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T-time
Who says art galleries are non-interactive and boring? Nu’uanu Gallery at Marks Garage will show you something else. You’re invited to a T-Party: a sale featuring t-shirts designed by local artists and designers. Small-run prints and new designs will assist in placing you in fashion-forward comfort. And there’s more–a portion of the proceeds will benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Hawai’i.
The DIY t-shirt craze of a few years ago–where people cut, slashed, ripped, tied, painted, drew and silk screened their hearts out–lives on. Except real artistes will have churned out quality designs you might actually want to buy. There will probably be no iron-on letters from the hardware store proclaiming your ethnic or neighborhood pride. Or if there are, the designs will probably be non-embarrassing.
Besides the wearable art, there will also be other affordable artwork for sale. If you’ve always coveted works of art in galleries but have never had the funds to purchase anything, here’s a chance to support artists and a gallery that want to make the gallery world more accessible to you. Though millionaire t-shirt collectors are still welcome, of course.
The T-Party is part of the Honolulu Arts District’s Spring Side Walk Sale happening on Saturday. So you can strut around Chinatown in your new threads while perusing the wares of over 20 other galleries in the district.–Margot Seeto
