AWARD WINNERS

We are pleased to present the 21 award winners of our 2021 exhibition selected by our juror Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy and generously supported by our community. Congratulations to you all!


THE THURSTON TWIGG-SMITH BEST IN SHOW AWARD - $2,500.00

Sponsored by Sharon Twigg-Smith

Jenna Macy
Learning to Not Drown


THE ELIZABETH RICE GROSSMAN AWARD OF EXCELLENCE - $1,000.00

Sponsored by Elizabeth Rice Grossman

Boris Huang
Moonlight Fish


THE CHARLES E. HIGA MEMORIAL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE - $1,000.00

Sponsored by the Peter Drewliner Trust

Daven Hee
rainbow huggable pot


THE JOHN YOUNG AWARD - $500.00

Sponsored by the John Young foundation

Jake Boggs
Dave


THE GEORGE ELLIS AWARD - $500.00

Sponsored by the Timothy Y. C. Choy Fund of the Hawai'i Community Foundation

Esther Shimazu
Cat Demon Makes Cupcake For Hungry Ghost


THE CAROL AND MALCOLM KOGA EMERGING ARTIST AWARD -$500.00

Sponsored by the Timothy Y. C. Choy Fund of the Hawai'i Community Foundation

Joy Sanchez
Expressions on Another’s Form


DIANE CHEN KOCH WESER AWARD FOR COLLABORATIVE WORK - $500.00

Sponsored by the Timothy Y. C. Choy Fund of the Hawai'i Community Foundation

Joyce Jeffers and Chenta Laury
Interplay


VIRGINIA MCGARGAHAN AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN RAKU - $500.00

Sponsored by the Timothy Y. C. Choy Fund of the Hawai'i Community Foundation

Faye Maeshiro
Twighlights Glow


THE RON AND MYRA KENT AWARD FOR CREATIVE INNOVATION - $400.00

Sponsored by the Kent Family Trust and Kenny Kicklighter

Constance Liu
Carved vase


THE PAUL LOO MEMORIAL AWARD - $350.00

Sponsored by Violet Loo

Suzanne Wolfe
Entangled Birds on the Mountain


EARLE F. LONG MEMORIAL AWARD FOR WOODTURNING - $300.00

Sponsored by MaryAnne Long

Robert W. Butts
Umeke Nui


MERIT AWARD IN CERAMIC ARTS - $250.00

Merit awards are sponsored by the Peter Drewliner Trust

Jacob Jackson
Blue Crystalline vessel


MERIT AWARD IN FIBER ARTS - $250.00

Natasha Young
Rooster Feather Cape


MERIT AWARD IN GLASS ARTS - $250.00

Julianna Bolanos
Sunset Sconce


MERIT AWARD IN WOOD ARTS - $250.00

Francisco Clemente
Nature's Aroma


MERIT AWARD IN METAL ARTS - $250.00

Marta Whitlock
Diaspora. How I and this piece of copper made it here.


MERIT AWARD IN MIXED MEDIA ARTS - $250.00

Kat Kazlauskas
GhostWhale.net


THE SAYOKO KAY MURA STUDENT AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE - $250.00

Sponsored by friends of Kay Mura

Corinne Foley
A calm chaos


THE CEDAR STREET GALLERY AWARD  - $250.00

Sponsored by Michael Schnack

Yutaka Kawahito
Silent Caldera (Echo Release Vessel)


THE MĀNOA GALLERY AWARD  - $250.00

Sponsored by Cathy Cooke

Patricia Golebieski
Courage


THE GARDEN ISLAND ARTS COUNCIL ANNUAL ARTIST AWARD - $150.00

Sponsored by the Garden Island Arts Council

Abigail Boroughs
Joy, Sorrow, and Rainbows




EXHIBITING ARTISTS

Congratulations to the 85 artists who were selected to participate in this exhibition featuring 110 works of traditional and contemporary craft from across the state!


Island

Artist

Title

Medium

Molokaʻi

Arabella Ark

Lily Pond Vases

Ceramic

Oʻahu

Robert “Bunky” Bakutis

Right slide Makaha

Clay with clay stand

Oʻahu

Robert “Bunky” Bakutis

Set Surf

Clay with wood stand

Oʻahu

Tricia Beaman

Almost Missed Mist

Clay

Oʻahu

Tricia Beaman

Kahaluʻu: Fire & Full

Clay

Hawaiʻi Island

Valerie Beck

Sometimes Butterflies Have to Wear Army Boots

Blown and sand carved glass

Maui

Derek Bencomo

Gift from the Rain Forest, Simply Organic

Hawaiian Milo wood

Maui

Derek Bencomo

Kula

Jacaranda wood

Molokaʻi

Daniel Bennett

A Flower Garden

Cone 11 reduction, various celadon glazes and other glazes, stoneware

Molokaʻi

Daniel Bennett

Trail of dragon eyes

Cone 11 reduction, stoneware, Shino glaze with raw ash

Hawaiʻi Island

Jake Boggs

Dave

Ceramic

Hawaiʻi Island

Jake Boggs

Gershom's Labyrinth

Ceramic

Oʻahu

Julianna Bolanos

Empty Spaces 2

Glass

Oʻahu

Julianna Bolanos

Sunset Sconce

Glass

Kauaʻi

Abigail Boroughs

Joy, Sorrow, and Rainbows

Reclaimed wood, paper, and linen thread

Oʻahu

Robert W. Butts

Umeke Nui

Hawaiian rain tree wood

Lānaʻi

V. Lee Cabanilla

Hoʻolau “To grow leaves”

