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.
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 hui solarium! 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. NOTE: This event will now be held in the Hui’s solarium.
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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! This class is sold out!
Class Schedule & Tuition
Teaching Artist: Ken Matsuzaki
Day/Duration: Saturday & Sunday, 2 days
Dates: June 15 & 16
Time:: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Ceramics Studio
Tuition: $185 ($231 nonmember)
Supply Fee: $20
Please bring basic handbuilding and throwing tools. Please wear closed toed shoes and have hair tied back.
There is no open studio for this class.
Ken Matsuzaki received a degree in Ceramic Art from Tamagawa University School of Fine Arts, Tokyo. After graduating in 1972, he moved to Mashiko to apprentice with National Living Treasure Tatsuzo Shimaoka (who himself had moved to Mashiko to study with Shoji Hamada). After a five-year apprenticeship, Matsuzaki established his own kiln, Yuushin Gama, down the road from Tatsuzo Shimaoka. Although his approach is very contemporary, Ken’s works have a strong grounding in the Mingei philosophy. His work introduces a focus on the Oribe style with yohen, shino, and oribe glazing. Ken is currently the president of the Mashiko Potters Association. His pottery is among the collections of major galleries and museums worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Worcester Museum of Art, and the Tikotin Museum in Israel. He has exhibited widely in Japan, the United States, and the UK. yuushin-gama.com
Basic Drawing Intensive w/Haleakalā National Park’s first Artist in Resident, Natalie Westbrook
The Hui is very excited to collaborate with Haleakalā National Park and Natalie Westbrook in this one-day workshop for adults that will focus on observational drawing. Students will explore basic drawing tools and techniques through a variety of short exercises. Working with black and white media, focus on studying formal elements including line, composition, perspective, value, texture, shape and space. This class welcomes participants of all skill levels, including those with no art experience. While the techniques will be fundamental, the lessons are intended to challenge each individual at their own level. Online registration is now closed. Please call the front desk to register.
Class Schedule & Tuition
Teaching Artist: Natalie Westbrook
Day/Duration: Saturday, 1 day
Dates: June 15
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 noon
Location: Children’s Studio
Tuition: $25 ($32 nonmember)
Please bring one soft graphite pencil or china marker, soft compressed charcoal and a kneaded eraser
There is no open studio for this class
Natalie Westbrook, aprintmaker, painter and collage artist, received her BFA from the The Cooper Union School of Art, her MA in Critical and Curatorial Studies from the University of Louisville, and her MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Yale University. Her recent exhibitions include Interstate Projects in New York, NY; Institute Library in New Haven, CT; Reynolds Gallery in Richmond, VA; in Brooklyn, NY at Bushwick Basel 2012 and Vaudeville Park; and Co/Lab at Art Platform Los Angeles. Ms. Westbrook is Lecturer at the Yale School of Art and Part-time Lecturer at Norwalk Community College and Housatonic Community College. She lives and works in New Haven, CT.
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.
Class Schedule & Tuition
Teaching Artist: Casey Neumann
Day/Duration: Saturdays, 3 days
Dates: June 22, 29 and July 6
Time: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Location: Printmaking Studio
Tuition: $165 ($205 nonmember)
Supply Fee: $50
We recommend coming to class with an image to work from, as students will begin drawing and etching into plates on day 1. If you have any decorative papers or fabric pieces you would like to incorporate into your etchings, please bring those along as well!
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.
Class Schedule & Tuition
Teaching Artist: Casey Neumann
Day/Duration: Monday – Wednesday, 6 days
Dates: June 24 – 26 & July 1 – 3
Time: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Location: Printmaking Studio
Tuition: $265 ($330 nonmember)
Supply Fee: $30
-One 9”x12” woodblock and 4 sheets of printing paper will be given to each student upon the first day.
-Carving tools, brushes, inks, and barens are available for in studio use. A limited number of these items will be for sale in the studio.
-Casey recommends that students arrive with a prepared image (i.e. a photo reference to draw from or a drawing already prepared to fit the woodblock).
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.
Class Schedule & Tuition
Teaching Artist: Roger Whitlock
Day/Duration: Saturday & Sunday, 2 days
Dates: August 3 & 4
Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Location: Childrens Studio
Tuition: $144 ($180 nonmember)
Supply Fee: None
Click here to download a supply list for this class.
There is no open studio for this class.
Roger Whitlock has been painting in watercolor since 1985. He is a signature member of the Hawaii Watercolor Society. Since 1993, he has had over twenty solo shows and has participated in many group shows locally, nationally, and internationally. In 2008, Honolulu Magazine named him one of the “Hawaii Artists to Collect.” In August 2010, Watercolor Artist featured his art in an article called “Twenty by Two. He currently teaches the advanced watercolor class at the Honolulu Academy of Art.
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.
Lecture Schedule
Teaching Artist: Robert K. Liu
Day/Duration: Thursday, 1 day
Dates: August 8
Time:: 5:30 – 6:30 pm
Location: Solarium
Trained as an ethologist/ichthyologist, Robert K. Liu received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles, where he worked on experimental gerontology and immunology in the Department of Pathology, School of Medicine. In 1975, Robert left biomedical research after founding The Bead Journal, which changed its title to Ornament in 1978. Self-trained as a jeweler and photographer, Robert is co-editor of Ornament and has written extensively on ancient, ethnographic, and contemporary jewelry and personal adornment. He is currently exploring the use of bamboo as a sustainable jewelry material. He also lectures and gives workshops on the photography of jewelry and clothing; he is currently writing a book on this topic, entitled The Photography of Personal Adornment. He is the author of Collectible Beads and over 660 articles and publications. www.ornamentmagazine.com
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
Class Schedule & Tuition
Teaching Artist: Robert K. Liu
Day/Duration: Sunday & Monday, 2 days
Dates: August 11 & 12
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: Jewelry Studio
Tuition: $185 ($231 nonmember)
Supply Fee: $40
Please bring:
any personal jewelry tools
beads/pendants/artifacts you want to use with bamboo jewelry
any silver wire or other stock you want to use (some sterling silver tubing and beads will be for sale at the studio)
workgloves, preferably leather
headpins or other findings
There is no open studio for this class.
Trained as an ethologist/ichthyologist, Robert K. Liu received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles, where he worked on experimental gerontology and immunology in the Department of Pathology, School of Medicine. In 1975, Robert left biomedical research after founding The Bead Journal, which changed its title to Ornament in 1978. Self-trained as a jeweler and photographer, Robert is co-editor of Ornament and has written extensively on ancient, ethnographic, and contemporary jewelry and personal adornment. He is currently exploring the use of bamboo as a sustainable jewelry material. He also lectures and gives workshops on the photography of jewelry and clothing; he is currently writing a book on this topic, entitled The Photography of Personal Adornment. He is the author of Collectible Beads and over 660 articles and publications. www.ornamentmagazine.com
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!
Class Schedule & Tuition
Teaching Artist: Ian Tremewen
Day/Duration: Saturday & Sunday, 2 days
Dates: August 24 & 25
Time: 9:30 am – 3:00 pm
Location: Childrens
Tuition: $120 ($150 nonmember)
Supply Fee: None
Click here to download a supply list for this class.
There is no open studio for this class.
Now based in Australia, Ian Tremewen’s work reflects the interest he feels for light, space, and shadow. His abstract interpretation of the amorphic shapes of nature coupled with his design and composition enable him to present a perspective that is distinctly his own. Ian’s work has been exhibited in Australia, Canada, and the United States, and is included in the collections of the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Kaiser Permanente, Hyatt Regency, University of New South Wales, Stanford University, and more! www.tremewenart.com