5th Black and White Photo Competition 2007-2008 Winners

GRAND PRIZE
Michael Pavarano "Sleepy Solitude"
 
PRO/ ADV AMATEUR
1ST  Michael Lee "Island Roots"
2ND Mary Goodrich "Peacock, Wood Valley"
 
AMATEUR
1ST  Sandy Mackey "Lilly-Koi"
2ND Andre Wong "Three Stairs"
 
YOUTH
1ST Hanna Saltzberg "A Shadow Of Four" AGE 12
2ND Keawe Strance "Pika Boo" AGE 6

4th Black and White Photo Competition 2006-2007 Winners

Grand Prize
Monkey Pods - Beverly Warns

Professional/Adv AM Non-manipulated:
Pontiac Lines - Pablo McLoud

Amateur Manipulated:
Remembered Dead - Carol Casey

Amatuer Non-Manipulated:
Undokai - Alexa Bates

Youth  Manipulated:
Stepping into Clouds - Emma Pang

Youth Non-manipulated:
Maka - Carson Magoon

People Choice Award: Maka - Carson Magoon

Artists Choice: Monkey Pods - Beverly Warns

Judges: Brad Lewis, Rick Decker, Wayne Levin.

The Hamakua Artisans Guild - (Website) - January 28- February 12, 2007

The Hamakua Artisans Guild was formed in 1999 by a group of artists living and working on the Hamakua Coast of the Big Island of Hawaii.   Membership has expanded to include members from  Waimea as well.  The mission of the Guild is to foster and promote the art and fine crafts created by Guild members, and to enhance artistic creativity in North Hawaii.  The Guild is a diverse group of artisans, working in many media, including pottery, glass, jewelry, wood, metal, painting and fibers.

The Guild sponsors several events each year, including an annual Holiday Studio Tour, held in November.  For this Tour, members of the Guild open their studios to the public for a weekend that includes demonstrations, hands on activities, and displays  of their artwork.

Although the Studio Tour is the Guilds main yearly event, the artists of the Hamakua Artisans Guild are active year round in creating and sharing their artwork.  In addition to participating in numerous in art exhibits and sales, members have been involved with teaching, performing community service, creating commissioned works, attending workshops to broaden their skills, and even in making technical innovations to the tools of their trade.

Events have included a group exhibit at the Wailoa Center in Hilo in 2004, and a fund raiser for Sri Lanka tsunami victims in 2005, which brought in over $3500.   The Artisans Guild has also supported the Hamakua Music Festival for the last 4 years, with donations and window displays.  And this past year, several Guild members have taught much needed after school art programs for children in Paauilo, Honokaa and Waimea.

Canada France Hawaii Telescope - Images of the Cosmos - Feb. 14-March 15, 2007

The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corporation (CFHT) is the oldest international astronomical facility on Mauna-Kea. CFHT made Waimea its home and has been playing for more than 30 years an important role in the local community, thanks to its diverse and dynamic staff. Its 3.6-m telescope has been, and remains, one of the best in its class. Though bigger telescopes came to Mauna Kea in recent years, CFHT is still one of the leading facilities in todays astronomy, thanks to a suite of unique instruments. One of them, MegaCam, the largest digital camera in operation on a telescope, has been since mid-2003 one of CFHTs signature instruments. MegaCam is delivering images of the cosmos of exquisite quality to scientists all over the world, leading to cutting edge science. These images, while scientifically invaluable, are also aesthetically breathtaking, leaving the spectator in awe of the beauty and immensity of the Universe.

Margo Ray

Margo Ray is a printmaker, painter and book artist from the Big Island of Hawai’i. She graduated with her Master of Fine Arts from Concordia University in Montreal in 2006 and earned her BA from the University of Hawaii at Hilo in 2002. She approaches her artistic practice through the process of collection : postcards, tourist memorabilia, and old photographs that she incorporates into her work through various print media processes. Margo’s work investigates notions of authenticity and vulnerability as well as her relationship to the natural world by creating surreal compositions where she uses drawn and photographic images of animals, plants, architecture and explosions to communicate her imagined world.

Her show at the Kahilu Theatre included a 32-foot mural that immerses the viewer in a dream-like landscape and two smaller mixed media pieces that reference water tank structures, ones that is commonly found in the Hawaiian landscape. She exhibiting November 2006 at Mark’s Garage in Chinatown , Honolulu and the Koa Gallery in Kaimuki.

Charlotte Nairn - Sept 8-Oct 13 , 2006

"I am a painter working in the oil on canvas and the monotype media. I have been especially drawn to working with monotypes for some time now.

