Students and faculty from the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Hawaii-Manoa hold a second annual ArtMania on Sunday, April 5, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the UH-Manoa Art Building.

The free event showcases ongoing studio demonstrations, interactive art activities, live music and performances, sales of student and faculty artwork and t-shirts, and food for purchase by Papa Luck's, a popular campus food vendor.

ArtMania was conceived and organized by graduate art students to invite the community to a lively, fun-filled day, to meet arts students and faculty, to develop awareness and interest in the department's work and to raise funds to support the annual BFA and graduate student exhibitions.

A variety of art-making demonstrations, activities, performances, exhibitions, and sales will be held throughout the day in the UHM Art Building including:

• ceramics wheel-throwing and raku firings

• blind contour drawing

• portrait painting, live painting

• digital printing, bookbinding

• loom weaving, spinning, and crocheting

• lithography and printmaking

• screen printing T-shirts

• small-scale sculpture

• bronze-casting

• wood-carving

• art history lectures

• glass blowing, live glass art auction

• make your own glass paperweight and sushi tile glass-casting

Theater, dance and live bands will be featured, and glass, ceramics, and prints will be on sale.

Works of art by student and faculty and the MFA thesis exhibition by Dan Carbone will be on display.

The 10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition gallery tour features 141 small-scale sculptures no larger than the size of a shoebox, created by international artists.

Admission is free. For up-to-date information about ArtMania, including event schedule and maps, visit http://www.hawaii.edu/art/artmania.