The Pen Women of the Honolulu Branch

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Award-winning watercolor artist. Member of the Association of Hawaii Artists and Signature Member of the Hawaii Watercolor Society, where she won the Best of Show award at their 1999 Membership Show. Represented by Koolau Gallery and Gift for all Seasons Gallery. Most recently selected for the Inaugural exhibit of the Hawaii State Art Museum.

www.susieanderson.com

Fine artist specializing in plein-air oil paintings and winner of four Best-in-Show awards. Represented by Nohea Galleries, The Gallery at Ward Centre, The Gallery &Gardens, and Kaukini Gallery (Maui). Graphic designer/illustrator producing litigation graphics through her own company, Visually Speaking, Inc.           

Author of National Geographic Traveler Hawaii. Winner of the 1998 Pushcart Prize for her short story "Jamming Traffic." Grand Prize winner at the 1998 National Steinbeck Center Short Story Competition with "The Woman Who Shot the Mother of God." Her most recent novel, The Mango Queen of Waikiki, is currently out with an agent. Continues doing travel writing and short stories.                     

Famed composer of Hawaiian folk-songs, children's music, love songs, and mele inoa (honoring a person). Expert at stage production, pageantry, costumery, script writing and transposing music. Foremost educator and leading authority on Hawaiian history and culture. Highlights: Co-author with her sister Irmgard Aluli, of "Hawaiian Time," a collection of 12 children's songs. Her collection of 30 original songs, registered with Mountain Apple Publishing Co., became the acclaimed Ginger Memories. In 1998, The Roses of Delta Kappa Gamma, was pronounced the winner at the Delta Kappa Gamma Society and adopted as their state song. In 2001, Loyal Garner and the Local Divas recorded her song, Maunalua Bay.

Writer, graphic designer and owner of Belknap Publishing & Design and its new children's book imprint Calabash Books, launched in 2007.

Major career highlights include decades plus as Pacific Bureau Chief for OAG, writing articles on the arts and travel for many local and national publications, authoring non-fiction books (Kaanapali, Majesty, The Exceptional Trees of Hawaii-I, et al), and designing the Historic Room displays at the Moana.

Now focusing on writing fiction for adults and publishing children's picture books about the endangered animals and rich cultures of Pacific Rim nations. Co-author with University of Hawaii Children's Theatre Director Tamara Montgomery of Kraken-ka, The Komodo Dragon, A Tale of Indonesia (2007); TiQri, The Little Snow Fox, a Tale of the North Pacific (2008); and When the Cassowary Pooped, A Tale of New Guinea (2009). Each of the latter is illustrated by University of Hawaii professor of Scenic Design Joseph D. Dodd. Kraken-Ka was a Ka Palapala winner for excellence in illustration at the 2008 Hawaii Book Publisher's Association awards.

Owner of "Ho`olaule`a Designs." Exhibited: Expo 1990 in Osaka, Japan and Printmaking East/West, various locations, mainland and Hawaii. Retired art teacher, DOE and private schools

"Stained Offering" Clock, toys, acrylics on wood 25" x 25" x 3"

"When I Couldn't Find True Love" Wooden box, stufed animal, acrylics, found objects 23" x 33" x 5"

ELSHA BOHNERT is a poet and a visual artist, known for her work with recycled materials and found objects. Her artwork is in private collections worldwide. In 1998 she was one of 16 poets nationwide, chosen to study with Sharon Olds, poet laureate of the state of New York . She was the owner of The Magic Attic Art Gallery, and for the last four years has hosted the popular Bad Art Mondays in her Bad Art Garage. Currently she is working on her certification as a creativity coach and, more importantly, loosening her hips for dancing hula.

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Carol Catanzariti is a federal mediator with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, a registered nurse with a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Hawaii, School of Law, and a freelance writer and poet. Her life's blood is her writing and her work has appeared in Hawaii Review, Evergreen, Hapa, Honolulu Magazine, Honolulu Advertiser, Colorado Woman and others. She won the 1996 NLAPW First Place Poetry Award and has had her poem-peace ribbon, "Keep the Earth Green," displayed at the Smithsonian Institution. In addition, her poetry was selected for Honolulu Poetry on the Bus.

Helen Chapin, a Hawai`i native, is Vice President Emerita and Professor of English at Hawaii Pacific University. She is an author and editor, and an active participant in a number of community civic and cultural organizations.

Barbara Clemens, former university English instructor and software product manager, writes and edits computer textbooks for the college and university market. She has also published magazine and newspaper articles. She is an avid choral singer, and has sung with the Hawai'i Vocal Arts Ensemble.

