Artwork by Harue McVay and photography by Jon Rawlings

HAWAII CRAFTSMEN 50^TH ANNUAL STATEWIDE JURIED EXHIBITION

OCTOBER 25-NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Honolulu Museum of Art School
Main Gallery 
1111 Victoria St. 
Honolulu, HI 96814
(808) 532-8741

Gallery Hours

Closed Mondays
Tu. - Sa. 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Su. 1:00 - 5:00 pm 
Free for public viewing

Hawaiʻi Craftsmen invites artist submissions to the 50th Annual Statewide Juried Exhibition 2017

Emerging and established artists (members and nonmembers) from across the state are encouraged to submit up to six completed artworks to be considered for inclusions the 50^th Annual Statewide Juried Exhibition. 

Artists residing in Hawaii are invited to enter traditional or non-traditional crafts with a fresh approach or point of view. The exhibition is open to functional and non-functional 2- and 3-dimensional art in the categories of clay, fiber, glass, wood, metal, stone, and mixed media. Entries must be of original design and created independently within the last two years. Artworks previously included in juried exhibitions on Oahu or displayed in any Honolulu Museum of Art School exhibition are ineligible. Juror selected cash awards will be presented at the exhibition opening reception and awards ceremony at the Honolulu Museum of Art School on October 24, 2017 from 6:30-8:30 pm.

Hawaiʻi Craftsmen members must pay $25 for the first two entries and $10 for each additional entry. Non-members must pay $75 for the first two entries, $10 for each additional entry. Membership must be active through November 10, 2017 to qualify for the discounted member entry fee. Hawaiʻi Craftsmen artists can renew their membership when registering their entries on CaFE. To sign up for new Hawaiʻi Craftsmen membership, please visit www.hawaiicraftsmen.org/membership prior to registering entries on CaFE. Membership dues are: Family $75; Individual $50; Seniors (65 & older) $30; Student (w/ valid ID): $25

World-renowned Kenyan-British artist, Magdalene Anyango Namakhiya Odundo, OBE, was born in Nairobi in 1950 and received her early education in India and Kenya. She studied Graphic Arts at the Nairobi Polytechnic in Kenya and the Cambridge College of Art in the U.K. She changed her focus to ceramics while studying for her BA at West Surrey College of Art and Design (now University for the Creative Arts). She subsequently received an MA from the Royal College of Art in London. Following her university studies, Magdalene Odundo pursued field research in traditional hand-building techniques in Nigeria, Kenya, and New Mexico. She then taught at the Commonwealth Institute in London from 1976 to 1979, at the Royal College of Art in London from 1979 to 1982, and was subsequently appointed as Professor of Ceramics at the University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, England, from which she recently retired. 

In 2008, Ms. Odundo was awarded the African Art Recognition Award by Detroit Art Institute and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) at Queen Elizabeth’s birthday. In 2014, she received an honorary doctorate from the University of Florida and an honorary award from the University for the Arts in London in 2016. Odundo’s work can be found in major museums and private collections worldwide.