January 31 - February 24, 2018 February is springtime in Waimea and the time to celebrate “Hanami,” the viewing of the flowers. February 3rd, 2018 is the 25th annual Waimea Cherry Blossom Heritage Festival. For each of these 25 years, the Waimea Arts Council has sponsored the cherry blossom art exhibition at the Firehouse Gallery to coincide with the festival. This year the annual show ... Read more
In The Firehouse Gallery
Small Solos – five artists
January 24 - March 3, 2018 Beginning on January 24 and running through February, the Back Gallery will feature the artwork of five member artists who work in a variety of mediums: Jim Carlson, Carolyn Lancaster, Julie McCue, Irina Place and Barbara Schaefer. Jim Carlson was born in Los Angeles, grew up east of San Francisco Bay and migrated to Seattle for an engineering position at the ... Read more
New Members in the New Year
During the month of January, the Firehouse Gallery will feature an exhibit of the works of some of the newest artist members of the Waimea Arts Council. All are accomplished in their medium and we are delighted to welcome them to our organization. Ilmar Reinvald works in oils and watercolors. He was born in Estonia and immigrated as a child to the US after WW2. He is an architect and a Fellow ... Read more
Small Solos
November 29, 2017 - January 20, 2018 During the month of December and through January 20, we will feature six of our member artists in the Back Gallery: Merna Joan Watta - acrylics Marie Kinchla - oils, watercolor and pastels Janice Gail - oil, pastel, pen or pencil and watercolor Pat Dinsman - oil, and mixed media as well as doing photography and jewelry Bill Bishop ... Read more