Pacific Rim Art Exhibit-Emergence From Place-Neo-Traditional Indigenous Art
Pacific Rim Art Exhibit
Emergence From Place
Neo-Traditional Indigenous Art
Exhibit of Artwork by various artists from the Pacific Rim area including:
Hawaii, New Zealand and the Pacific Northwest.
Clatsop Community College
Art Center Gallery
1651 Lexington Avenue
Astoria, Oregon 97103
Exhibit will be open to public from
April 5th to May 11th
Attending Artists
Maile Andrade- Native Hawaiian
Gabrielle Belz- Ngapuhi
Manos Nathan- Te Roroa, Ngatiwhatua, Ngapuhi
Lillian Pitt- Warm Springs, Wasco & Yakama
Greg Robinson- Chinook Indian Nation
Chuck Souza- Native Hawaiian
Gail Tremblay- Mi’ kmaq, Onondaga
Colleen Urlich- Te Popoto o Ngapuhi ki Kaipara
Curators
Richard Rowland and Lillian Pitt
Pacific Rim Exhibit Opening Reception
Thursday, April 5th
6:00 pm
Come meet the artists!
Light refreshments served
Free and Open to Public
Music by Chris Briden, A Viola da gamba Player
Chris Briden
Professional Artist and Student Workshop
Saturday, April 7th
9am to 4pm
will be held in the CCC Ceramic/Art Studio
Potluck Luncheon at noon
Fees: Students $25 Community Members $40
Register online at www.clatsopcc.edu
Course numbers:
Students: PER009508-W1
Public: PER009508-W2
Email Richard Rowland or call (503) 338-2449 for info
Student/Artist Fishbowl Conversation
Thursday, April 5th
10:00 am to Noon
Columbia 219
Artists will discuss and answer questions with all local area high school students and faculty.
Contact Larry Lockett at Astoria High School for Information
Public Lecture and Slide Show
Friday, April 6th, 7:00 pm
Performing Arts Center
16th and Franklin Avenue
Astoria, Oregon
Music by Swil Kanim of The Lummi Nation
Swil Kanim photo courtesy of http://www.swilkanim.net/
Special acknowledgment to co-producer
Toi Maori Aotearoa-Maori Arts New Zealand, The Maori artists' network
Events are being sponsored by:
Clatsop Community College
The Sather Fund
Special thanks to:
Clatsop Community College Students
Devon Abing-CCC Art Student, member of The Chinook Indian Nation
Astoria High School-Josh McConnell
Richard and Roberta Basch, member of The Clatsop Nehalem Confederated Tribes
Kathryn Burr, from Clatsop County Womens Resouce Center
Clay Art Center, Tacoma Washington
Wendela Howie
David Lee Myers
Royal Nebeker
Northwest By Northwest Gallery
Rod Nichols and The North Coast Food Web
Richard & Patti Rowland
China Beach Retreat and The Shelburne Inn
Miki'ala Souza
TPauls Supper Club & Urban Cafe
Nancy Walsh
Marilyn Lane and The White Water Institute
Kerri Zell-CCC Art Student
Interesting artist links to outside webpages:
- Colleen Urlich
- Lillian Pitt Official Web Site
- Lillian Pitt Oregon Public Broadcasting Video
- Lillian Pitt "Riverbed" Sculpture in Hillsboro, Oregon
- Greg Robinson Official Website
- Gail Tremblay-Museum of Contemporary Native Arts
- Maile Andrade- Hawaiian Cultural Center
- Manos Nathan-Spirit Wrestler Gallery Portfolio
- Manos Nathan-Contemporary Maori Art.com
- Hawaiian Art and Artist Videos from WN Network
- Chinook Nation
Lillian Pitt
Mask by Lillian Pitt
Photo courtesy of Dennis Maxwell Lightplay Photos
Spirit Warrior by Lillian Pitt
Photo courtesy of Dennis Maxwell Lightplay Photos
“Everything I do, regardless of the medium, is directly related to honoring my ancestors and giving voice to the people, the environment and the animals. It’s all about maintaining a link with tradition, and about honoring the many contributions my ancestors have made to this world.”
