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Note: Remove "(no-spam)" from all email adresses before using them. November 2004 Karen Thrasher 'Ohana Show
Karen Thrasher, her husband Moses and their three children, Jason, Micah and Chelsea will be
presenting their creative talents to the public this December at the Firehouse Gallery in Waimea,
Hawaii. The artists' reception will be held on Saturday, December 18th from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM.
Moses Thrasher is known for his fine craftsmanship and creative design work with gold and gems. He
is the owner of Mountain Gold Jewelers in Kawaihae. He also plays guitar and sings in several local
restaurants.
Jason Thrasher (age 20) learned to play guitar first from his father and more recently, from one of
our local slack key guitar masters, John Keawe. He has developed his own style of music and created
two CD's of all original songs.
Micah Thrasher (age 17) and Chelsea Thrasher (age 14) will be presenting drawings, paintings and
ceramics.
Karen Thrasher is known for her colorful silk paintings and detailed acrylics. She will also be
showing recent works in hand blown glass and ceramics.
Karen says of her paintings, "I am inspired by beauty. I feel so blessed to live in Hawaii and to
be surrounded by so much natural beauty. Everywhere I look, I see color, form, balance and harmony.
It gives me a sense of connection to something greater. Beauty embodies a sense of peace, well
being, gratitude and joy. I hope to convey these things through my work. The artist is like a
mirror that reflects an individualized understanding of the world. My understanding allows me to
choose beauty as a reflection of my world."
In her paintings, Karen creates a "real" space that is composed of color and line, which in turn,
creates the illusion of form. The form is then enhanced with rich detail. There is little texture
in Karen's paintings. "I apply the paint in several thin layers to achieve these effects," says
Karen, "It is important to me that each piece be enjoyable both at a distance and also up-close.
There is a softness about my paintings, even when I use vivid colors and hard edge juxtapositions.
This contrast makes my paintings both exciting and enjoyable to the viewer".
When Karen isn't painting, she is blowing glass. She says, "I am addicted to the magic of glass!"
There is something inexplicably magic about the spinning glow of molten glass. It is like a
meditation to physically keep a ball of molten sand round. It is the nature of glass, that when hot
enough, it wants to become a perfect sphere because it is a liquid. Then gravity takes over and a
kind of dance begins to find a constant balance between the intense heat that is required to melt
glass and the forces of gravity. "Then I breathe form into this molten glass and shape it with my
hands." she says, " The process is truly amazing!"
Glass has an intrinsic beauty that is luscious and seductive. "I love to look into and through
glass. The variety of form and color is infinite and limited only by my ability to manipulate this
glowing substance." Karen has been working with hot glass for about 4 years. She says, "I still
feel like an infant, just learning how to walk. Each day that I work with hot glass, I learn
volumes about its mutable nature and I get a glimpse of how much more there is to learn."
First and foremost, we congratulate Dolly Loo for being honored by being selected for the first
class of inductees in the Big Island's Women's Hall of Fame. She will be honored at a dinner
December 11 at the Water's Edge Room at the Waikoloa Hilton village Conference Center. No-host
cocktails start at 5 pm with dinner at 6 pm. Tickets are $48 and can be reserved by calling Jean
Viernes at the Mayor's Office (961-8211). Amaury St-Gilles has arranged for a WAC table. If you
would like to be part of the WAC table, please contact Amaury at the Arts Pacifica Gallery 880-1444
as soon as possible. We hope many of you will find time to come and support this special award event.
Secondly, Judy Folk and myself want to extend our warmest wishes for each and every one of you and
your loved ones during this Holiday Season.
Thank you all who put in so much effort with the Waimea Arts Council this past year. We honor you.
Sincerely,
Ian Haight returned to Parker Ranch's Puuopelu Gallery as the featured artist-in-residence in
November.
Dolly Loo was chosen by the Hawaii County Committee on the Status of Women for the Women's Hall of
Fame for her dedication to the arts. The Women's Hall of Fame is a way to honor women as role
models in Hawaii County. Honorees will receive proclamations from Gov. Linda Lingle, Mayor Harry
Kim and the Committee on the Status of Women. There were six women chosen in this first group of
inductees. The other honorees are Ulalia Ka Ai Berman, a Kailua-Kona teacher of Hawaiian culture;
Virginia Isbell, a Kealakekua community leader; Ruth Matsuura, a Hilo doctor who is a medical
activist; Sudha Achar, a Hilo doctor who is a cultural center champion; and Susan Jung, a
Kailua-Kona volunteer.
