Art in Conversation with Guest Host Josh Tengan and Drew Broderick
During a moment of rest and reflection we position ourselves in relation, Moaʻulaiki, Kahoʻolawe, Hawaiʻi, Moananuiākea
Art in Conversation with Drew Broderick and guest host Josh Tengan
THUR • Oct 1, 2020
5:30pm–6:30pm (HST)
Frequent collaborators on exhibitions and art projects, assistant curator Josh Tengan (HB19) and associate curator Drew Broderick (HT22), discuss community-oriented exhibition-making in Honolulu and a history of contemporary art in Hawaiʻi. Their conversation will center on Drew’s work with Kānaka artists and organizers.
Josh Tengan is a Honolulu-born and based curator and arts project manager. Since 2015, he has worked with local and Native Hawaiian artists, through the arts nonprofit Puʻuhonua Society, to deliver Hawaiʻi’s largest annual thematic contemporary art exhibition, CONTACT, which offers a critical and comprehensive survey of local contemporary visual culture. He recently served as Assistant Curator of the 2019 Honolulu Biennial. He is a professional arts manager at Nā Mea Hawai‘i, managing public art installations in Honolulu for the past four years. He holds a Curatorial Studies MA with Distinction from Newcastle University (UK) and a BA in Fine Art from Westmont College.
Drew Kahuʻāina Broderick is an artist, independent curator, and educator from Mōkapu, Kailua, Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu. Currently, he serves as director of Koa Gallery at Kapiʻolani Community College. Recently, he completed an MA from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College (2019). Previously, he worked in the Hawai‘i-based art collective PARADISE COVE (2015–2018), operated an artist-run venue SPF Projects (2012–2016), and co-founded an annual open-call, thematic exhibition, CONTACT (2014–2019), with community arts organizer Maile Meyer. Collaborative curatorial projects in development include ʻAi Pōhaku and I OLA KANALOA, with Josh Tengan (Assistant Curator HB19), and Revisiting Kealakekua Bay, Reworking the Captain Cook Monument as part of a hui of Hawaiʻi-based artist practitioners.
