COOL FUSION
Date: September 5 , 2010
(Sunday)
Time: 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Admission: $20 (Member), $20 (Non Member)
Please join us at our signature event to begin our 2010-2011 program year. Guests will have the opportunity to select a beautiful hand-thrown bowl to keep and bring home with them after they fill their tummies with Japanese cold noodles and fresh vegetables topped with a fine homemade broth (no MSG). HFAC invites all community members to partake in an innovative experience and enjoy the company of both new and old friends in the relaxing and inspirational ambiance of the Donkey Mill Art Center. A selection of stoneware bowls created by volunteers in our ceramics department will be available for purchase.
Proceeds benefit the ceramics department.
Please RSVP
Tickets: $20
Children 12yrs and under: $10
Contact us for further details (808) 322-3362
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING AND DINNER
Date: June 20 , 2010
(Sunday)
Time: 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Admission: Free!
Bring your lawn chairs and picnic blankets! Relax and enjoy ono food and Kona brews while you talk story with other members and volunteers. We are proud to introduce the incoming board members and share highlights of last year's accomplishments. HFAC is looking forward to seeing you there and getting to know you just a bit more.
This years honored volunteers:
Kay and Ed Kaneko
Tomoe and Joe Nimori
Lili Tokuda
Tom Johnson
2010-2011 board nominations:
Kate Jacobson, Chair, Programs Committee
Shannon Migliori, Vice-Chair, Marketing Committee
Motter Snell. Treasurer, Finance Committee
Brendan Dunn, Secretary, Facilities Committee
Alex Logan, Personnel Committee (out-going chair)
Ann Kerr, Fundraising Committee
Thalia Davis, Events Committee
This event is sponsored by Kona Brewing Co. and Costco. Mahalo!
MOULIN DE L'ANE
Date: June 12 , 2010
(Saturday)
Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Admission: $20 (Member), $20 (Non Member)
Summer Sizzles at the Mill... fundraising with a French twist.
Bienvenue to an evening of art, music, and dance in a convivial atmosphere. The Holualoa Foundation for Arts and Culture (HFAC) and Hawaii Island Pride (HIP) presents Moulin de L'ane, a French bohemian inspired fundraising event on Saturday June 12, 2010 at the Donkey Mill Art Center from 6:30pm to 9:30pm. Tickets are $20.00. Turn of the century French costumes encouraged.
For one night the Donkey Mill Art Center will be transformed into the City of Lights. Artists and their muses will set the Mill ablaze with sketchy fervor as each artist produce drawings live before your eyes. Enjoy a glass of white summer sangria and nibble on opulent treats while witnessing creative geniuses at work or get inspired to make a doodle of your own masterpieces on paper serviettes in Toulouse-Lautrec fashion. Drawings from the event will be immediately presented, along with additional artwork from local artists, for silent auction. Proceeds will benefit HFAC's educational programs and HIP's community Pride Festival.
HFAC believes that art education enriches the lives of people of all ages and abilities and seeks to fulfill this vision by providing a stimulating environment that helps individuals discover, develop, and expand their artistic abilities. HIP's mission is to instill pride, celebrate unity, and embrace diversity. HIP strives to improve the lives of our local and regional LGBTQ community by creating visibility and promoting civil rights through education, networking, and celebrations that advocate equality.
The historic Donkey Mill Art Center is located in Holualoa at 78-6670 Mamalahoa Hwy. For event and ticket information please call 808-322-3362 Tuesday through Saturday from 10am to 4pm or email us at hfac.dmac@hawaiiantel.net. To learn more about the Donkey Mill Art Center log onto donkeymillartcenter.org and for information about Hawaii Island Pride go to hawaiiislandpride.com.
ANNUAL FACULTY EXHIBITION; 'Sensei's and Sensibilities'
Date: May 21 - July 3, 2010
(Normal Business Days)
Time: 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Admission: Free!
Opening Reception and Silent Auction: May 21, Friday, 6:00 - 8:30pm
Opening reception theme is "Sensei's and Sensibilities", light sushi and sake will be provided. This annual showcase of HFAC's teaching staff, visiting artists, and resident artists will show works from each artists current studio creations. In conjunction with the reception, we will be holding a live 'auctionette', and silent auction featuring the works of our emerging and established artists, and all proceeds will benefit DMAC Programs. For students, the chance to see instructors' professional work affords an understanding of the ways in which classroom activities are directly linked to creative practices. For the rest of the community, the group show provides access to work that is produced in Hawaii but most often seen nationally and internationally.
SPRING ART FESTIVAL 2010
Date: April 24 , 2010
(Saturday)
Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
Admission: $5 (Member), $6 (Non Member)
Miscellaneous:
- Location: Donkey Mill Art Center.
- Children under 12 free with an accompanying adult.
- All proceeds will support our Art Education for Youth.
