Ken Matsuzaki Presentation at Holualoa Inn
~With Ken Matsuzaki
Event Type: Presentation
June 20 , 2013
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Admission: Free!
Holualoa Inn graciously hosts Ken Matsuzaki of Mashiko, Japan for an evening lecture. Please join us for a short film followed by a question and answer session to welcome this extraordinary visiting artist. Coffee, tea and sweets will be served (not a potluck).
Ken Matsuzaki was born in 1950 in Tokyo and graduated from the Fine Arts Ceramic Department at Tamagawa University in 1972. That same year he began his five year apprenticeship with Tatsuzo Shimaoka, Mashiko Living National Treasure, who was in his turn taught by the great Japanese potter Shoji Hamada. Hamada was the first Mingei Living National Treasure, and was responsible for putting the small town of Mashiko on the world ceramics map. Ken Matsuzaki established his own kiln, Yu-Shin, or Playful Spirit in 1978 at Mashiko and has since exhibited his work throughout the world.
Having first created superb work in the Mingei style, he was driven to seek greater freedom of expression. He aimed to evoke the expressive freshness of Shino, Oribe and Yakishime, from the early Momoyama period in the 16th Century, styles closely associated with the tea ceremony. Matsuzaki has developed a body of work that is rooted in the Mingei tradition but which has, over time, transformed into a vibrant, fresh style unique to this great master potter.
Ken Matsuzaki: Tradition Transformed
~With Ken Matsuzaki
Event Type: Workshop
June 21 - June 23, 2013
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Tuition: $225
Supply Fee: $45
Level: Intermediate - Advanced
In this three-day workshop, master potter Ken Matsuzaki will share his vast experience and insight rooted in more than 40 years of working with clay. This class will include handbuilding techniques as well as working on the potters wheel, and students will have the unique opportunity to learn more about Matsuzakis methods for creating his unique and soulful forms. During daily demonstrations and lectures, he will share with us his journey from his roots as apprentice to Tatsuzo Shimaoka, Mashiko Living National Treasure, who was in turn taught by Shoji Hamada. Matsuzaki has developed a body of work that is deeply rooted in the Mingei tradition and from these roots has evolved into a style and aesthetic where tradition meets contemporary.
Visiting Artist Presentation and Potluck
~With Khalid Kodi and Wendy Yothers
Event Type: Presentation
June 27 , 2013
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Admission: Free!
UH Hilo Visiting Artist with the University of Hawaii Summer Art Institute Program presents two incredible artists, Khalid Kodi and Wendy Yothers.
Thursday at 6pm, please bring a dish to share
Wendy Yothers, Co- penhagen, Denmark, Design for Gold and Silversmithing, cum Laude (1987).
Her works are included in the perma- nent collections of the Vatican, Rome, Italy; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK; the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C. Yothers, currently teaches at the Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC, and will conduct the course Small Sculpture.
Khalid Kodi, long recognized as a prolific Sudanese American master artist, has emerged as a central figure working on multi/cross-cultural concepts. He uses contemporary themes for traditional story telling with references to magical realism, intricately layered in textures, symbols also figures, and by synthesizing colors/rhythms. His past series have included works on human phenomena such as wars, genocide and their impact on human societies. These works incorporate sculpture, paintings, installations and environmental sites, and were featured in many national and international venues. Through his work, Kodi advocates for and humanizes victims of war and genocide in Africa and exposes these events to the larger international community. His exhibitions carry an outreach and educational message that promote peace, human dignity and celebrate a rich culture.
www.khalidkodi.com
Artist Presentation: MANA Surf Documentary
~With Andi Campognone and Eric Minh
Event Type: Presentation
July 11 , 2013
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Admission: Free!
Please bring a dish to share and join us for an evening with visiting artist/surfers working on a documentary, "MANA." Andi Campognone, Director of AC Projects and Eric Minh Swenson, Founder of EMS Productions will discuss their documentary on southern California artists who share the skill and affinity of surfing and how their love of, and interactions with the dynamics of the ocean inform their artwork. Each artist approaches their work differently in their process, mediums and styles, yet they all share a reverence for the power, beauty and complexity of the ocean. They are additionally unified by their strong community and family connections, each with a commitment to younger generations through art and surfing.
The artists will be interviewed in their Los Angeles studios as well as while working, surfing and living on location in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Several of the artists were born and/or raised in Hawaii and have family histories there. The film will feature private studio sessions, interviews, and events and ceremonies around the Big Island during the month of July, 2013. While on location in Kailua-Kona, the artists will feature their work at Donkey Mill Art Center with an lecture/panel on July 11, 2013.
