers’ published journal. Directed by Elizabeth Wichmann-Walczak and performed by veteran actors Peggy Anne Siegmund and Allan Okubo, the play brings to life Lindsay’s unflinching yet deeply loving account of caring for her husband George through Alzheimer’s.    

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  Upcoming Exhibition: Kintsugi Joy: New Paintings by Lauren Okano 

On View in the Courtyard Gallery November 18 - December 14, 2025

First Friday Artist's Reception

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Friday, December 5 from 5:30 - 8 p.m.

DAC Art & Gifts Shop is proud to feature new paintings by renowned local artist

Lauren Okano

: “Kintsugi Joy”

 “In this series, the act of painting becomes its own repair - a conversation between fracture and grace” says Okano. “Inspired by the Japanese art of kintsugi, where broken vessels are restored with gold, these works honor the beauty of what endures. Each brushstroke carries both the mark of what was lost and the shimmer of what has been found. Joy, in the end, is the seam that holds it all together - quiet, resilient, and luminous. Through paint, gesture and rhythm, I return to wholeness again and again.”     

  Upcoming Exhibition: The Art of Furniture Making 

December 4- 20, 2025 in the Main Gallery

First Friday Opening Reception: Friday, December 5 from 5:30 - 8 p.m.

 Organized by Hawaiian Fine Furniture’s Doug Gordon, this exhibition will feature a selection of hand-crafted fine furniture pieces. Showcasing both traditional and contemporary approaches to woodworking, the collection includes chairs, tables, and functional accessories created by 22 of Hawaiʻi’s most accomplished furniture makers and wood artists. Participating artists include: Todd Blankenship, Joshua Bowles, Joel Bright, Bob Butts, Doug Gordon, Stephen Hynson, Jackie Mild-Lau, Danny Ovryn, Rae Douglass, Chris Reiner, Alan Wilkinson, Thorben Wuttke, Satoshi Yamauchi, Tak Yoshino, Peter Ziroli, Keith Maile, Kun Lian Xu, Mats Fogelvik, Roy Tsumoto, Shaun Fleming, Francisco Clemente, and Luke Shaffer. Throughout the exhibition, artists will offer informal talks and live demonstrations, providing insight into their creative processes, techniques, and materials.    

DAC Special Projects & Community Support

  DAC Art & Gifts Retail Shop Our curated first floor retail shop is a showcase gallery where local artists can sell their artwork, and visitors can buy unique gifts created by Hawaiʻi artists. 

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  Vacant to Vibrant Our Vacant to Vibrant project aims to prove that Downtown/Chinatown Honolulu’s vacant spaces can come alive again, as valuable hubs of art, creativity, and community involvement. 

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  Public Art WORKS! Our initiative to beautify Downtown/Chinatown Honolulu through the power of the arts employs artists to create colorful, fun, photogenic, and uplifting public art pieces that the community can enjoy. 

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