2025 Biennial Juried Exhibition
July 9 - July 26
Presented by Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui
and The Glass Fusion Collective
Open to all artists, locally and internationally!
Join us at the Downtown Art Center (DAC) Gallery
This year's Glass and Weavers Show invites artists to explore the myriad facets of the Aurora Borealis. The Northern Lights have captivated humanity for millennia. Their ethereal beauty, a mesmerizing dance of light across the night sky, has inspired awe, wonder, and countless myths and legends.
A natural phenomenon displaying a vast spectrum of brilliant colors, the Aurora Borealis captivates the imagination and stimulates endless metaphors and creative expression. Cold, hard glass and warm, soft textiles complement each other, and the synergy of a wide range of colors in these two mediums will no doubt find expression in this exhibit.
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The exhibit theme is a suggestion for piece creation, not a mandate. Let your creativity soar, drawing inspiration from the science, the spectacle, the personal, the cultural, and the mythical.
We invite artists to participate in our biennial juried exhibition focused on the theme Wondrous Light: Aurora Borealis. The exhibit will be held at the Downtown Art Center, Honolulu, Oʻahu, July 9-26. Wailoa Center in Hilo, Hawai'i Island will restage a portion of the exhibition following the closing on O'ahu, September 5-25.
Eligible fiber, other media and glass pieces may be functional, sculptural, traditional or contemporary. Fiber and other media construction techniques should use interlacing in some fashion.
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Fiber Juror Suzie Liles
Suzie Liles is a lifelong Oregonian. For over 35 years she has taught weaving workshops and seminars for adults and children in the United States and Canada. She has been teaching at the Weavers’ School with Madelyn van der Hoogt for 30 years. Suzie has an MFA in Fibers from the University of Oregon. She is a member of the Handweavers Guild of America and has written many articles for Handwoven Magazine. She is the owner of Eugene Textile Center and co-owner of Glimakra USA with her daughter Sarah Rambousek. In her “free time” she runs tours to Sweden and Egypt. Ms. Wiles shares, "I am excited to be the juror of this show. I lived in Alaska where I saw the majestic Aurora Borealis many times. I expect to see some wonderful use of colors that would portray the imagination brought forth by the thought of this exciting phenomenon. It will be delightful to see how color, structure and fiber techniques are utilized in this exhibit."
Glass Juror Hugh Jenkins
"My first exposure to glass came at the Foundry in Honolulu in 1969. That shop was a hui of UH ceramic students who were just exploring the material and understood heat. By 1972 I was invited to build a pilot program at Punahou School and my teaching career there lasted 26 years. I was not educated in the arts, but my interest in hand work started early through working with wood and doing lapidary. I love the hands-on control of hot glass furnaces and the machining of cold glass. Glass has a wide range of applications which include hot glass for blowing, hot sculpting and casting, 'warm' glass for slumping and fusing, and cold glass for cutting, sculpting and polishing. Glass interacts with light through color and optical properties and ranges from clear to transmitting and opaque. I think if it is chosen to make objects, it should answer, 'Why glass?'"
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KEY DATES
| Online registration opens | Sunday, June 1 |
| Registration closes | Monday, June 30 |
| Mailed entries due by | Wednesday, July 2 |
| O'ahu intake | Sunday, July 6, 10:00 am - Noon |
| Jurying | Sunday, July 6, 1:30 - 3:30 pm |
| Pick up unselected work | Monday, July 7, 10:00 am - Noon |
| Oahu Exhibition | Downtown Art Center |
| Installation | Monday, July 7 to Wednesday, July 9, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm |
| Exhibition dates | Wednesday July 9 to Saturday, July 26, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm, closed Mondays |
| Opening and reception | Friday, July 11, 5:00 - 8:00 pm |
| Juror walk-through, Fiber | S. Liles, Friday, July 11, 3:00 - 4:00 pm |
| Juror walk-through, Glass | H. Jenkins, Friday, July 11, 4:00 - 5:00 pm |
| Take down & returns | Saturday, July 26, 5:00 - 7:00 pm |
| Hawai'i Island Exhibition | Wailoa Center |
| Exhibition dates | Friday, September 5 to Sunday, September 25 Visit www.wailoacenter.com for current gallery hours |
| Opening reception | Friday, September 5, 5:00 - 7:00 pm |
| Return of entries | Friday, September 26, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm |
Questions on glass, visit the Glass Fusion Collective website
Questions about the exhibit contact info@hawaiihandweavers.org
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How do I get to DAC? From the Chinatown Gateway Garage, take the elevator to the 2nd floor. The DAC Gallery is through the large double doors on the left. If you are parked elsewhere, walk from the street up the steps to the DAC gift shop, go past it to find the elevator, and follow the instructions above to access the studio. If you cannot walk up the stairs for the DAC building, there is a handicap ramp on the Nu'uanu entrance side. Walk towards the street lights, and you will see the ramp; you will need to walk through the courtyard to the elevator.