Abacus Studio, 1109 Nuuanu Ave., 526-3721. "Nude on Nuuanu," paintings by Rudolf Helder, on view. Reception 5 to 10 p.m. Friday. Call for reservations.
East-West Center Gallery, John A. Burns Hall, 1777 East-West Road, 944-7111. "Japanese Kites and Tops," featuring popular crafts with ancient histories in China and Japan, opens Feb. 19. The Japan Foundation traveling exhibition continues through April 4.
HonBLUE, 501 Sumner St., 531-4611. Works by Don Robinson, on view Friday through March 30.
Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, 2454 S. Beretania St., 945-7633. "Nature of Arts," suibokuga ink paintings by the Honorable Shunso Sasagawa and Rev. Kohei Takagaki, on view in Room 102 Friday through Sunday. Suibokuga, done in Chinese ink and combining strong and weak strokes, is connected with Buddhism. Presented by Higashi Hongwanji Mission; call 531-9088.
Kirsch Gallery, Punahou School, 1601 Punahou St. "A'o Aku, A'o Mai: Teaching and Learning" opens with a reception 4 to 6 p.m. Feb. 23. Sculpture by Chuck Kawai'olu Souza and prints by Herman Pi'ikea Clark, on view through March 5.
Queen Emma Gallery, Queen's Medical Center, 1301 Punchbowl St., 547-4397. "Gassho," ceramics by Hideo Okino, opens with a reception 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday. Gassho is translated as grateful recognition, reverence. Okino, who studied at the Takashi Nakazato studio last year, uses glazes of his own invention. Show continues through noon March 16.
Academy Art Center, 1111 Victoria St., 532-8700. Honolulu Printmakers Annual Juried Exhibition, on view in February. Pam Longobardi, professor of printmaking at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, made her selections from prints and works by electronic and digital media. Call 536-5507.Works by Frank Sheriff and David B. Smith, on view in February. Sheriff, a lecturer in sculpture at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, creates fantastic vehicles of bronze and steel; Smith creates large-scale color lithographs.
Art a la Carte, Ward Centre. "Beaded Embellishments: Color and Texture," jewelry by Barbara Edelstein, on view in February. Demonstrations 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays.
Arts of Paradise, International Marketplace, 924-2787. "Expressions: The Varied Interpretation of the Human Figure," by various artists, on view in February.
Cafe Che Pasta restaurant, 1001 Bishop St., 524-0004. "Color of Heart," works by 14 local artists, through Friday. Participating artists include Jeff Baise, Ian Gillespie, Sergio Goes, Tom Haar, Yoko Haar, Jon Hamblin, Christine Kaaloa, Shereen Kanehisa, Hal Lum, Dan Rudoy, Franco Salmoiraghi, Sharleen Tashima, Jason Teraoka and Carla Lemon Wilcoxen. For details, call 287-3780.
Canon Gallery, Ward Plaza, 210 Ward Ave., Suite 200, 522-5930. Photography by Cannon staff, on view in February. Visitors can vote for their favorites and participate in a drawing for an ELPH, an Advanced Photo System camera.
Contemporary Museum, 2411 Makiki Heights Drive, 526-0232. "Photography and Beyond in Japan: Space, Time and Memory," organized by the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, on view through April 13. Exhibit explores photography's role in contemporary Japanese art, with more than 90 works by 12 artists over the last 15 years. Free admission on third Thursdays. Gallery tours at 1:30 p.m., garden tours by appointment. Call 526-1322.
The Contemporary Cafe features "Heavenly Bodies," paintings by Elsa Flores, through March 23.
The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center, 999 Bishop St. "Artists/Hawaii," works by 22 artists featured in the book of the same title, on view through Feb. 19. Artists include Allyn Bromley, Alan Leitner, Rick Mills, Franco Salmoiraghi, Tadashi Sato, Laura Smith, Suzanne Wolfe and Doug Young. Docent tours at noon Thursdays, and gallery talks on the third Thursday of the month.
Contemporary Museum's Honolulu Advertiser Gallery, 605 Kapiolani Blvd., 526-1322. "Five Artists/Five Works," featuring Shereen Kanehisa, Violet Murakami, Tammy Ohtake, Erin Shie Palmer and Kaori Ukaji, on view through March 12.
Foyer Gallery, Leeward Community College, 96-045 Ala Ike St., Pearl City. Recent paintings by Donald Yacoe, inspired by travels in Vanuatu, the Solomons and Papua New Guinea, on view in February. A collector of Melanesian tribal art and a South Pacific videographer, Yacoe tries to project the energy and vitality of human spirituality on large canvases.
Gallery on the Pali, Unitarian Church, 2500 Pali Highway, 526-1191. "MultiPlatform," art by the Hawaii Computer Art Society, on view in February. For information, call David Friedman at 943-1541 or Bobby Crockett at 488-2842 or online at www.pixi.com/~rayo.
Gordon Biersch restaurant, Aloha Tower Marketplace, 599-4877. Paintings and drawings by M. Goodwill, on view in February. Goodwill depicts palm trees, flowers and North Shore landscapes; her mural adorns the outside wall of the Wave Waikiki.
Hawaii Pacific University Art Gallery, 45-045 Kamehameha Highway, Kaneohe, 233-3167. "Addition, Subtraction," large-scale works on canvas and paper by Jason Teraoka, on view through March 7.
Honolulu Academy of Arts, 900 S. Beretania St., 532-8700. "Shadows and Reflections," pieces of Japanese lacquer art from a private collection, some with inlaid and carved designs, and some dating from the 16th century, on view through June 29. Free admission on the first Wednesday of each month.
