Office Phone: (808) 455- 0227
Office Number: AM 203
reem@hawaii.edu
Area: Drawing and Painting
reembassous.studio

Reem Bassous received her BA from The Lebanese American University and her MFA from The George Washington University. She started teaching drawing and painting in 2001 and is currently an assistant professor at Leeward Community College at the University of Hawaiʻi. Bassous also serves as the gallery coordinator at Leeward. Her regional and national exhibitions include solo shows at the Honolulu Museum of Art, and the Washington Studio School Gallery, in Washington DC. Bassous’ work is in permanent collections which include the Honolulu Museum of Art and Shangri La Museum for Islamic Art, Culture and Design. 

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Area: Photography 

Phil Jung received a BFA from The San Francisco Art Institute (1998) and an MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (2009). He was born and raised in the Lower Hudson Valley of New York. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States, published, and featured nationally and internationally. His work is in the permanent collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Recent clients include Coach, GQ, Orion, Flux, and AMERICA. Before coming to LCC Jung was head of the photo area at UH Manoa where he taught intro and advanced photography classes. 

Office Phone: (808) 455-0535
Office Number: DHE-107c
erikaj@hawaii.edu
Area: New Media Arts

Erika Molyneux is trained in graphics and printmaking (BFA, 2005), learning design and technology (M.Ed. & COLT, 2017), and observational drawing and painting (Atelier, 2010). She served on the boards of two local arts non-profits and currently paints on the art ministry team at church. As a teacher, she strives to apply real-world lessons, facilitates campus and community collaborations, and empower students through art! She has been awarded honors from Leeward Community College, The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Honolulu Printmakers, Digital Artists’ Society of Hawaii, Honolulu Museum of Art, and Hawai‘i Alliance for the Arts. 

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rmolyneu@hawaii.edu
Area: Drawing and Printmaking 

Robert Molyneux is trained in glass and metal-smithing, drawing, painting, and printmaking, with degrees from  Virginia Commonwealth University (BFA, 1990) and The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa (MFA, 2007).  He has taught courses in art history, watercolor painting, drawing, and screenprinting for Leeward and Windward Community Colleges, the Honolulu Printmakers, and the Honolulu Museum of Art. As an art teacher, Rob helps students unlock their undiscovered creative potential! He has been awarded honors from The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Honolulu Printmakers, John Young Foundation, Graphic Chemical, Hawaiian Graphics, the Dodie Warren Trust, Honolulu Museum of Art, and Hawai‘i Alliance for the Arts.

Office Phone: (808) 455-0536
Office Number: DH-E107
oberheu@hawaii.edu
Area: Digital Photography, Digital Art, Media Ethics & Literacy
donsphotoworks.com

Don is a graduate of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. He has taught digital photography, digital art, and media ethics & literacy here at Leeward CC for many years. He is fluent in Japanese and often travels to Japan to photograph. Here in Hawaii, he focuses on underwater, wildlife, and scenic photography. 

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mportner@hawaii.edu
Area: Drawing
mayaleaportner.com

Maya Lea Portner is an artist and educator from Honolulu, Hawai‘i. She earned a BFA from Washington University School of Art in St. Louis and an MFA from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Portner is the 13th recipient of the Catherine E. B. Cox Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts, awarded by the Honolulu Museum of Art.  She has been teaching drawing at Leeward CC since 2017 and has taught UH system-wide in various art departments since 2006.