AWARD WINNERS
We are pleased to present the 21 award winners of our 2021 exhibition selected by our juror Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy and generously supported by our community. Congratulations to you all!
THE THURSTON TWIGG-SMITH BEST IN SHOW AWARD - $2,500.00
Sponsored by Sharon Twigg-Smith
Jenna Macy
Learning to Not Drown
THE ELIZABETH RICE GROSSMAN AWARD OF EXCELLENCE - $1,000.00
Sponsored by Elizabeth Rice Grossman
Boris Huang
Moonlight Fish
THE CHARLES E. HIGA MEMORIAL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE - $1,000.00
Sponsored by the Peter Drewliner Trust
Daven Hee
rainbow huggable pot
THE JOHN YOUNG AWARD - $500.00
Sponsored by the John Young foundation
Jake Boggs
Dave
THE GEORGE ELLIS AWARD - $500.00
Sponsored by the Timothy Y. C. Choy Fund of the Hawai'i Community Foundation
Esther Shimazu
Cat Demon Makes Cupcake For Hungry Ghost
THE CAROL AND MALCOLM KOGA EMERGING ARTIST AWARD -$500.00
Sponsored by the Timothy Y. C. Choy Fund of the Hawai'i Community Foundation
Joy Sanchez
Expressions on Another’s Form
DIANE CHEN KOCH WESER AWARD FOR COLLABORATIVE WORK - $500.00
Sponsored by the Timothy Y. C. Choy Fund of the Hawai'i Community Foundation
Joyce Jeffers and Chenta Laury
Interplay
VIRGINIA MCGARGAHAN AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN RAKU - $500.00
Sponsored by the Timothy Y. C. Choy Fund of the Hawai'i Community Foundation
Faye Maeshiro
Twighlights Glow
THE RON AND MYRA KENT AWARD FOR CREATIVE INNOVATION - $400.00
Sponsored by the Kent Family Trust and Kenny Kicklighter
Constance Liu
Carved vase
THE PAUL LOO MEMORIAL AWARD - $350.00
Sponsored by Violet Loo
Suzanne Wolfe
Entangled Birds on the Mountain
EARLE F. LONG MEMORIAL AWARD FOR WOODTURNING - $300.00
Sponsored by MaryAnne Long
Robert W. Butts
Umeke Nui
MERIT AWARD IN CERAMIC ARTS - $250.00
Merit awards are sponsored by the Peter Drewliner Trust
Jacob Jackson
Blue Crystalline vessel
MERIT AWARD IN FIBER ARTS - $250.00
Natasha Young
Rooster Feather Cape
MERIT AWARD IN GLASS ARTS - $250.00
Julianna Bolanos
Sunset Sconce
MERIT AWARD IN WOOD ARTS - $250.00
Francisco Clemente
Nature's Aroma
MERIT AWARD IN METAL ARTS - $250.00
Marta Whitlock
Diaspora. How I and this piece of copper made it here.
MERIT AWARD IN MIXED MEDIA ARTS - $250.00
Kat Kazlauskas
GhostWhale.net
THE SAYOKO KAY MURA STUDENT AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE - $250.00
Sponsored by friends of Kay Mura
Corinne Foley
A calm chaos
THE CEDAR STREET GALLERY AWARD - $250.00
Sponsored by Michael Schnack
Yutaka Kawahito
Silent Caldera (Echo Release Vessel)
THE MĀNOA GALLERY AWARD - $250.00
Sponsored by Cathy Cooke
Patricia Golebieski
Courage
THE GARDEN ISLAND ARTS COUNCIL ANNUAL ARTIST AWARD - $150.00
Sponsored by the Garden Island Arts Council
Abigail Boroughs
Joy, Sorrow, and Rainbows
EXHIBITING ARTISTS
Congratulations to the 85 artists who were selected to participate in this exhibition featuring 110 works of traditional and contemporary craft from across the state!
