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Date: Monday, March 8, 2004
Contact: Wayne Miyamoto, (808) 974-7307

For Immediate Release

2004 Pacific States Biennial National Exhibition on display

The Art Department of the University of Hawaii at Hilo and the Campus Center Gallery present the 2004 Pacific States National Biennial Exhibition currently on display in the UH Hilo Campus Center Gallery until mid-April 2004.

The exhibition features 53 works by 51 artists, selected from 196 artists from 24 states representing all regions of the United States, including Hawai’i.

Six artists in the exhibition were recognized with Juror’s Awards. They are:

Steve D. Gibson of La Mesa, California, received an award for Corda de Tristeza, a color relief print. Amanda G. Knowles from Seattle, Washington, for Segment I, a multiple media print using sewn etching, lithography, serigraphy and gum bichromate process. Eunkang Koh of Long Beach, California, received a Juror’s Award for Apetít, a lithograph drawn in crayon and hand-painted with watercolor. Ashley Nason of Indianapolis, Indiana, received an award for Pioneer Engineering, a color print employing lithography, silkscreen, monotype. Jenny R. Schmid of Minneapolis, Minnesota, was awarded for her print, DR NKE GAL, a color lithograph. John August Swanson of Los Angeles, California, received a Juror’s Award for Francis and the Wolf, a color serigraph or silkscreen print.

The Campus Center Gallery is located in two areas of the third floor of the Campus Center and is open during weekdays from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. There is no admission fee.

The exhibition is made possible in part through funding from the UH Hilo and Hawai’i Community College Student Activities Council.

The exhibition was juried by Eileen Foti, professor of art and master printer at the Rutgers University Center for Innovative Printmaking, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

For more information, please contact Professor Wayne Miyamoto, Art Department, (808) 974-7307 or wmiyamot@hawaii.edu.

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