PO‘IPU — Hanapepe isn’t the only place with a thriving art scene. Po‘ipu is putting itself on the map as far as making itself part of the art scene. While for Hanapepe, the tradition has become the Friday-night Art Walk,
PO‘IPU — Hanapepe isn’t the only place with a thriving art scene.
Po‘ipu is putting itself on the map as far as making itself part of the art scene. While for Hanapepe, the tradition has become the Friday-night Art Walk, Po‘ipu’s Kukui‘ula Village is launching an artwalk of its own, Thursdays, the first of which debuted from 6 – 9 p.m. Dec. 2.
Gallerie 103 featured “SMallART,” with precious and small works of art with larger-than-life concepts and content, according to Margaret Ezekiel, one of the event’s host artists.
“It’s the holiday season and smaller is kind of cozy and perfect for that,” Ezekiel said. “An art teacher of mine once said, ‘it doesn’t matter how small or big a piece of art is, it’s the integrity of the piece that makes the size.’”
Though the weather was somewhat inclement the night of the first of Po‘ipu’s Thursday Art Walk, the brainchild of Bruna Stude, owner of Gallerie 103, the pedestrian mall saw more foot traffic that night, according to shop owners.
Ezekiel said Kukui‘ula Village hopes those who participate in Hanapepe’s Friday art night will make it out to the Southshore on Thursdays, and that in turn those participating in Thursday’s art walk will continue to venture to Hanapepe on Fridays.
Images on display that were particularly interesting at Gallerie 103 included Karen Gally’s patient pencil drawings, Wayne Zebzda’s “road toads,” (found road kill dipped in aluminum) and Ezekiel’s blue paintings (Ezekiel said she loves working with the color blue because “it’s so moody.”). Other highlights included Deyana Mielke’s concept of contradictions found in her “Hope you Like the Fish: Coelacanth and Self,” along with the works of Carol Bennett, Sally French and Kathleen Adair Brown. Brown’s works, which Ezekiel called “fragments,” were particularly innovative.
