Hui No'eau features Artist Sally French 9am-4pm Tues-Sat Mar 21-May 16
Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center proudly presents "Sally French: Welcome to My World" a retrospective exhibition highlighting the prolific and influential career of celebrated Kauai artist Sally French. The exhibition will be on display from March 21 to May 16, 2025, with an opening reception on Friday, March 21 from 5 - 7 PM.
The Hui No'eau Retrospective Series was designed to acknowledge the contributions of individuals who have made a profound influence on local art and to share their work and ideas with the community. Hui No'eau is thrilled to present Sally French as the featured Retrospective Artist in honor of her contributions to Hawaii's arts community.
Her studio practice encompasses drawing, painting, printmaking and photography, with themes derived from childhood memories, gender, and politics. She relies on spontaneity and sardonic wit to imbue her work about bad and good human behavior, on a regional and global level. This exhibit lets us take a humorous look at ourselves, and opens a dialog about being playful and using imagination. Sally French resides on the island of Kauai where she maintains a working studio and offers printmaking residencies to visiting artists through Double Dog Dare Studio. She has served as juror for Art Maui, Hui No'eau, the Shaefer Portrait Challenge, Waimea Arts Council, Hawaii Association of Artists and currently serves on the SFCA Selection Committee for Art in Public Places. She is past president of Kauai Society of Artists and served on their board for over 15 years. In 2018, Sally was the featured artist for the Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce Exhibit, the Guest Print Artist for the Honolulu Printmakers Exhibit and one of 25 artists selected by the Friends of HiSAM as a Top Pick from the collection of the State Foundation on Culture and Arts/Hawaii State Art Museum. She was a Biennial Artist and awarded 2 solo shows at The Contemporary Museum and has works in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art. Sally has taught encaustic painting at Penland School of Crafts, Denver School of the Arts and has presented and exhibited works at universities, art centers, and galleries across the United States.
The exhibition will be open to the public with free admission from March 21 through May 16 on Tuesdays through Saturdays from 9 AM - 4 PM. An in-person artist walkthrough will be held with French on Friday, March 21 from 4 - 5 PM. For additional information visit huinoeau.com/exhibitions.
Hui No'eau is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, community-based, visual arts education organization offering open access to quality visual arts instruction by professional teaching artists and arts opportunities through year-round youth and adult art classes, exhibitions, outreach programs, community art events, and more. For more information, please visit www.huinoeau.com.
Date: Friday, March 21st, 2025 to Friday, May 16th, 2025
Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Cost: Free
Categories: Art / Museums
Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center located at 2841 Baldwin Avenue, Makawao, HI 96768 in Upcountry
Phone: 808-572-6560 Email: info@huinoeau.com Website: https://www.huinoeau.com/
The mission of Hui No'eau is to unlock creativity through exceptional visual art education. Located on the upcountry estate of Kaluanui, the Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center provides an array of programs that support lifelong learning in the arts including public workshops and classes, lectures, exhibitions, art events, historical house tours, and educational outreach programs with schools and community partner organizations. One of the last of its kind on Maui, we are a non-profit, non-degree granting, community-based arts education organization offering open access to quality arts instruction by professional faculty. Our programs and services are accessible to all, regardless of artistic aptitude or ability to pay registration fees.
Contact: Erin O'Kief, Development Director Phone: 808-572-6560 x22
Email: Website: https://www.huinoeau.com/
