Updated Hawaii Craftsmen 2012 Exhibition Schedule

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2012 EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
UPDATED 12 July 2012
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ONGOING
HAWAII CRAFTSMENâS 36^TH ANNUAL RAKU HOâOLAULEâA EXHIBITION
On View: June 19- July 28; 11 a.m. ö 6 p.m. (PLEASE NOTE EXTENDED DATE)
Tuesday through Saturday; FREE
Opening Reception: July 3, 5:30-8 p.m.; FREE
The Arts at Marks Garage, 1159 Nuuanu Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96817
This juried exhibition of new ceramics work was created by Hawaii Craftsmen members during the Raku Hoâolauleâa and camp-out held at Camp Mokuleâia in Waialua, Hawaii, May 25-28, 2012. This smoky ceramic retreat held annually in a gorgeous Hawaiian beach setting allows members to share ceramic-making techniques and tips with each other. During the long weekend, members live, eat, and sleep ceramics, which are then juried and selected for exhibition at The Arts at Marks Garage later in the summer. The 2012 guest artist and juror was Steven Forbes-de Soules.

Among the prize winners this year were:
Contemporary: Grand Prize - Wanda Garrity, 1st place - Nicole Sim; 2nd Place - Ramon Camarillo, 3rd Place - Will Jacobson, Honorable Mentions - Roberta Griffiths, Jerome Heck and Supin Wongbusarakum
Traditional: 1st Place - Philip Markwart, 2nd Place - Chad Steve, 3rd Place - Ginny McGaraghan, Honorable Mentions - Christy Deutsch, Philip Markwart and Valerie Onizuka
Youth: 1st and 2nd Place - Forrest Leonard, 3rd Place - Marguerite Cazin, Honorable Mention - Forrest Leonard

The 2012 Raku Hoâolauleâa Exhibition is free to the public and will remain on view from June 19 through July 13 at The Arts at Marks Garage, 1159 Nuuanu Avenue.

AUGUST
HAWAII CRAFTSMENâS 2012 STATEWIDE JURIED EXHIBITION
On View: August 30 through September 20, 2012; Tues. ö Sat. 10 am-4:30 pm; Sun. 1 pm-5 pm; FREE (PLEASE NOTE REVISED DATE)
Opening Reception: August 29, 5:30-7:30 p.m. (PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE)
Honolulu Museum Art School Gallery, 1111 Victoria St., Honolulu, HI 96814
The annual exhibition of new work, created by members of Hawaii Craftsmen, will be juried by Jo Lauria. She is a respected art and design historian and independent curator. Formerly a decorative arts curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Lauria specializes in modern and contemporary decorative arts, craft, and design. She has published extensively, organized numerous exhibitions and produced and directed multi-media presentations and documentary films. From 2007-2009, Lauria served as chief curator of the exhibition, Craft in America: Expanding Traditions, a nationally touring show hosted by seven American museums. Lauriaâs most recent exhibition, Master of Mid-Century California Modernism: Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman, was on view at the Mingei International Museum, San Diego March 2009-January 2010. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in art history from Yale University and a Master of Fine Arts degree in studio art from Otis College of Art and Design.

Sculpture MFA candidate Abi Good will serve as the overall chair and project coordinator for Hawaii Craftsmenâs 2012 Statewide Juried Exhibition. Serving as exhibition designer will be artist, curator, and former gallery owner, Keiko Hatano. Submissions from the neighbor islands will be coordinated by Hawaii Craftsmen board representatives as follows: Hugh Jenkins (Big Island); Tim Garcia (Maui); and Kathy Cowan (Kauai).

CALL FOR ENTRY: Oahu artists may submit their work on Sunday, August 26, from 9 a.m. until 1p.m., at the Honolulu Museum Art School, 1111 Victoria Street. For complete information, visit the online web site at: http://www.hawaiicraftsmen.memberlodge.org/ae

SEPTEMBER

GIVE ALOHA!
Any Foodland, Sack N Save, or Foodland Farms Checkout
Give Aloha is an annual program through which FOODLAND directs its charitable giving to the organizations that are important to its customers. The program honors Maurice J. ãSullyä Sullivan, founder of Foodland Super Market, Ltd. As a 501 (c)(3) organization, Hawaii Craftsmen is now registered and eligible to receive funding through this charitable effort. When Hawaii Craftsmen supporters make contributions to GIVE ALOHA at Foodland during the month of September, Foodland will contribute matching funds, up to $350,000. Customers may donate up to a cumulative total of $249 per person, per organization. Donations are accepted at any Foodland, Sack N Save, or Foodland Farms checkout. The code for Hawaii Craftsmen is 77341. Please make a contribution in September to Hawaii Craftsmen through the Give Aloha program.

