Title: Professor Emerita of Art
Company: University of Hawaii Kapi’olani Community College
Location: Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States
Noreen Kale Naughton, professor emerita of art at the University of Hawaii Kapi’olani Community College, has been recognized by Marquis Who’s Who Top Artists for dedication, achievements, and leadership in fine art education.
Now retired, Ms. Naughton has been recognized as a professor emerita of art at the University of Hawaii’s Kapi’olani Community College since 2003. Rising through the ranks, she began her tenure on campus in 1985 as an assistant professor and later became an associate professor in 1994. She also led seven study-abroad tours in Italy and coordinated its art advisory board. Moreover, Ms. Naughton served on several committees, including chairing the university systemwide articulation of humanities courses.
Before her tenure at Kapi’olani Community College, Ms. Naughton lectured in art at Leeward Community College, part of the University of Hawaii, in Pearl City from 1970 to 1977 and on the University of Hawaii’s main campus between 1977 and 1985. Earlier in her career, she expressed her musical creativity as a violoncellist with the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra (now Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra) from 1965 to 1968 while pursuing her undergraduate studies.
As an artist, Ms. Naughton has focused primarily on painting. She excels in creating various types of landscapes, trees, and other backgrounds, as well as paintings that involve light. Her portfolio of works also includes a vintage collection of paintings, intaglio prints and drawings from the 1970s and 1980s. Ms. Naughton has held numerous one-woman shows throughout her career in Hawaii.
Ms. Naughton was afforded the opportunity to serve as an artist-in-residence at the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park in 2016. She remains passionate about sharing her extensive expertise as a resource for others in visual art by mentoring younger faculty members and former students as they navigate the field.
Highly educated, Ms. Naughton received a Bachelor of Arts, a Master of Education and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Hawaii in 1967, 1974 and 1979, respectively. In addition to her degrees, she completed graduate coursework in drawing, painting and sculpture at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture in New York City, as well as postgraduate work in drawing and painting at the International School of Art in Umbria, Italy.
Ms. Naughton remains affiliated with several industry and community-related organizations, including the College Art Association of America Inc., the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly and the Foundations in Art Theory and Education. She is also the secretary and a member of the Hawaii Consortium for the Arts board of directors.
Among many career accomplishments, Ms. Naughton was instrumental in combining all art courses across the University of Hawaii system during the 1990s. Her extensive knowledge of the curriculum was pivotal to her success. Ms. Naughton was also lauded for establishing the first course articulation agreement on campus.
In light of her success in education and art, Ms. Naughton was recognized with a Regents Medal for Excellence in Teaching from the University of Hawaii Board of Regents in 1994 and a Purchase Award from the Honolulu Museum in 1996. She credits much of her success to her passion for the arts, which her father initiated. In the coming years, Ms. Naughton aims to continue concentrating on her artistic career while remaining active with students, colleagues and other artists.
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