Youth Art Exhibition 2020
The Hui No'eau is excited to present the 2020 Youth Art Exhibition in a virtual format! The exhibition showcases the work of young artists participating in the Hui's Summer Camp Kaluanui. During the 9 weeks of camp, students have created imaginative artwork sharing their talent and creativity. Based on weekly themes, our team of teaching artists worked closely together to offer an exciting, versatile experience that stretched campers’ minds, exercised imaginations, and introduced new problem-solving tools. We invite you to celebrate and support the work of our incredible keiki artists!
Week 2: June 8-12
Theme: Magic, Fantasy & Myths
Group A: Ages 8-10
Teaching Artist: Claudio Marchetti
Inspired by the modern landscape perspectives of David Hockney(b.1937), we learned that an artist can show us what we think of as ordinary is truly extraordinary. If we are really looking at the landscape we want to paint we can express it in our own way. The world is a magical place full of colorful inspiration for artists, and for this project we chose perspectives surrounding the classroom. Painting plein air is a great way to explore ones own artistic vision. Students were encouraged to paint with a range of transparent to opaque layers and details. We learned that making beautiful artwork can also be a tool to help people rediscover their amazement of nature.
Week 2: June 8-12
Theme: Magic, Fantasy & Myths
Group B: Ages 6-7
Teaching Artist: Julie Matheis
Project: Quartz Crystal Jewelry Sets
All of the children in group B chose bead assortments and designed necklace and bracelet sets from them. The center pendant on each necklace is quartz, known for its healing properties. It is also known to enhance concentration, and balance, and help you achieve your highest potential. The children did a great job creating their designs, as they focused on symmetry and patterns. (As this project was to be collected and kept on hand for the display in the gallery, most students did not want to part with their creations, and took their work home before they were photographed.)
Week 3: June 15-19
Theme: Landscapes of Hawai’i
Group A: Ages 8-10
Teaching Artist: Tanya Delury
Project: Hawaiian Happy Face Spiders
The class became the Hawaiian Happy Faced Spider for the day—mentally, physically, spiritually—experiencing a wide range of mood swings along the way. We honored the 5mm tiny endemic creature by "super-sizing" it!
Week 3: June 15-19
Theme: Landscapes of Hawai’i
Group B: Ages 6-7
Teaching Artist: Emilia De Castro
Project: Nature’s Lines
Studying the difference between paper and canvas, students created beautiful paintings using masking tape to form lines and mixing their own colors to add originality to the artwork. We studied art production and how artists produce artwork on canvas having a sequence and theme. This artwork was inspired in Hawaiian flora and fauna observing how everything in nature is composed of lines.
Week 4A: June 22-26
Theme: School of Rock
Group A: Ages 8-10
Teaching Artist: Julie Matheis
Project: Music Inspired Bulletin Boards
Students in group A created these colorful cork bulletin boards using acrylic paint and precut wooden shapes. They found inspiration in song lyrics and musical instruments, then sketched out designs. They chose colors and shapes that helped convey their ideas, and enjoyed crafting their functional art.
Week 4A: June 22-26
Theme: School of Rock
Group B: Ages 6-7
Teaching Artist: Emilia De Castro
Project: Setting the Stage
For this project students traveled back in time to study Théâtre antique d'Orange, a Roman theater in Orange, Vaucluse, France built in the early 1st century AD. Using point perspective, students drew and designed their dream stage. They thought about lights, color, and theme for their "show." Students colored their stages with watercolor and made accent lines with a permanent marker. Materials used for this project included professional watercolor paper, watercolor and permanent marker. Enjoy the show!
Week 4B: June 29-July 3
Theme: Time-Traveling Explorers
Group A: Ages 8-10
Teaching Artist: Tanya Delury
Project: After-Life, Here We Come!
A week of investigating why Ancient Egyptians master architecture, artistry and mythical "Afterlife," beliefs which have captivated and influenced global cultures over the centuries. Students created their interpretation of the transitional journey from earthly existence to the "other side"!
Week 4B: June 29-July 3
Theme: Time-Traveling Explorers
Group B: Ages 6-7
Teaching Artist: Claudio Marchetti
For this time traveling lesson we set our clocks to 1921. We have gone to Paris and we are visiting with Joan Miró(1893-1983) as he paints from memory his family farm in the Spanish countryside. Miró painted with a beautiful surrealistic imagery at this early point in his career. This painting and the work produced in the similar time period show us a young Miró before he became the artist we all know him as today. Using the beautiful architecture of the Hui No’eau and the historic nature of our property, we created artwork from observation and imagination. Sumi ink was added for lines in these watercolor paintings to achieve a more organic appearance.
Week 5: July 6-10
Theme: Illustrate Your Story
Group A: Ages 8-10
Teaching Artist: Claudio Marchetti
Creating artwork is vehicle of expression, and can be a way of communicating without words. Dreams are often like their own art messages, images, and atmosphere. Being connected to our dreams is a great way to be creative. Using this dream state idea as inspiration, the students first used watercolor pencils to create the atmosphere of the artwork. We then juxtaposed the color with our black sumi ink. The ink was drawn with small paint brushes to capture as much fluidity as possible.
