Award Winners
The Thurston Twigg-Smith Best in Show Award – $4,000
Mary Downes, Michael Downes and Patrick Downes, Aloha Tower Hawaiian Steel Guitar (Three Parts), Mixed media: Wood, steel, abalone shell, electronics, fabric, video
Oʻahu
The Elizabeth Rice Grossman Award of Excellence – $2,000
Sponsored by Elizabeth Rice Grossman
Jenna Macy, Home-ing, Clay, glaze, pearl lustre, flameworked glass, neon gas, disco ball motor, monofilament
Oʻahu
The John Young Award – $1,000
Sponsored by the John Young Foundation
Donna Nakamoto, Shino Saimin Noodle Stack, Porcelain
Oʻahu
The Charles E. Higa Memorial Award of Excellence – $1,000
Sponsored by the Peter Drewliner Trust
David Kim, Ipu ʻAina, Wood
Maui
The Sanit Khewhok Memorial Award – $500
Sponsored by Friends of Sanit Khewhok
Kamakanioluolu McKeague, Ka Hei ʻAna O Ka Noe, Lauhala
Oʻahu
The Esther Nowell Award for Whimsy – $500
Sponsored by Downtown Art Center
Barclay Hill, Time Machine, Sterling silver
Maui
The George Ellis Award – $500
Sponsored by the Timothy Y. C. Choy Fund of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation
Bon Moore, Connection, Hand-extracted fiber from coconut husk, hau (ocean hibiscus), sansevieria, Kaua‘i puka shells
Kauaʻi
The Carol and Malcolm Koga Emerging Artist Award – $500
Sponsored by the Timothy Y. C. Choy Fund of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation
Patricia Brubaker and Tyler Chinen, After Shozo–Kuro, Ceramic
Oʻahu
The Diane Chen Koch Weser Award for Collaborative Work – $500
Sponsored by the Timothy Y. C. Choy Fund of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation
Dani Stanfill and Rachel Orr, Parallax, Quilt
Hawaiʻi Island
The Virginia McGargahan Award of Excellence in Raku – $500
Sponsored by the Timothy Y. C. Choy Fund of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation
Dee Oliva, Neko Haniwa, Raku-fired ceramic
Oʻahu
The Garden Island Arts Council Annual Artist Award – $500
Sponsored by the Garden Island Arts Council
Jennifer Wood, Heat: Fiery Uli'uli, Feathers, lāʻamia pod, and aliʻipoe seeds
Kauaʻi
The Ron and Myra Kent Award for Creative Innovation – $400
Sponsored by the Kent Family Trust and Kenny Kicklighter
Rose Gabriel and Paul Pyzyna, Adult Play Blocks 2, Wood, acrylic, fiber, stone
Maui
The Cedar Street Galleries Award – $250
Sponsored by Michael Schnack
Hiroko Sakurai, Under-land-scape, Repurposed kimono silk, cotton, thread
Oʻahu
The Sayoko Kay Mura Student Award for Excellence – $250
Sponsored by friends of Kay Mura
Kai Higuchi, Nobori, Glass, wood
Oʻahu
The Merit Award in Ceramic Arts – $250
Sponsored by the Peter Drewliner Trust
Forest Leonard, Luminance Incinerator, Ceramic
Oʻahu
The Merit Award in Fiber Arts – $250
Sponsored by the Peter Drewliner Trust
McKaela Christenson, Hands All Over Me, Avocado-dyed vintage linen, cotton-poly lining, cotton thread
Hawaiʻi Island
The Merit Award in Glass Arts – $250
Sponsored by the Peter Drewliner Trust
Hugh Jenkins and Mark Mitsuda, Entwined, Blown glass
Oʻahu
The Merit Award in Metal Arts – $250
Sponsored by the Peter Drewliner Trust
Dylan Gomez, Pōhaku Mai Kahaluʻu, Metal
Oʻahu
The Merit Award in Mixed Media Arts – $250
Sponsored by the Peter Drewliner Trust
Junco Sato Pollack, Sky/Cloud, Shibori, devoré, dye sublimation on aluminum/poly organza
Oʻahu
The Merit Award in Wood Arts – $250
Sponsored by the Peter Drewliner Trust
Shaun Fleming, Curly Koa Cabinet, Wood
Maui
The Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui Award – $100
Sponsored by the Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui
Sheri McNerthney, Night Vision, Handwoven silk
Maui
The Earle F. Long Memorial Award for Woodturning – $100
Sponsored by MaryAnne Long
Patrick Bremser, The Termites Eat First, Kaua‘i koa, koa, walnut oil
Kauaʻi
Exhibiting Artists
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