Artists:
Craig Skibs Barker
Casper Brindle
Ben Brough
Alex Couwenberg
Ned Evans
Steven Fuchs
Eric Johnson
David Lloyd
Ken Pagliaro
Alex Weinstein
Film:
Director: Eric Minh Swenson
Executive Producer: Andi Campognone
Water footage: Ken Pagliaro
Collaborative footage: Marcel Morin and Sarah Mueller of Vitae Sessions
Visiting Artist Presentation and Potluck
~With Jenifer K Wofford and David Goldberg
Event Type: Presentation
July 18 , 2013
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Admission: Free!
Join us to welcome another pair of gifted artists from the UH Hilo Visiting Artist with the University of Hawaii Summer Art Institute Program
Thursday, July 18 at 6pm
Few can dispute the fact that Hip-hop culture has become the foundation of youth culture across the planet. Ranging from it's earliest introductions through art shows, documentaries and independent films to it's use as a vehicle of corporate marketing, this course looks at DJing, beat production, graffiti, breakdancing and rap from multiple perspectives. Goldberg makes use of texts about hip-hop's various elements created by cultural practitioners and looks at the culture objectively from the vantage points of feminism, activism, sales and the underground. Particular attention is paid to Hip-hop's influence on other forms of cultural expression and on those forms that have influenced it. David Goldberg is a cultural critic and writer, a lecturer in art, art history and American studies and a Professor in the Department of American Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Jenifer K Wofford is a Filipina-American artist and educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She was born in San Francisco and raised in Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates, and Malaysia. She received her BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, and her MFA from UC Berkeley. Wofford has worked in arts education for over a decade, with schools and organizations including the University of San Francisco, UC Berkeley, California College of the Arts, Diablo Valley College, SFMoMA, Casa De Los Jovenes, Leadership High School, First Graduate, City Arts and Tech High School, and Out Of Site.
Artist's Statement:
Happily, I have no quick, one-word answer to the "what kind of art do you make" question: the questions that provoke my projects necessitate varied approaches, from visual and performance strategies to teaching and curatorial work. My work often plays with notions of difference, hybridity, liminality and authenticity. It's often governed by the creative slapstick that occurs when aesthetic values blunder into cultural frictions and global inequities. I do what I can to make work that is absurd, irreverent, imaginative, honest and political, employing as many strategies as seem appropriate.
www.wofflehouse.com
Live Creatively: Artists in Action
~With Anne Catlin
Event Type: Workshop
August 10 - September 7, 2013
Time: 10:00am - 12:00am
Tuition: $100
Supply Fee: $25
Level: Open to All Levels
Meets Saturday Mornings from 10am-12pm
5 Week Series
Tuition: $100 Supply: $25
Based on the themes presented in the Artists Way Program, this is an abbreviated course that challenges participants to carve out tiny and large spaces in their lives to dedicate to their own creative spiritual development. We will be working from the Artists Way workbook with 1 hour of focused dialog and exercises on the topics of creative identity, possibility, strength, integrity and connection. The second hour will be devoted to creative time and open dialog. Weekly challenges will be presented to participants with the main practice of: daily morning pages and artist dates once per week.
The objective of this course is to honor creativity as an essential component of everyday life towards a greater personal balance and fulfillment. The intention of placing creative development as a priority leads to ongoing personal revelation, growing self confidence and a sense of conscious connection to the mystery of creativity. The facilitator will be a co-participant as well as a guide through the course.
Natural and Vat Dye
~With Darius Homayounpour
Event Type: Workshop
September 14 - September 15, 2013
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Tuition: $150
Supply Fee: $TBA
Level: Open to All Levels
Saturday and Sunday
Focused on natural dye sources, a basic palette of vat colors will be developed; cochineal, madder, and lac for reds, weld for yellow and indigo for blue. Secondary colors can be mixed. Itajime (clamped) shibori will be used to create simple resist patterns. Dyestuffs and mordants provided. Previous experience with dyeing is recommended.
As a textile artist, Homayounpour maintains an active exhibition schedule while running a production and teaching dye studio focusing on indigo as well as other natural and synthetic dyes, the only such studio in Hawai`i. Currently, the artist continues to teach shibori and indigo dyeing classes at the Academy Art Center at Linekona and Kuni Island Fabrics, and freelances as a technician in textile conservation.
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Supply fee covers:
- Synthrapol detergent
- Soda ash
- Mordants (potassium acetate and alum)
- Dyes and dye extracts (cochineal, madder, lac, weld)
- Cream of tartar
- Distilled water (18-24 gallons)
- Gas burners and butane canisters
Students should bring:
- Fabric: White or lightly colored cloth (silk will give, by far, the most rewarding results, but other natural fibers such as cotton, hemp, etc., will work; approximately 1 yard to start with)
- Gloves: Kim chee gloves (pink) from the Korean market are best (these are inexpensive and very long, dishwashing gloves are OK)
- Plastic basin or bucket for rinsing and taking home dyed fabric
Optional (bring if you have these):
- Matched pairs of pieces of wood (long rectangles, circles, squares, etc.)
- Spring-loaded clamps
- Large, wide rubber bands (i.e., from broccoli)