2004
Mauna Lani Charity Christmas Tree competition is a much anticipated annual event in West Hawaii.
Each year the resort allows non-profit organizations to place a decorated tree in the lobby while
the public is invited to place votes (at a dollar each). The three trees garnering the most votes
are given prizes of $3000, 2000 and 1000 donated by the hotel.
Amaury St-Gilles has made a tree benefiting WAC and hopes we can enlist a dozen plus members who'll
each go out and gather at least 100 votes each (i.e.: charitable donations in either check or cash)
to make the WAC tree the first place winner.
If you can collect votes for this tree, please call and let Amaury know your intention. He can fill
you in on how to have these donations properly collected and see that we reach a winning plateau in
this contest. His business phone is 880-1444.
Donations towards the $1 votes can also be made by sending a check to:
Waimea Arts Council
Checks should be made out to the Mauna Lani with a notation at the bottom reading: Charity Trees/
WAC. A volunteer is needed to call/contact Waimea Arts Council members to inquire if they have keys to the gallery, and if so, to return them.
All docents, particularly the ÒOld Timers,Ó should read the procedures for being a docent, as well as how to properly fill out receipts. The procedures have been updated and standardized to make accounting for what is happening in the gallery easier to account for. A copy can be found in the Docent's notebook in the gallery.
Local artists will open their studios to the public Saturday and Sunday, November 13 and 14. Twelve
local artists will participate in the tour, showing their work at five studios in the Honokaa area.
Sponsored by the Hamakua Artisans Guild, members will have art (Hawaiian gourds, glass, pottery,
watercolors, wood work) on display, and will hold demonstrations and offer hands-on projects. Tour
maps will be available at the downtown Honokaa Big Island Glass Gallery and Starseed Gallery,
downtown Honokaa; at the Waimea Arts Council's Firehouse Gallery; and on the
website: www.hamakuaartists.com.
Participating Guild members include Clytie Mead who paints watercolor on silk; David Caccia - wood
turning and metalwork; Janice Gail - watercolors, oils and pastels; Mark Hodgkinson and Andrea
Soleto of Green Man Pottery - pottery and tiles; Hugh Jenkins and Stephanie Ross of Big Island
Glass Gallery - blown glass; Kevin Roux - raku and stoneware pottery; Georgia Satoris and Elroy
Juan - Hawaiian gourds and painted kapa; Karen Thrasher - hand blown glass, clay and silk painting;
J. Jay West - fused glass and mosaics.
We bid a fond and warm farewell to Shirley Wilson who held various board member positions and donated selflessly her time to the Waimea Arts Council. She has decided to relinquish her Co-Vice Presidency office. We all thank you for your generous dedication, Shirley.
Merna Joan Watta is the new Satellite Galleries Chair. We appreciate her taking on these additional responsibilities in addition to her regular docent volunteering!
Since the Arts Pacifica Biennale will be held during July of 2005, we have moved our annual
"Anything Goes" art show to February. For this show artist members of the Waimea Arts Council are
invited to display two pieces of their work, any medium, almost any subject (no nudes, according to
our lease). Due to the size of the gallery and the number of members who enter, we limit the size of
a piece to 36" x 36" or the equivalent 1296 square inches. All 2D work must be wired and ready to
hang.
Artwork for this show may be submitted at the gallery during the month of January until 2:00 pm on
Saturday January 29. The show is scheduled to be up February 1 - 26. But, in order to make this
happen we could use some help:
The Arts Pacifica Biennale Juried Show will be held at the Waimea Arts Council in July. It will be open to all Big Island artists with a nominal entry fee. You may enter three pieces with an Egg Theme
Month of December
Judy Folk
Docents in October; Cheryl Ans, Ann Guth, Pam Hons, Laurie Kaye, Tatiana Leaf, Bettie Lyon,
Henry Lyon, Julie McCue, Kathy Peters, Denise Ulrich, Marge Wald, Merna Joan Watta, Jay West,
Sandra Woodford.
Bettie and Henry Lyon for putting up and taking down the show.
Barbara Schaefer for hanging the show and copying the newsletter.
Scheduled Days: 20
Previous Month's Membership for 2005: 66
EDITOR:
CONTRIBUTORS:
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Mahalo!
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