ST*BA ARTISTS
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Edwin UshiroEdwin Ushiro’s work resonates with the echoes of his boyhood in the “slow town” of Wailuku, Maui. After earning a BFA with Honors in Illustration from Art Center College of Design, he worked in the entertainment industry as a storyboard artist, concept designer and visual consultant. More recently, he has exhibited in venues worldwide, including Villa Bottini in Italy, Grand Palais in France, the Museum of Kyoto, HoMA, and the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles. A monograph of his work entitled "Edwin Ushiro: Gathering Whispers" was published in 2014 with editions by Zero+ Publishing in the United States and Diagon Alley in China. In recent years, he has participated in several POW! WOW! mural festivals in Honolulu and Long Beach, as well as the Windows of Little Tokyo public art festival in Los Angeles. He lives and works between Los Angeles and Maui.
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Sachelle DaeFrom art camp as a young child at Hui Noʻeau to studying realism painting as a young adult in Philadelphia, PA, Sachelle Dae has had a love for art her whole life. Now living back in her home on the island of Maui, she creates artwork that combines her background in classical realism painting with fantastical and abstract elements. She is a recipient of the State Foundation on Culture and The Arts Acquisition Award and has recently had her work exhibited at the Hawai'i State Art Museum. She was also a part of Hawai'i's statewide 2022 Schaefer Portrait Challenge. Aside from being a professional artist, Sachelle has extensive experience teaching art to children and young adults. While living in Philadelphia, she worked with a non-profit that brought art into inner city Philadelphia title 1 public schools.
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Cory Taum
Cory Kamehanaokalā Holt Taum is a Hawaiian artist who lives and works in Hawaiʻi. He is an active cultural practitioner and mural artist sourcing his inspiration from the many stories and teachings of his ancestors and their relevance in today's drastically changing Hawaiʻi. Cory is fascinated with the masterful, bold and powerful visual forms and patterns developed by the original people of Hawaiʻi. He is best known for his iconic, large-scale paintings on a wide range of surfaces from rusted metal to moss covered concrete to an invasive Albezia tree. With the surfaces he chooses as his canvas, he hopes to encourage the viewer to question the current state of urbanization and its effect on the health of the land and the people of Hawaiʻi. Cory has worked on numerous large-scale community murals as well as participated in multiple artist residencies and international mural festivals throughout the Pacific. smalltownbig.org/cliff-hokuao |
March 2022 Adaptations Dance Theater Team | Learn more: smalltownbig.org/cliff-hokuao
Ali Pineo, born and raised on Maui, is an independent choreographer. She is the founding director and choreographer for CRAFT Dance Series, a collaborative, high-stakes, time-sensitive project that seeks to produce works that are instinctive and raw; and at the same time cohesive, imaginative, grand. Over the course of her professional career, Ali has danced with Menlowe Ballet and Adaptations Dance Theater, and has performed works by Donald McKayle, Robert Moses, Gregory Dawson, Alex Ketley, Amy Seiwert, Jodie Gates, Hallie Hunt, and others. Before moving back to Maui last March, Ali was an active member of the larger Bay Area community participating in various independent projects with filmmakers, fashion designers, and other choreographers. She has her BA from Stanford University and MFA in dance from UC Irvine.
Jen Cox is the executive director for Adaptations Dance Theater (as of 2018) and has performed in several ADT works since 2016. She earned her B.A. in Communication Studies and Latin American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she also became a varsity athlete for her two years on the Division 1 women’s rowing team. In her final two years at school, Jen pursued different dance opportunities with modern and hip-hop groups on campus, including MiscONcEption Dance founded by James Alsop, KaDarra Lowe, Leshaun Price & Stephanie Smellie. Upon graduating, Jen moved to San Francisco to begin her career in marketing within the nonprofit sector, and became a member of Loose Change, an urban contemporary dance company led by Eric Fenn at City Dance Studios. Having relocated to Maui in 2011, Jen has continued her work in support of nonprofits and small businesses serving their communities within the arts, conservation, and healthcare sectors.
