Hawai’i Craftsmen 2016 invites artist submissions to the 49th Annual Statewide Juried Exhibition 

Registration is open on CaFE Sept. 1 - Oct. 1, 2016, 7 pm (HST)

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This yearʻs juror, Cindi Strauss, is the Sara and Bill Morgan Curator of Decorative Arts, Craft and Design and Assistant Director, Programming at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. She received her B.A. with honors in art history from Hamilton College and her M.A. in the history of decorative arts from the Cooper-Hewitt/Parsons School of Design. At the MFAH, Ms. Strauss is responsible for the acquisition, research, publication, and exhibition of post-1900 decorative arts, design, and craft. The MFAH collection of decorative arts and design focuses on works of extraordinary craftsmanship and originality made from the 17th century to the 21st. Since joining the museum, she has organized over twenty exhibitions relating to her field, including Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics: The Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection; Form Follows Function: Celebrating the American Institute of Architects Houston Design Collection at the MFAH; the traveling show Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection; The Past Made Present: Contemporary Art and Memory; and Liquid Lines: Exploring the Language of Contemporary Metal. She has authored or contributed to major catalogues and journals on decorative arts, craft, and design topics, and has been a frequent lecturer at museums nationwide.

Daven Hee is an instructor of ceramics at Mid-Pacific Institute.  He also teaches ceramics at HMA School, the Hawai‘i Potters’ Guild, and is a lecturer at the University of Hawai‘i. He has exhibited nationally and internationally. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the National Institute for the Arts, Australian National University; the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts; and in private collections locally and abroad.

Daven Hee Ceramics, www.davenheeceramics.com

William began glassblowing in 1969 at the Foundry Workshop in Honolulu, Hawaii. Sally blew her first piece in January 1971 at the Foundry Glass Workshop in Honolulu. In 1972, Bill and Sally opened a professional hot glass studio and gallery in Cannon Beach, Oregon. In 1984, they opened a design studio in Kula on Maui, Hawaii. From 1984 to 1991, they ran dual studios, spending June through September in their hot shop in Oregon and October through May in their design studio on Maui. In the fall of 1991, they moved their entire studio to Maui, forming the new business, called Hot Island Glass. May 2000, Hot Island Glass was sold and Bill and Sally began a new studio, Worcester Glassworks, in Kula, Maui. 

William taught glassblowing for the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts from 1970 through 1972. In 1986, 1988, 1990 and 1996 William and Sally taught the Spring Concentration Glassblowing program at Penland School of Crafts in Penland, North Carolina.

Trained as an earth scientist, M.S. in Oceanography, University of Hawaii. I have always been fascinated by the earthʻs formation. My latest sculptural blown glass work often relates to geological processes: meteoritic additions, lava flows and erosional decay. The pieces are often heavily surfaced, embellished and adorned with dyed hemp. -- William Worcester

My work is very much influenced by Mother Nature. I am particularly infatuated with the colors she uses. I am using Dick Nelsonʻs Tri Hue method and treat my pieces as if they were a watercolor, layering one color on top of the other. I had the good fortune to partner with my husband, Bill Worcester, in a glass studio since 1972. -- Sally Worcester

Worcester Glass Works, www.worcesterglassworks.com