Hawaii Craftsmen

Hawaii Craftsmen A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting fine craft in the art community of Hawai'i since 1966, with workshops, juried exhibitions, and events.

We are thrilled to introduce our juror for the Annual Statewide Exhibition 2025: Sarah Darro, Curator and Exhibitions Di...
02/08/2025

We are thrilled to introduce our juror for the Annual Statewide Exhibition 2025: Sarah Darro, Curator and Exhibitions Director of Houston Center for Contemporary Craft.

SARAH DARRO is a curator, writer, and visual anthropologist working at the nexus of contemporary craft, art, and design. She lives and works in Houston, TX, where she serves as the Curator and Exhibitions Director of Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. She has established an intersectional curatorial vision invested in reinvigorating museum spaces as forums for discourse, innovation, action, and engagement through experience. Her research interests include artist communities and collectives, movement and performance practice in craft, architecturally-influenced design, radical accessibility, systems esthetics, and the life histories and agency of objects.

Darro serves on the Board of Directors of the Society of North American Goldsmiths and is a 2023 American Craft Council Artist Directory Guest Curator. She was named the 2022 Jentel Foundation Art Critic at the Archie Bray Foundation, the 2022 IASPIS Swedish Arts Grants Committee Visiting Expert, and the 2019 American Craft Council Emerging Voices Scholar. From 2021-2022, she served as the Gallery Manager of the Center for Craft and has completed curatorial research fellowships at Corning Museum of Glass and Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. She holds a Master’s degree in Visual, Material, and Museum Anthropology from the University of Oxford and dual Bachelor’s degrees in Art History and Anthropology from Barnard College of Columbia University.

SAVE THE DATES
Online Registration: August 1-31
Intake and Jurying: September 9-14
Notification of Acceptance: September 18
Delivery of Accepted Artwork: O‘ahu Sunday, September 28, 10am-2pm, Neighbor island work must arrive at DAC by September 29

MORE INFORMATION
Visit https://www.hawaiicraftsmen.org/ASE2025 for more information

We are pleased to announce the details for our 59th consecutive Annual Statewide Exhibition with juror Sarah Darro, Cura...
02/06/2025

We are pleased to announce the details for our 59th consecutive Annual Statewide Exhibition with juror Sarah Darro, Curator and Exhibitions Director of Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Visit https://www.hawaiicraftsmen.org/ASE2025 for more information on how to enter.

KEY DATES FOR ARTISTS
Online Registration: August 1-31 (registration closes at midnight)
Intake and Jurying: September 9-14
Notification of Acceptance: September 18
Delivery of Accepted Artwork: O‘ahu Sunday, September 28, 10am-2pm, Neighbor island work must arrive at DAC by September 29

EXHIBITION
Hawaiʻi Craftsmen Annual Statewide Exhibition 2025
October 3 - November 1
Downtown Art Center
1041 Nuʻuanu Ave., Honolulu

Exhibition open to the public: Friday, October 3, at 5 pm
First Friday reception: October 3, 6-8 pm
Artists reception and award ceremony: Saturday, October 4, 6-8 pm
Gallery hours: Tuesday - Sunday 11-5 pm

01/07/2025

Registration is now open for Raku Hoʻolauleʻa 2025! Visit the Hawaiʻi Craftsmen website (link in bio) for more information and to register.

Hawaiʻi Craftsmen’s Raku Hoʻolauleʻa is an event like no other in the world. Centered around a weekend of raku firing in a beautiful beach setting on the North Shore of Oʻahu, it culminates in a juried exhibition of ceramics created at the campout.

If you’re not ready to join the campout, but are still curious about raku, we offer special events that are family friendly and open to the general public: learn how to make your own tea bowl, or come to the Hawaiʻi Craftsmen Community Kiln where you can glaze a bowl, watch it being fired by Hawaiʻi Craftsmen master artists and take it home that day!

Want more details? Link in bio, or go to https://www.hawaiicraftsmen.org/Raku2025

Mahalo to for the video from our 2023 Raku Ho’olaule’a!

12/18/2024

Interested in Hawai'i Craftsmen? Join us for our Annual Membership Meeting tonight December 18,, at 5:30 PM via Zoom. Members - Zoom access is in your inbox. Non-members DM us for the link.

