Hedden featured KVA August artist
The Kailua Village Artists featured artist for the month of August is P.L. Hedden, a self-taught oil painter that specializes in landscapes and seascapes. Employing only palette knives to build her creations she considers herself a contemporary impressionist.
She will be displaying some new work in August, paintings that were completed during the COVID-19 lock down.
“I’ve actually stepped up my game during this lock down,” Hedden said. “I focused on incorporating more complimentary colors into my subjects, which has added a vibrancy to my works. I’m really excited about this advancement! While I’m in the midst of painting and I’m laying down the color, I can see how the technique makes the colors seem to vibrate.”
Hedden will be working at the gallery in Kona Marketplace off Alii Drive on Aug. 17 and 24. For the month of August, gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
For more information, call 329-6653 or visit www.kailuavillageartists.com.
Blue Sea Artisans Gallery featuring ‘Covid Creations’
The Blue Sea Artisans Gallery will be featuring an artist collective display titled “Covid Creations — Back in Action!” featuring the works of member artists during the month of August.
Member artists include Cathie Ann Amelotte (vintage jewelry), Denise Bird (photography), Stan Chraminski (plein air oils), Stefanie Culbertson (watercolors), Felicia Fry (watercolors), Chad Gray (wood art), Mark Martel (acrylics and watercolors), Sue Mailander (multi-media art), Richard Rochkovsky (plein air oils), Stacey Siegel (handblown glass and jewelry) and Mary Vittone (quilting).
Guest artists include Carole Bramer (ceramics), Barbara Denman (ipu), Ray Kobayashi (wood turner), Brad Lewis (photography), Lowell (shell turtles), Nicholsons (wood turner), and Nicolina Rinaldi (watercolors).
Many of the artists will each be donating a piece of art for a raffle to be held on Sept. 1 at the gallery. To enter the drawing, stop by the gallery during the month of August.
The gallery is located in the Keauhou Shopping Center and is open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
For more information, call 329-8000.
East Hawaii Cultural Center features Patrick O’Kiersey
“Landscape,” an exhibition by Patrick O’Kiersey opens Saturday at the East Hawaii Cultural Center in Hilo.
The exhibit will be open during normal gallery hours, which are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. No opening reception will be held.
The exhibit, which is free and open to the public, will remain on display through Aug. 28.
For more information, visit www.ehcc.org, email admin@ehcc.org, or call (808) 961-5711.
Tickets on sale for ‘Cool Fusion: Festival of 1,000 Bowls’
The Donkey Mill Art Center has set the date for its popular event, “Cool Fusion: Festival of 1,000 Bowls.”
The two-day event during which thousands of bowls are created and oodles of noodles served up is tentatively scheduled for Sept. 25 and 26 at the center in Holualoa.
The annual event raises vital funds to support art education at the center and throughout the community
Tickets go on sale today and can be purchased online at www.donkeymillartcenter.org.
Hawaii Wood Guild show opens Tuesday
The Hawaii Wood Guild’s Late Summer Wood Show opens Tuesday featuring work by island artists captured in paint, pastels, glass, and wood.
The show will be on display through Oct. 2 at Isaacs Art Center at Hawaii Preparatory Academy in Waimea.
For more information, visit www.hawaiiwoodguild.com
Auditions set for ‘Eddie Would Go’ and ‘Queen of Makaha Rell Sunn’
Aloha Theatre announces video auditions for two plays in its “Voices from the Ring of Fire” series, “Eddie Would Go” and “Queen of Makaha Rell Sunn.”
Audition videos are due by 9 a.m. Aug. 18. Callbacks will be held via Zoom on Aug. 20.
Aloha Theatre welcomes participants of all races and ethnicities, body types, and abilities to audition. Due to the nature of the material, the directors will prioritize casting Native Hawaiians and people of color. Acting experience is not required, newcomers are encouraged to audition. Ability to speak pidgin is beneficial, but is not mandatory. Auditioners must be at least age 15.
“Voices from the Ring of Fire” is a series dedicated to elevating voices from the Pacific Rim, and features plays that address issues of interest to Pacific communities, written by authors from the region. The series opens each season at the Aloha Theatre, in recognition of its home in the islands and its role in expanding performance of works from its home region.
Due to the nature of the material addressed in voices plays, the theater will have a Hawaiian cultural specialist to provide context and guidance to actors, crew, staff and theater leadership.
“It is expected that there will be no live performances of Eddie Would Go or Queen of Makaha Rell Sunn at the Aloha Theatre due to restrictions on gatherings due to COVID-19. We expect to film the plays to share with the community virtually. We are also exploring the possibility of performing one weekend of drive-in theatre, to be determined,” the Aloha Performings Arts Co. said.
“Eddie Would Go” is a theatrical exploration of a series of events that shaped the life of Eddie Aikau, written by Bryan Wake. Edward R. Aikau was a local boy, an excellent surfer, a high school dropout, a dedicated lifeguard and an early crew member of the Hokulea. The play looks at this surfing hero through the eyes of four local boys. Each knows something of Aikau, whether it be a wildly untrue legend or a true-to-life event. Through telling, playing, arguing, and challenging each other, the four come to a better understanding of Aikau and what made him a special role model. Director Nicole Gour will be casting four males ages 18 to 30.
“Queen of Makaha Rell Sunn, also by Wake, tells the story of women’s surfing pioneer and community hero, Rell Sunn. While staying at an experimental cancer clinic, Sunn meets a disheartened young girl from the mainland. Sunn, and her visiting friend Carole, share her life experiences, and the two become friends in this moving play about the woman whose spirit and actions made her a heroine to many.
Contact voices@alohatheatre.com with questions regarding auditions.