Contact Zone: Ami Network Installation – Progress Report I

I love working on larger scale projects. They often grow to take on a life of their own,  my original idea becoming stonger, and then distilling that idea to its most focused message. Ami Network is for the upcoming show Contact 2018. Please be patient as I really need to work on my photography skillsContinue reading “Contact Zone: Ami Network Installation – Progress Report I”

Happenings @729Studios in Hawai’i

A great time of year to be back creating artwork in my Honolulu studio space.  Received the wonderful news my proposal for Contact 2018 (Contact Zone) has been accepted so I have been madly working to bring my vision into fruition. These are photos of the last days in my larger, light filled studio space.Continue reading “Happenings @729Studios in Hawai’i”

Yokohama Triennale 2017 – Part II of II

Read Part I of II click here. The big surprise for me at this exhibition was video art. Haven’t been a big fan of it, Sometimes I’ll manage to sit through a short video, but I hadn’t been wow-ed until this show. At the Yokohama Museum of Art, Zhao Zhao’s 120min video of getting aContinue reading “Yokohama Triennale 2017 – Part II of II”

Who me?!

Really there? Yes, I’m really there on the Honolulu Museum of Art’s website for Contact Hawai’i 2016 along with many other wonderful artists living in Hawai’i. The pillar art on the building front is by TUTUVI. Exhibition Overview For the third year, Pu‘uhonua Society’s Maoli Arts Alliance presents its juried contemporary art exhibition Contact, featuring new and recentContinue reading “Who me?!”

What is Contact 2016: Foreign and Familiar?

Why did Michelle and I choose to participate in this show?  From the http://www.contacthawaii.com website: Foreign and Familiar focuses on the experiences of communities that have migrated to and from Hawai‘i, and the subsequent impact that this amalgam of cultures has imparted on our Islands. We both now call Hawaii home, she has been hereContinue reading “What is Contact 2016: Foreign and Familiar?”

7 Days Until Contact 2016 Opening…

…but only 4 days until installation begins! My stitch partner, Michelle, and I had a face to face today and I got to see the thought she put into her fiber choices for the kahuli, Hawaiian Tree Snails. They really do have their own sparkle!  The combined textile and wire vine design I created metContinue reading “7 Days Until Contact 2016 Opening…”

Less than 8 Days!

I’ve been counting down until the opening night of Contact 2016 at the Honolulu Museum of Art School. In reality, our artwork  needs to be completed and installed before then, this Monday or Tuesday.  Making our countdown at 5 work days! Eek! Michelle offers us a color tease regarding her next part in our artContinue reading “Less than 8 Days!”