-Lillian Pitt
Gail Tremblay
Basket by Gail Tremblay
Photo courtesy of Gail Tremblay
Basket by Gail Tremblay
Photo courtesy of The Institute of American Indian Arts
Colleen Waata-Urlich
Ipu Hinaki Eel Pot by Colleen Urlich
Photo courtesy of Colleen Urlich
Sculpture by Colleen Waata-Urlich
Photo courtesy of www.tepapa.govt.nz
Greg Robinson
Greg Robinson
Photo courtesy of Greg Robinson
Rattle by Greg Robinson
Photo courtesy of www.gregarobinson.com
Greg A Robinson is an enrolled member of the Chinook Indian Nation, producing a variety of work in the Columbia River Art Style of the Chinookan peoples of the middle and lower Columbia River and Willapa Bay.
From http://gregarobinson.com/
More information about the Chinook Peoples can be found at: www.chinooknation.org
Gabrielle Belz
Photo courtesy of Gabriell Belz
“The print making I do, I'm conscious of generations before me who have cut into a surface to make forms and patterns as they carve.”
“I'm conscious of those who brought those skills to this land, and despite the skill of making aute dying out, it seems that there is an awakening among Maori printmakers who have found another expression for this long sleeping technique to apply marks to another surface.”
“Our society and culture does not remain static but ebbs and flows with the tides, constantly reassessing and readjusting. This has been an ongoing process since we first left our first homeland and ventured out across the water.”-Gabrielle Belz
Print By Gabrielle Belz
Photo courtesy of Gabrielle Belz
Print by Gabrielle Belz
Photo courtesy of Gabrielle Belz
Manos Nathan
Photo courtesy of Manos Nathan
" Te Kaunoti me te Kaurima a Tane Nui a Rangi"
Medium: Clay, vermiculite blush, ceramic paint.
Dimensions: Kaunoti 50 x 395 x 145mm.
Kaurima 65 x 265 x 70mm.
Photo courtesy of Manos Nathan
"The celestial fire tools suspended from the neck of Ranginui the sky father.
These tools were taken from Ranginui at the time of the separation of the primal parents.
Tane’s first use of the tools is to create Tama Nui te Ra the sun, the origin of fire.
The sparks that fell to earth while Tane was working became the subterranean or volcanic fire, the Ahi Komau.
Other sparks ended up in certain trees, the wood from which was traditionally used in the generation of fire, the Kaikomako, Totara, Mahoe and others.
There are tribal variants of the names given to the Kaunoti, the grooved board and the Kaurima, which is the rubbing stick.
Perhaps best known are Te Rangi Tiramarama (Kaunoti) and Torotoroihi (Kaurima).
The tools are solar symbols of light and therefore of knowledge."
Provided by Manos Nathan
In my efforts to create an identity for works in clay, I have adapted design and symbolism from the customary art forms of wood, stone and bone carving; from ta moko and from the fibre arts of ta niko and tukutuku. I have also drawn on the rich heritage of allegory and metaphor found in pakiwaitara, purakau and pepeha (folklore, myths/legends and proverbs) as a source of inspiration for the creation of Maori clayworks.
-Manos Nathan
From www.contemporarymaoriart.com
Maile Andrade
Photo courtesy of Maile Andrade
Sculpture by Maile Andrade
Photo courtesy of Maile Andrade
Sculpture by Maile Andrade
Photo courtesy of Hawaiian Cultural Center
Sculpture by Maile Andrade
Photo courtesy of Hawaiian Cultural Center
Excerpt from an interview with Mea Nīnauele: Melehina Groves
at the Hawaiin Cultural Center in February 2006
MA.... In the last two years I’ve shifted to the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies to create a Native Hawaiian Visual Culture program.
MG: Was there any reason for your shifting over to Kamakakūokalani?
MA: While I was a professor in the Art Department, I was teaching this Hawaiian Visual Arts course and in a class of maybe 30 students, there would maybe be three or four Hawaiians. I began to think, do I teach non-Hawaiians a little bit about Hawaiian culture -- and it was always just a little bit about Hawaiian culture -- or do I shift over to Center for Hawaiian Studies and teach Hawaiians how to be artists? Not to be artists, because I think that we’re naturally visual people, it comes naturally. But teach them how to articulate and have a dialogue in the visual world, so I chose to do that.
Chuck Souza
Chuck Souza
Photo courtesy of Chuck Souza
Na Mea Hope Loa 2010
Na Mea Hope Loa
2010
clay, lava rock 4' x 5' x 8'
Photo courtesy of Chuck Souza
Sculpture by Chuck Souza
Photo courtesy of Chuck Souza
