Gallery ′Iolani

Gallery Iolani was established in the basement of Iolani Building in 1985 by devoted art faculty and students with no resources to coordinate a gallery program. In 1991, a permanent gallery curator was hired for the Humanities Department. Gallery ‘Iolani now celebrates 26 years of exhibitions at Windward Community College and is recognized as one of the finest exhibition sites in the state of

Hawai‘i, showing work from local, national and international venues. Although the majority of exhibits show local artists, in spring 2014, the Gallery hosted an exhibit from Valdez Museum in Alaska, as well as two separate exhibitions from New Zealand. Other past exhibits have shown contemporary artists from Paris, Kyoto, and Korea. Every two years the gallery exhibits over 150 student art works from WCC studio art programs. The popular annual Christmas Fantasy fundraiser brings thousands of patrons to the gallery, producing a huge outreach to the community and funds for the Gallery Foundation account.