Pua Na Pua 2nd Annual art Festival

marsfulllife • October 23, 2017

Full Life Hawaii, Abled Hawai’i Artists (AHA) and Donkey Mill Art Center are pleased to announce the second annual Pua Na Pua Art Festival, empowering people of all abilities to explore self-employment through the arts. This art fair is the first of its kind in West Hawaii, and will inclusively celebrate the contributions of both developmentally-disabled (DD) and non-DD artists, with booths available to artists of all abilities. The event will feature arts, crafts, and artisanal items, live music, demos, a silent auction and more.

This year for the first time, we are proud to feature work made especially for the festival by Full Life and Abled Hawaii Artists (AHA) participants in workshops hosted by Donkey Mill Art Center.  Participants explored three different media over the course of six days, including printmaking, ceramics and metals/enameling.  Together, we created framed prints, cards, ornaments, pendants, earrings and key chains with a common “heart” theme, perfect for holiday giving!  Be sure to look for these special items at the festival.

Artists interesting in having a vendor table can complete the form here.  Deadline if November 15, 2017.

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