Katie Istvan is a dancer, choreographer and fitness professional from Maui, Hawaii. She has performed around the country in works by Rebecca Lemme|Acts of Matter, Keith Johnson/Dancers, Kathleen Helm & Dancers, The Assembly, Alex Ketley, Adaptations Dance Theater, Flockworks, and Cirque du Soleil. She currently teaches classes and is the Competition Director at Momentum Dance Maui. Independently, Katie provides one-on-one advanced training and mentorship to dancers seeking progress in their overall technique, choreography, competition and college auditions. Katie directed the ADT Winter Workshop and the ADT Summer Intensive programs as Community Director with Adaptations Dance Theater. She received her B.A. in Dance from California State University Long Beach as a scholarship recipient (2015), trained at the San Francisco Conservatory and Movement Invention Project NY, and obtained certifications in both Yoga and Barre.
Hallie Hunt is from San Francisco, California. She is a Co-Founder and the Artistic Director of Adaptations Dance Theater where she also serves as a resident choreographer, movement researcher, dance educator and dance artist. Hallie has danced professionally with Ballet San Jose, Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Artship Dance Theater, The Foundry, and CRAFT Dance Series. She has performed works by Dennis Nahat, Alonzo King, William Forsythe, Jiri Kylián, Alex Ketley, Christian Burns, Gregory Dawson, Ali Pineo, Sarala Dandekar, Akari Ueoka, Flockworks, Mark Kanemura and others. Hallie believes any wild, whimsical, terrifying or hilarious choice is welcomed into dance. Any space can hold dance, all bodies can dance in their own unique way and every audience member is a valued component of the dance. During the creative process she works to build and maintain a supported environment for all participating individuals. Each human has an irreplaceable presence and power that shall be welcomed and uplifted. She practices creating a collaborative space that encourages artists whether 5 years old or 50 years old to honor themselves and create and contribute responsibly.
Sarah Bauer grew up dancing in San Francisco and Southern California, receiving her BFA in Dance Performance from the University of California, Irvine. Sarah has danced with the Ali McKeon Dance Project, Donald McKayle’s Etude Ensemble, and was a founding member of Fullstop Dance Company while in San Francisco. Sarah has spent the past 5 Years as a freelance artist in Brooklyn, New York, working with different companies and creating her own works. For a year during the pandemic she taught preschool full-time and focused on somatic movement. In the fall, Sarah will be working towards an M.S. degree in Dance/Movement Therapy.
Ali Pineo, born and raised on Maui, is an independent choreographer. She is the founding director and choreographer for CRAFT Dance Series, a collaborative, high-stakes, time-sensitive project that seeks to produce works that are instinctive and raw; and at the same time cohesive, imaginative, grand. Over the course of her professional career, Ali has danced with Menlowe Ballet and Adaptations Dance Theater, and has performed works by Donald McKayle, Robert Moses, Gregory Dawson, Alex Ketley, Amy Seiwert, Jodie Gates, Hallie Hunt, and others. Before moving back to Maui last March, Ali was an active member of the larger Bay Area community participating in various independent projects with filmmakers, fashion designers, and other choreographers. She has her BA from Stanford University and MFA in dance from UC Irvine.
Jen Cox is the executive director for Adaptations Dance Theater (as of 2018) and has performed in several ADT works since 2016. She earned her B.A. in Communication Studies and Latin American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she also became a varsity athlete for her two years on the Division 1 women’s rowing team. In her final two years at school, Jen pursued different dance opportunities with modern and hip-hop groups on campus, including MiscONcEption Dance founded by James Alsop, KaDarra Lowe, Leshaun Price & Stephanie Smellie. Upon graduating, Jen moved to San Francisco to begin her career in marketing within the nonprofit sector, and became a member of Loose Change, an urban contemporary dance company led by Eric Fenn at City Dance Studios. Having relocated to Maui in 2011, Jen has continued her work in support of nonprofits and small businesses serving their communities within the arts, conservation, and healthcare sectors.