It's not April in Paris, but it is time for Donkey Mill's annual Spring Arts Festival. Free from winter's dry spell, we can celebrate the coming of April showers and the blossoming of flowers as we celebrate Mother Earth and moms (Mother's Day is May 9th). Bring the family for a fun filled day of art making. Many of the hands-on projects will incorporate earth-friendly materials to inspire. Get fired up with raku or make a good impression with printmaking. Other workshops include papermaking, screen printing, origami, drawing/painting, and mixed media. Unique displays and ukulele concert provide calorie free eye candy and sweet sounds to entertain your senses. Come spend the day. Light refreshments will be available for purchase.
FIFTH ANNUAL CHILDRENS ART EXHIBITION: Garden of Earthly Delights
Date: April 23 - May 8, 2010
(Normal Business Days)
Admission: Free!
Miscellaneous:
[BOLD]Potluck Opening Reception and Silent Auction: April 23, Friday, 5:30 - 8pm[/BOLD]
An exhibition by HFAC youth in celebration of Earth Day.
We can all learn through the eyes of a child. At HFAC, we are constantly amazed by the creative talents of our young artists as they share their work and experiences about the world in which we live. This exhibition centers around the theme of collaborating with nature and addresses the environment with local and global perspectives. DMAC youth instructors Gerald Lucena, Miho Morinoue, Tomo Nakazato, Janny Pruden, and Yarrow Lutz (NYC) along with their students work together to actively construct a rich understanding of our world through the creative process and strive to create a fun, safe, and inspiring working environment that observes our community, in all its diverse richness, as an extension of the classroom/studio. A silent auction will be held during the exhibition with proceeds helping to support our youth programs. Children's art need not be confined to a refrigerator door, come celebrate the arts in your community with style. The pot-luck opening reception is free to the public.
HANA HANA DAY
Date: April 17 , 2010
(Saturday)
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm
Admission: Free!
Volunteer! Help us tidy up for the Spring, and get ready for our upcoming Art Festival. Bring your gloves and old rags. We are going to mop, sponge, paint, and repair our way to a clean Spring!
ART EXHIBITION: DMAC Collection
Date: March 1 - April 10, 2010
(Normal Business Days)
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Admission: Free!
Miscellaneous:
This exhibit is free to the public an open for viewing Tues - Sat, 10:00am - 4:00pm, or by appointment.
We are pleased to present artwork from the Donkey Mill Art Center Collection, on exhibit until April 10th. This is a great chance to see museum quality artwork by artists such as David Kuraoka, Richard Notkin, Esther Shimazu, Randy Shiroma, Ken Little, Phoebe Toland, John Buck, Tomoko Nakazato, and Gerald Lucena.
Some of the artwork is available for purchase and others are part of our permanent collection.
CULTURAL EVENT: MOCHI POUNDING & KADOMATSU MAKING
Date: December 27 , 2009
(Sunday)
Time: 10:00am - 3:00pm
Admission: $25 (Member), $55 (Non Member)
Miscellaneous:
Admission Fee is per Family
Come and learn a Japanese tradition of preparing for the New Year. The Kadomatsu, made of bamboo and pine branches is placed at the entrance to homes to greet the New Year. Mochi is a rice cake delicacy served on New Year's Day to symbolize the many blessings that the family will receive in the New Year. Guests will make a Kadomatsu for their home, prepare mochi and taste the delicate cakes while talking story with new and old friends.
PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION- Landscapes and Portraits of the Island
Date: December 15 - February 4, 2009
(Normal Business Days)
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Admission: Free!
Holualoa Foundation for Arts and Culture will be holding its first photography exhibition "Landscapes and Portraits of the Island" at the Donkey Mill Art Center. The opening reception will be held on Saturday, December 12 from 6 - 9pm. The exhibition runs through Saturday, February 6, 2010. This exhibit is free and open to the public.
Internationally renowned photographers Linda Connor and Lonnie Graham taught an artists-in-residence workshop at the Donkey Mill Art Center from August 9 - 16, 2009. During their residency, the artists led the workshop attendees on a photographic excursion to the Hawai'i Volcano National Park and other island landmarks. The "Landscapes and Portraits of the Island" exhibition features photographic works produced by the workshop attendees and selected by Connor and Graham. The photographers include: Mary and Ken Goodrich, Leslie Laird (Volcano), Bob Douglas, Steven Garon, Joseph Ruesing, (Hilo), Herbert Hong (Honolulu), Annette LeMay Burke (San Jose, CA), Kathleen Carr, Jim Skibby and Claire Suzuki (Kona).
HFAC is grateful to the Laila Twigg-Smith Art Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation for sponsoring the "Artist-in-Residence" Program.
Connor's photographs are included in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art (NYC), the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Fine Arts (Boston) and Victoria and Albert Museum (London). She is the recipient of numerous awards including National Endowment for the Arts grants and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She is a professor in the Photography department at the San Francisco Art Institute and is a founding director of the San Francisco Bay Area nonprofit group, Photo Alliance.
Graham, a Pew Fellow, has extensive teaching experience including Professor of Visual and Integrative Arts at Pennsylvania State University and instructor of special programs at the Barnes Foundation in Marion Pennsylvania. Graham was Curator in Residence for Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh and serves as active site visitor for the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Graham attended Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and took advanced degrees at San Francisco Art Institute. He has received numerous awards and his work appears in many museum collections and has been exhibited nationally and internationally.