Kahi Ching – Hawaii Artist

All of June to go!  Please come to support MAMo Gallery, a gallery committed to supporting Contemporary Native Hawaiian Art and Artists!  If we are successful, we will be able to stay longer…a Gallery for Native Hawaiian Artists!  How many galleries of this kind can you count on this island?  Yes, you live in Hawaii, and Hawaiian artists do exist and are among us!  Please support through your presence, word of mouth, or even a purchase.  We even have a wide variety of gift items such as greeting cards, shirts and even books all within a range between $3 – $40!  We are open Tuesday thru Saturday from 11am-6pm with the exception of First Friday, June 4, when the hours will be from 2pm-9pm, and Slow Art Friday, June 18, when the hours will be from 11am-9pm.  See you soon!

May is Maoli Arts Month (MAMo).  Please join us as we kick off MAMo 2010 this Friday May 7th at 5pm in Chinatown’s Arts District for the First Friday Gallery Walk.  Kahi and I are helping specifically to start up MAMo Gallery which has been made possible by Maile Meyer and Vicky Takamine for the months of May and June.  Imaikalani Kalahele is the Gallery Curator.  We will also be exhibiting works by neighbor island artists in addition to Oahu maoli artists as well.  Gallery Hours Tuesday – Saturday 11 am – 6pm.  Visit www.maoliartsmonth.org for more info.

Kahi will be in this year’s Iolani Family Fair Art Gallery, now called, “Gallery 563″ at Seto Hall.  All items at this fair are priced up to $500, and proceeds benefit the school’s financial aid program.  Be on the lookout for some copper sculptures and some simple note card packs.  The fair runs two days only, Friday from 12 noon to 10:30 pm, and on Saturday from 12 noon to 7 pm.  Our family has been a fan of this fair for about seven years now, it is very tiny-tot friendly!

If by chance you are attending the Pacific Rim Conference on Disabilities during April 12 & 13 at the Hawaii Convention Center, please visit the VSA Arts of Hawaii-Pacific’s 100×100 Art Sale.  Promoting original works $100 and under by artists with disabilities.  A few of Kahi’s pieces will be there.  Please check it out!  Purchases benefit the artist 100%.

For those of you who didn’t know that Kahi has Dyslexia, this might be an interesting read (pages 9 – 11).

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Some dyslexic artists:  Leonardo da Vinci, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, and Ansel Adams.

For more information on Dyslexia visit the Hawaii Branch of the International Dyslexia Association’s website at www.dyslexia-hawaii.org.

Happy Early St. Patrick’s Day Everyone! (yes…Kahi is part Irish)

Please join us at the Opening Reception of Hawaii Forest Industry Association’s Hawaii’s Woodshow 2010 to view some of the most beautiful wood creations by Hawaii woodworkers and artists!  Kahi will have a wood sculpture in this exhibition.  Coming up on Art After Dark Friday, March 26, 2010 at 6:30 pm, at the Academy Art Center at Linekona.  If you can’t make the reception, the show will run from March 27 – April 11, Tuesday – Sunday from 11 am – 6 pm, Closed Mondays.  E-mail info@kahiching.com for parking information.

HILuxury Feb/Mar 2010 Issue

Kahi and his bonsai are featured in the Feb/March issue of HILuxury magazine under “luxgarden”.  The magazine is available at Barnes & Noble, Borders, Times Supermarket, and at Fujioka’s Wine.

Kahi will be in this year’s Fiber Hawaii 2010 show.  This is his first attempt in entering any fiber show.  Look for his piece entitled, “Aqua Fiber Cultivar”, in paper mache and acrylic.  Show dates are from January 19 – February 27, 2010, Tuesday – Saturday 11 am – 6 pm at the The ARTS at Marks Garage (1159 Nu’uanu).  Opening reception is on January 19 from 7-9 pm.

For those of you who are interested, Kahi will be participating again in this year’s Punahou Carnival Art Gallery.  Be on the lookout for two art pieces by Kahi.  50% of the sales benefit Punahou School’s Financial Aid Program:

February 5 & 6, 2010 from 11 am – 11 pm.

We will be there sometime with the kids:)

-Diana