Salvaged Koa wood

Oʻahu

F. Scott Carter

Hope & Salvation

Clay

Kauaʻi

Theresa Casagram

Cloud Burst

Sterling silver, hand cut Paua shell

Oʻahu

Sandra Ciri

Audrey waiting for N Judah Muni SF, Ca. Granddaughter Helen and George

Mixed media/clay bisque applied on body with artist's designs printed on Japanese washi paper

Maui

Sandra Clark

Dreams

Indigo dyed silks, shashiko stitching

Maui

Sandra Clark

Gold Obi

Glass with 24 karat gold

Oʻahu

Francisco Clemente

Amargo Destino

Okinawan pine wood

Oʻahu

Francisco Clemente

Enmascarado

Wood OSB, bronze and patina

Oʻahu

Francisco Clemente

Nature's Aroma

Camphor wood

Maui

Julia Malia Cordi

Cloud gazing

Blown glass

Hawaiʻi Island

Ellen Crocker

Torn Apart or Mending?

Hand-stitched on muslin with Japanese cotton sashiko thread

Oʻahu

Rae Douglass

Gay Triangles

Ceramic

Oʻahu

Rae Douglass

Porcelain Nebula

Wool yarn dipped in porcelain slip woven around a balloon armature

Oʻahu

Christopher Edwards

#150

Self-cast bronze

Oʻahu

Christopher Edwards

Phloem and Xylem

Raku-fired ceramic

Oʻahu

Scott Fitzel

'A'a Board Provenance: Oahu Island, Date Unknown

Earthen origin

Oʻahu

Corinne Foley

A calm chaos

Glass

Oʻahu

Sachiko Furuya

Ryoku Yu Ido Gata Tea Bowl

Ceramic

Maui

Tim Garcia

Shibusa series Portal

Cook Pine, sculpture

Hawaiʻi Island

Emily Gleason

Grief

Ceramic

Hawaiʻi Island

Emily Gleason

Shame

Ceramic

Molokaʻi

Patricia Golebieski

Courage

Cowrie shell Waikiki beach Oahu, Opihi shell Papohaku beach Molokai, beads, thread, courage charm

Oʻahu

Daniel Harano

Kaleidonism in Division

Ceramic

Oʻahu

Daniel Harano

Unfolding Ring Kaleidonism in Bloom

Ceramic

Oʻahu

Donald Harvey

Sun Set

Clay

Oʻahu

Vincent Hazen

Red Jar with Yellow Insignia

Stoneware, cone 10

Oʻahu

Daven Hee

rainbow huggable pot

Wheel-thrown stoneware fired with shino to cone 10 in reduction, fired again to cone 04 with low-fire glazes

Kauaʻi

Shannon Hiramoto

All dressed up and nowhere to go, nobody to go with, and nothing to do

Handmade paper, linocut, string

Oʻahu

Boris Huang

Crown Pearl

Lei Hulu

Oʻahu

Boris Huang

Moonlight Fish

Lei Hulu

Oʻahu

Boris Huang

Ode to the Relenting Storm

ʻAʻahu Hulu

Oʻahu

Jacob Jackson

Blue and Green Crystalline vessel

Porcelain

Oʻahu

Jacob Jackson

Blue Crystalline vessel

Porcelain

Maui

Joyce Jeffers and Chenta Laury

Interplay

Wool

Hawaiʻi Island

Hugh Jenkins with Stephanie Ross

Kohala spring

Blown glass

Hawaiʻi Island

Hugh Jenkins with Stephanie Ross

New Eruption

Blown glass

Maui

Kēla Kahikina

Shattered Cerulean Antics

Ceramics, Cone 5

Oʻahu

Linda Kane

Kia'i

Feathers, mixed media

Oʻahu

Ken Kang

Crimson

Clay

Oʻahu

Russ Katto

Waimanalo Blues

Blown glass

Oʻahu

Yutaka Kawahito

Silent Caldera (Echo Release Vessel)

