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Raku Ho`olaule`a is an annual community Raku ceramics workshop, firing and camp out in a beautiful beach side setting at Waimanalo Bay Beach Park. This weekend event is preceded by an Urasenke tea bowl demonstration and workshop, a slide lecture and wet clay demonstration by our guest artist, a nationally known ceramicist brought to Hawai‘i for the event. Artwork glazed and fired at the beach is eligible for our juried exhibition at The ARTS at Marks Garage. Opening Reception for this Exhibition includes a Tea Ceremony demonstration and Silent Auction.

This event is partially funded by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and G. N. Wilcox Trust, the McInerny Foundation and the Frear Trust. Mahalo to The City and County Parks and Recreation for the coordination and use of the Park. Workshop space has been made available through the generosity of the University of Hawai‘i Manoa, the East West Center Tea House.

Mahalo also to the East West Center Tea House and the Urasenke Foundation for the tea bowl demonstrations and jurying of the traditional category Finally, Mahalo to the partners at The ARTS at Marks Garage for hosting our exhibition.