Arts of Paradise, International Marketplace, 924-2787. "The Drama of Hawaii, Large & Small," acrylic paintings by Tina Tatai, on view in March. Tatai works on large and miniature scales.
Canon Gallery, Ward Plaza, 210 Ward Ave., Suite 200, 522-5930. Images by art photographer and writer Margo Berdeshevsky, with opening reception Tuesday. The show contains images of Kahoolawe, Moscow, Paris, Prague, Bali and New York, and is on view through March.
Foyer Gallery, Leeward Community College, 96-045 Ala Ike St., Pearl City. "Land of the Sharkman, Realm of the Turtle," works by David Behlke, opens March 5. Reception 4:30 to 6 p.m. March 7. Show continues through March.
Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, 45-680 Luluku Road, Kaneohe, 233-7323. "Whatever Works," oil, acrylic and mixed media works by Warren Stenburg, with guest Analu Manoa, a lava rock sculptor, opens 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday. Show continues through March.
JMD Arts & Educational Center, 99-1269 Iwaena St., 487-9985. "Lucky You Live Hawaii," acrylic on canvas by Jack Matthews, opens Tuesday. Show continues through April 10.
Koa Gallery, Kapiolani Community College, 4303 Diamond Head Road, 734-9375. "Women's Beauty/Women's Fate," mixed media work by Phan Nguyen Barker, opens Tuesday. Barker's work refers to "The Tale of Kieu," a famous Vietnamese poem. Show concludes with a ceremony of personal empowerment for women, "Soul-Fire for Your Journey," March 20.
Ko'olau Gallery, Windward Mall, 247-0709. "Talking Stories," watercolors and prints by Juno Galang, on view in March.
Ramsay Galleries, 1128 Smith St., 537-2787. "Day Dreams in Paradise," watercolor art by Janee Starn, opens Monday. Show continues through March.
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, through Friday.
Arts of Paradise, International Marketplace, 924-2787. "Expressions: The Varied Interpretation of the Human Figure," by various artists, through Friday.
Boom Gallery, 81 S. Hotel St., Suite 318, 524-8324. "Blank/White: Erasures," collaborative installation by Karen Kosasa and Stan Tomita, through Friday. Part of a larger project on the "invisibility" of settler colonialism in Hawaii.
Cafe Che Pasta restaurant, 1001 Bishop St., 524-0004. "Thru the Reeds Out to Sea," paintings by George Loyo, through March 14.
Canon Gallery, Ward Plaza, 210 Ward Ave., Suite 200, 522-5930. Photography by Cannon staff, through Friday. 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.
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.
Diamond Head Theatre, 734-0274. Watercolor, pastel and charcoal florals by Garry Palm, through Sunday.
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, on view through April 4.
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, through Friday. 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 Iolani, Windward Community College, 45-720 Kea'ahala Road, 235-7346. Student exhibit of drawing, painting, ceramics, sculpture, photography and other arts on view through March 21.
Gallery on the Pali, Unitarian Church, 2500 Pali Highway, 526-1191. "MultiPlatform," art by the Hawaii Computer Art Society, through Friday. 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, through Friday. 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.
HonBLUE, 501 Sumner St., 531-4611. Works by Don Robinson, on view through March 30.
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.
"New Horizons," prints and drawings by WWII-era emigres in America, on view through April 6. The emigration of European artists such as Salvador Dali and Marc Chagall encouraged experimentation in American art.
"Hiroshige's Tokaido," prints of places along a pilgrimage route between Edo and Kyoto, on view through March 23. This second set of six stations shows the route over the Hakone mountains from Sagami Bay to Suruga Bay, perhaps the harshest part of the trip.
"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," religious artwork representing the Filipino perspective on European Catholicism, through March 23.
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, on view through March 8.
Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, 2454 S. Beretania St., 945-7633. "Japanese American Contemporary Artists '97," featuring sculpture, paintings, photography, prints and textiles by Reiko Brandon, Douglas Doi, James Koga, Kay Mura, Mamoru Sato, Nora Yamanoha and others, on view through June.
Kirsch Gallery, Punahou School, 1601 Punahou St. "A'o Aku, A'o Mai: Teaching and Learning," sculpture by Chuck Kawai'olu Souza and prints by Herman Pi'ikea Clark, on view through March 5.
Ko'olau Gallery, Windward Mall, 247-0709. "Me Ke Aloha," iris prints and other works by Rosalie R. Prussing, through Friday.
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, through Friday.
Queen Emma Gallery, Queen's Medical Center, 1301 Punchbowl St., 547-4397. "Gassho," ceramics by Hideo Okino, on view through noon March 16. Gassho is translated as grateful recognition, reverence. Okino, who studied at the Takashi Nakazato studio in Japan last year, uses glazes of his own invention.
Ramsay Galleries, 1128 Smith St., 537-2787. "Portrait of a Sensitive Artist," photography by Ronen Zilberman, through Friday.
Sam Choy's Diamond Head Restaurant, 449 Kapahulu Ave., 732-8645. "The Choy of Painting," by Ed Furuike and students, through March 14.
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, through Friday. 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.
Waikiki Gallery, Aston Park Shore Hotel, 595-2399. Works by Robert Kelsey, on view through March 15.
"Photography and Beyond": David Ulrich, director of the Pacific Imaging Center, invites participants to manipulate the medium for personal expression in a workshop Friday through Sunday. In conjunction with the Contemporary Museum exhibit. Costs $150. Call 526-1322.
Workshop: David Ellsworth, Chuck Evans, Karen Koblitz and Elizabeth Maluihi Lee are the guest artists at the Hawaii Craftsmen's annual Aha Hana Lima (A Gathering of Crafts), March 19 through 24. They are, respectively, a woodturner from Pennsylvania; a metalsmith, jeweler and professor at Iowa State University; a potter and tile maker from Southern California; and a lauhala weaver from the Big Island. Call 596-8128.
"How You Figure": Al Furtado, retired art director of the Hawaii Newspaper Agency, leads an action-figure drawing workshop 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 5 at Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden. He shares his streamlined methods and helps landscape and seascape artists with introducing figures to compositions. Tuition $40 plus model fee. Call Warren Stenberg at 262-8306.
Raku Ho'olaule'a: T-shirt designs for the Hawaii Craftsmen's 20th anniversary gathering are being accepted until March 15. Winner will receive a cash award. Mail entries to: Hawaii Craftsmen, P.O. Box 22145, Honolulu 96823-2145. Call 596-8128.
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.