Former university instructor (English/journalism) and a professional freelance writer, writing for both children and adults - fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Published in regional and national books, magazines and literary journals. Honored with many awards, among them First Place awards in the Adult Fiction Category of the NLAPW Biennial Letters Competition 1996, 1998 and 2000. Most recent fiction sales to Japanophile, Cricket Magazine and Cicada; poetry to American Poets & Poetry, A Time for Singing and the Rain Bird; articles to Trade Winds, Honolulu Magazine, and ByLine Magazine.

Carol Egan began dance training at an early age in California and pursued professional studies at the Juilliard School in New York . Since then she has danced, taught, and choreographed throughout the U.S. and Europe; managed several small companies, most notably the Jazz Tap Ensemble (1980-84); written for numerous magazines and newspapers and contributed articles to the International Ballet Encyclopedia; served as consultant to many small non-profit organizations; served as a panelist and site visitor for the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Arts Council, The New York State Council on the Arts, and the State Foundation for Culture and the Arts (Honolulu); and acted as one of four national Dance Committee members for the CIES, Fulbright Committee.

Ms Egan began writing about dance in 1976 when she became the San Francisco Bay Area News correspondent for Dance Magazine . She has since written articles for Ballet Review , several East Bay publications, Diablo Magazine in Walnut Creek , CA , and - most recently - The Honolulu Advertiser .

SABRA RAE FELDSTEIN (Art)    

Name of chair: Beatrice Inspired by the Beatrice in Dante's "Divine Comedy" Dimensions: height: Height 37', Width 18', Depth 18' Acrylic Paint with Mixed Recycled Materials: wings, sock dyers, wig head, shawl                        

Graphic designer and clay artist, Sabra Rae Feldstein, turned to painting in 1995, taking classes with Timothy Ojile and participating in Playworks, an open studio with Nan Holmes. She has taught furniture  painting classes at the Volcano Art Center on the Big Island and on Hornby Island, Canada. For two years she ran the art program for the children of war in Croatia with Global Children's Organization. In 2002, she ran the GCO art program for children of violence in LA. Her paintings have been exhibited at the Artists of Hawaii at the Academy of Arts, Hawaii Pacific Gallery, Koa Gallery and the City &County of Honolulu Recycle Art Shows, her art work is on sale at The Contemporary Museum Shop.

After thirty years as systems analyst, designer of software products and technical writer, Joan now concentrates her writing to her passion for words of fun and feelings as well as meanings. Several of her short stories have been published by Rainbird Literary Journal , and Bamboo Ridge Magazine . Joan is the proud recipient of the 2006 Lorin Tarr Gill Honorary Mention award for non-fiction and the 2006 Kolekolea award from the staff of the literary journal, Rainbird. She is currently writing her second novel, and marketing her first.

M. Goodwill is an American artist currently living on the North Shore of Oahu. Born in California , smack in the middle of the 20 th century, she has a fine arts education and has been working as a professional artist for over thirty years. She has lived overseas and traveled extensively.

Her artworks reflect the spirit, color, and texture of the Hawaiian Islands , in which she couples inspiration from the classic Western masters, the Impressionists and the primitives.

M. Goodwill's original works can be found in numerous galleries, private collections and in public spaces worldwide. Here in Hawai'i the Wave Nightclub in Waikiki featured her 30' x 90' original mural design.

Her enjoyable and distinctive art style also adorns a large collection of fine art reproductions, greeting cards, calendars, shower curtains, gift bags, mugs journals, glassware, T-shirts, and designer fabrics.

"My desire is to continue to expand creatively, embrace life's opportunities, and take advantage of the synchronicities of my times."

A complete resume or inquiries concerning specific originals available upon request.

Email: margo@mgoodwillart.com

Gail Hazlehurst is a sculptor working in clay and has a B.F.A. degree from University of Hawaii, audited a course in Exhibition Design and Gallery management by Tom Klobe and has a B.S. degree in Business Administration from Hawaii Pacific University. Her sculptures have been exhibited in juried art exhibits on Oahu and Maui. Gail is also the owner of Creative Clay Company which coordinates and teaches clay hand-building classes for adults and children and she has taught classes at the Contemporary Museum in Honolulu, several private and public schools on Oahu, the girl scouts and for the home schoolers. Gail also worked as one of the Gallery Directors for Hawaii Pacific University from 1987-1993 and is a past board member of the Friends of the Contemporary Museum in Honolulu and Hawaii Craftsmen. Gail may be reached at gailann@hawaii.rr.com.

Portrait painter in oil, pastel, charcoal, collage and watercolor media. Winner of Best of Show Award at the 2000 Aloha Show of the Association of Hawaii Artists. Currently illustrating a children's book for Island Heritage Publishing Co.

