CLASS OF 1929 ART GALLERY

"With Paintbrush Not Gun”
Paintings by Donald Yacoe

Exhibit
Sunday, June 21 to Friday, July 24, 2009
Reception
Sunday, June 21, 2009 1 to 3p.m.

Class of 1929 Gallery - 5th Floor - Eisenhower Hall

Gallery Hours
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, (except holidays).
Also open prior to all theatre performances.

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Artist's Biography

Donald Yacoe had a long career as an exhibiting artist, professor of art and muralist. During World War II, he served as a staff artist for the U.S. 8th Army in the Pacific. During that time, his Philippine watercolors appeared in Life Magazine and New York’s Babcock Gallery. He held one man shows in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Honolulu and exhibited in museums in the U.S. and abroad. Mr. Yacoe was a Professor Emeritus from Long Island University, CW. Post Center, School of the Arts and a former exchange professor at the University of Hawaii, Manoa. Mr. Yacoe had lived in Hawaii since 1985, where he lived and worked in a house and studio on Paiko Lagoon in East Honolulu. He and his wife Caroline had traveled extensively in the Pacific, collecting art and taking videos for documentaries on tribal art, life and ceremonies. His family will present the exhibit in his honor.