OCTOBER 24 – NOVEMBER 21

DOWNTOWN ART CENTER
1041 NUUANU AVE. , HONOLULU, HI

DIRECTIONS AND PARKING

ONLINE JUROR PRESENTATION AND AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 6pm

Held annually since 1967, the Hawai‘i Craftsmen Annual Statewide Exhibition of traditional and contemporary crafts brings a juror of international reputation to the state of Hawai‘i to jury entries and give public presentations on each island.     

      ANNUAL STATEWIDE EXHIBITION 2020 ACCEPTED ENTRIES 

KEY DATES

ONLINE REGISTRATION OPENS: SEPTEMBER 7TH
ONLINE REGISTRATION CLOSES: OCTOBER 5TH
ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACCEPTED ENTRIES, MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 5PM

FAQ

EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED ARTISTS FROM ACROSS THE STATE ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT UP TO SIX COMPLETED ARTWORKS FOR JURYING.

Artists residing in Hawai‘i are invited to enter traditional or non-traditional crafts. The exhibition is open to residents of Hawai‘i for artworks 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 O’ahu are ineligible (with the exception of artworks accepted into Hawai’i Craftsmen Fiber Hawai’i 2020). Juror selected cash awards will be presented at the exhibition opening reception and awards ceremony.

Registration fees for Hawai‘i Craftsmen members are $25 for the first entry, and $10 for each additional entry up to 6. Registration fees for non-members are $75 for the first entry, and $10 for each additional entry up to 6. Hawai‘i Craftsmen membership must be active through November 14, 2020 to enter. 

Visit http://www.hawaiicraftsmen.org/membership to create or renew your Hawai‘i Craftsmen membership prior to registering. 

JUROR BIO

Susan Sayre Batton is Oshman Executive Director at San José Museum of Art (SJMA) and oversees programming and organizational development. Stewarding SJMA’s mission and growing its visibility both locally and beyond, she expands SJMA’s position as one of the leading contemporary art institutions in the Bay Area in dialogue with California and national partners. Recent exhibitions include With Drawn Arms: Glenn Kaino & Tommie Smith, the mid-career retrospective of Rina Banerjee and the first major US exhibition in ten years of Dinh Q. Lê -- True Journey Is Return.  She joined SJMA in 2015 after 6 years as managing director, Dia:Beacon at Dia Art Foundation and director of the Western Projects (Spiral Jetty and Lightning Field); acting deputy director at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; and deputy director, Honolulu Museum of Art (then HAA).  During her tenure in Honolulu, she organized contemporary commissions and exhibitions including Won Ju Lim: In Many Things to Come, 2007; and contributed to ambitious exhibitions which traveled including Life in the Pacific of the 1700s, One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now, Hawaiian Modern:  The Architecture of Vladimir Ossipoff  and The Dragon’s Gift: The Sacred Art of Bhutan.  From 1993-2005 she directed the Robert F. Lange Foundation Project with the Michener Japanese Print Collection.  

Batton completed her BFA Studio Art at Denison University (ceramics, sculpture) followed by postgraduate studies in Visual Arts at Princeton University with Toshiko Takaezu and a graduate diploma in book and paper conservation.  As head teaching assistant in Takaezu’s studio at Princeton, she organized the residency of Raku Kichizaemon XIV and other visiting artists.   

Active on juries and panels nationally, she serves on the Advisory Board of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Artist in Residence Program and the Advisory Council of the Marignoli di Montecorona Foundation in Spoleto, Italy (Duccio Kaumaulii Marignoli, President).