OCTOBER
HAWAII CRAFTSMENâS 2012 FIBER HAWAII: IN, OF OR ABOUT FIBER
On View: October 25- November 17, 2012; Tues-Sat 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Sun 1-5 p.m.
Honolulu Museum of Art School, 1111 Victoria Street, Honolulu, HI 96814 (808) 532-8741; FREE
Opening Reception: October 25, 5-7 p.m.; FREE
Juror: Susan Taber Avila
Free Juror Lecture and Slide Presentation: October 18, 6:30 p.m.; Honolulu Museum of Art School (PLEASE NOTE - UPDATED DATE AND TIME)
Fiber Hawaii has been presented every other year for the past 30 years. This exhibition encourages participation form artists in all media who wish to explore fiber related work. The juried exhibition sometimes includes a component for traditional ethnic works as well as contemporary styles. Juror Susan Taber Avila is an artist who uses textiles to enhance perception of contemporary culture. She is a Professor of Design (Fashion & Textiles) at the University of California Davis and a Sunshine Scholar at Wuhan Textile University in Wuhan, China. Her innovative machine stitched artwork is exhibited nationally and internationally and her work has been published in numerous books and periodicals. Visiting juror Susan Taber Avila will also present a slide lecture about her work and developments in the field of fiber art. The lecture is free and open to the public and will be held October 18 (location and time TBA).

Fiber Hawaii: In, Of Or About Fiber will be on view at the Honolulu Museum of Art School October 25 through November 17, 2012, on Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.; and Sunday from 1 until 5 p.m. The exhibition is free and open to the public.

CALL TO ARTISTS: Artists may submit their work for this exhibit on October 20 from 4 until 7 p.m. at the Honolulu Museum of Art School (1111 Victoria Street), Room 101. Neighbor Island artists who wish to enter must mail their artwork to arrive at the Hawaii Craftsmen office (1159 Nuuanu Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96817) by October 19, 2012. Entries should be packed in a reusable box. Entries may utilize traditional fiber media (yarn, fabric, etc.) and techniques (weaving, batik, papermaking, felting, dyeing, stitching, knitting, crochet, etc.); or they may utilize other craft media with textile techniques (woven wood or glass, for instance).

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Hawai'i Craftsmen's celebrates fine craft as a vital and enriching part of contemporary life and supports the creative growth of our member artists.

We achieve our mission through:

increasing public awareness and appreciation of fine craft;
providing opportunities for continuing education and regular exhibition of member work;
sustaining a statewide community of craft artists;
promoting the organization and its members nationally as well as statewide.

In 2000 Hawai`i Craftsmen was designated the lead partner and on-site manager for The ARTS at Marks Garage -an arts enterprise project in downtown Honolulu. This opportunity allowed us to increase our presence in the community and to offer expanded programming to our membership and the public. The location and collaborative nature of this venture also furthers our goals of increasing our exposure to new communities, thus increasing our membership and our base of financial support. Hawai`i Craftsmen (together with the partner organizations) brings over 30 years of experience and community relationships to the development of this long awaited endeavor.

The importance and quality of our work has won us State Foundation on Culture and the Arts support since our inception. Our members include Ron Kent, whose work is in the White House Crafts Collection, Francis Pickens, represented in the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, life members Toshiko Takaezu, Claude Horan, Ruthadell Anderson, Lucille Copper, and other illustrious artists. Many of our 400 members, one third being neighbor islanders, have works in the SFCA Art in Public Places collection.

Many teach art in Hawai'i's public and private schools passing on to their students new techniques they learn through us, especially through `Aha Hana Lima.

Described by former Honolulu Academy of Arts director George Ellis as "one of the most professional and active organizations of its kind in the nation," our "distinguished record of service" through juried exhibitions, lectures, demonstrations, and workshops, which have drawn between 1500 and 9000 attendees, has "been instrumental to the creation of public appreciation, perception, and awareness of the visual arts."

Living in paradise provides unique programming challenges: five islands separated by miles of ocean. Hawai'i Craftsmen increases membership involvement by sending jurors to neighbor islands, shipping neighbor islanders' work to exhibits in Honolulu, giving scholarships to Neighbor islanders for Honolulu workshops, and contracting out-of-state jurors and guest artists. Our website, redesigned and updated in 2002, features our organization, programs and member artists and is a resource for artists and those interested in crafts and the arts. We work hard to reach art educators in all levels of education so that they may take what they have learned back to their students. We network with neighbor island organizations to provide opportunities for the guest artists to reach an even larger part of our state through presenting workshops and slide lectures outside of Honolulu.

Many of our programs are co-sponsored or produced with the help of The Honolulu Academy of Art, The Contemporary Museum, The University of Hawai`i, The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, The Mayor's Office on Culture and Art, East West Center, and other arts and culture organizations and facilities throughout the state. All of these programs are available and promoted to neighbor islanders. Receptions, exhibits and raku beach side firings are free to the public; fees are charged to participating artists at workshops, exhibits and the raku firing.

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