42nd FOUNDERS JURIED ART SHOW
October 10 – November 15, 2026
Opening Reception:
Saturday, October 10, 2026
Opening reception and Awards announcement:
Firehouse Gallery, Saturday, October 10, 3 – 5 pm
Judging Information:
Entries will be judged using five criteria: originality, visual balance, clarity, personal expression, and execution of the medium.
Judge – Richard Bodien is a painter, poet, and musician based in Hāwī, Hawaiʻi. His work has been exhibited in Seattle, his own Hāwī Gallery, and at the Kahilu Theater. His abstract paintings are represented by Tiffany’s Art Agency. A lifelong student of art history, Bodien has both an artist’s eye and a broad perspective of American, European and Asian art.
From 2011 through 2020, he founded and operated Hāwī Gallery, a museum-like destination featuring carefully curated selections of fine art, books, ʻukulele, Hawaiian music, vintage aloha wear, and authentic Hawaiian artifacts.
As a gallerist, he valued artistic quality, craftsmanship, provenance, presentation, and cultural meaning. As a juror, he values work that demonstrates clarity of intention, originality, technical command, visual intelligence, and an individual point of view. As a writer, Richard Bodien most recently published KOHALA, Volume 1: Owhyhee and KOHALA Volume 2: America. He also writes essays on Hawaiʻi’s land, culture, history, and public life at www.hawaiifirst.blog
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About the Firehouse Gallery:
The Firehouse Gallery serves as a venue for Big Island artists to provide educational and creative opportunities for sharing
work. It is a program of the Waimea Arts Council, located at the cornerstone of this local arts community: the former Waimea
fire station at the junction of Highways 19 and 190 in Kamuela (Waimea), on the Big Island of Hawaii. The Firehouse
Gallery is open Thursday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
About Waimea Arts Council:
Established in 1976, the Waimea Arts Council, a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization, sponsors programs, exhibitions, and arts
education, offering support to individual artists and other community groups. Membership is open to all who support the arts.
Committed to promoting the arts, nurturing artists, and providing a platform for art-related community events, the Arts
Council is primarily funded through donations from its members and the public.
Waimea Arts Council and the Firehouse Gallery
67-1201 Mamalahoa Hwy. • Kamuela, Hawaii
Mailing address: P.O. Box 1818, Kamuela, HI 96743
Website: www.waimeaartscouncil.org • Email: WaimeaArtsCouncil@gmail.com
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