Week 5: July 6-10
Theme: Illustrate Your Story
Group B: Ages 6-7
Teaching Artist: Julie Matheis
Project: A Few of My Favorite Things
Group B was asked, "What is most special to you?" "What are your favorites?" "What makes you, you?" Then, they combined images and text to share their favorite things & tell us more about themselves. The center of their artwork is what is most important to them, or what they love to do most. The surrounding areas are filled with other favorites. They used Sharpie markers to make their drawings more pronounced and then carefully painted everything in with watercolors.
Week 6: July 13-17
Theme: Animals From Around The World
Group A: Ages 8-10
Teaching Artist: Emilia De Castro
Project: Realistic Giraffes
Using professional watercolor paper and tempera paint, students were inspired by a photographic image of a giraffe. They were encouraged to draw what they saw to obtain a realistic style. The class painted outdoors and followed teacher instruction to learn about mixing color, light and darkness, and creating impression with the brush. Even though students were closely following instructions, they were free to show and express their own unique artistic style!
Week 6: July 13-17
Theme: Animals From Around The World
Group B: Ages 6-7
Teaching Artist: Tanya Delury
Project: Looks Can Be Deceiving
The class immersed themselves into the world of Seabiscuit’s incredible rise to fame as the fastest racehorse of the 1930's, despite all the obstacles he was faced with. Students created a lighthearted portrait of the big hearted, goofy, lovable ("personality plus") champion!
Week 6: July 13-17
Theme: Animals From Around The World
Group Teens: Ages 10+
Teaching Artist: Julie Matheis
Project: Teen Jewelry Techniques
This group had a great time creating jewelry. They learned to use saws, torches, and hammers, and created a beautiful range of work! Students were introduced to many simple tools and techniques. Then, they were given the opportunity to create unique items, of their own designs, using those skills. All of the students used copper and brass, and some even created works in sterling silver.
Week 7: July 20-24
Theme: Wonderful Water
Group A: Ages 8-10
Teaching Artist: Julie Matheis
Project: Gone Fishin’
Students created a fun, eco friendly, fishing game from found objects. We started with toilet paper tubes and transformed them into fish, by adding watercolor paper scraps for tails, a layer of acrylic paint, and bits of metallic papers and foam for scales and details. We searched the Hui grounds for bamboo poles and assembled the strings and hooks onto each one. Next comes even more hours of fun catching them!
Week 7: July 20-24
Theme: Wonderful Water
Group B: Ages 6-7
Teaching Artist: Claudio Marchetti
Wai, element of great intelligence. Water has long been part of the art making process like every other process on earth. From making paper to keeping the body of the artist healthy, water is essential. Water as an element and as beauty has also long been an inspiration for artists. One artist in particular who favors water is Katushika Hokusai 1760-1849. Hokusai is known around the world for his Ukiyo-e print “Kanagawa Oki Nami Ura” or Under the Wave off Kanagawa ca.1830. This print is an amazing compositional masterpiece, but Hokusai has a catalog full of amazing prints and drawings concerning water. As a class we studied a wide range of these works seeing sailing and wave scenes, whirlpools, and waterfalls. Hokusai even lived most of his life on the banks of The Sumida river in the city of Edo, now known as Tokyo. We combined Sumi ink and Colored pencils to come up with an affect modeled after Ukiyo-e Woodblock prints. The colors in these prints often have fades and gradients from dark to light.
Week 8: July 27-31
Theme: Art Across the Universe
Group A: Ages 8-10
Teaching Artist: Emilia De Castro
Project: Mixed-Media Solar Systems
The class got to learn, share and talk about space, our solar system, the planets and beyond! Students began with creating beautiful celestial backgrounds with acrylic colors and blending color together using the sfumato technique. Then they made planets out of professional watercolor paper to create their own planetary system. To complete their mixed-media artwork students glued the plants onto the painted surface.
Week 8: July 27-31
Theme: Art Across the Universe
Group B: Ages 6-7
Teaching Artist: Tanya Delury
Project: "What’s Really Going On?
A thought-provoking review of the unsolved mysteries of the "Crop Circle" phenomenon in the U.K. with discussion on the diverse theories as to their existence. Students designed individual "Crop Circle" formations, inventing their own sacred geometric language!
Week 8: July 27-31
Theme: Art Across the Universe
Group Teens: Ages 10+
Teaching Artist: Tia Brady
Project: Monoprints
Our teen campers learned about monoprinting this week! They rolled ink on a plexi and then used different materials to create texture in the ink. Students then put damp paper on the plexi and ran it through the press to complete their monoprint.
Week 9: August 3-7
Theme: Eco-Art
Ages 7-11
Teaching Artist: Julie Matheis
Project: Eco-Collages
Students were asked "What do you think is an important part of the earth to take care of?" They were then challenged to create an image, using natural objects that represented their ideas. All of us scoured the Hui grounds, respectfully looking for textures, colors, and shapes, that might be useful in their collage. Everyone used hot glue, perseverance, and a touch of watercolor paint to make their creations come to life!
