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| The Perched Pond At Fissure 22 is one of the 30 artworks by Dominic Tidmarsh to be shown at Volcano Art Gallery from Sept. 24 through Nov 6. The show is called From Pele to Poli'ahu: the Kuleana of Change. See more below. |
THE DEATH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II, BRITAIN'S LONGEST REIGNING MONARCH, on Thursday drew an order from Gov. David Ige and Pres. Joe Biden to fly state and U.S. flags at half staff.
when she met with Gov John Burns. The second trip was in 1975 when she met with Gov. George Ariyoshi.
Hawaiian royalty also visited Britain over the centuries, including King Kamehameha II and Queen Kamamalu in 1824. In 1887, Queen Kapiolani and Queen-to-be Lili'uokalani attended the Golden Jubilee hosted by Queen Victoria in London. This year in Britain, Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee honored her 70 years on the throne. A companion, free public Jubilee event was held in Honolulu at Iolani Palace on June 3 to "remember the close relationships that were formed in the 19th century between the Hawaiian monarchs and the British royals," said the message from Iolani Palace.
After the death of Queen Elizabeth II, her son Prince Charles ascended to the throne. His reign, as King Charles III, though largely ceremonial, includes oversight of Great Britain and the United Kingdom Overseas Territories across the planet. They are: Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Monserrat, Pitcairn, British Indian Ocean Territory, St. Helena, Ascension & Tristan da Cunha, Turks & Caicos Islands, as well as the uninhabited British Antarctic Territories South George & the South Sandwich Islands.
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| Artist Dominic Tidmarsh pictured with original watercolor and gouache titled End Of The Road. Image from Volcano Art Center |
FROM PELE TO POLI'AHU: THE KULEANA OF CHANGE is the new exhibition at Volcano Art Center Gallery in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, from Sept. 24 to Nov. 6. The exhibit presents approximately 30 new original artworks by Waimea-based artist Dominic Tidmarsh. While the exhibit is free, park entrance fees apply.
The works of art are inspired by the life-changing experiences of living through the eruption of Kilauea in 2018, and the artist's subsequent relocation to Waimea. Tidmarsh compares and contrasts the lands of Pele and Poli'ahu and presents the work as an "expression of the responsibility we all bear to embrace the inevitability of change in our lives," says a VAC statement. As an expression of this Kuleana, Tidmarsh chose to work extensively in media that he had never used before and to explore and develop new methods of working.
The main body of work consists of a series of landscape paintings intricately rendered in soft pastels, a medium not traditionally associated with either precision or detail. In addition, a series of miniatures of Mauna Kea executed in colored pencil stand in vivid contrast to dramatic large-scale watercolor paintings inspired by the eruption of 2018.
Tidmarsh was born in 1964 in Trinidad, West Indies. He was educated in the United Kingdom and also lived in Indonesia before moving to the United States in 1981. In 1982 he attended the Maine Photographic Workshops followed by the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, DC where he earned a BFA in Photography in 1988. Tidmarsh moved to Hawai'i Island in 1996. A self-taught painter, he has participated in numerous solo and group shows in Hawai'i. Recent awards include two Purchase Recognition Awards from the Hawai'i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and back-to-back Juror's Choice Awards in the Hawai'i Nei 2015 and 2016 art contests. His 3D topographic work can also be seen at the Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park visitor center.
Known for its rich sense of color and meticulous attention to detail, Tidmarsh's work reflects an interdisciplinary approach to creating art. Inspired above all by the natural landscapes of Hawai'i, he also draws inspiration from a variety of other fields such as Volcanology, Astronomy, Archaeo-Astronomy and Ornithology. "Through the incredible amount of detail characteristic of Tidmarsh's work paired with the splendid luminosity of his new medium, Dominic alludes to the the richness of texture and light which only the vast landscapes of Hawai'i Island offer. This collection of works is not to be missed," states Gallery Director Emily C. Weiss.
Volcano Art Center is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization created in 1974 whose mission is to promote, develop and perpetuate the artistic, cultural and environmental heritage of Hawaiʻi through arts and education. The exhibit is sponsored by the Hawai'i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. Visit www.volcanoartcenter.org for more information, or contact Weiss at gallery@volcanoartcenter.org.
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KA'Ū TROJANS GIRLS VOLLEYBALL JV beat St Joseph's Thursday night at home, in five sets. Trojans lost the first set 18-25 but came back to take the second and third, 25-13 and 25-18. St Joe's returned with a 16-2 win in the fourth. The Trojans put away their opponents with a fifth set at 15-9. Volleyball returns at home again Friday at 5 p.m. in Kaʻū District Gym with JV first, Varsity play to follow against Hilo High Vikings.
POLICE ARRESTED TWENTY-SIX MOTORISTS during the week of Aug. 29 through Sept. 4 for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Six of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. Four of the drivers were under the age of 21.
So far this year, there have been 685 DUI arrests compared with 738 during the same period last year.
There have been 557 major accidents so far this year compared with 543 during the same period last year. This is an increase of 2.6 percent.
To date, there were 24 fatal crashes (one fatal crash reclassified on 05/30/22 due to a medical condition) resulting in 26 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths, and one reclassified due to a medical condition), compared with 16 fatal crashes, resulting in 16 fatalities for the same time last year. This represents an increase of 50 percent for fatal crashes, and 62.5 percent for fatalities.
Police promise that DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.
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