Katie Istvan is a dancer, choreographer and fitness professional from Maui, Hawaii. She has performed around the country in works by Rebecca Lemme|Acts of Matter, Keith Johnson/Dancers, Kathleen Helm & Dancers, The Assembly, Alex Ketley, Adaptations Dance Theater, Flockworks, and Cirque du Soleil. She currently teaches classes and is the Competition Director at Momentum Dance Maui. Independently, Katie provides one-on-one advanced training and mentorship to dancers seeking progress in their overall technique, choreography, competition and college auditions. Katie directed the ADT Winter Workshop and the ADT Summer Intensive programs as Community Director with Adaptations Dance Theater. She received her B.A. in Dance from California State University Long Beach as a scholarship recipient (2015), trained at the San Francisco Conservatory and Movement Invention Project NY, and obtained certifications in both Yoga and Barre.
Hallie Hunt is from San Francisco, California. She is a Co-Founder and the Artistic Director of Adaptations Dance Theater where she also serves as a resident choreographer, movement researcher, dance educator and dance artist. Hallie has danced professionally with Ballet San Jose, Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Artship Dance Theater, The Foundry, and CRAFT Dance Series. She has performed works by Dennis Nahat, Alonzo King, William Forsythe, Jiri Kylián, Alex Ketley, Christian Burns, Gregory Dawson, Ali Pineo, Sarala Dandekar, Akari Ueoka, Flockworks, Mark Kanemura and others. Hallie believes any wild, whimsical, terrifying or hilarious choice is welcomed into dance. Any space can hold dance, all bodies can dance in their own unique way and every audience member is a valued component of the dance. During the creative process she works to build and maintain a supported environment for all participating individuals. Each human has an irreplaceable presence and power that shall be welcomed and uplifted. She practices creating a collaborative space that encourages artists whether 5 years old or 50 years old to honor themselves and create and contribute responsibly.
Sarah Bauer grew up dancing in San Francisco and Southern California, receiving her BFA in Dance Performance from the University of California, Irvine. Sarah has danced with the Ali McKeon Dance Project, Donald McKayle’s Etude Ensemble, and was a founding member of Fullstop Dance Company while in San Francisco. Sarah has spent the past 5 Years as a freelance artist in Brooklyn, New York, working with different companies and creating her own works. For a year during the pandemic she taught preschool full-time and focused on somatic movement. In the fall, Sarah will be working towards an M.S. degree in Dance/Movement Therapy.
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Lori Hepner
Lori Hepner (lorihepner.com) is a Pittsburgh-based new media artist, working primarily in new media performance, fine art photography, and community centered public art projects. She has spent considerable time over the last five years in community centered artist residencies in Pittsburgh, Norway, Finland, Iceland and the Canadian Yukon.
Lori's personal photographic work has been featured in Time, Wired, and Next Level Magazine and has been exhibited at the Houston Center for Photography, Carnegie Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, and in photo festivals in the Netherlands, China, and Spain. One of her Twitter portraits from Status Symbols, as well as her performative photographs from #Crowdsourced Landscapes, will be sent to live on the moon in 2021 in The MoonArk project. A recent collaboration with singer Kendra Ross entitled Intersection*ology was awarded grants by the Heinz Endowments, the 2018 Carnegie International, and The Opportunity Fund and has been performed at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater’s Alloy Studios, in Durban, South Africa, the InLight Richmond Festival in Richmond, Virginia, and at the Luminaria Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Hepner holds an MFA in Digital Media from Rhode Island School of Design and a BFA in Fine Art Photography from Rochester Institute of Technology. She is a professor of Integrative Arts at Penn State University’s Greater Allegheny campus. View the project page: smalltownbig.org/hepner |
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Incorporated in 2013, Adaptations Dance Theater (adaptationsdancetheater.com) is Maui's contemporary dance company that creates groundbreaking work to spark new energy in the local dance community. By producing original works and creating professional performance opportunities on an annual basis, ADT addresses a specific need to create and sustain a home for professional contemporary dancers on Maui so that they may create, collaborate, and grow in their artistry without having to leave their island home to do so. Simultaneously, ADT also fosters a space where the general public can regularly experience this performing art, presented by artists trained locally and abroad.