Ceramic

Oʻahu

Kat Kazlauskas

GhostWhale.net

Neon, ghost net

Oʻahu

Kat Kazlauskas

Three Lines Walk Into A Bar

Neon

Oʻahu

Kenny Kicklighter

One Of The Many Faces Of Shino

High fired stoneware

Molokaʻi

Terry Klerlein with Kim Markham

Sailing at Sunset in Hawaii

Glazed ceramic vessel with Molokaʻi pine needle basketry

woven with raffia, sandbox tree seed husks, and sandalwood seeds

Maui

Zenobia Lakdawalla

Fold 5

Ceramic

Maui

Mary Ann Leigh

Everybody Needs a Hug

Ceramics

Oʻahu

Constance Liu

Carved vase

Porcelain

Oʻahu

Jenna Macy

Learning to Not Drown

Slip cast clay, thermochromic pigment

Oʻahu

Faye Maeshiro

Twighlights Glow

Ceramic, rubber, wire

Hawaiʻi Island

Kainoa Makua

Kauila

Ceramic

Molokaʻi

Kim Markham

Charcuterie

Handbuilt ceramic stoneware platter

Molokaʻi

Kim Markham

Garden Pot #9

Handbuilt ceramic stoneware pot

Molokaʻi

Kim Markham

Ichirin Zashi Blue

Wheelthrown and altered ceramic vase

Oʻahu

Jacqueline Mild-Lau

Hula Bella

Bronze, self cast

Hawaiʻi Island

Rosemary Miller

The Dressed Up Lady

Fused glass

Hawaiʻi Island

Rosemary Miller

The White and the Black

Fused glass

Kauaʻi

Bon Moore

Vessel of Dreams

Coconut fiber, Sansevieria plant fiber, and clay

Hawaiʻi Island

Michael Mortara

Cliffs of Waiopae

Epoxy, acrylic and wood

Oʻahu

Jill Morton

Almighty Lava

Ceramic - high fire stoneware

Oʻahu

Jill Morton

Storm Surf at Ehukai

Ceramic - high fire stoneware

Oʻahu

Sanford Murata

Chawan

Stoneware clay

Hawaiʻi Island

Mydock with Gregg Smith

"Ohana"

Wood - segmented lathe turned vessel, embellished pearlized finish

Oʻahu

Paul Nash

I'M HUNGRY FOR YOU!

Stoneware/Handbuild/Glazes and Luster

Oʻahu

Paul Nash

IT WAS A LUCKY DAY

Pit Fired/Ceramic/Earthenware

Oʻahu

Paul Nash

Its A Nice Pot

Stoneware/Ceramic

Oʻahu

Paul Nash

UNDULATING TO THE HEAVENS

Stoneware/Wheelthrown

Oʻahu

Paul Nash

UP UP AND AWAY!

Stoneware/Ceramic/Overlapping Glazes

Oʻahu

Ian Nash

Into The Abyss

Ceramic, wheel thrown

Maui

Jennifer Owen

Agate Vase

Salt-fired stoneware

Hawaiʻi Island

Patti Pease Johnson

Forest Pathways Mobile

Liquid dye on silk with wax resist, foam core, wire, swivels, lava rock

Maui

Paul Pyzyna

Circling the Abyss

Red oak, milkpaint, acrylic, glass

Maui

Paul Pyzyna with Rose Gabriel

Maui Daydream

Jacaranda, acrylic, lacquer

Molokaʻi

Carol Rocha

Deer Friend

Mixed media - clay and doe skull

Kauaʻi

Frank Rothschild & Evelyn de Buhr

White Anthurium

Stained glass

Oʻahu

Light Ruth

Homeless in Kakaʻako

Ceramic, oil paint, and collage (fabric and paper)

Oʻahu

Light Ruth

Homeless in Kaneʻohe

Ceramic, water color paint, and paper collage

Oʻahu

Joy Sanchez

Expressions on Another’s Form

Daven Hee’s thrown and altered form, underglaze, cone 5 oxidation, gold dust applique

Oʻahu

Joy Sanchez

Untitled

Ceramic stoneware

Hawaiʻi Island

Georgia P. Sartoris

Hue Wai Pawehe. #119

Traditional dyed Hawaiian gourd

Hawaiʻi Island

Georgia P. Sartoris

Night Sky

Kapa cloth with watercolor

Oʻahu

Domenica Sattler

The Scream

Stoneware

Hawaiʻi Island

Daniel Sheinfeld Rodriguez

COSMIC BOX II

Koa wood coals, resin

Oʻahu

Esther Shimazu

Cat Demon Makes Cupcake For Hungry Ghost

Cone 6 stoneware and porcelain

Oʻahu

Linda Sjogren

Code Orange

Handwoven fiber

Kauaʻi

Caylin Spear

Carry Me Too

Wax encaustic and mixed media on terracotta

Oʻahu

Nicole Jane Tagalicud

Friends

High-fired ceramic stoneware

Oʻahu

Mark White

She’s A Curvy Dish

High fired porcelain

Oʻahu

Mark White

Squiggly McWiggly

High fired clay

Kauaʻi

Marta Whitlock

Diaspora. How I and this piece of copper made it here.

Recycled copper and recycled plywood

Oʻahu

Katie Williams

Flow

Fiber

Oʻahu

Suzanne Wolfe

Entangled Birds on the Mountain

Stoneware/luster/decals

Oʻahu

Gary Yee

Earth

Ceramic

Kauaʻi

Natasha Young

Rooster Feather Cape

Feathers




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