Exhibitions - 2019/2020 Season
A retrospective exhibit spanning 40 years of work by the artist known as the Matisse of Japan, Mayumi Oda. "Through my creative process, I have been creating myself. Goddesses are a projection of myself and who I want to be. Each picture represents a stage of my development, the influences I was feeling, and events that were going on around me." -Mayumi Oda
Mariah Reading In The Wake of Our Waste | Oct 17 - Dec 7, 2019
There is no shortage of marine debris harming our once pristine oceans. Reading has searched for creative ways to leave all bodies of water better than she found them. This series looks at how a human footprint on land is directly related to the sea. Reading’s work depicts environmental changes humans have caused and what steps must be taken to preserve this one Earth.
The Invasive Species of the Built Environment explores the controversial builds and infrastructural projects in the state of Hawai’i. Through the act of trying to remove the man-made structures through laser etching, the process ends up scarring the paper, much like how the land is scarred with permanent effects from these structures.
This year’s exhibit will focus on the voyaging canoe Makali’i’s Hanauna Ola project, in which the canoe sailed for 30 days to the Northwest Hawaiian Islands provisioned with food entirely sourced on Hawai’i Island and in part, grown and preserved by local school garden programs. The Voyager Exhibit is curated in partnership with Na Kālai Wa’a and the Waimea Ocean Film Festival.
Fire and ice: Two opposing forces which seem worlds apart. Though Hawai‘i and Antarctica are separated by a vast expanse of ocean, both have been defined by these conditions. In this mixed-media installation inspired by her expedition to Antarctica, Michelle compares and contrasts these interconnected regions, their inhabitants, and the forces that shape them.
Basketball hoops can be found everywhere and are accessible to people from all walks of life. Half Court - Full Court is created using in-camera multiple exposure photography and explores the sport’s surrounding environment by providing an otherwise impossible view of both basketball hoops simultaneously.
We are pleased to announce the juror for the 2020 Kahilu Annual Juried Exhibtion will be Healoha Johnston. Healoha is the curator of Asian Pacific American Women’s Cultural History at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center. Ms. Johnson's theme for this year's Juried exhibition will be Call + Response.
Please visit Cafè (callforentry.org) to apply, the application process is open now through February 16, 2020 and the exhibition dates are March 12 - April 19, 2020. The Hawai'i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts has confirmed a visit on March 12, 2020 from the Awards Acquisition Committee to purchase works for the Art in Public Places Program. The opening reception will be Friday, March 13 from 5-7 p.m.
Curated in partnership with the Waimea Education Hui, this year’s All Schools Exhibit will align thematically with the upcoming Mele Murals project at the Waimea Community Center.
Heart of the Wa’a project focuses on place-based narratives from leaders and kūpuna of Hawaiian outrigger canoe racing, and the many facets of canoe culture in Hawaiʻi. The exhibit uses images and oral histories to explore what is at the heart of the canoe, or waʻa. From coaching to canoe carving, it allows viewers an intimate look at these bearers of tradition, and the knowledge they impart to the next generation.
