Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the East-West Center Gallery will be closed until further notice. The Center is closely monitoring the situation, and our website will be updated regularly with the latest information on the Center’s response measures: http://EastWestCenter.org/coronavirus

Sunday Spotlight Series

The East-West Center Arts Program presents an online “Sunday Spotlight” series,

from August through December 2020

While the EWC Gallery remains closed to the public until further notice, a series of online programs will be offered in conjunction with the current exhibition “Musical Instruments: Sounds of the Asia Pacific,” which has been extended through December 20, 2020. The exhibition features Asia Pacific musical instruments from the Ethnomusicology Instrument Collection at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Music Department.

About twice a month, programs will be presented on Sundays at 2:00 p.m. (Hawaiʻi Standard Time) via Zoom. Programming will include “spotlight” conversations and musical demonstrations by Hawaiʻi-based artists, illustrated talks, panel discussions, and an instrument-making workshop for families, culminating in a live-streamed performance event in honor of Professor Emerita Barbara B. Smith on December 20.

Attendance is free, but registration is required.

Sunday, September 27, 2:00-3:00 p.m.

Spotlight on Micronesia with Mary Hattori, EdD, community organizer, artist, and EWC Scholarship Program Specialist. Mary and guests will highlight performative and cultural aspects of Micronesia, particularly within local Hawai’i communities. Please register here to attend the event: http://www.eastwestcenter.org/ZNP

Sunday, October 4, 2:00-3:00 p.m.

Sunday Spotlight on Gangsa Music & Dance of the Philippines with Desiree Quintero, Ph.D. and Wayland Quintero, Ph.D., MFA.

Gangsa (handheld flat gongs) and dancing are intrinsic to ritual and secularized communality for people in and of the northern Philippine highlands. In this presentation Desiree and Wayland discuss cultural context, show field examples, and demonstrate movement that viewers will be encouraged to follow along to the rhythms of gangsa.

Please register here to attend the event: http://www.eastwestcenter.org/ZNP

East-West Center Gallery

John A. Burns Hall, 1601 East-West Road

(corner Dole St. & East-West Rd.)

Gallery admission is free.

Hours: Closed until further notice due to the coronavirus pandemic.



Parking on the UH-Mānoa campus is normally free and ample on Sundays.

Free school & group tours available when gallery is operating.

For further information: 944-7177

arts@EastWestCenter.org