Glenda Chung Hinchey is a third-generation Korean-American, born and raised in Hawaii.  She graduated from the University of Hawaii (BA Sociology) and then traveled solo around the world for seven years, living in California, Thailand, Europe, and New York.  She taught English at Thammasat University, Voice of America, and AUA Language Center in Bangkok and was a graduate student in music at Columbia University.  A former Hawaii Public Radio commentator, she has published an anthology, three memoirs, and many newspaper columns.  She lives with her husband in Honolulu.  They have two daughters, a son-in-law, and a grandchild.

Glenda's email is glendahinchey@yahoo.com

Linda Hutchinson was born and raised on Kauai.  Encouraged by her parents, especially her painter father, she began drawing and painting at an early age.  Linda graduated from Punahou School,went to The University of the Pacific for two years, married, had three children, and then returned to school.  She received her BFA degree in drawing and painting from the University of Hawaii and has taught ay the Honolulu Academy of Arts and Le Jardin Academy.  Her work has been shown in a variety of shows from the Easter Art Festival to the Artist of Hawaii Show.  She spends her time painting, practicing yoga and enjoing her nine grandchildren.

"Cancer Meditation", 40" x 40", Mixed Media on Paper, 2001

Exhibiting artist of multi-media paintings, drawings and photographs with a recent one-person exhibit at the Czech Museum of Fine Arts in Prague. Ph.D. in Art History and Women's Studies, teaching Studio Art and Art History at Chaminade University. More HERE

Ria Keltz-Remenar has made Hawai'i her home in 1963. Her sustained commitment to her art is based on the personal pleasure that her art provides. Ms. Remenar's abstract watercolor, acrylic and mixed media work are enriched by her creative application of vivid color and innovative use of texture. These techniques are applies with equal success to her large multi-canvas work, as well as her smaller paintings on D'Arches paper and layeristic assemblages.

Email: ArtByRKR@yahoo.com

http://artslinkhawaii.org

Educated in the arts, Susan Killeen writes fiction and poetry, and has been a photographer and a dancer. She has over ten years of experience as a writer-producer in the television industry, working on educational television and documentary video production. She has served as Executive Broadcast Producer of Travelago.com and is presently the Executive Director of the Hawaii Consortium for the Arts, a non-profit arts service and advocacy organization.

www.dieckvoss-art.com

Internationally exhibiting artist, featured in Dreams 1900-2000: Science, Art and the Unconscious Mind, a comprehensive overview of artists of the century, published by Cornell University in 1999; One Source Sacred Journeys (1997), and Artists of Hawaii (1995). First Place winner of 1999 AMI National Convention Juried Art Competition, and winner of two Association of Hawaii Artists Juror's Awards in 1996. Served as Chair of Docent Council and Artists Research at the Contemporary Museum. Director/producer for "Olelo" grant of the Contemporary Museum in 1992.

Brenda Kwon is a writer, performer, and educator born and raised in Hawai'i. She received her BA in English and Creative Writing from USC and her PhD in American Literature from UCLA. The author of Beyond Ke'eaumoku: Koreans, Nationalism, and Local Culture in Hawai'i, as well as the co-editor of YOBO: Korean American Writing in Hawai'i. she has published her creative and academic work in several anthologies, journals, and collections, including Making More Waves, edited by Elaine Kim, Amerasia Journal, Bamboo Ridge, Blackwell Press's Companion to the Regional Literatures of America, and Konch, Ishmael Reed's online magazine. She has read her poetry with Mitsuye Yamada and Renee Tajiima-Pena, and has been a featured performer at the Japanese American National Museum and on NPR in Los Angeles.

Now based in Hawai'i, she is the founder and co-host of several poetry events on O'ahu, including Rhythm&Rhyme, Words@Ward Rafters, and most recently re:VERSES at the Arts at Marks Garage. As a performance poet and storyteller, she has shared her work at events such as Talk Story 2004 and Women's Voices/Women Speak. An active member of GiRL FeST Hawai'i, a nonprofit organization that seeks to end violence against women and teens, she performed in the 2004 GiRL FeST benefit production of Eve Ensler's Vagina Monologues at the Hawai'i Theater. She currently teaches writing and literature at Honolulu Community College and will be in Seoul during the 2005-2006 year teaching American Literature at Korea University as a Fulbright Fellow.
brenda@hcc.hawaii.edu

Fiber art and photographs with works in State Foundation and private collections. Represented Honolulu Branch in 1986, 1988, 1991 and 1993 at the National Biennial Art Exhibits. Founding member of Hawaii Stitchery and Fiber Arts Guild, as well as "9x6", a group of nine artists who have exhibited together for 15 years.

Christine Lê writes novels, short stories, and poetry. She is published in Rain Bird , Ginosko , Ginosko Anthology , Utmost Christian Writers , The Autism Perspective , and Tipton Poetry Journal .  She is the recipient of a the Lorin Tarr Gill poetry prize, the Windward Arts Council Golden Plover Literature Award, and a Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation grant.

