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  • Hawaii Academy of Performing Arts presents: OPEN CALL TO ARTISTS! - Shrines


Hawaii Academy of Performing Arts presents:

OPEN CALL TO ARTISTS!

Shrines

Seasonal exhibition for the windows of The ARTS at Marks Garage through Hallowbaloo, Halloweeen and Day of the Dead.

Exhibit Dates: October 19 to November 1, 2014 at The ARTS at Marks Garage

Day of the Dead altars built during Dia de los Muertos honor the lives of those who have passed. The ARTS at Marks will provide artists with birdcage like boxes ranging in a variety of shapes and sizes to decorate as they choose. The returned boxes will be hung in the windows at Marks during the Halloween season with the option to be sold as part of a fundraiser for Marks.

Art and Payment Deadlines:

Entry fee: $15 per piece. Payment is easy via cash, check, credit card or Paypal at 1159 Nuuanu Ave. Honolulu HI 96817 or at www.artatmarks.com. Boxes will be available beginning during gallery hours Gallery hours 12pm - 5pm Tuesday-Saturday, from September 1, 2014. Completed artwork should be returned between October 14 and October 19, 2014. Installation will be on Sunday October 19, 2014 and pick-up of un-sold work would be on Sunday, November 2, 2014. Prospectus with entry form and details available soon online at www.artsatmarks.com under Call to Artists. Over 12,000 people are expected to see this show over the course of two weeks during multiple festivities including Hallowballoo, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Halloween and Day of Dead.

About HAPA: Hawaii Academy of Performing Arts won U.S. Small Business Administration's 2013 Minority Small Business Champion for Honolulu County. In 2012 we won Pacific Business News Nonprofit Leadership award, the Kalama Award from Rotary Club, and a proclamation from the Mayor of Honolulu for "Excellence in the Perpetuation of the Arts & Culture". Founded in 1997, HAPA's mission is to transform our community through the power of the arts, and establish Chinatown, Honolulu as the creative capital of the Pacific.

Our flagship program The ARTS at Marks Garage is a community arts center with a 1,000 sq. ft. gallery, a 1,000 sq. ft. theater, and a 1,000 sq. ft. office space founded in 2001. Marks is home to 13 performing and visual arts businesses including Youth Speaks Hawaii and Hawaii Shakespeare Festival. 45,000 visitors attend 13 exhibits and 150 performances each year. Marks and HAPA staff co-founded Chinatown's most popular event, First Friday Honolulu and also manage Chinatown Artists Lofts providing 13 live/work spaces, and Chinatown Art Corps providing afterschool programming for at-risk teenagers.

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