"Modern Design, 1920-1960" reflects the century's major changes, through April 20. Silver, glass and ceramics highlight changes in the arts of the United States, Russia and Europe.
"Touch of Gold," gold-woven and embroidered ceremonial garments from Japan, China, India, Indonesia, the Middle East and Europe, on view through March 23.
"Santos," or "Saints," religious artwork dating from the 18th and 19th centuries, commemorates the 90th anniversary of Filipinos' arrival in Hawaii. Sculptures representing the Filipino perspective on European Catholicism, and the Philippines' primary religious orders - Augustinian, Dominican, Franciscan and Jesuit - on view through March 23.
Ukiyo-e by American and European artists in Japan during the 19th and 20th centuries, on view through Feb. 23. The exhibit features color wood prints by Charles W. Bartlett, Lilian May Miller, Pieter Irwin Brown, Elizabeth Keith and Bertha Lum.
Continuing exhibitions include "Taisho Chic," Japanese art and everyday items showing a growing influence from Western culture, and "The Ceramic Tradition of Asia," with pieces from different regions and cultures, on view through Oct. 27.
Honolulu Hale, 530 S. King St., 527-5666. "Eleven," paintings by Dexter Doi and friends, on view in the courtyard in February. The Lane Gallery displays art from Hawaii's black community, organized by the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Coalition, in February.
Honolulu Zoo Fence, Monsarrat Avenue. Paintings by local artists on view 9 a.m. to noon Tuesdays, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center, 2841 Baldwin Avenue, Makawao, Maui, 808-572-6560. "Members Show," juried by Alan M. Leitner, through March 8.
Koa Gallery, Kapiolani Community College, 4303 Diamond Head Road, 734-9375. "Mingei Style," ceramics by Kauka de Silva and Randall Ho, on view through Feb. 27.
Ko'olau Gallery, Windward Mall, 247-0709. "Me Ke Aloha," iris prints and other works by Rosalie R. Prussing, on view in February.
McHale Videofilm, 1116 Auahi St., 539-8080. "Sense of Place," mixed media works by Jeffrey Morgan-Hermes, through March 30.
Pacific Cafe's Beach House, 5022 Lawai Road, Koloa, Kauai 742-1424. Works by Kauai artists A. Kimberlin Blackburn, Sally French and John Davison, on view through March 16. Stylized Hawaiian landscapes, mixed media glass, prints, landscape paintings and watercolors.
Pauahi Tower, Mezzanine Lobby, 1001 Bishop Square. Members' Show by the Hawaii Watercolor Society, on view in February.
Ramsay Galleries, 1128 Smith St., 537-2787. "Portrait of a Sensitive Artist," photography by Ronen Zilberman, on view in February.
University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Art Building, 956-6888. "A Journey Through Chinese Hell: Hell Scrolls from Taiwan" depicts the severe chastisements in hell, giving insight into Chinese culture and ethics. The scrolls, on loan from the Smithsonian Institution, are on view through Feb. 21.
University of Hawaii School of Architecture Gallery, 2410 Campus Road, 956-8311. "Toward a Hawaiian Style," photographs and drawings chronicling the work of Hart Wood, on view in February. Wood created some of Hawaii's most distinctive buildings, incorporating lava rock and motifs from Asian cultures. Examples include the Christian Scientist church in Manoa and the Alexander & Baldwin building in downtown Honolulu. Slide show of significant projects.
Volcano Art Center, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Big Island, 808-967-8222. Wood sculptures by Lonny Tomono, on view through Feb. 23. Call 967-7511 for details.
Waikiki Gallery, Aston Park Shore Hotel, 595-2399. "The Essence of Nature," by Min Chong Kim, on view through Feb. 21. Works by Robert Kelsey, on view through March 15.
Printmakers' talks: Bring a brown bag dinner to the Printmakers Workshop, 6 p.m. Feb. 19 at the Academy Art Center. Ramon Alcolea and Hanae Uechi Mills discuss "Printing on a Fellowship" - how to apply to an artists' retreat and what kind of work is done there. The artists have worked at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts and the Pilchuck Center in Washington. Free. Call 536-5507 for reservations.
"Intersections": Video and multimedia artist Gary Hill discusses his work, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19, Art Auditorium, University of Hawaii-Manoa. Hill has had solo exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim in New York and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. Free.
Art reproduction: The Association of Hawaii Artists has a seminar for members on digital and printing processes, 6 p.m. Feb. 26 at the Academy Arts Center. Annual dues are $30; $15 students. For details, write: Association of Hawaii Artists, P.O. Box 10202, Honolulu 96816.
Lecture: Eugene N. Borza presents his case for attributing items found in a tomb in northern Greece to Alexander the Great, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. Borza, professor emeritus of ancient history at Pennsylvania State University, is one of the world's leading historians on Alexander and Macedon; his books include "In the Shadow of Olympus: The Emergency of Macedon." The program is sponsored by the Hawaii chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America.
Celebrate Na Pali: Works by artists and photographers depicting the Na Pali Coast are wanted for an April/May show at the Princeville Hotel. Call Mel at 826-4581, Kauai.
Small Scale: The Lake City Arts Council is accepting slide submissions of paintings 144 square inches or smaller (including the frame) through April 4. Jurors are Alicia Bailey and Sheila O'Houlihan. Artists must be U.S. residents. Entry fees are $5 for each piece, with a maximum of five entries. Send a No. 10 self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Small Scale, Lake City Arts Council, P.O. Box 876, Lake City CO 81235.
Honolulu International Art Festival: Expressions in Art is planning a show June 21 through 23 at the Amfac building on Fort Street. Call 597-8108.