• Artist Trading Card Event October 3, 2026

    Welcome to the second ATC Event on October 3, 2026! This is a make-and-trade event. These cards are not to sell. We will be sharing our miniature art pieces with other artists. So you make 20 and should go home with 20 other artists cards, this number may vary depending on how many participants we have so let’s try to get all 20! Please be sure you can attend the “Founders” opening event, on October 3rd, 2026, before you take cards. We will have a space where we will gather and exchange cards. There will be pupus!

  • 42nd ANNUAL FOUNDERS JURIED ART SHOW: October 10 – November 15, 2026

    The Waimea Arts Council invites Hawaii Island artists to join and enter 42nd ANNUAL FOUNDERS JURIED ART SHOW Firehouse Gallery • October 3 – Nov. 15, 2026 Opening reception and Awards announcement: Firehouse Gallery, Saturday, October 3, 3 – 5 pm Judging Information: Entries will be judged using five criteria: originality, visual balance, clarity, personal expression, and execution of the medium. Judge Richard Bodien is a painter, poet, and musician based in Hāwī, Hawaiʻi. His work has been exhibited in Seattle, his own Hāwī Gallery, and at the Kahilu Theater. His abstract paintings are represented by Tiffany’s Art Agency. A lifelong student of art history, Bodien has both an artist’s eye and a broad perspective of American, European and Asian art.