First Friday Artist Talk

Makiki Heights
Artist Talk for 20 Going on 21
Narrative Impulses in Contemporary Painting
Lynda Hess and Ryan Higa

Saturday, April 11, 2009
10:30 a.m.
Free to members
$8 Non-members/$6 students and seniors

Painters Lynda Hess and Ryan Higa talk about the narrative
aspects of their work.

Lynda Hess received a B.A. in Pacific Art History from the University of Hawaii, Manoa and is the recipient of several awards from the Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce, Hess’ art has be en exhibited at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, in Florence (Italy), New York City, Los Angeles, Albuquerque and throughout Hawaii.

Lynda Hess, Inner Child, 2009, oil on canvas, 40 x 46 inches.


Receiving a B.F.A. in Printmaking from the University of Hawaii, Ryan Higa later earned an M.F.A. from University of Michigan in the same discipline in 1998. Higa’s work can be found in the collection of TCM and in private collections in the U.S., Japan and Europe. His art has been featured in exhibitions in Hawai’i and cities such as Seattle, Ann Arbor, Philadelphia and Memphis. Among many accomplishments, Higa has served on the Honolulu Printmakers’ Board of Directors and also was an Instructor at the Academy Art Center at Linekona.

Ryan Higa, Yesterday Ain't Over Yet, 2009, acrylic on wood,
30 x 24 inches, photo: Hal Lum.


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Upcoming Talks

April 25
From Carrots to Scotch Tape; Making Art with Everyday Materials
Mixed media artists Mark Maresca, Vince Hazen and Mat Kubo talk about the everyday materials and processes they use in creating works of art.

May 16
Photographing Presence and Absence
Photographers Bruna Stude and Andrew Binkley give illustrated and in-depth presentations on their work.�

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