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For Immediate Release
From: Hawai'i Craftsmen
Rose Anne Jones,
Executive Director
www.hawaiicraftsmen.org
808-521-3282
info@hawaiicraftsmen.org
Photos available upon request
Hawai‘i Craftsmen presents its annual
Fire–Earth–Water Event:
Raku Ho'olaule'a
April 17, 2007 HONOLULU, HI;
Since 1978, Hawai'i Craftsmen has
celebrated Raku, a fusion of EAST/WEST culture through ceramics by holding its
annual series of events:
Raku Ho'olaule'a.
Raku is a 400 year old Japanese style of pottery which has influenced
contemporary ceramics around the world.
Rob Drexel, nationally known raku ceramicist from New Mexico, is our guest
artist for this year’s
Raku Ho'olaule'a.
He will provide a slide lecture, wet clay demonstration, and partake in the
camaraderie of ceramicists firing raku at beautiful Waimanalo Bay Beach Park in
the shadows of the Ko‘olau mountains. He will also jury the contemporary
category of ceramics fired at the beach for our
Raku Ho'olaule'a
Exhibitionheld at The
ARTS at Marks Garage.
Every year, Hawai'i Craftsmen also partners with The Urasenke Foundation of
Hawai‘i to present traditional the Japanese Zen Tea Ceremony demonstrations to
the public. A Foundation representative will jury the work in the traditional
category for our
Raku Ho'olaule'a Exhibition.
This year’s schedule includes:
May 19, 2007
10 am – Noon:
Tea Bowl Lecture/Demo
East West Center Tea House;
UH-Manoa by the Urasenke Foundation of Hawai‘i;
Open to the Public: No charge
Noon – 5 pm
Tea Bowl Workshop:
University of Hawai‘i –Manoa Ceramics Lab
Open to the Public, No Charge, Please RSVP at 808-521-3282
May 29, 2007
6:30 Free
Public Slide Lecture by Rob
Drexel, UH-Manoa Art Auditorium
May 30, 2007
6:30 Wet Clay Demo
by, Rob Drexel, UH-Manoa Art Bldg- Ceramics Lab
June 1-3, 2007
Beachside Firing and Camp-out
Waimanalo Bay Beach Park:
Registration and Fee Required
June 2, 2007:
9:00 am – 1:00 pm Community
Kiln--Waimanalo Bay Beach Park
Open to the Public: No charge to observe; nominal charge to purchase, glaze and fire a
tea bowl
June 19 - July 14, 2007
Raku Ho'olaule'a Juried Exhibition
Tuesday – Saturday, 11 am-6 pm at The ARTS at Marks Garage, 1159 Nu‘uanu,
Honolulu
For more information, 808-521-3282;
info@hawaiicraftsmen.org
Hawai‘i Craftsmen is a non-profit organization that sponsors educational and exhibition
opportunities for Hawai‘i’s crafts people and artists. Raku Ho'olaule'a is supported by
membership and program fees and partially funded by the State Foundation on Culture and
the Arts and the McInerny Foundation. Mahalo to the Urasenke Foundation of Hawai‘i,
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Art Department, Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation
and The ARTS at Marks Garage, a Project of the Hawai‘i Arts Alliance.
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