WEST HAWAII TODAY | BIG ISLAND ENTERTAINMENT SCENE FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2017 | 5 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT She shifted her career path from design to environmental education after becoming a team leader for Hawaii Youth Conservation Core in 2009. She began working with Imi Pono in 2010, where she translates new experiences and knowledge into creative environmental education tools and programs. Examples include rainforest and reef “Watershed Friend” masks and an ohia lehua anatomy and pheonology activity. In 2012, she began coordinating the annual Hawaii Nei Art Contest. Info: www.donkeymillartcenter.org, 322-3362. FOLK sponsors children’s poetry workshop A children’s poetry workshop will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday at the Kailua-Kona Public Library. Poetry is playing with words. Poetry is self-expression. Poetry is imaginative. Poetry is art. Poetry is fun. Join this workshop to draw out your inner poet, get creative with mixed media, and share your work with other poets. The focus of the April 12 event will be alliteration and sense poems. Light refreshments will be served. Program is suitable for ages 7-12. Workshop is limited to the first 20 children. RSVP online (ticket reservations close April 11) or pick up a paper ticket 15 minutes before the workshop begins. Children must be accompanied by a parent or an adult caregiver. This free program is sponsored by the Friends of the Libraries, Kona. Young Architects Workshop 2017 offered Shaun Roth and other local architects will lead a Young Architects Workshop 2017 at Donkey Mill Art Center. In this workshop, slated from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 14, students will investigate daylighting and ventilation Dr. Donald Nikaitani IS NOW ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS AS A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN IN KAILUAŽKONA, HAWAII Dr. Nikaitani is Board Certifi ed by the American Board of Internal Medicine specializing in the care of the adult patient. He is profi cient in cardiology, neurology, diabetes, heart disease, asthma, kidney and bladder, lung disease, stomach and intestines, endocrine disorders, and all other medical concerns including cold, fl u, and sore throat symptoms. Accepting most insurances including HMSA, BCBS, UHA, HMAA, HMA, UNITED HEALTH CARE, MDX, MEDICARE, CIGNA, AETNA, and KAISER ADDED CHOICE. Please call 808-329-1346 for an appointment. We treat you like family. Your health is our most important concern. Kona Kohala Health Care Svc. 75-137 Hualalai Road, Kailua-Kona, HI design concepts through drawing and model building. Students will be challenged to transform a 20-by-25-by-9-foot room located in West Hawaii by bringing life to it with window and door openings. The class is geared for ages 12 to 18 and the cost is $45. Info/register: www.donkeymillartcenter.org. Pease offers ‘Soft Pastel, Still Life’ workshop Big Island artist Patti Pease Johnson will offer her “Soft Pastel Still Life” workshop from 9 a.m. to noon on April 22 at Volcano Art Center. During the workshop, students will learn about the different types of pastels, different papers, fixing and mounting paper and on backing, and using newsprint to get the flow of arm movements to keep loose. Students will complete a 10-by-12-inch project. Cost for the workshop is $45 for VAC members and $50 for nonmembers, in addition to a $10 supply fee. Beginner and intermediate artists are welcome. Johnson’s artwork can be found at galleries and shops across the State and in collections around the world. Info: www.volcanoartcenter.org. Pastels workshop offered Jin An Wong, an award winning artist, animator and filmmaker, will teach workshops on pastels and the techniques used to create a still-life painting on April 15 and 22 in South Kona. The workshops will run from noon to 3 p.m. at the Society for Kona’s Education and Art in Honaunau. The cost for both sessions is $50 for SKEA members and $60 for nonmembers; workshops may be taken separately and are $35 each day. An early-bird discount is available for those registering by Monday. The price includes all supplies. Registration is required. Info: 328-9392 or skea@hawaii.rr.com. Calls for entries Contestants sought for Hawaiian Idol KBXtreme is seeking vocalists age 21 and older to take part in its 14th annual Hawaiian Idol Karaoke Contest. Each spring, KBXtreme showcases the Big Island’s stars over four weekends in April. The first three weekends are semifinals and the final weekend, April 29, is the final show when the winner will be selected to take part in a national karaoke competition in Las Vegas paid for by KBXtreme. The winner will also receive $500 case, free airfare and a seven-night hotel stay. Entrants must sign up at XFactor Karaoke Lounge in Kailua-Kona no later than today to take part in the contest. To sign up, entrants must also sing a song for the staff, who will determine if the person is “stage-ready.” The chance to sign upto take part in the JR. Hawaiian Idol event has closed. In the contest, young people will have the opportunity to win professional mentoring, great prizes, and to perform on the Hawaiian Idol stage. Info: kbxtreme.com Artists sought for upcoming all-media juried exhibit Hawaii Island Art Alliance invites all artists to submit work for Imagine 2017: Fine Art Expo, a new all-media juried exhibit that will take place during June at the Wailoa Center in Hilo. The exhibit will open on June 2 with a reception and awards ceremony. Prizes will be awarded for first and second places, honorable mention and people’s choice. It will run through June 28. “This is one of the few opportunities this year for our local artists to participate in a multimedia juried exhibit that will deal with all forms of subject matter from abstract art to rep- Continued on page 11 ➠ ➠ Continued from page 4
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