ADT’s performance and community outreach programs seek to relay universal human experiences expressed through the visceral form of dance. ADT is proud to be a part of the vibrant arts community on Maui and strives to contribute to the creativity, education, and inspiration of future dancers and art advocates. View the project page: smalltownbig.org/ADT + smalltownbig.org/cliff-hokuao |
(June 2021 MANA WAHINE Artist Team, from left: Bailey Onaga, Courtney Chargin, Amanda Joy Bowers, Alex Underwood) Learn more: smalltownbig.org/manawahine
Bailey Onaga and Courtney Chargin are Maui native artists based in Wailuku, Hawaii at Sabado Studios. Their most recent collaborative work, under the tutelage of local painter Philip Sabado, includes a four-panel watercolor mural, and one large-scale oil painting mural. Featuring the Honouliuli ahupua’a system of O’ahu with native species and Hawaiian mythology, these murals will be installed early Spring in Kaiser Kapolei. Both artists have experience in digital and traditional art practices, and enjoy finding ways to merge both disciplines.
Amanda JOY Bowers is a visual artist born and raised in Haiku, Maui. She attended Wake Forest University as a Presidential Scholar for Distinguished Achievement in Art, a University Ambassador for the Arts, and a Richter Scholar for International Independent Studies. While attending Wake Forest University she studied old master painting as a certified Louvre copyist in Paris, France. She then conducted independent research on the art of Balinese woodcarving and Javanese batik textiles in Indonesia. She graduated in 2012 with a major in Studio Art and a double minor in Art History and Entrepreneurship. She now is a freelance fine artist in a variety of mediums, an independent contractor, and the sole owner and designer behind Skelefin Studios, LLC.
Alexandra Underwood is an illustrator, designer, and muralist, born and raised in Maui, Hawai’i. She is influenced heavily by the saturation and beauty of the natural world around her. After receiving an amazing arts education from Baldwin High School, she went on to receive her BFA in Illustration with high distinction at California College of the Arts in 2017. After completing an internship at Penguin Random House Publishing in New York, she worked as an in-house graphic artist at PopSockets for two years, creating original illustrations for a wide range of PopSockets products, including several international best-sellers. Her illustrations have been featured in Target, Walmart, and Times Square. In 2020, Alexandra took the plunge into full-time freelance illustration and public art. Even through her professional corporate career, public art remained a constant passion for Alexandra. Since her first mural project at Baldwin High School in 2016, she has collaborated with artists, community members, building owners, and public art curators in Maui, Oahu and California to create colorful murals with powerful concepts.
Bailey Onaga and Courtney Chargin are Maui native artists based in Wailuku, Hawaii at Sabado Studios. Their most recent collaborative work, under the tutelage of local painter Philip Sabado, includes a four-panel watercolor mural, and one large-scale oil painting mural. Featuring the Honouliuli ahupua’a system of O’ahu with native species and Hawaiian mythology, these murals will be installed early Spring in Kaiser Kapolei. Both artists have experience in digital and traditional art practices, and enjoy finding ways to merge both disciplines.
Amanda JOY Bowers is a visual artist born and raised in Haiku, Maui. She attended Wake Forest University as a Presidential Scholar for Distinguished Achievement in Art, a University Ambassador for the Arts, and a Richter Scholar for International Independent Studies. While attending Wake Forest University she studied old master painting as a certified Louvre copyist in Paris, France. She then conducted independent research on the art of Balinese woodcarving and Javanese batik textiles in Indonesia. She graduated in 2012 with a major in Studio Art and a double minor in Art History and Entrepreneurship. She now is a freelance fine artist in a variety of mediums, an independent contractor, and the sole owner and designer behind Skelefin Studios, LLC.
Alexandra Underwood is an illustrator, designer, and muralist, born and raised in Maui, Hawai’i. She is influenced heavily by the saturation and beauty of the natural world around her. After receiving an amazing arts education from Baldwin High School, she went on to receive her BFA in Illustration with high distinction at California College of the Arts in 2017. After completing an internship at Penguin Random House Publishing in New York, she worked as an in-house graphic artist at PopSockets for two years, creating original illustrations for a wide range of PopSockets products, including several international best-sellers. Her illustrations have been featured in Target, Walmart, and Times Square. In 2020, Alexandra took the plunge into full-time freelance illustration and public art. Even through her professional corporate career, public art remained a constant passion for Alexandra. Since her first mural project at Baldwin High School in 2016, she has collaborated with artists, community members, building owners, and public art curators in Maui, Oahu and California to create colorful murals with powerful concepts.
