EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Hugh Jenkins Chris Edwards Liz Train OPEN |
DIRECTORS Jake Boggs (Hawaii) Doug Gordon Linda Kane Jackie Mild-Lau Mark Mitsuda Jennifer Owen (Maui) Paula Scott (Molokai) Amanda Shelley 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 EDWARDSWhen 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
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Board of Directors |
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
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 MITSUDAMark 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
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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 |