The Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s Schaefer International Gallery will host the inaugural edition of the MACC Biennial exhibition starting Wednesday. Photo courtesy MACC
The Maui Arts & Cultural Center will host the inaugural edition of the MACC Biennial, a new statewide juried exhibition showcasing the voices of artists from across Hawaii through an open call for contemporary work.
Artists participating in the exhibit represent four islands, with 15 from Maui, 11 from Oahu, seven from Hawaii island and five from Kauai. The exhibition begins Wednesday and runs through Aug. 26 at the MACC’s Schaefer International Gallery.
“It’s been an exciting process to see this initiative come together, from our initial spark of developing a new biennial exhibition, to the announcement of the open call, through the rigorous jurying process, and finally the assembly of the selected artworks in our gallery space,” Gallery Director Jonathan Clark said in a news release. “The enthusiastic response we saw from artist communities across Hawai’i underscores the importance of these types of accessible opportunities, and the fully realized exhibition presents a unique cross-section of the compelling work happening across the islands.”
A two-round jurying for the exhibition took place during the spring. Artists residing in Hawaii had the opportunity to submit newly created work in a variety of media including painting, printmaking, sculpture, textile, mixed media, photography, video, installation and new media.
The juror for this exhibition is Andreas Marks, the Mary Griggs Burke curator of Japanese and Korean Art and director of the Clark Center for Japanese Art at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
The artists selected to participate in MACC Biennial 2023 are Enrico Battan, Rick Beck, Carol Bennett, Henry Bianchini, Dennis Chamberlain, Melissa Chimera, Sandra Clark, Charles Cohan, Aspen Dewey, Judah Ebberson, Sally French, Robert Gann, Barclay Hill, Caroline Holmes, Dennis Holzer, Joyce Jeffers, Eduardo Joaquin, Claudia Johnson, Linda Kane, Sook Kim, Codie M. King, Zenobia Lakdawalla, Mary Ann Leigh, Ethel Mann, Sheri Levin McNerthney, Meleanna Aluli Meyer, Daniel Moe, Bon Moore, Jim Powlan, Madalyn Purcell, Abigail Romanchak, Annamarie Sheehan, Bruna Stude, Erik Sullivan, Susan Thomas, Ricardo Vasquez, Keith Yurdana and Wayne Zebzda.
The MACC Biennial 2023 will include three significant cash awards selected by the juror to recognize works of outstanding merit: Juror’s Choice Award for $5,000, Award of Excellence in Two-Dimensional Media for $2,500 and Award of Excellence in Three-Dimensional Media for $2,500.
The recipients of each award will be announced upon the opening of the exhibition.
Schaefer International Gallery is open during exhibitions from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, as well as before select performances in Castle Theater and Yokouchi Pavilion.
Admission is free and open to the public. For the latest updates on the MACC Biennial, log on to
- The Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s Schaefer International Gallery will host the inaugural edition of the MACC Biennial exhibition starting Wednesday. Photo courtesy MACC
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