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Leilehua YuenFor Leilehua Yuen, telling and teaching stories is an all-consuming passion which takes many forms. Her style is rooted in tradition, but often incorporates cutting edge technology; having performed solos as well as planetarium shows in which her watercolor paintings grew around her and over her head as she spoke. Nearly 30 years ago, she coined the term "edutainment" to describe what she does - educate while entertaining.
Her credits include live variety format Hawaiian culture stage shows in Hilo's historic Palace Theater, monthly Hawaiian culture presentations at Mauna Kea's Visitor Information Station, hula “informances” for Volcano Art Center at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, and Hilo’s Lei Day program. A student of the legendary Aunty Nona Beamer, Leilehua notes that she was learning all the time, because Aunty Nona never wasted a minute. She was constantly teaching and took advantage of opportunities: waiting in an airport lounge, for example, was never down time, it was practice time. Today, Leilehua continues the same "never waste a moment" esthetic with her own students, using every possible moment to learn and teach. smalltownbig.org/leilehua |
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Jaclynn Sabado-EitelJaclynn Sabado-Eitel (shopparadisenow.com) was born and raised in Maui and holds a degree in Education with focus in the arts from Kent State University. She has been working as screen printer and artist through her company Paradise Now since 2012. Jackie continues to work and create in her workshop and store Paradise Now in downtown Wailuku, Maui.
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Kirk KurokawaKirk Kurokawa (kirkkurokawa.com) was born and raised on Maui. He received a BFA with distinction in Illustration from the California College of Arts and Crafts. In 2001, he returned home to Maui, became a self-taught oil painter and pursued his dream of becoming a fine artist. Kurokawa’s paintings focus predominantly on the "simple, everyday life moments" and have been showcased in various exhibitions throughout the state. Although he often paints the native birds, flowers and locals of Hawaii, he is best known for his portraiture, He has been in every installment of the Schaefer Portrait Challenge, and was awarded the Juror’s Choice Award in 2006, and the People's Choice Award in 2015. He is also the first and only native Hawaiian to paint the official Portrait of the Governor of the State of Hawaii.
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Avi MolinasGuillem “Avi” Molinas Bort, a native of Barcelona, Spain is a self-taught painter and sculptor. His formal art education occurred in the library-like basement of the Sala Gaspar, where he spent countless hours studying the lines and form of Picasso, Miro, Tapies, & other great Catalan artists. This same gallery, the Sala Gaspar, was the first to represent Guillem and exhibit his work exclusively as a young adult. For many years, he enjoyed the success of being represented by this reputable gallery in the heart of Barcelona. But with the closure of the Sala Gaspar, and another gallery in New York City in 2001, Guillem largely retreated from the art world. He moved far from the bustling city streets to the quiet of the Pyrenees, where he completed public sculptures and found other work for nearly ten years.
In time, his love of the ocean, curiosity and a yearning for something new led him to Maui. Not only did he fall in love with the beauty and lifestyle of the island, he became husband and father to a family committed to reviving the Hawaiian language and participating in the restoration of Hawaiian culture and learning to its former glory. At his home in Maliko Gulch, on the North Shore of Maui, Avi creates his latest artwork, inspired by his desire to connect to the kūpuna of the Hawaiian people. His portraits communicate the poise, dignity and intellect of Hawai`i kūpuna and ali`i, renown for their aptitude, innovation and commitment to the welfare of their people. Learn more: smalltownbig.org/avi |
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Michael TakemotoMichael Takemoto is a visual artist and Associate Professor of Art at the University of Hawai’i Maui College. He received a BFA in Drawing, Painting and Printmaking from the University of Hawai’i at Manoa and earned an MA and an MFA in Studio Art from Northern Illinois University. Takemoto has exhibited his paintings, prints, murals, sculpture, and installations nationally and at various locations in Hawai’i, including the Honolulu Museum of Art, the East Hawai’i Cultural Center, the Maui Arts and Cultural Center, and the Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center. In 2003, his work was featured in the 6th Biennial of Hawai’i Artists at the Contemporary Museum in Honolulu.
