Digitally Charged Entities 2003
Sponsored by The Digital Art Society of Hawai'i
with additional support from
Bill Dasher Photography, Hawaiian Graphics, HonBlue, Rainbow Photo, and Video Life
Studio One Gallery
1 North King Street
Honolulu, HI 96817
May 3–31, 2003
THE JURORS
Peter Chamberlain: MFA, Professor of Art and Head
of the Expanded Arts Department at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Trained as a
sculptor and musician, Mr. Chamberlain has combined these areas via electronic media, and
he has been teaching and producing various forms of Electronic/Intermedia since 1976.
Victoria Gail-White: BFA, Art Reviewer for the Honolulu Advertiser. Ms. Gail-White is an
accomplished artist working in textiles and paper, whose work has been exhibited
nationally as well as internationally. For the past 15 years she has taught courses at
Temari and Pacific Fiber Arts. Previously, she was the proprietor of the Art Plantation
Gallery in Haleiwa.
Sarah E. Bremser McCormick: Assistant Professor of Art and Art History at the University
of Hawai'i, Kapi'olani Community College, as well as an independent curator and freelance
writer. She previously served as a curator at the Honolulu Academy of Arts and at the
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego. Ms. McCormick holds an MA in the History of Art
from the University of California at Berkeley.
THE AWARDS
Awards were chosen by the jurors and presented on May 9th at the artists’ reception. These include: Best of Show, First Place, Second Place, the Bill Dasher Award for Emerging Artists, the HonBlue Award, the Rainbow Photo Award for Excellence, and the Video Life Award for Creativity. An additional award, the People’s Choice Award, sponsored by Hawaiian Graphics, will be chosen by the vote of gallery visitors throughout the exhibition. Through the People’s Choice Award, we ask you to make your own voice known by voting for your personal favorite of the exhibited works. The results will be tallied on May 31st, then published and permanently archived on our web site.
THE MAHALOS
The help and support of many people were necessary to make the dream of creating this inaugural exhibition into a reality. DASH wishes to thank the following members, sponsors and supporters (in alphabetical order) for their assistance with this exhibition: AC Printing; ArtDeadline.com; Peter Chamberlain; Gaye Chan, Art 405, Professional Practice,University of Hawaii at Manoa; Ellen Chapman; Carolyn W. Clark; Bobby Crockett; Bill Dasher of Bill Dasher Photography; Joan Dubanoski; Derrick Elfalan; Jack Frick of Studio One Gallery; Victoria Gail-White; Larry Heim of HonBlue; Diana Jeon; Hui Kang of Video Life; Kaethe Kauffman; Greg Kerner of Shorebreak; Roger Lyons of Shorebreak; Sarah E. Bremser McCormick; Arthur Nelander, President of Digital Art Society of Hawai'i; Phil Uhl; Brad Wong of Rainbow Photo, and Connie Wright, CEO and President of Avatar Public Relations.