We will introduce our most recent board members, have a vote, briefly discuss our 2024 events, and highlight what we hope to accomplish in 2025! Bring your questions and ideas too, we will open the floor to discuss future events for consideration by the board.

We are so grateful for your time, effort and input. Your feedback helps us steer our mission and meet our community's needs.

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Hawaii Craftsman would like to cordially invite you to the annual members meeting! Join us Wednesday, December 18 at 5:3...
12/12/2024

Hawaii Craftsman would like to cordially invite you to the annual members meeting! Join us Wednesday, December 18 at 5:30 on Zoom where we will introduce our most recent board members. Bring your questions and ideas too, we will open the floor to discuss future events for the board to consider.
You can find the Zoom link in the Dec. 3rd email newsletter.

11/08/2024

Held annually since 1967, the 2024 Hawai‘i Craftsmen Annual Statewide Exhibition features an extraordinary selection of traditional and contemporary craft from across the state of Hawai’i. This exhibition was juried by Suzanne Isken, former Executive Director of Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles.

Come visit us on the last day of the Annual Statewide Exhibition from 11 AM - 6 PM. We hope to see you there!Hawaiʻi Cra...
10/25/2024

Come visit us on the last day of the Annual Statewide Exhibition from 11 AM - 6 PM. We hope to see you there!

Hawaiʻi Craftsmen Annual Statewide Exhibition 2024
October 4 - October 26
Hawaiʻi’s premier statewide juried exhibition – held annually since 1967 – featuring over 100 extraordinary works of traditional and contemporary craft selected from across the state of Hawaiʻi by juror Suzanne Isken, former Executive Director of Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles
Downtown Art Center
1041 Nuʻuanu Ave., Honolulu
Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11-6 pm, Sunday 11-4 pm
Downtown Art Center

The show is closing this Saturday, but you can still see the work by ordering a print edition of the Annual Statewide Ex...
10/22/2024

The show is closing this Saturday, but you can still see the work by ordering a print edition of the Annual Statewide Exhibition featuring each work of art with a brief statement from the artist about the piece. Order your copy today or download the digital version!

https://www.hawaiicraftsmen.org/storefront

Hawaiʻi Craftsmen Annual Statewide Exhibition 2024
October 4 - October 26
Hawaiʻi’s premier statewide juried exhibition – held annually since 1967 – featuring over 100 extraordinary works of traditional and contemporary craft selected from across the state of Hawaiʻi by juror Suzanne Isken, former Executive Director of Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles
Downtown Art Center
1041 Nuʻuanu Ave., Honolulu
Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11-6 pm, Sunday 11-4 pm
Downtown Art Center

It is the last week to view traditional and contemporary craft at the Annual Statewide Exhibition, the show closes next ...
10/19/2024

It is the last week to view traditional and contemporary craft at the Annual Statewide Exhibition, the show closes next Saturday!

Hawaiʻi Craftsmen Annual Statewide Exhibition 2024
October 4 - October 26
Hawaiʻi’s premier statewide juried exhibition – held annually since 1967 – featuring over 100 extraordinary works of traditional and contemporary craft selected from across the state of Hawaiʻi by juror Suzanne Isken, former Executive Director of Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles
Downtown Art Center
1041 Nuʻuanu Ave., Honolulu
Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11-6 pm, Sunday 11-4 pm

Congratulations to our award winner!Michael WorcesterOrion's MorningBlown, carved, sandblasted glass10” x 7.5” x 7.5”Wor...
10/15/2024

Congratulations to our award winner!

Michael Worcester
Orion's Morning
Blown, carved, sandblasted glass
10” x 7.5” x 7.5”
Worcester Glassworks

The Thurston Twigg-Smith Best in Show Award
Sponsored by Sharon Twigg-Smith

Hawaiʻi Craftsmen Annual Statewide Exhibition 2024
October 4 - October 26

Hawaiʻi’s premier statewide juried exhibition – held annually since 1967 – featuring over 100 extraordinary works of traditional and contemporary craft selected from across the state of Hawaiʻi by juror Suzanne Isken, former Executive Director of Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles

Downtown Art Center
1041 Nuʻuanu Ave., Honolulu
Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11-6 pm, Sunday 11-4 pm

Downtown Art Center

Congratulations to our award winner!Lynn LivertonHo'omauCeramic, ti leaf lei12.5" x 10.5" x 6”Lynn Weiler Liverton The E...
10/15/2024

Congratulations to our award winner!