At UHMC, Takemoto is the program coordinator of the Art Department and teaches courses in art appreciation, drawing, painting, and printmaking. He has also worked as a teaching artist with the Maui Arts and Cultural Center education program; the Hawai’i State Foundation on Culture and the Art’s Artists-in-the-Schools Program, the Kaunoa Senior Center, and the Art Exploratory. smalltownbig.org/takemoto |
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Eric OkdehPhiladelphia-based muralist Eric Okdeh began creating public art in 1998. After receiving his BFA in painting from Tyler School of Art, Eric chose to focus on socially engaged public art exclusively. Central to his process is conducting interviews in communities. Using art as a means to gather personal narratives, he is able to bring people’s stories to life and create a dialogue that is cathartic and promotes empathy and understanding.
Eric has facilitated art and mural making workshops in a wide array of communities including teens and adults, incarcerated men, as well as people in recovery programs. These classes serve as a vehicle for skill building, leadership and teamwork exercises, which culminate in major mural projects. Eric has found that the process of mural making provides a sense of inclusion and accomplishment among its participants that in turn empower them to take ownership in their work. Eric has over 150 public art commissions throughout the northeast United States as well as murals in Hawaii, Spain, Jordan and Norway. He is proud to have created public art with the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, and multiple Percent for Art programs and other public art organizations throughout the US and the world. His work is featured in seven books about public art. smalltownbig.org/okdeh |
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Ben VoltaBen Volta (b. 1979 in Abington, PA) creates intricate public murals and sculptures, working within the fields of education, restorative justice, and urban planning. His practice stands on the belief that art can be a catalyst for change, within individuals as well as the institutional structures that surround them. Ben is a 2015 Pew Fellow. He earned his certificate in sculpture from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2002 and his BFA from the University of Pennsylvania in 2005, during which he completed extensive graduate coursework in art history and design. After finishing his academic studies, Ben began working with teachers and students in Philadelphia public schools to create participatory art rooted in an exploratory and educational process. He has received funding to work in more than 40 schools on hundreds of projects, which have focused on skills alignments and the integration of art with math, science, and reading. The National Academy of Sciences has recognized his work in several publications and has placed 20 works on permanent display at the Keck Center in Washington, D.C. As a young artist, and for over 20 years, Ben was a member of the groundbreaking art collective Tim Rollins and K.O.S. in New York City.
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Maui Academy of Performing Arts (MAPA)Founded in 1974, Maui Academy of Performing Arts (MAPA) is a nonprofit educational performing arts organization serving 22,000 people of all ages, races and economic backgrounds each year. Originally called Maui Youth Theatre, MAPA has grown over the past 45 years into one of Hawaii's largest performing arts organizations. Governed by an active board of directors, MAPA is operated by a full-time staff of eight, 25 teaching artists, 4 professional actors/musicians and up to 40 temporary project-based production staff. To accomplish our mission of enriching individuals, building community and connecting our world through the performing arts, we offer a broad spectrum of programs in three areas: Academy Classes & Camps, School Partnerships and MAPA LIVE.
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Sean Baba
"Having a background in figurative art, I have evolved into landscape portraits that are both contemporary and timeless. To capture the Island in a way that preserves the past and tells the history to present the culture of Hawaii to the viewer. Sometimes the past has been buried however in a visionary depiction it can be re-illustrated to tell the story." |
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Jessica BodnerJessica Kay Bodner is a Makawao-based artist Born in Chicago, Ill. Metal sculpture, installation art and light sculpture have been the focus of her career which spans over 25 years . Her award winning artwork has been commissioned for public, private and commercial projects nationally and internationally. Influenced by Nature, science and archeology, Jessicas work has been showcased in galleries, public exhibitions and outdoor installations. Woven steel vessel forms partially buried in the earth are reminiscent of archeological artifacts, a bygone era of humans and nature living in harmony. Her steel beehive light sculptures combine form and light to create texture and patterns on the surrounding surfaces as a double dimension of drawing. Suspended night sky inspired pieces float orbs of light on spiraling tube steel that seem to spin and move like cirrus clouds in the sky. Colorful outdoor freestanding sculptures inspired by ancient themes in nature blend with the grander and beauty inherent in outdoor native landscapes, from large nautilus forms to abstract gestures, metal is twisted and hewn to create woven thickets where light and shadow pass through creating an interplay between the natural backdrop, the changing seasons and direction of the sun. JessicaKayBodner.com
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E.H.A.
