Hey all! In honor of Mother’s Day, the Honolulu Museum of Art will be presenting a free cyanotype card-making workshop next Friday, May 9th at 2:30 at Kaimuki Public Library conducted by Spalding House teaching artists. Open to children, young adults, or I guess anyone with a mother figure. Sign up at Kaimuki Library, or just stop by Friday afternoon!
CONTACT at the Honolulu Museum of Art School
Aloha all!
I got work accepted into the CONTACT show and the Honolulu Museum of Art School, up until April 21st. Go check ‘um out!
“A contemporary art exhibition and community programming that explores the notion of contact as it relates to the Hawaiian Islands, its people, and their experiences. Contemporary artists of all ethnicities and ages delve into a variety of contact-inspired messaging. Accompanying the exhibition is a program of talks and film that encourages audiences to “make contact” with other opinions and perspectives.
Jurors: Lawrence Seward and Jon Staub
Sponsored by the Maoli Arts Alliance (MA‘A), an initiative of the Pu‘uhonua Society, with assistance from ii gallery, Na Mea Hawai‘i, and the PROP Foundation.”
Seen It Made It Show at HMA – Spalding House Cafe
I’ll have work exhibited up at the Spalding House Cafe from Feb 8 – March 8, 2014 as part of an instructor art show. All work on the walls were made by the teaching artists of the See Art Make Art program at Spalding House. My fellow artist/sister-teachers are Andrea Charuk, Dee Olive, and Amelia Samari along with our leader/mentor Brandley Capello.
Please join us for the opening reception Feb 8 from 2:30 to 4pm!
Cyanotypes at HMoA
If you go strolling in the the Honolulu Museum of Art, be sure to take a left at the main entrance and check out the new lounge area they’ve created.
Last November, the museum asked me to make some cyanotype photograms using culturally-significant plants of Hawaii for signage in the lounge. While I’ve made large-scale cyanotypes on fabric before – Hey there, Blueprint! – it was the first time I had to hand-coat paper larger than 11″x14″. Let’s just say it took a bit of experimentation and a lot of blue stains to figure it out, but lo and behold! They are up and beautiful! The leaves I used are from kukui, banana, bamboo, and laua’e plants.
Honolulu Printmaker’s Director’s Portfolio
The Honolulu Printmaker’s Impressions Benefit Print Sale is happening this Thanksgiving Weekend, November 29 to December 1. This year, the printmaker’s new director has started the first annual Director’s Portfolio, in which he’s selected 4 rising Hawai’i artists to create an edition of 20 to be sold together as a portfolio. I was selected along with some other awesome artists to participate and I’m so excited to be part of this new tradition.
Inspired by my interest with Polynesian wayfinding – methods of navigating without instruments – this edition of andprinted-linocut over cyanotype prints illustrates a new visual direction I’ve been exploring over the past few months.
Please join us at the Honolulu Printmaker’s Print Sale at the Honolulu Museum of Art School (Linekona) from 10-4 over Thanksgiving Weekend.
Art a la Carte on KITV4
The KITV4 Morning Show invited me and fellow teaching artist Andrea Charuk to talk about the current exhibition “Now Hear This” and See Art, Make Art tour at the Honolulu Museum of Art’s Spalding House. Click the link below to watch:
It was two days before Halloween, so obviously we had to dress up. Wayne’s World! Party Time! Morning News!
Artwork up at the new 12th Ave Grill
Dine in at the new 12th Ave Grill in Kaimuki and see artwork from 3 local artists (including this gal). Great food, fantastic service, sweet artwork? Sounds like an awesome night.
12th Ave Grill is located on 1120 12th Ave (the old Victoria Inn) and is open Monday through Sunday, from 5:30-11 every night.
Cyanotype Workshop at the Art Explorium
Cyanotype Workshop at the Art Explorium
Know any kids interested in art/photography/being awesome? Sign them up for this cyanotype workshop at the Art Explorium in Kaimuki this Sunday, Sept 1. My partner in art, Brandon, and I will be be leading the workshop!
35th HJCC “Commitment to Excellence” Art Show
Come to the Opening Reception for the 35th Annual HFCC “Commitment to Excellence” Art Exhibition will be this coming Monday August 12, 2013 at 5:30pm at the Honolulu Museum of Art School (formerly Linekona).
If you can’t make the reception, the show will be up from August 13 to the 22! Stop on by!
Blueprints with the Offsetter
Our friend James Cave at the Offsetter spent an afternoon with Brandon and me and interviewed us about our Orvis Artists-In-Residence project at the Honolulu Museum of Art, Spalding House. Check it out!
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