Lynn Liverton
Ho'omau
Ceramic, ti leaf lei
12.5" x 10.5" x 6”
Lynn Weiler Liverton

The Elizabeth Rice Grossman Award of Excellence
Sponsored by Elizabeth Rice Grossman

Hawaiʻi Craftsmen Annual Statewide Exhibition 2024
October 4 - October 26

Hawaiʻi’s premier statewide juried exhibition – held annually since 1967 – featuring over 100 extraordinary works of traditional and contemporary craft selected from across the state of Hawaiʻi by juror Suzanne Isken, former Executive Director of Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles

Downtown Art Center
1041 Nuʻuanu Ave., Honolulu
Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11-6 pm, Sunday 11-4 pm

Downtown Art Center

Congratulations to our award winner!Eric LeBuseVulcan Ceremonial Yerak (bowl)Wood22" x 16" x 14"The Charles E. Higa Memo...
10/14/2024

Congratulations to our award winner!

Eric LeBuse
Vulcan Ceremonial Yerak (bowl)
Wood
22" x 16" x 14"

The Charles E. Higa Memorial Award of Excellence
Sponsored by the Peter Drewliner Trust

Hawaiʻi Craftsmen Annual Statewide Exhibition 2024
October 4 - October 26

Hawaiʻi’s premier statewide juried exhibition – held annually since 1967 – featuring over 100 extraordinary works of traditional and contemporary craft selected from across the state of Hawaiʻi by juror Suzanne Isken, former Executive Director of Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles

Downtown Art Center
1041 Nuʻuanu Ave., Honolulu
Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11-6 pm, Sunday 11-4 pm

Downtown Art Center

Congratulations to our award winner!Sheri McNerthneyOn The BeachHandwoven silk ondule12" x 18”Sheri Levin McNerthney The...
10/14/2024

Congratulations to our award winner!

Sheri McNerthney
On The Beach
Handwoven silk ondule
12" x 18”
Sheri Levin McNerthney

The Sam and Mary Cooke Memorial Award
Sponsored by Catherine Cooke

Hawaiʻi Craftsmen Annual Statewide Exhibition 2024
October 4 - October 26

Hawaiʻi’s premier statewide juried exhibition – held annually since 1967 – featuring over 100 extraordinary works of traditional and contemporary craft selected from across the state of Hawaiʻi by juror Suzanne Isken, former Executive Director of Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles

Downtown Art Center
1041 Nuʻuanu Ave., Honolulu
Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11-6 pm, Sunday 11-4 pm

Downtown Art Center

Congratulations to our award winner!Jacob JacksonCurvy Crystal GroupCeramic: porcelain23.5" x 19" x 19" (group of 3)The ...
10/13/2024

Congratulations to our award winner!

Jacob Jackson
Curvy Crystal Group
Ceramic: porcelain
23.5" x 19" x 19" (group of 3)

The John Young Award
Sponsored by the John Young Foundation

Hawaiʻi Craftsmen Annual Statewide Exhibition 2024
October 4 - October 26

Hawaiʻi’s premier statewide juried exhibition – held annually since 1967 – featuring over 100 extraordinary works of traditional and contemporary craft selected from across the state of Hawaiʻi by juror Suzanne Isken, former Executive Director of Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles

Downtown Art Center
1041 Nuʻuanu Ave., Honolulu
Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11-6 pm, Sunday 11-4 pm

Downtown Art Center

Congratulations to our award winner!Christopher EdwardsHinaʻi Wana ICeramic19" x 19" x 4”Christopher Edwards Art The Geo...
10/13/2024

Congratulations to our award winner!

Christopher Edwards
Hinaʻi Wana I
Ceramic
19" x 19" x 4”
Christopher Edwards Art

The George Ellis Award
Sponsored by the Timothy Y. C. Choy Fund of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation

Hawaiʻi Craftsmen Annual Statewide Exhibition 2024
October 4 - October 26

Hawaiʻi’s premier statewide juried exhibition – held annually since 1967 – featuring over 100 extraordinary works of traditional and contemporary craft selected from across the state of Hawaiʻi by juror Suzanne Isken, former Executive Director of Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles

Downtown Art Center
1041 Nuʻuanu Ave., Honolulu
Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11-6 pm, Sunday 11-4 pm

Downtown Art Center

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