I snuck out for a solo art date at Craft Contemporary in the Mid-Wilshire area in early December 2025 to view the exhibit “Material Curiosity by Design: Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman” which I highly recommend. The exhibit runs through May 20, 2026.

Artist, art, craft, museums, LA County, modern art, mid-centuryCarol ChinJanuary 7, 2026ackerman modern, craft contemporary, designComment

Hawaii Architecture - Manoa Residential

Melemele Place is architecture rich with homes by Alfred Preis. Preis was an Austrian-born American architect best known for designing the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor.

I was fortunate to explore this area of Manoa in December of 2023.

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Art and Architecture - UH Manoa Campus

I love exploring college campuses and UH-Manoa is special to me since it’s right around the corner from where I grew up. Though I didn’t attend college at UH, all my siblings did. I wonder if they noticed the great public art there. Here is a sampling.

campus architecture, art, modern art, campus, hawaiiCarol ChinDecember 16, 2025art and architecture, campus architecture, uh-manoa, public artComment

Film Locations - Man on the Inside

I love when I recognize a film location house that’s in LA but is supposed to be in another city like these two midcentury homes in the Netflix series Man on the Inside.

film locations, eagle rockCarol ChinDecember 7, 2025mid-century, film locations, eagle rockComment

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