Island |
Artist |
Title |
Medium |
Molokaʻi |
Arabella Ark |
Lily Pond Vases |
Ceramic |
Oʻahu |
Robert “Bunky” Bakutis |
Right slide Makaha |
Clay with clay stand |
Oʻahu |
Robert “Bunky” Bakutis |
Set Surf |
Clay with wood stand |
Oʻahu |
Tricia Beaman |
Almost Missed Mist |
Clay |
Oʻahu |
Tricia Beaman |
Kahaluʻu: Fire & Full |
Clay |
Hawaiʻi Island |
Valerie Beck |
Sometimes Butterflies Have to Wear Army Boots |
Blown and sand carved glass |
Maui |
Derek Bencomo |
Gift from the Rain Forest, Simply Organic |
Hawaiian Milo wood |
Maui |
Derek Bencomo |
Kula |
Jacaranda wood |
Molokaʻi |
Daniel Bennett |
A Flower Garden |
Cone 11 reduction, various celadon glazes and other glazes, stoneware |
Molokaʻi |
Daniel Bennett |
Trail of dragon eyes |
Cone 11 reduction, stoneware, Shino glaze with raw ash |
Hawaiʻi Island |
Jake Boggs |
Dave |
Ceramic |
Hawaiʻi Island |
Jake Boggs |
Gershom's Labyrinth |
Ceramic |
Oʻahu |
Julianna Bolanos |
Empty Spaces 2 |
Glass |
Oʻahu |
Julianna Bolanos |
Sunset Sconce |
Glass |
Kauaʻi |
Abigail Boroughs |
Joy, Sorrow, and Rainbows |
Reclaimed wood, paper, and linen thread |
Oʻahu |
Robert W. Butts |
Umeke Nui |
Hawaiian rain tree wood |
Lānaʻi |
V. Lee Cabanilla |
Hoʻolau “To grow leaves” |
Salvaged Koa wood |
Oʻahu |
F. Scott Carter |
Hope & Salvation |
Clay |
Kauaʻi |
Theresa Casagram |
Cloud Burst |
Sterling silver, hand cut Paua shell |
Oʻahu |
Sandra Ciri |
Audrey waiting for N Judah Muni SF, Ca. Granddaughter Helen and George |
Mixed media/clay bisque applied on body with artist's designs printed on Japanese washi paper |
Maui |
Sandra Clark |
Dreams |
Indigo dyed silks, shashiko stitching |
Maui |
Sandra Clark |
Gold Obi |
Glass with 24 karat gold |
Oʻahu |
Francisco Clemente |
Amargo Destino |
Okinawan pine wood |
Oʻahu |
Francisco Clemente |
Enmascarado |
Wood OSB, bronze and patina |
Oʻahu |
Francisco Clemente |
Nature's Aroma |
Camphor wood |
Maui |
Julia Malia Cordi |
Cloud gazing |
Blown glass |
Hawaiʻi Island |
Ellen Crocker |
Torn Apart or Mending? |
Hand-stitched on muslin with Japanese cotton sashiko thread |
Oʻahu |
Rae Douglass |
Gay Triangles |
Ceramic |
Oʻahu |
Rae Douglass |
Porcelain Nebula |
Wool yarn dipped in porcelain slip woven around a balloon armature |
Oʻahu |
Christopher Edwards |
#150 |
Self-cast bronze |
Oʻahu |
Christopher Edwards |
Phloem and Xylem |
Raku-fired ceramic |
Oʻahu |
Scott Fitzel |
'A'a Board Provenance: Oahu Island, Date Unknown |
Earthen origin |
Oʻahu |
Corinne Foley |
A calm chaos |
Glass |
Oʻahu |
Sachiko Furuya |
Ryoku Yu Ido Gata Tea Bowl |
Ceramic |
Maui |
Tim Garcia |
Shibusa series Portal |
Cook Pine, sculpture |
Hawaiʻi Island |
Emily Gleason |
Grief |
Ceramic |
Hawaiʻi Island |
Emily Gleason |
Shame |
Ceramic |
Molokaʻi |
Patricia Golebieski |