Monotypes are unique works of art, hence the term monotype. Traditional printmaking techniques involve creating a permanent matrix, for example by etching a plate. This surface can then be repeatedly inked and printed, creating multiples, an edition. Monotypes are created by transferring fresh ink or paint from a plate to paper, allowing for great freedom and experimentation. They may be created with colored pigments or with black, which gives an appearance of black and white. But monotype does not mean monochrome.

I am contantly amazed by the vast diversity and beauty of creation."

Mana, which refers to the spirit and power that permeates all life, is the theme of this show of monotypes, which represent a selection from her recent  exhibition at the W. M. Brady & Co. in New York, her fourth one-person show with the gallery. -Charlotte Nairn

The 3rd Annual (2005) Black and White Photography competition: Award Winners

Grand Prize: "Twig Matrix" - By Pablo McCloud

Professional Division Award: "Once a Forest" - By Keoki Carter

Professional Manipulated Image Award: "Wreck of the Naked Lady" - By Rick Decker

Amateur Division Award: "Cathys Pond" - By Shannon Carlile

Amateur Manipulated Award: "Wild Child" - By Kahualani Abrahams

Youth Division: "Untitled" - By Katie Boehm

Peoples Choice Award: "Puu Koaia" - By William S. Chillingworth

Artists Choice Award: "Lightly" - By Alexa Bates

Kona Underwater Photographic Society Exhibit - August 1 through September 26, 2005

The Kona Underwater Photographic Society was formed in 1996 and now boasts more than 50 members.  The club welcomes anyone interested in taking pictures underwater and provides a learning environment and a forum for sharing works in photography.  The KUPS show at the Kahilu Theatre Gallery contains more than 60 photos by 13 KUPS members, of varying levels of experience. The photos in this exhibit represent thousands of hours of dedicated artistic struggle, frustration and triumph. The images gracing the gallery walls offer a glimpse into a world of exotic fish, colorful reefs and other fascinating sea life. Most of the photos in the exhibit are available for purchase.

Keiki Art at the Gallery 2006 - Exhibit: April 1, 2006-April 30, 2006

For the second year Ironwood Custom Framing will sponsor an exhibit of keiki art in the Kahilu Gallery.

Last year, 20 young artists proudly displayed their work in the gallery. If you know a young artist whose work should be displayed.

Presented through the generous support of Ironwood Framing.

 

 

Kahilu Gallery Featured Exhibit - ARCHIPELAGO - June 2006

Portraits of Life in the World’s Most Remote Island Sanctuary
By David Liittschwager and Susan Middleton

Following on the great success of their first exhibition and book, Remains of the Rainbow, Liittschwager and Middleton have produced another spectacular exhibit “Archipelago”. This time the compelling and exotic landforms, flora, and fauna of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands are their subject. The Kahilu Gallery is thrilled to again host the extraordinary work of these two fine artists and to participate in the statewide tour of the exhibit.

 

Exhibited Works by Two Waimea Artists - March 2005

“Twilight Show” to Feature Oil Paintings by Marlene Honma and Pottery by Fumi Bonk

The Kahilu Theatre Foundation welcomes Marlene Honma and Fumi Bonk to the Kahilu Theatre Gallery in the month of March. The exhibit, “Twilight Show”, will feature the oil paintings by Ms. Honma and the sculptural work of Mrs. Bonk.

Ms. Honma’s most recent work is a series of oil paintings documenting an emotional response to the natural elements specific to the North Kohala region, including the sacred, monolithic pu’u surrounding the community. According to Ms. Bonk, nowhere, other than on the Big Island, has she found the refined and rugged aspects of nature more regularly and dramatically standing next to each other – the rugged texture of the lava overlaid with the smooth texture and color of the sky and water. These themes, which continue to captivate her and inspire new work, are beautifully represented in her sculptural, hand-built clay vessels. Many of her pieces will be on display in the Kahilu Theatre Gallery, in what she calls a retrospective show.

Keiki Art at the Gallery 2006 - 2005

In Spring 2004 the Kahilu Theatre Gallery hung a collection of children’s art produced by Big Island youth. In April of 2005 the Gallery hosted a juried art competition for children in grades K-5. The show was underwritten by Ironwood Custom Framing of Waimea, which handled complimentary framing of all art selected for the show.

Gallery artists and their families were invited to attend an artist’s reception on April 2. The artwork hung in the Kahilu Gallery April 2 – May 1, 2005.

 

2004 Black and White Photography

The Kahilu Theatre Foundation proudly announced its second annual Photography Competition and Exhibition. The Exhibition appeared in the Kahilu Gallery Nov. 30, 2005 – January 16, 2006. Juried by a panel of distinguished local photographers, the Kahilu Theatre Photography Competition and Exhibition featured the best black and white photography currently being produced by Hawai’i island residents. The competition featured a sub-category within each of the four main categories for digitally-manipulated photos.