Downtown Art Center First Friday Presents - Hawaii Quilt Guild Annual Quilt Show

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Downtown Art Center First Friday Presents - Hawaii Quilt Guild Annual Quilt Show
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Date: Friday - 5/5/2023
Time: 5:30 to 8 p.m
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Downtown Art Center
1040 A Nuuana Avenue
Honolulu, Hawaii 96717

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DOWNTOWN ART CENTER HOSTS THE HAWAIʻI QUILT GUILD ANNUAL QUILT SHOW, MAY 2-14, 2023

Honolulu (April 2023) – From May 2 - 14, 2023, Downtown Art Center’s second floor Main Gallery, located at 1041 Nuʻuanu Ave., will be hung with colorful, creative, handmade quilts by members of the Hawaiʻi Quilt Guild. “Quilting Down Memory Lane” will be on view to the public during regular gallery hours, Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., with a special First Friday reception on Friday, May 5 from 5:30 - 8 p.m.

About the Hawaiʻi Quilt Guild:
The Hawaiʻi Quilt Guild (HQG), also known as Na Poʻe Humukuiki O Hawaiʻi, was founded in 1984, with the purpose of preserving the traditions, culture and history of quilting, and promoting the knowledge and understanding of the art of quilting through continuing education services for members and with public education activities. Members of the Quilt Guild are of all ages and walks of life, and range from beginners to accomplished artists.   About the HCG Annual Quilt Show:
The Annual Quilt Show is the Guild’s gift to the community; everyone is invited to visit the show free of charge. The show has proven to be a great educational experience for all who visit, and is truly a beautiful celebration of a distinct type of art. The annual show is always planned around Mothers’ Day, an added attraction for many mothers who, along with their children, enjoy a special visit–plus a free gift this year–on Mothers’ Day, May 14.
About the 2023 Featured Artist: Donna Kanealiʻi:
This year's featured artist, Donna Kanealiʻi, has been quilting since she first put her first "scrappy quilt" together in the early 1970s. She became fascinated with stitching in the third and fourth grade at a Catholic school, but didn't start quilting as a serious hobby until 2006, when her sister-in-law enrolled her in a quilting class in Louisiana while she was visiting. Inspired by the Quilt Guild members she met there, she returned home to Hawaiʻi, where she found a welcoming quilting community, and entered her first Hawaiʻi Quilt Guild Challenge in 2007. In 2008, her piece, "Through a Hawaiian Window" won one of the challenges. From 2019-2022, Kanealiʻi co-chaired the annual Hawaiʻi Quilt Guild shows with Donna Eng. Kanealiʻi, who belongs to two quilt guilds, enjoys traveling to quilt shows and retreats, rising to the quarterly Hawaiʻi Quilt Guild Challenges, and meeting new friends through quilting.

Hawaiʻi Quilt Guild quilters featured in the show:
Donna Kanealiʻi (Featured Artist)
Thelma Chun (posthumous tribute & Opportunity Quilt)
Arlene Adams
Kay Anguay
Pamela Bechtel
Tahmi Brodhead
Terri Brown
Barbara Cannan
Linda Chang
Rose Craven
Phyllis Cullen
Ruth Davis
Charlene El-Swaify
Nancy Francis
Melede Gerwig
Tracy Greenlee
Lynn Hiyakumoto
Ellen Huntley
Kris Huntsman
Annette Ichiki
Estelle Inn
Maryann Jones
Lily Kamikihara
Lynn Lundquist
Christine Lutz
Margaret Manangan
Joan Masaki
Donna Masaniai
Tracy Montgomery
Sharon Nakasone
Joni Nowatzki
Ellen Owens
Terersa Sakurada
Irene Sasaki
Carla Simao
Marion Speers
Ric Stark
Betty Steljes
Eleanor Sterling
Shirfeir Sunada
Charlotte Szarmes
Margaret Teruya
Ann Tom
Aloma Wang
Sandra Weatherwax

To find out more about the Hawaiʻi Quilt Guild, visit hawaiiquiltguild.com.
For more information or to find out the latest events and exhibitions at Downtown Art Center, visit downtownarthi.org.

About the Downtown Art Center (DAC):
Located in the Chinatown Gateway Plaza building at 1041 Nuʻuanu Ave., Second Floor, the nonprofit Downtown Art Center is an evolving gallery and workshop space for Oʻahu's arts scene. DAC strives to become a thriving center for the arts by providing display space for local artists and art organizations, workshop classrooms, performances, and more. Support DAC and help it grow at donorbox.org/downtownartcenter!

Parking for DAC is located at nearby municipal parking lots (onsite at Chinatown Gateway Plaza, parking entrance off Bethel Street) or at Mark's Garage (entrance at 22 S. Pauahi St.). DAC is easily accessible by public transit as well; get directions, routes and timetables at www.thebus.org.
 

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