Sculptor and master goldsmith Barclay Hill will be the featured artist at the Maui Crafts Guild From February 12th through 26th. He will unveil a new series of jewelry for the show!
Meet the artist during an opening reception from 6:30 to 9 p.m. February 12th. Festivities will include refreshments and live music.
We wanted to let everyone know that we had a very positive night for the ‘Pa’ia Gives’ event. We raised $525.00 for the Pa’ia Youth Center, which they are very grateful for. The winner was a gentleman from Sacramento, CA. He is very excited to be receiving the ‘Grand Prize’! ‘Upcountry Celtic’ played, all had fun and it was a great and festive night.
Mahalo for all of your support for this raffle!
PA’IA GIVES – SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2009, 6-9 PM
Come out for a festive night of shopping and giving – each store in Pa’ia is supporting various non-profits and charities, all while throwing a great party! Special deals, giveaways, and lots of fun await those shopping at all the great local businesses on the North Shore.
In its third year, “Pa’ia Gives” has become an annual event that raises thousands of dollars for each charity sponsored by each store. Awesome prizes donated by each merchant are given away in raffles supported by purchasing donations of $5 or more. Special deals, refreshments, and a great party make a memorable evening of shopping and giving in Pa’ia Town!
Maui Crafts Guild will be selling raffle tickets for a gift basket worth over $1200! Each artist at the Guild has donated an item for the basket. The lucky winner of this basket will have gifts for everyone on their list!! Tickets will be sold for $5/each, or 5/$20. All proceeds will be donated to the Pa’ia Youth and Cultural Center. The drawing for the winner will be held on Saturday Dec. 12th at 8pm. (You do not need to be present to win)
Please join us for lots of fun…and a great cause! Make sure to stop in and purchase your raffle tickets before 8pm on Sat. What a better way to spread some holiday cheer and aloha!! Hau’oli Lanui!
Maui jeweler Dianne Anderson will be the featured artist at the Maui Crafts Guild beginning Friday Dec. 4 through Thursday Dec. 17. Meet the artist during an opening reception from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on Dec. 11. Festivities will include refreshments and live music. We hope to see you there!
Have you had your eye something special at our store? Are you looking for quality hand-made gifts for the holidays? Then we have great news for you!!
Maui Crafts Guild will be having our annual 10% off sale on Friday Nov. 27 and Sat Nov. 28!
The store will be open from 10 am – 6 pm. We hope to see you there!
"Spring", Reductive Woodblock, 18" x 18"
Ayumi Watabe Ditamore - "Serene", High-fired stoneware, 30" x 8"
Barclay Hill - "Twisted Tea", Raku-copper, 22" x 6"
Michi Itami - "Red Flowers 2", Pastel, 18.5" x 22.25"
Jeff Johnson - "Keonehe'ehe'e (Sliding Sands Trail)", Pit-fired Stoneware, 11" x 6.5
Sandy Vitarelli - "The Harvest", Stoneware, 17" x 10"
Barclay, Ayumi and Sandy at Art Maui 2009 Opening Reception
Claudia at Art Maui 2009 Opening Reception
Pa’ia celebrated Halloween by keeping stores open late and offering trick-or-treating for the keiki! As we all know, the Guild loves any reason to celebrate, so we had our “candy cauldron” and Guild members in costume! Happy Halloween!!
The Maui Crafts Guild members celebrated the opening of the new store location at 69 Hana Highway, in our long-time home of Pa’ia-town! As always, there was plenty of good food and we enjoyed festive music by Guild member Barclay Hill’s band “UpCountry Celtic”. Many community members came out to support the joyous re-opening of the Guild.
We thank you, Maui, for your love and support and look forward to the next 26 years…and beyond! Mahalo nui loa!
July 28, 2008 marked the last day in our home, after 26 years of business, in the historic Hew building at 43 Hana Highway. Past and present Maui Crafts Guild members gathered that evening for a “Moving” celebration. This was a warm gathering of wonderful people, wonderful food, and ambitious talk-story of our past, present and future. Although we don’t officially have a new home yet, we have a lot of positive energy…so stay tuned for the latest developments! Aloha!
February/ March 2008 issue
-story by Genevive Bjorn
-photo by Chris McDonough
Under the palms by Pa’ia Bay, a band of artists-hippies, really decided to take a chance and sell their work to tourists on the beach during Christmas in 1981. Within a few weeks, they had sold everything. Inspired by their success, they did something uncharacteristic of artsy hippies: They formed a business cooperative, leased a retail space and started a guild. “At first, I resisted becoming a corporation and wondered, ‘Why do we have to go through all that baloney?’” says Sandy Vitarelli, a founding member who is still active in the Guild. “We didn’t know if we would even last a month.” But with artists eager to join, few art galleries on the island and growing demand, the business flourished. Today, the Maui Crafts Guild is a cornerstone of the Maui arts community.
As in the early days when she sold pottery on the beach, Sandy has remained true to ceramics. She throws exquisitely detailed pots using a method called “high-fire scraffito,” known locally as “the Vitarelli style.” By layering and scoring the clay, Sandy creates decorative pots with raised, high-contrast images that reflect themes of Island life. “Over the years, the Crafts Guild has encouraged people like me who are interested in staying in the arts to take it seriously,” explains Sandy. “It is a place where people who put their heart and soul into art can make a decent living.
“The Crafts Guild is Maui’s only art gallery owned and operated wholly by local artisans. Its members, who currently number about forty, do it all: They run and clean the store, serve in leadership roles and somehow find the time to make all the art: whimsical fish prints, dream-like collages and silky-smooth woodcarvings. The selection includes ceramics, jewelry, fabrics, glass, prints, hand-made paper, woodwork and musical instruments at prices ranging from a few to a few thousand dollars.
Maui’s growing economy has brought the Guild both success and challenge. This year, amid competition from other galleries and skyrocketing rent, the Guild celebrates its 25th anniversary.
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