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Sandy Pohl has uttered those words, and scores of loyal friends, artists and art lovers have offered to help bring her ideas to reality.
’ve got an idea.” Many times in the past few years,
and sometimes pho- tographer or writer, along with Tracy Chan, DAC’s marketing and
By MaryAnne Long
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Pohl Stays Centered On Art
It’s not just little ideas that Pohl, executive director of Downtown Art Center (DAC) dreams up; it is huge projects that many might shy away from. Imagine taking a floor of a large city building that had been unused for more than a decade and transform- ing it into a grand art gallery, and doing it with more deter- mination than dollars. That’s how DAC, now celebrating its second anniversary, came to be — and it happened during a pandemic!
publicity specialist. Also contributing pho- tography to the publica- tion is Jordan Kamuela
Gestrich.
In celebration of
Over its first two years, DAC has produced 30 vari- ous types of art shows, exhib- ited works from hundreds of local artists, provided art in- struction to hundreds of youth and adults, and pumped hun- dreds of thousands of dollars into the local economy.
Says Floyd Takeuchi, not- ed Pacific Rim photographer and writer, “Her idea was as simple as it was audacious — to do a large-format cof- fee table book with the stories of men and women who had used art to help them deal with the unimaginable loss of a loved one.”
Pohl did not stop think- ing up ideas. Her next plan was to publish an annual art magazine, and again enlisted the aid of Takeuchi. He knew that professional help would be needed on this project, too, and assembled anoth- er talented team to produce DACArts, with well-respect- ed editor-writer, Karen Davis Barr, at the helm. Takeuchi serves as managing editor
Downtown Art Center, Second Floor Gallery is lo- cated at 1141 Nu‘uanu Ave., and is open 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays.
It is not always huge floor- to-ceiling-type projects that
Takeuchi put together an editorial team, headed by Cathy Cruz-George, and brought Pohl’s idea to fru-
MaryAnne Long is an art- ist, art instructor, art collec- tor, and curator. Contact her at malong@hawaii.rr.com or longlostart.weebly.com.
Sandy Pohl, executive director of Downtown Art Center
PHOTO COURTESY FLOYD TAKEUCHI
Cover of Courage Poured Into My Heart: Stories of Grief, Hope and Love PHOTO COURTESY DOWNTOWN ART CENTER
the launch of the new DACArts Magazine and Courage Poured Into My Heart: Stories of
Pohl has on her mind. One of her most recent is what her friends called her “grief project.”
ition with Courage Poured into My Heart: Stories of Grief, Hope, and Love, a stunning 12-by12-inch coffee table book.
Grief, Hope and Love, DAC will be featuring local artists from these two projects in a gallery show Sept. 2-10. Both publications will go on sale to the public on Sept. 10 and can be purchased at the DAC Art and Gifts area on the first floor (11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues- days-Saturdays).
(From left) A Downtown Art Center watercolor art class; an inside gallery shot of Downtown Art Center. PHOTOS COURTESY TRACY CHAN/DOWNTOWN ART CENTER