Between the Ideas and the Making: Maintaining the Dialogue

MOLOKA’I ARTISTS PRESENTATION AND RECEPTION
THURSDAY, January 12th, 2023
5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Molokai Arts Center
1630 Farrington Ave.
Kualapuu, HI 96757
PLEASE JOIN US FOR A PRESENTATION, Q&A AND RECEPTION
FREE TO THE PUBLIC

‘Aha Hana Lima (“Gathering of the Crafts”) is an annual event held by Hawaii Craftsmen. Traditionally it is a series of intensive 3-day workshops, lectures, and dialogues concerned with various media: clay, metal, wood, fiber, or glass.

Jan McKeachie Johnston and Randy Johnston
Between the Ideas and the Making: Maintaining the Dialogue
“We make things as a way to manifest ideas. The idea might be as simple as a nice soup bowl or mug—or as complex as the intersection between traditional pottery and modern art. The work has specific modern connotations and attempts to deal with the development of the abstract within the utilitarian object aesthetic.”

Hawaii Craftsmen is excited to bring Jan McKeachie Johnston and Randy Johnston to a three island ceramics tour of Oahu, Hawai’i Island and for the first time the island of Molokai.

This workshop is a rare opportunity to spend uninterrupted time with internationally recognized ceramic artists Randy Johnston and Jan Mckeachie Johnston.
In this workshop Randy and Jan will focus on the exchange of ideas involved in working in clay related to form and function with sculptural intention. Demonstrations will cover the use of the wheel and the hand building construction of forms by altering and combining pieces by using slabs and paper patterns. In addition, they will share their thought process through conversations between each other and the participants about why they make the objects they choose to make and what experiences in their lives have brought them to this place in their journey as artists.
This will be an exciting and fun workshop with lots of personal discussions about traditional and new ways of making, surface decorations, wood firing, soda, gas, glaze and their relationship to contemporary ceramics.

Tuition & Facilities use information:
Early Bird Pricing Ends on December 17th
Member Early Bird $350 + lab fee
Member Regular $455 + lab fee
Non Member Early Bird $425 + lab fee
Non Member Regular $592 + lab fee
Student $185 + lab fee
Because this Aha Hana Lima class spans three islands and three different institutions, lab fees for each island will vary depending on the type of clay body and institutional services included in the lab fee. Lab fees and tuition will be included as one fee in the registration.

Space is limited! You can register for the workshops at the Hawaii Craftsmen website.

Molokai Workshops:

MOLOKA’I WORKSHOP:
FRIDAY, Jan 13, 2023 5:00 – 9:00 pm
SATURDAY, Jan 14, 2023 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
SUNDAY, Jan 15, 2023, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Molokai Arts Center
1630 Farrington Ave.
Kualapuu, HI 96757
MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT 12
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION CLOSES 9am December 17, 2022
REGULAR REGISTRATION CLOSES 9am January 13, 2023