The Volcano Art Center (VAC) is proud to announce
Christmas in the Country: Annual Wreath Exhibition
November 29 – December 31, 2024
With warmest winter wishes and happiest holiday greetings, the Volcano Art Center welcomes all to the 25th Annual Christmas in the Country celebration starting Friday, November 29th. Featuring the Annual Invitational Wreath Exhibit that continues through December, 31st, 2024. Christmas in the Country promises an abundance of art and aloha to kick start your holiday season. VAC Gallery in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park creates a merry scene of an old-fashioned Christmas inside its 1877 historic building. The festivities this year spill beyond the park into VAC’s Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village. Plan to attend the Annual Volcano Hui Tour, a community tree lighting and acapella Christmas Carols at VAC’s Niaulani Campus on Friday, November 29th.
Both locations will showcase the exquisite artwork Volcano Art Center has become known for year-round, plus you’ll find unique holiday offerings of island-inspired gifts, ornaments and decorations made by Hawai`i Island artists. The concurrent Annual Wreath Exhibit presents one-of-a-kind wreaths in a variety of imaginative media, techniques and styles, from the whimsical to the traditional. This year’s theme “Sunrise To Sunset” reflects VAC’s 50 year commitment to creativity in our community!
The exhibit will also be available for viewing on VAC’s website upon opening. For more information please call (808) 967-7565 or email sales@volcanoartcenter.org
Volcano Art Center (VAC) is proud to announce the exhibition “Transfiguration, The Art of Mydock, on display from January 11th – February 16th, 2025. The exhibit is a retrospective exhibition of Mydock’s paintings, sculptures, collaborations and wood lathe-turned vessels. The gallery is open daily, 9am -5pm in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. Meet the artist at the Opening Reception on Saturday, January 11th from 2-4pm or at a live demonstration on Saturday, January 25th from 11am -1pm. All events take place at VAC Gallery in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. While the exhibit is free to attend, park entrance fees apply.
The exhibit will also be available for viewing on VAC’s website upon opening. For more information please contact Emily C. Weiss at (808) 967-7565 or email sales@volcanoartcenter.org
Muriel Anderson in Concert
The Volcano Art Center’s Sounds at the Summit series continues on Saturday, January 11, 2025, at 5:30pm at Volcano Art Center Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village featuring Muriel Anderson.
Guitarist/Harp-guitarist Muriel Anderson takes you on a journey in music and stories, with a backdrop of visuals artfully compiled by award-winning photo-artist, Bryan Allen. It is a musical journey through space and around the world. Sometimes whimsical, always engaging, bringing together diverse cultures and settings.
Muriel Anderson’s obvious joy of music, humor and her comfort across genres of folk, classical, bluegrass, popular and international music is revered by guitarists worldwide. Muriel’s innovative CD that lights up, “Nightlight Daylight” was chosen as one of the top 10 CDs of the decade by Guitar Player Magazine and her “Heartstrings” recording accompanied the astronauts on the space shuttle Discovery. Muriel is celebrating the pre-release of “Acoustic Chef” an international cookbook/CD with a tune to go with each recipe. Muriel is the first woman to have won the National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship and has performed/recorded with Chet Atkins, Les Paul, Victor Wooten, and the Nashville Chamber Orchestra. She is the host of the renowned Muriel Anderson’s ALL STAR GUITAR NIGHT® and founder of the MUSIC FOR LIFE ALLIANCE charity.
Muriel Anderson is a good friend and a great guitarist. She deserves national recognition…Chet Atkins
Just one hell of a great player …a great personality and what I like is the touch that Muriel has on the guitar, the way she plays it like we all wish to play.…Les Paul
This is some seriously powerful, deeply emotional music that will stay in your head and your heart forever..Muriel plays all styles with such ease and command that it’s easy to forget how good she really is! …Tommy Emmanuel, cgp
Tickets are $25 for VAC members ($30 non-members)! Ticket holders will be able to purchase pupu, beer, and wine. Tickets are available for sale online at www.volcanoartcenter.org or call 808-967-8222.
For more information about Muriel Anderson and her music, visit the following links: YouTube: A Bakers Dozen | WEBSITE | EPK
Sounds at the Summit: Chris Murphy in Concert at Volcano Art Center
Come join us on January 25th at 5:30 pm. at the Volcano Art Center Niaulani Campus for a great evening of musical enjoyment. Featuring the music of Chris Murphy.
A prolific violinist and songwriter, Murphy grew up in an Irish-Italian family near New York City, surrounded by the disparate sounds of his neighbors’ traditional music: Italian mandolin songs, pulsing Latin rhythms, and bracing Irish rounds. Eventually falling under the spell of late, great multi-instrumentalist David Lindley (Jackson Browne, Ry Cooder, Bob Dylan) Murphy went on to explore Turkish and Indian music at Bard College, and studied composition at Boston’s prestigious New England Conservatory of Music.
Since then, Murphy has hypnotized crowds in more than forty US states, done extensive tours of England, Belgium , and The Netherlands, and amassed a breathtakingly deep catalog of over 500 works. His over fifteen original albums—including 2023’s brilliant “The Road & the Stars”—boast A-list players from the Tom Waits band, Wilco, X, The Desert Rose Band, Elvis Costello, and the Buena Vista Social Club.
“To me, music is liquid,” Murphy explains thoughtfully. “I’ll twist and turn, and hammer and mold, and shape, cut, and paste the music to create a fresh experience for my audience at all costs.”
Tickets are $30 ($25 for VAC members)! Ticket holders will be able to purchase beer, wine, as well as pupu. Tickets are available for sale online at www.volcanoartcenter.org, or at VAC’s Administration Office in Volcano Village 808-967-8222.