4 Thursday, March 30, 2017 Island Beat Hawaii Tribune-Herald “Red Ohia Lehua silk,” painting by Clytie Mead. VAC exhibit features rainbow of creations Volcano Art Center announces “Anuenue,” a fine-art exhibition featuring silk paintings and scarves by Clytie Mead and glass by Hugh Jenkins and Stephanie Ross. The exhibit will open to the public with an artists reception from 5-7 p.m. Saturday and continue through May 14 at the VAC Gallery in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Anuenue is the Hawaiian word for rainbow. To many Hawaiians, the anuenue is the sign of an alii being near. The exhibit reflects upon the abundant spectrum of colors within Hawaii’s frequent anuenue and its many varying landscapes. The artists have focused on the colors presented within the life-giving blend of the sun and rain, while exploring very diverse media. “Hugh Jenkins and Stephanie Ross explore rich pigments added to their glass vessels while Clytie Mead paints with colored dyes on silk, a much softer palette,” says Emily C. Weiss of Volcano Art Center Gallery. “The combination directly reflects our varying anuenue, sometimes so bold you can’t miss it, while other times so subtle they are hard to see.” Jenkins and Ross, a husband and wife team, also operate Big Island Glass and Art Gallery in the old sugar plantation town of Honokaa. Together they have blown glass since 1996, collaborating on highly colored vessels. In 1998, they decided to leave their long teaching careers in Honolulu seeking an appropriate location for their own glass studio. They are now proud to be considered a nationally recognized studio in the use See CREATIONS Page 5
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