Calendar of Events

Nov
29
Fri
2024
Exhibit: Christmas in the Country: Annual Wreath Exhibition
Nov 29 @ 9:00 am – Dec 31 @ 5:00 pm

 

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

Dec
14
Sat
2024
Jazz in the Forest: Holiday Spirit
Dec 14 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Jazz in the Forest:

“Holiday Spirit”

Saturday, December 14, 2024, at 5:30pm

The Volcano Art Center’s Jazz in the Forest series continues on Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 5:30pm at Volcano Art Center Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village. The evening features  Jean Pierre Thoma and the Jazztones.

As we come to the end of this long and winding year, let us join together in appreciation and gratitude for the roads we have traveled together as well as separately, and now we come together again at the Volcano Art Center on December 14 , at 5:30 to share good cheer and opportunities for the future.
This Holiday Spirit will include seasonal music of worldwide cultures that invite us to sing and dance together, along with some celestial as well as earthly incantations.
You are invited to join THE JAZZTONES, featuring  Jean Pierre – JP Thoma on saxophones; Jeannine Guillory-Kane lifting our spirits with vocals;  Greg Shirley on guitar and banjo; Shawn James on acoustic and electric bass; and Owen Matsui on percussion, for an evening of Holiday Bliss.

 

Jean Pierre Thoma

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 at VAC’s Administration Office, open Monday – Friday, 10am – 4pm.

Tickets will be held at Will Call on the day of the show.
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Jan
11
Sat
2025
Sounds at the Summit featuring Muriel Anderson
Jan 11 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

MurielAndersonCastle-PhotoByBryanAllenMuriel 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 Wave Closeup PhotoMuriel 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
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Jan
25
Sat
2025
Sounds at the Summit: Chris Murphy in Concert
Jan 25 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

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.

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