WEST HAWAII TODAY | BIG ISLAND ENTERTAINMENT SCENE FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2017 | 11 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT resentational art, including sculpture to fine art craft objects. This exhibit’s success will be up to the artist’s imagination and inspiration. We hope to make this exhibit an annual event for artists on the Big Island and possibly a future State wide exhibit. This first year will hopefully make a long lasting impression,” said Codie King, Wailoa Center’s coordinator. Jonathan Goebel and Lonny Tomono are the jurors for Imagine 2017. Goebel is an associate professor and master printer at the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s Art Department. He earned his master’s degree in of fine art from Texas Tech University, and his bachelor’s degree in art from the University of Southern Indiana. He is a nationally recognized artist and has received multiple awards for his intaglio work. Tomono is recognized for his sculptural work that joins traditional Japanese woodcraft with the conceptual approach of contemporary art, blurring the line between utilitarian and modernist sculptural statements. He studied fine arts at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, sculpture at the San Francisco Art Institute, and sculpture and 3-D design at San Jose State University. He also served a fiveyear apprenticeship in Kyoto, Japan with a fifth-generation temple builder working on buildings designated national treasures. He has been in solo and group exhibitions in Honolulu, Los Angeles, New York, San Jose and Kyoto. Entries must be submitted no later than midnight May 3 online via https://artcall.org/calls. To enter, go to artcall.org and then to Imagine: 2017 Fine Art Expo located in the OPEN CALL FOR ENTRY page. Artists are limited to five submissions. Artwork in all mediums will be accepted if created in the past two years and has not been in a previous juried exhibit. Artwork must be framed or be ready to install. No giclees reproduction prints or enhanced giclees of original art will be accepted. Jurying will take place May 7 and artists will be notified on May 8. Accepted art will need to be brought to Wailoa Center on May 27. The alliance will also offer a help day to artists on April 26 for those artists who need help with the submission process. Call Wailoa Center at 933-0416 by April 21 to set up an appointment for April 26. Announcements Blue Sea Artisans announce April featured artist The Blue Sea Artisans Gallery featured artist for the month of April is fine art photographer Denise Bird. Bird describes her work as a study of the creator through his creation. Her photographs have been seen and sold around the world and her work has been in state, national and international magazines, publications and television as well as online. Bird travels a bit but concentrates most of her efforts on the Big Island where she lives with her husband and Denise Bird’s “Road Less Traveled.” COURTESY PHOTO/ SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY four furry kids. She also puts in a lot of hours each week volunteering with her church and welcomes requests for donation of her art for worthy causes in our community. Bird’s “Big Island Collection” and “LDS Collection” are available as photographic prints, canvas giclees, and on metal plates where the images are actually fused to the metal with heat and pressure. The archival qualities of this unique process are unparalleled. Other collections of Bird’s work can be seen online at www.birdinparadise.com. In celebration of Earth Day, Bird will be giving away at least one of her “Earth-friendly” images, printed on canvas. The drawing will be held on Earth Day, which is April 22, at noon. Participants can enter with any purchase at the Blue Sea Artisans Gallery or without purchase while Denise is in the gallery every Tuesday from 2 to 6 p.m. The Blue Sea Artisans gallery is located in the Keauhou Shopping Center. It is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday. Info: 329-8000. Kathleen Carr KVA featured artist for April The Kailua Village Artists featured artist for the month of April is photographer Carr is a professional and fine art photographer, teacher, author, and a former Polaroid Creative Uses Consultant. She received a bachelor’s degree in fine arts in photography from Ohio University in 1970. She worked for Aperture, a renowned photography quarterly. Her award-winning work has been exhibited internationally, purchased for private collections, and has appeared in numerous books and periodicals. Her four Kathleen Carr is be the Kailua Village Artisans’ April’s featured artist. COURTESY PHOTO/SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY books are “Dolphins: Kindred Spirits” (2015); “Polaroid Manipulations” (Amphoto Books 2002), “Polaroid Transfers” (Amphoto Books 1997); and “To Honor the Earth” (HarperSanFrancisco, 1991). Selected periodicals include Outdoor Photographer (featured artist), National Geographic Traveler, Islands, Decor, (featured artist), Photo Vision, (featured artist), Esquire, Art of Northern California and American Art Collector. Carr was a staff photographer at the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland, and Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, during the 1970s and ‘80s. She received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in 1991. She has resided in the Captain Cook area since 2006. To talk story with Carr, visit her while she is working at the gallery on April 9, 14 and 21. The Kailua Village Artists Gallery is located at 75-5729 Alii Drive. It is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Info: 329-6653. ■ NEW POINTE SHOE Kathleen Carr. CANDIDATES ANNOUNCED Students of the nonprofit West Hawaii Dance Theatre and Academy recently completed both the physical and written examination for classical ballet level II, and are now eligible to begin pointe work studies. The students are are Jessica King, Kira Kane, ReyAnne Simpliciano, Moe Kawakami, Maya Calilao and Luna Branum. Ballet students who wish to dance on pointe are required to have taken at least three years of classical ballet technique, attending a minimum of three classes per week. Pointe work is demanding. Pointe shoe candidates must be at least 11 years old, have good alignment and posture, physically be able to execute certain technical classical ballet elements, and must pass a 100 question written exam of ballet terms. Info: 329-8876 www.whdt.org. ■ WEST HAWAII TODAY Students of the nonprofit West Hawaii Dance Theatre and Academy recently completed both the physical and written examination for classical ballet level II, and are now eligible to begin pointe work studies. Standing, from left, Jessica King, Kira Kane and ReyAnne Simpliciano; kneeling, from left, Moe Kawakami, Maya Calilao and Luna Branum. ANN MARIE PARGETT/SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY ➠ Continued from page 5
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