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  • Chinatown Courtyard - One Night Stand in The Chinatown Courtyard

  • Type: Entertainment/Art/Exhibit
    Date: Friday - 11/5/2010
    Time: 5:30pm - 9:30pm
    Location:
    Mendonca Building Courtyard
    1126 Smith Street
    #11 on the Gallery
    Walk Guide
    (Other Venues)
    For More info:
    JoDee Hunt, 262-5930
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    Cost: Free
The Mendonca Building's unique Courtyard is open again for First Friday in November and featuring some artists new to the Courtyard and some old friends as well.

New to the Courtyard is EVELYN NEIHAUS who will assist you to rediscover the intense color of our Hawaii! From her personal interpretation of the islands, Evelyn paints a palette of multiform using a surprising integration of feathers, seeds, nests and other natural pieces.  Her intricate use of form, subject and color teases and tantalizes art enthusiasts. Evelyn comes from a large Ohana of artists where she nurtured her passion for painting among folks sharing their distinctive styles.

JULIE BONK, best known as LALA B, makes the most remarkable earrings from Koa wood. Her designs range from unique and chic to organic and casual. She invites you to come find the style that was grown, picked and made for you."

Also new are Ann and Peter Gommers from Kailua.

ANN GOMMERS prefers to paint 'plein air'.  In her paintings, she seeks to capture dreams juxtaposed to reality.  "A momentous sky can appear in a moment and be gone...only captured in the memory, but that image may be thought about again and again while carrying on the most mundane activities of daily life. In my painting, I seek to capture those moments."

    Ann holds a BFA from the University of Denver and has studied art at the University of Copenhagen and the Rhode Island School of Design. Landscapes, seascapes, skyscapes and portraiture hold her interest.  In addition, she doesn't shy away from using her work to bring a political message. Oil is her favorite medium, but she also uses acrylic and mixed media, such as oil mixed with textiles and pastels. 

PETER GOMMERS creates fine art photographs, portraits and product photographs. His photographs are of specific themes and landscapes found in Hawaii, Maine, Massachusetts, Mexico, Japan and other locations.

Where we often see our local RUST as something to get rid of, Peter captures the beauty of it in many different forms and locations. Peter's first work was a series of photographs of the Petroglyphs located in Maine. There are over 500 petroglyphs at nine sites in Machias Bay. All were made between 380 and 3,000 years ago. Seasonal gatherings involving more than one hundred canoes were common in that area. He also photographed a series about the building of a Birch bark canoe.

The complexity and beauty of the Hawaiian landscape and culture are unique in the nation and the world.  The Gommers have collaborated this year on a joint show, named "Island Light: Through Lens and Brush". Peter's photographs and Ann's paintings capture lovely moments when the special light of the islands and its people are revealed through his photographic lens and through her painter’s brush.

MARTINE ACEVES FOSTER will return with her exquisite photos of flowers as people rarely pause to experience them. She will also have images of people and places encountered in her travels. Images which invite viewers to weave a narrative about where the people are, what has brought them there and where they are headed. Raised by her mother to look at the world through “finger frames," the camera became a natural extension of her way of viewing her surroundings as well as a method to record and communicate her perceptions. After pursuing photography mostly on her own, Aceves-Foster’s work first debuted at the Artists of Hawaii 2007 exhibition at the Honolulu Academy of Arts.

Also returning will be ALESSANDRA JANN-JORDAN who was born and raised in Paris, France. World travelled and educated, she received her Bachelors in Anthropology/Sociology and Italian from Middlebury College in Vermont, and obtained two Masters from Oxford University, in England; in Medieval Italian Literature and Social Work. Currently, she is a practicing Social Worker for Catholic Charities Hawaii and uses her jewelry and card making business as a therapeutic and creative release. Every jewelry design is hand made using semi precious stones, fresh water pearls, Swarovski crystallized elements, vintage coral, a variety of metals, and hand glass blown beads - all collected from the designer’s travels around the world.

Her cards are made from layers of beautiful designed and hand crafted papers, originating from countries as Korea, France and Italy. The cards are one of a kind and irreproducible, as the vintage elements used to decorate them are unique, recycled and sometimes, antique. Both jewelry and cards can be custom made and tailored to the client's specifications for such events as weddings, birthdays and anniversaries

Artists KRIS GOTO, SEAN GALLAGHER & AMBER CHESBRO who are upstairs in the recently renovated Artist Lofts, will also have their studios open for an early look at their new creations. Amber just won the Frances Pickens Award of Excellence for Metal with her piece, Abacus for an Anorexic.

FRED GAYAGAS will return with his unique blend of Hawaiian and contemporary music, drawing you into the magic that is the “One Night Stand”. He welcomes you to join him in sing-along or impromptu hula. Enter into the Chinatown Courtyard on Smith Street through the stand of bamboo at the Blue Dragon Gate or from the Maunakea Street doors.  This event is free and open to the public.

Elgin Onag will be making Kabobs in the Courtyard on his portable wagon. There will be beef, shrimp, pork & veggie kabobs for a very reasonable price

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