Isla Center set for "Creative Hands" exhibit

by Krystal Paco

Guam - Creative Hands: Selected Works by Local Artists is set for exhibit at the Isla Center for the Arts at the University of Guam from January 24 to February 22.  The public is invited to the opening reception on January 24 from 6-9pm at the Isla Center, #15 Dean's Circle on the UOG campus.

Forty two- and three-dimensional works will be displayed ranging in media including watercolor and acrylic paintings, photographs, pastels, blockprints, batik, ceramics, and digital art. Artists include: John Barber, Monica Baza, Michael Lujan Bevacqua, Julius Sotomayor Cena, Richard Colfax, John Dierking, Maria Fitzpatrick, Monaeka Flores, Yasuko Kurakawa, Richard Olmo, Robin Olmo, Rick Pa, Carol Simpson-Warner, Jay Sullivan, Kie Susuico, and Nahono Tsuruga.

All works were selected from this year's juror, Sharon Tasaka, associate director at the University of Hawai'i Art Gallery in Honolulu.