Board of Directors


EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

 Hugh Jenkins
President

Chris Edwards
Vice President

Liz Train
Secretary


OPEN
Treasurer


DIRECTORS


Jake Boggs (Hawaii)

Doug Gordon

Evan Jenkins (Maui)

Linda Kane

Jackie Mild-Lau

Mark Mitsuda

Jennifer Owen (Maui)

Paula Scott (Molokai)

Amanda Sheley

OPEN (Kauai)

HONORARY DIRECTORS

Mark White, Past President

The volunteer board develops and maintains relationships with the community and are active in Hawai`i Craftsmen’s mission, goals, objectives and programs. Historically, our board has consisted primarily of working artists, art educators and persons involved in the art community. 


Executive Committee


          HUGH JENKINS

CHRISTOPHER EDWARDS

When I started working in ceramics in 2012, I was looking around for ways to exhibit my work as an emerging artist, and my ceramics teacher suggested I enter the Hawai’i Craftsmen Statewide Exhibition. I took his advice and when I registered, I also signed up as a volunteer to help install the exhibition. This helped me in many ways: it was an amazing way to get to know a community of artists, I learned a ton, and it was just generally a super fun experience. I have been volunteering with Hawai’i Craftsmen ever since! 

So…a bit about my work...I make sculptures inspired by the algorithmic processes of the natural world and the visual language of human technology. My work is in collections of the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, the Luciano Benetton Collection, as well as national and international private collectors.

LIZ TRAIN

Liz Train has a BFA in ceramics and an MFA in Fiber Arts from the University of Hawaii. She first joined Hawaii Craftsmen in 1979 and served as President in 1981 and 1982. Liz founded the Fiber Hawaii exhibit in 1982 and has continued to serve as chairperson of the exhibit for many years including the 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018 Fiber exhibits. She taught fiber arts at the University of Hawaii from 1980 - 1987 and was a museum educator at The Contemporary Museum from 1998 - 2005.As a Teaching Artist and Museum Guide she works with the Hawaii State Art Museum on the ArtBento outreach projects and Artist in the Schools program at various elementary schools. Liz also teaches adult classes in Fiber art and Weaving at the Honolulu Museum of Art School and children's classes after school at Noelani elementary. In addition to fiber art Liz enjoys working with ceramics, fused glass, printmaking and mixed media. Her work is in the collection of the State Foundation on Culture and Arts as well as many private collections. Liz also serves on the board of the Hawaii Handweaver’s Hui and the Glass Fusion Collective. 

Board of Directors

 

JAKE BOGGS


Jake Boggs is the Ceramics Studio Coordinator at the Donkey Mill Art Center in Hōlualoa Hawai’i. He holds a Masters of Fine Art degree from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, and a Bachelors of Fine Art degree from Eastern Kentucky University. His interest in ceramics has taken him from his home culture in Appalachia, to the Ecuadorian Amazon, Jingdezhen City, China “The Birthplace of Porcelain”, South Korea where he sources traditional and contemporary forms as creative influence. He exhibits his work widely across the United States, and keeps an active and evolving studio in Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i. His interest in the ceramic arts, as well as education, propel him forward in his practice.

        DOUG GORDON

         LINDA KANE

JACKIE MILD-LAU

Artist, educator, facilitator and volunteer are Jackie’s most frequently worn hats. She is an artist alumni of the University of Hawaii at Manoa Department of Art and Art History with a BFA and MFA in sculpture. Movement and whimsey are hallmarks of her work in metal, clay, glass, fiber and plaster. Jackie’s works are included in collections both public and private, by commission and freelance offerings. 

Jackie runs a small foundry in the back of a boat builder’s shop on the Windward side of Oahu where she has been teaching Bronze Casting and casting her own work. Past teaching credits include classes at the University of Hawaii Outreach College, Chaminade University, Windward and Kapiolani Community Colleges, The Honolulu Museum of Art( Academy), The Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Artist in the Schools Program, The Boys and Girls Club of Honolulu and Temple Emanu-El School of Jewish Studies. Jackie has been responsible for many Hawaii Craftsmen exhibition installations and has recently coordinated and curated several exhibitions in the newly opened Downtown Art  Center exhibition space.

It seems Jackie is drawn to non profit organizations both professionally and as a volunteer. She is serving another two years as President of the Temple Emanu-El Board of Trustees, as a past President and at-large member of Hawaii Craftsmen’s Board of Directors, member of the newly formed Glass Fusion Collective’s Board and member of the Jewish Community Services Board. She is also a Girl Scout Troop Leader for girls in grades K- 5 which meet at Palolo Elementary School and overnight coordinator for the Temple Emanu-El, Family Promise commitment.

MARK MITSUDA

Mark Mitsuda grew up in Honolulu Hawaii, and was introduced to glass during high school at Punahou School.  Mark went on to art school and graduated with a BFA from Alfred University in 1992.  He has studied with numerous glass artists at Pilchuck Glass School and has worked as a studio assistant for Rick Mills at the University of Hawaii.  In the mid 90’s he co-found Glass Design Group, a limited production studio glass studio in upstate New York.  In 1998 he returned to Honolulu to teach glassblowing at Punahou School where he is currently the head of the glass program.   He has taught at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina and has been a resident artist at the Appalachian Center for Craft in Smithville Tennessee and is a board member of Hawaii Craftsmen.

JENNIFER OWEN

Jennifer Owen recently retired as Associate Professor of art at University of Hawaii Maui College, where she taught ceramics, sculpture, visual arts, and art history for 21 years. She earned an MFA in ceramics from the University of Oregon and a BA in Art History from Princeton University. She was head of the ceramics department at Hui No`eau Visual Arts Center on Maui for 23 years until 2006. Three of her ceramic sculptures are in the collection of the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, and her work has been juried into shows nationally and internationally.  Jennifer first joined Hawaii Craftsmen in 1984, and has participated in the annual members' exhibition ever since. 

PAULA SCOTT

Born and raised on Molokai Paula obtained a B.A. in Psychology from San Diego State University in 1978 and in May 2007, completed a second Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts, Art Studio, from the University of New Mexico. Paula works in several mediums:  photography, acrylic, encaustic, mixed media collage work and hand pulled printmaking (primarily intaglio and monotypes).

As an artist and an active advocate for the arts, Paula served several terms as an Art Commissioner for the City of Rio Rancho, New Mexico and served as a board member and chair of communications for the Rio Rancho Art Association. She has organized and curated numerous art exhibits-including annual youth art exhibits and served as art curator for the Esther Bone Library-bringing in many art related programs and exhibits to the community of Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Paula currently serves as a board member for the Molokai Arts Center.



      AMANDA SHELLEY



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