Courage |
Cowrie shell Waikiki beach Oahu, Opihi shell Papohaku beach Molokai, beads, thread, courage charm |
Oʻahu |
Daniel Harano |
Kaleidonism in Division |
Ceramic |
Oʻahu |
Daniel Harano |
Unfolding Ring Kaleidonism in Bloom |
Ceramic |
Oʻahu |
Donald Harvey |
Sun Set |
Clay |
Oʻahu |
Vincent Hazen |
Red Jar with Yellow Insignia |
Stoneware, cone 10 |
Oʻahu |
Daven Hee |
rainbow huggable pot |
Wheel-thrown stoneware fired with shino to cone 10 in reduction, fired again to cone 04 with low-fire glazes |
Kauaʻi |
Shannon Hiramoto |
All dressed up and nowhere to go, nobody to go with, and nothing to do |
Handmade paper, linocut, string |
Oʻahu |
Boris Huang |
Crown Pearl |
Lei Hulu |
Oʻahu |
Boris Huang |
Moonlight Fish |
Lei Hulu |
Oʻahu |
Boris Huang |
Ode to the Relenting Storm |
ʻAʻahu Hulu |
Oʻahu |
Jacob Jackson |
Blue and Green Crystalline vessel |
Porcelain |
Oʻahu |
Jacob Jackson |
Blue Crystalline vessel |
Porcelain |
Maui |
Joyce Jeffers and Chenta Laury |
Interplay |
Wool |
Hawaiʻi Island |
Hugh Jenkins with Stephanie Ross |
Kohala spring |
Blown glass |
Hawaiʻi Island |
Hugh Jenkins with Stephanie Ross |
New Eruption |
Blown glass |
Maui |
Kēla Kahikina |
Shattered Cerulean Antics |
Ceramics, Cone 5 |
Oʻahu |
Linda Kane |
Kia'i |
Feathers, mixed media |
Oʻahu |
Ken Kang |
Crimson |
Clay |
Oʻahu |
Russ Katto |
Waimanalo Blues |
Blown glass |
Oʻahu |
Yutaka Kawahito |
Silent Caldera (Echo Release Vessel) |
Ceramic |
Oʻahu |
Kat Kazlauskas |
GhostWhale.net |
Neon, ghost net |
Oʻahu |
Kat Kazlauskas |
Three Lines Walk Into A Bar |
Neon |
Oʻahu |
Kenny Kicklighter |
One Of The Many Faces Of Shino |
High fired stoneware |
Molokaʻi |
Terry Klerlein with Kim Markham |
Sailing at Sunset in Hawaii |
Glazed ceramic vessel with Molokaʻi pine needle basketry woven with raffia, sandbox tree seed husks, and sandalwood seeds |
Maui |
Zenobia Lakdawalla |
Fold 5 |
Ceramic |
Maui |
Mary Ann Leigh |
Everybody Needs a Hug |
Ceramics |
Oʻahu |
Constance Liu |
Carved vase |
Porcelain |
Oʻahu |
Jenna Macy |
Learning to Not Drown |
Slip cast clay, thermochromic pigment |
Oʻahu |
Faye Maeshiro |
Twighlights Glow |
Ceramic, rubber, wire |
Hawaiʻi Island |
Kainoa Makua |
Kauila |
Ceramic |
Molokaʻi |
Kim Markham |
Charcuterie |
Handbuilt ceramic stoneware platter |
Molokaʻi |
Kim Markham |
Garden Pot #9 |
Handbuilt ceramic stoneware pot |
Molokaʻi |
Kim Markham |
Ichirin Zashi Blue |
Wheelthrown and altered ceramic vase |
Oʻahu |
Jacqueline Mild-Lau |
Hula Bella |
Bronze, self cast |
Hawaiʻi Island |
Rosemary Miller |
The Dressed Up Lady |
Fused glass |
Hawaiʻi Island |
Rosemary Miller |
The White and the Black |
Fused glass |
Kauaʻi |
Bon Moore |
Vessel of Dreams |
Coconut fiber, Sansevieria plant fiber, and clay |
Hawaiʻi Island |
Michael Mortara |
