Hawaii Tribune-Herald Island Beat Thursday, September 15, 2016 9 VAC’s Niaulani Sculpture Garden opens Volcano Art Center is proud to announce Hawaii Island’s first outdoor sculpture garden to be dedicated on Sunday. The garden, located at Volcano Art Center’s Niaulani Campus at 19-4074 Old Volcano Road in Volcano Village, will provide a space for Hawaii’s talented sculptors to share their works. The dynamic interplay of sunlight, mist and rain that is Volcano’s variable weather, against a backdrop of old growth ohiakoa rain forest, provides the ideal setting for outdoor sculptures. Inspired by the unique nature of Kilauea, artists’ creations will be enhanced with a sense of place. The initial exhibit’s invited sculptors are Henry Bianchini, Ethan Froney, William McKnight, Elizabeth Miller, Randall Shiroma, Jonathan Sudler, Lonny Tomono and Glenn Yamanoha. The Volcano Art Center also is honored to permanently exhibit Randall Takaki’s “Guardian.” Sculptures on display are created from a variety of stone, metal and wood. The inaugural invitational exhibit will be open to the public until July 2017. Over time the exhibit will provide visitors with changing artwork as nature interacts with the media. The venue itself is a landform sculpture. Under the direction of landscape architect David Tamura, the once lawn-covered backyard of Volcano Art Center’s Niaulani administration building has been transformed into an inviting, walkable exhibit space. Many volunteer hours and donations of native plants helped develop the venue into a quintessential Volcano garden. The design allows expansive as well as intimate views of the artwork to visitors. A performance deck is included in the garden offering a space for daytime concerts and lectures. In addition, weekly guided tours which include the sculpture garden as well as the adjacent forest are offered at 9:30 a.m. Mondays. Visitors also are welcome to enjoy self-guided tours weekdays between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. The opening reception begins at 4 p.m. Sunday with a blessing by kumu Moses Kaho‘okele Crabbe and will include music by Larry Broido and Loren Brownlea as well as light pupus and refreshments. Development of the Niaulani Sculpture Garden is made possible by grants from the Atherton Family Foundation and the Cooke Foundation. For additional information, contact Julie Williams at 967-8222. Sculptures on display are created from a variety of stone, metal and wood. The inaugural invitational exhibit will be open to the public until July 2017. Over time the exhibit will provide visitors with changing artwork as nature interacts with the media.
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