Visiting Artists

The featured image on this page is courtesy of Ken Matsuzaki.

Hui No‘eauʻs Visiting Artist Program features professional local, national and international visual artists teaching specialized sessions integrating lecture, slide demonstration, films, group critiques and panel discussions with hands-on workshops. Through short-term residencies, the program provides in-depth, repeated contact between artist and student that offers new perspectives and helps foster our standing as a place where the arts are vital and diverse. Sessions are designed to be interactive and to expose and educate students by broadening their understanding of the arts through interaction with professional artists from various cultural and artistic backgrounds.

Design Your Own Textile with Visiting Artist Nathalie Nuñez

Think you could be the next great fabric designer? This class will give you the opportunity to test your skills as you learn to use Adobe’s Photoshop software. Using drawings, photographs, and other images of inspiration, students will create a textile design that is a unique piece of digital art. By the end of class, students will be prepared to upload their work to Spoonflower. com, a revolutionary new textile printing service. Within a matter of weeks, your designer fabric will be in your hands and ready for use! Note: Class tuition does not include fabric purchase from Spoonflower.com. This class uses Mac computers with Adobe CS4 software. Prerequisite: Basic computer skills

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Introduction to Photo-Emulsion Silkscreen with Visiting Artist Nathalie Nuñez

Explore the mixed-media world of silkscreen printing from design to finished product! Students will create photo-emulsion stencils and learn a variety of screenprinting techniques using paper, t-shirts, and fabric. Nathalie will teach traditional methods of silkscreen while simultaneously encouraging students to indulge their curiosities and stretch the boundaries of what can be done with silkscreen. Students should come ready to play, learn from mistakes, and be surprised by the outcome of their artistic expression.

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FREE Artist Presentation & Pot-luck with Visiting Artist Ken Matsuzaki

Join the Hui and Maui ceramics community in welcoming Ken Matsuzaki of Mashiko, Japan on Friday, June 14 from 6-7pm in the ceramics studio! Please bring a dish to share for a pot-luck. After dinner and conversation, Ken will present a video and exhibit a few of his pots. See Artist Bio in class listing below.
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Japanese Pottery Techniques with Visiting Artist Ken Matsuzaki

Ken Matsuzaki has developed a unique method of handbuilding, which he will be demonstrating each morning. Students will see the Japanese method of throwing “off the hump” as well as various decorating techniques. In the afternoons, Ken will work one-on-one with students. Each student will be provided with a “hera” (wooden knife) and a wooden paddle, which are included in the class fee. Don’t miss this opportunity to work with one of the most important contemporary potters in Japan!

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Chine Collé and Collage in Intaglio with Visiting Artist Casey Neumann

If you are process and material oriented, check out this exploratory art on paper class! After a crash course in drypoint, engraving, and hardground etching techniques, we will delve into traditional and experimental means of incorporating collage into printmaking. Traditional chine collé is a printmaking technique that involves offsetting an inked up image onto thin and absorbent Japanese paper while simultaneously mounting it onto thicker western paper; this process emphasizes and showcases the subtle, rich tonalities of intaglio etching. Other Japanese paper mounting techniques involve seamlessly fusing multiple, handmade paper fibers together by hand before or after these papers are run through the press. The incorporation of fiber-based materials into printed materials will be explored as well. This is a great class for beginners and advanced printmakers alike! Note: This class includes additional private open studio time after class from 2-4pm.

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Japanese Water-Based Woodcut with Visiting Artist Casey Neumann

Students will explore a traditional woodcut technique (the same approach employed by ukiyo-e printmakers of the Edo period). After learning various means of transferring images to a woodblock, students will carve their images into a thin piece of plywood. Watercolor paint (or gouache) is then brushed on top of the carving and worked into the wood with a maru bake (an inking brush). Once block is worked up in full, a thin piece of Japanese paper is placed on top of the block and the image is transferred to the paper with the use of a baren (a round disk traditionally used for hand printing). The class will also explore multi-block registration and printing. This non-toxic and accessible printmaking medium is great for total newbies, beginners, and experienced printmakers alike! Note: This class includes additional private open studio time after class from 2-4pm.

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A Two-Wash Approach to Watercolor with Visiting Artist Roger Whitlock

The two-wash approach guarantees that you will achieve freshness and transparency in your realist watercolors. Students will paint a variety of subjects, including skies, landscapes, and/ or cityscapes, and street scenes. Although students are encouraged to provide their own photographs for this studio workshop, the instructor will also have photographs available for use. Prerequisite: The course is designed for intermediate or advanced students.

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FREE Artist Chat with Visiting Artist Robert K. Liu

Join the Hui in welcoming co-editor of Ornament magazine for a discussion about his diverse and interesting careers over the course of 50 years! This conversation will have you thinking about how you can adapt to new circumstances and continue to be happily engaged in work long after retirement age. Robert will also present some of his research on jewelry.

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Heatbent Bamboo Jewelry with Visiting Artist Robert K. Liu

Students will learn to use black bamboo as a sustainable, strong, and light material for jewelry making. Robert will present a slideshow at the beginning of class to provide examples of techniques used in his own and other’s bamboo jewelry. Participants will then learn how to heatbend bamboo for use in earrings, necklaces, and possibly brooches or rings. Students are welcome to incorporate their own materials like beads, artifacts, fabricated pieces, or their own jewelry with the bamboo. Besides the beauty, relative permanence, and sustainability of using a fast-growing material, making jewelry from bamboo draws on so many skills and interests. Woodworking, metalworking, beads, jewelry components or artifacts can all be applied as long as one had a modicum of manual skills, imagination, and tools! Prerequisite: Beginning Jewelry or equivalent experience

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Colouressence: In the Studio & On Location with Visiting Artist Ian Tremewen

As an artist, you have the freedom to paint whatever you wish with a variety of color choices. Imagination is one of your biggest assets and we will be using it in this workshop. On the first day, students will work from a still life using different island objects. On the second day, students will venture out onto the beautiful grounds of Kaluanui to paint “plein air.” The class will be looking for a new way of seeing and reinterpreting a subject. Ian will guide students in the use of color, which will be the main focus of the workshop. You’ll finish class with a painting or two to take home!

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