Cliffs of Waiopae |
Epoxy, acrylic and wood |
Oʻahu |
Jill Morton |
Almighty Lava |
Ceramic - high fire stoneware |
Oʻahu |
Jill Morton |
Storm Surf at Ehukai |
Ceramic - high fire stoneware |
Oʻahu |
Sanford Murata |
Chawan |
Stoneware clay |
Hawaiʻi Island |
Mydock with Gregg Smith |
"Ohana" |
Wood - segmented lathe turned vessel, embellished pearlized finish |
Oʻahu |
Paul Nash |
I'M HUNGRY FOR YOU! |
Stoneware/Handbuild/Glazes and Luster |
Oʻahu |
Paul Nash |
IT WAS A LUCKY DAY |
Pit Fired/Ceramic/Earthenware |
Oʻahu |
Paul Nash |
Its A Nice Pot |
Stoneware/Ceramic |
Oʻahu |
Paul Nash |
UNDULATING TO THE HEAVENS |
Stoneware/Wheelthrown |
Oʻahu |
Paul Nash |
UP UP AND AWAY! |
Stoneware/Ceramic/Overlapping Glazes |
Oʻahu |
Ian Nash |
Into The Abyss |
Ceramic, wheel thrown |
Maui |
Jennifer Owen |
Agate Vase |
Salt-fired stoneware |
Hawaiʻi Island |
Patti Pease Johnson |
Forest Pathways Mobile |
Liquid dye on silk with wax resist, foam core, wire, swivels, lava rock |
Maui |
Paul Pyzyna |
Circling the Abyss |
Red oak, milkpaint, acrylic, glass |
Maui |
Paul Pyzyna with Rose Gabriel |
Maui Daydream |
Jacaranda, acrylic, lacquer |
Molokaʻi |
Carol Rocha |
Deer Friend |
Mixed media - clay and doe skull |
Kauaʻi |
Frank Rothschild & Evelyn de Buhr |
White Anthurium |
Stained glass |
Oʻahu |
Light Ruth |
Homeless in Kakaʻako |
Ceramic, oil paint, and collage (fabric and paper) |
Oʻahu |
Light Ruth |
Homeless in Kaneʻohe |
Ceramic, water color paint, and paper collage |
Oʻahu |
Joy Sanchez |
Expressions on Another’s Form |
Daven Hee’s thrown and altered form, underglaze, cone 5 oxidation, gold dust applique |
Oʻahu |
Joy Sanchez |
Untitled |
Ceramic stoneware |
Hawaiʻi Island |
Georgia P. Sartoris |
Hue Wai Pawehe. #119 |
Traditional dyed Hawaiian gourd |
Hawaiʻi Island |
Georgia P. Sartoris |
Night Sky |
Kapa cloth with watercolor |
Oʻahu |
Domenica Sattler |
The Scream |
Stoneware |
Hawaiʻi Island |
Daniel Sheinfeld Rodriguez |
COSMIC BOX II |
Koa wood coals, resin |
Oʻahu |
Esther Shimazu |
Cat Demon Makes Cupcake For Hungry Ghost |
Cone 6 stoneware and porcelain |
Oʻahu |
Linda Sjogren |
Code Orange |
Handwoven fiber |
Kauaʻi |
Caylin Spear |
Carry Me Too |
Wax encaustic and mixed media on terracotta |
Oʻahu |
Nicole Jane Tagalicud |
Friends |
High-fired ceramic stoneware |
Oʻahu |
Mark White |
She’s A Curvy Dish |
High fired porcelain |
Oʻahu |
Mark White |
Squiggly McWiggly |
High fired clay |
Kauaʻi |
Marta Whitlock |
Diaspora. How I and this piece of copper made it here. |
Recycled copper and recycled plywood |
Oʻahu |
Katie Williams |
Flow |
Fiber |
Oʻahu |
Suzanne Wolfe |
Entangled Birds on the Mountain |
Stoneware/luster/decals |
Oʻahu |
Gary Yee |
Earth |
Ceramic |
Kauaʻi |
Natasha Young |
Rooster Feather Cape |
Feathers |