Schaefer Portrait Challenge 2025
Jan 14, 2025 - Mar 22, 2025
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The Gallery will be closed on March 15 & 21.
A signature of Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Schaefer Portrait Challenge has been held as a triennial since 2003. This marks the eighth iteration of this statewide juried exhibition, which presents the unique diversity of the people of our islands through explorations in portraiture.
The jurors for SPC 2025 are:
Sonnet Coggins, Executive Director at The Merwin Conservancy, Maui
Mina Elison, Curator at Donkey Mill Art Center, Hawai‘i Island
Wendy Kawabata, Professor of Art at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Oʻahu
Exhibit Dates: January 14 - March 22, 2025
The Challenge carries three substantial cash awards:
· The Jurors’ Choice Award for $15,000, sponsored by Carolyn Schaefer, will be selected by the jurors.
· The Gene Freedman Artists’ Choice Award for $5,000 is a new addition to the exhibition, and will be selected by the vote of SPC 2025 exhibiting artists.
· The Ruth Freedman People’s Choice Award for $5,000 will be based on the popular vote of gallery visitors.
These two awards are sponsored by the Eugene and Ruth Freedman Family Foundation and will be presented at a gallery reception on Sunday, March 16, 2025.
SPC 2025 Selected Artists:
The jurors selected works by 40 artists from Maui, Hawai‘i Island, Lāna‘i, O‘ahu, and Kaua‘i.
Adare, Neida B. Bangerter, Arnold Bornios, Mike Carroll, Jodie Chock, Eddie Flotte, Ingrid Frégeau, Jett Green, Barclay Hill, Jon Hunt, Ildiko Istvan, Joyce Jeffers, Eduardo Joaquin, MinChong Kim, Jairus Kiyabu, Gloria Kniazky, Kirk Kurokawa, Lynn Weiler Liverton, Charles Lowrie, Richie Lucero, Laurna Malkovich, Ethel Mann, Deborah Masterson, Rachel Melander, Patrick Mizumoto, Penny Nichols, Jennifer Owen, Camille Izumi Page, Challys Pascual, Abbie Rabinowitz, Mona Rinaldo, Nichol Ann Robinson, Wendy Romanchak, Joyce Schaunaman, Sakiko Shinkai, Damian Smith, Kathleen Storm, Eve Teraoka, Devi Town, and Albert Weight.
Quick Draw Night - Thursday, February 20 from 6- 9 pm
A creative experience in the gallery, taught by exhibiting artists exploring playful ways
to make a portrait. For adults (21 and over). Includes art materials and snacks. Cash bar
for beverage purchases.
Tickets: $30. To reserve a space contact: galleryassistant@mauiarts.org
Artists' Choice/ People's Choice Awards Reception - Sunday, March 16 at 2 pm
The public is invited for the revealing of these two awards, selected by the vote of SPC
2025 exhibiting artists and the popular vote of gallery visitors.
Mahalo to the Eugene and Ruth Freedman Family Foundation for their generous support of the Schaefer Portrait Challenge.
The Gallery will be closed on March 15 & 21.
A signature of Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Schaefer Portrait Challenge has been held as a triennial since 2003. This marks the eighth iteration of this statewide juried exhibition, which presents the unique diversity of the people of our islands through explorations in portraiture.
The jurors for SPC 2025 are:
Sonnet Coggins, Executive Director at The Merwin Conservancy, Maui
Mina Elison, Curator at Donkey Mill Art Center, Hawai‘i Island
Wendy Kawabata, Professor of Art at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Oʻahu
Exhibit Dates: January 14 - March 22, 2025
The Challenge carries three substantial cash awards:
· The Jurors’ Choice Award for $15,000, sponsored by Carolyn Schaefer, will be selected by the jurors.
· The Gene Freedman Artists’ Choice Award for $5,000 is a new addition to the exhibition, and will be selected by the vote of SPC 2025 exhibiting artists.
· The Ruth Freedman People’s Choice Award for $5,000 will be based on the popular vote of gallery visitors.
These two awards are sponsored by the Eugene and Ruth Freedman Family Foundation and will be presented at a gallery reception on Sunday, March 16, 2025.
SPC 2025 Selected Artists:
The jurors selected works by 40 artists from Maui, Hawai‘i Island, Lāna‘i, O‘ahu, and Kaua‘i.
Adare, Neida B. Bangerter, Arnold Bornios, Mike Carroll, Jodie Chock, Eddie Flotte, Ingrid Frégeau, Jett Green, Barclay Hill, Jon Hunt, Ildiko Istvan, Joyce Jeffers, Eduardo Joaquin, MinChong Kim, Jairus Kiyabu, Gloria Kniazky, Kirk Kurokawa, Lynn Weiler Liverton, Charles Lowrie, Richie Lucero, Laurna Malkovich, Ethel Mann, Deborah Masterson, Rachel Melander, Patrick Mizumoto, Penny Nichols, Jennifer Owen, Camille Izumi Page, Challys Pascual, Abbie Rabinowitz, Mona Rinaldo, Nichol Ann Robinson, Wendy Romanchak, Joyce Schaunaman, Sakiko Shinkai, Damian Smith, Kathleen Storm, Eve Teraoka, Devi Town, and Albert Weight.
Quick Draw Night - Thursday, February 20 from 6- 9 pm
A creative experience in the gallery, taught by exhibiting artists exploring playful ways
to make a portrait. For adults (21 and over). Includes art materials and snacks. Cash bar
for beverage purchases.
Tickets: $30. To reserve a space contact: galleryassistant@mauiarts.org
Artists' Choice/ People's Choice Awards Reception - Sunday, March 16 at 2 pm
The public is invited for the revealing of these two awards, selected by the vote of SPC
2025 exhibiting artists and the popular vote of gallery visitors.
Mahalo to the Eugene and Ruth Freedman Family Foundation for their generous support of the Schaefer Portrait Challenge.
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