Community Cup: Tea & Pottery Fundraiser
Sunday, October 8, 2017 | 2 – 5pm
Tea and Pottery are a perfect combination!
You’re invited to the Community Cup: Tea & Pottery, a fundraiser for the “Fire Arts,” (ceramics and glass programs) at Volcano Art Center. The event will be held on Sunday, October 8, from 2 – 5pm at Volcano Art Center Ni‘aulani Campus in Volcano Village.
The admission price of $25 in advance (or $30 at the door), includes your choice of one hand made tea cup or bowl, and samples of freshly brewed Hawaiʻi grown teas. Throughout the afternoon there will be demonstrations and talks featuring local tea growers & aficionados including Eva Lee and members of the Urasenke Hilo Association. The Urasenke Hilo Association is the Hilo chapter of the Urasenke School of Tea of Kyoto, Japan. It is dedicated to the transmission and the practice of the traditional Japanese tea ceremony. The day also offers ongoing demonstrations of wheel-thrown pottery, flame-working glass and stained glass techniques, by VAC instructors and students.
Proceeds from this event will be used to help support the “Fire Arts” at VAC. In 2016, after years of planning, the Volcano Art Center realized the long-standing goal of offering ongoing ceramics and glass programs. These programs are now expanding and include high-fire pottery, flame-worked glass, stained glass, and ceramic classes for students of the Volcano School of Arts and Sciences.
Many local artisans have contributed their time, expertise and equipment to get these programs up and running, including potters Chiu Leong, Erik Wold, Lisa Louise Adams and Emily Herb, stained glass artists Claudia McCall and Lois Pollock, and flame-worker Nash Adams-Pruitt. However, these programs still have basic infrastructure needs such as improved plumbing (clay trap for the sinks), wedging tables, correctly adjusted stools for wheel throwing, improved lighting and storage. Response from students has been very positive, and to continue to grow these programs, ongoing fund raising is critical, thus the creation of the Community Cup fundraiser.
Please come enjoy an afternoon of tea, pottery and more! The Community Cup fundraiser is sure to be an entertaining event!