"Our mural team called E.H.A. (Endemic Hawaii Artist) is a group of 4 Maui artists capable of executing solo work; however as a team we demonstrate community, collaboration and camaraderie in a visual orchestra of cultural Hawai‘i imagery and ʻike. Our team consists of Kirk Kurokawa, Elmer Bio, Amanda Bowers and Noble Richardson. Our team would like to propose a participatory mural that focuses on education as well as deep cultural and emotional connection with our Wailuku community. We are thrilled that each topic is in reference to Kalo, our team feels the message of ‘A‘ohe hana nui ke alu ‘ia is a topic of interest we would like to illustrate."
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Emmanuel JarusEmmanuel Jarus is a Canadian-born artist and muralist inspired by the visual human experience. His work reimagines how art can exist in public spaces. For the past 8 years, Jarus has been working with communities across Canada and around the globe to produce large-scale portraits and figures among other images on wall surfaces. They can be found within major cities as well as across rural settings. He has had notable international recognition as a contemporary muralist and figurative painter. He studied briefly at the Academy of Realist Art in Toronto but attributes his knowledge of art to various influences including his grandmother, inspiration from graffiti, and resources found on the internet. The narrative Jarus depicts in his approach communicates a story of individual spirit relevant to the metabolism of that particular neighbourhood. A combination of acrylic, latex and aerosol paint is used to create representations of the people he’s inspired by along his travels. He enjoys painting in public space so that he can understand its context and express it through his work. MORE.
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Andy BehrleAndy Behrle creates site-specific and site-responsive installations that reflect upon the cultural, geologic, and social histories of places where he has lived and visited. Many of these projects focus on the use of new media technologies and digital video projection to immerse viewers in worlds shaped by colors of light and textures of water. Behrle also uses digital editing software to stitch together multiple video files to re-imagine stained glass windows of historic places and traditional fabric patterns. For all of these projects, he captures video footage of local water sources both naturally occurring and created by humanity to investigate global systems through regional water use issues.
Born and raised outside of Boston, Massachusetts, Behrle has chased professional aspirations, personal growth, and creative inspirations around the country before settling in Hawai’i in 2018. Receiving his BA in Philosophy & Religion and Studio Art from Elmira College (New York), Behrle quickly associated the language of objects with existential thoughts and set upon exploring the invisible realities of our universe through his artwork. Taking this avenue of inquiry to Arizona State University, he soon embraced the creation of time-based installations with his MFA thesis exhibition. A few years removed from the studio, Behrle’s art practice was reignited in Birmingham, Alabama where the cultural and geologic histories of the South inspired new large-scale works. After relocating to the Pacific Northwest in 2012, Behrle began creating experiential installations with light and digital technologies. While living and working in the Yakima, Washington area, Behrle opened a dozen solo exhibitions and was awarded numerous grants and residencies. In 2018, Behrle broke onto the international light art scene while creating video installations for festivals in Germany and Tunisia. He now resides in Hawai'i with his wife and sons. smalltownbig.org/behrle |
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PangeaSeedPangeaSeed is an international collective of artists and activists whose mission is to harnesses the power of art, science, and creativity to generate awareness and effect positive change surrounding global ocean environmental issues. Their February 2019 “Mauka to Makai" proposal to SMALL TOWN * BIG ART brought together 19 artists from around the world to address some of today's most pressing issues affecting our marine and freshwater resources through large-scale, purpose-driven public art.
Artists: Lauren Brevner | Joey Rose & Alex Underwood | Gregg Kaplan | Kai Kaulukukui | Dulk | Cory Kamehanaokalā | E.H.A. | Mary Iverson | Ben Johnston | Wooden Wave | BirdO | Gavin Murai | Getso | Cracked Ink | Poi |