Do you have your tickets?
The Volcano Art Center’s Sounds at the Summit series continues Saturday, July 20, featuring Desiree Moana Cruz and The Bill Noble Quintet.
The show is slated for 5:30 p.m. at the VAC Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village.
Tickets are $20 for VAC members, $25 for non-members, and ticket holders will be able to purchase beer and wine, as well as pupus. Tickets are available at VAC’s administration office in Volcano Village and VAC Gallery in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
The last day to purchase tickets online is Friday, July 19. After that, tickets will only be sold at the VAC Gallery and at the door, if they are not sold out.
Tickets will be kept at will call the day of the show or can be picked up any day before the show at the Niaulani Campus.
Try your hand at mixed media encaustics
This hands-on workshop slated for 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, July 20, at the Volcano Art Center Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village, will teach safe studio practices, all the encaustic painting basics and how to make your own medium. Encaustic techniques along with wet and dry shellac burns will be demonstrated.
After instruction and experimenting, students will have the opportunity to create two encaustic paintings to take home.
Panels and handmade paper will be provided to use as substrates. An assortment of marking tools and brushes and interesting papers, photographs, minerals, fibers and other natural and found materials also will be provided for students to incorporate into their paintings.
Students are encouraged to bring other items they want to use. Advanced students can consult with the instructor in advance regarding specific projects.
The Niaulani Campus is located at 19-4074 Old Volcano Road in Volcano.
For more information about these events or to register for a workshop, call VAC at 967-8222 or visit www.volcanoartcenter.