Her children's book, The Hawaii Snowman , tells the story of a small snowman with a big heart. When he sees a shooting star one clear alpine night, a lonely snowman is granted one wish. His dream? To go to Hawaii. The snowman befriends a reindeer made of ice who is bound for the lobby of a grand Hawaiian hotel. Along the way, he shares some of his snow with those who need it. There is only one problem: he is getting smaller and smaller, and soon it will be day.
The book is illustrated by her husband, Michel Lê.

  " The Hawaii Snowman - it's an improbable  title, and an improbably beautiful book. Michel Lê's illustrations are gorgeous, and the story is likely to melt the hardest heart at Christmas ." John Heckathorn, Hawaii Magazine.

Christine lives in Honolulu with her husband and two children, and works as a psychologist with children and adults.

In 2008, Kumu Kahua Theatre produced Nancy Moss's play Hostage Wife in May, and The Actors Group performed her play Ring of Fire in December. Hostage Wife won Abingdon Theatre's Wolk Award in 2005 and had a staged reading in New York City in October, 2005. A third play about the Iraq War, The Last Outpos,t won KKT's 2004 Residents' Award and had a production at Marks Garage in 2005. Before her obsession with the war, Mrs. Moss's play Anna, about the poet Akhmatova, won KKT's 1999 Residents' Award and had a 2002 production by The Actors' Group. Kumu Kahua's statehood show, opening in August, 2009, contains a scene by Nancy.

Freelance writer/editor.  Former Instructor of writing and literature in the English Department of the University of Hawaii and former director of the Conference on Literature and Hawai'i's Children.   Has published articles, essays, poetry, and short stories for children and adults.  Currently working on novels for children.

www.theramsaymuseum.org

Ramsay became Hawaii's first member of the prestigious New York Society of Illustrators when selected to create the 75 th A nn iversary A rt for The Plaza Hotel. Numerous anniversary creations include PPG Industries 100 th , Koloa Town 150 th , and the White House 200 th . A member of the President's Committee on the A rts and the Humanities wrote, "The lovingly detailed renderings by Ramsay of architectural elements provide a permanent eye-catching record of buildings we may take for granted but that are part of our heritage".

During the 100 th Congress, "Ramsay at the Rotunda Week" was proclaimed, commemorating a solo show at the nation's capital. Both U.S. Senator Spark Matsunaga and Governor John Waihee have lauded Ramsay on her talents and contributions to Hawaii's cultural legacy and island values. During ceremonies at City Hall, Ramsay was named a Living Treasure of Hawaii for "outstanding talent in the arts."

In the year 2000, the Hawaii Visitors Bureau presented a special award to Ramsay for her body of distinguished work and commitment to the preservation of the Hawaiian culture. Ramsay Museum displays her original works at the historic Tan Sing Building, where she developed the art loft demonstration project for the emerging Chinatown art and culture district.

United States Senator Daniel K. Inouye stated, "Your years of providing fine art in our community are well noted. Your gallery has added to the restoration of the historic Chinatown district, and we have all benefitted from the improvements."

The Ramsay Foundation was formed for advancement of the arts, contributing to numerous worthy not-for-profit arts organizations. Her accomplishments in dance, art, patronage and literature, have earned her a membership in the National Society of A rts and Letters. Ramsay now serves as its National President.

"Isle Of Sanctuary"

www.alpheussacredmusic.com

www.hbentertain.com

A Dean's Scholar Graduate in Music and Theater from California State University Dominguez Hills, Claire Rivero has created an impressive body of work over the years, including scores for numerous theater productions, commercial music for radio, plus serious music in a wide-ranging spectrum of styles from classical to jazz, vocal and instrumental. Claire has written over sixty original works for individual artists and choirs, three of which she has founded. Claire's composition credits include original music for the Los Angeles Variety Arts Theater, the sound track for the documentary film, "Soul of the Steel", and theme music and incidentals for the TV series, "Hawaii's Reel Stories". Claire's fine arts compositions, "Lord Make me an Instrument of Thy Peace", based on the prayer of St. Francis, has been performed by the Schola Cantorum of the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi in San Francisco and the First Lutheran Church of Honolulu. "Place Your Mind in the Mirror of Eternity", based on the prayer by St. Clare of Assisi , has been premiered by the Hawaii Vocal Arts Ensemble."I Have Seen a Woodland at Fall" is being premiered by the Windward Choral Society this fall. Claire's fine arts compostions are published by Emerson Music.

www.sraoahu.com

Artist using hand-dyed papers in collage and teacher of this fascinating medium. Also works with clay, smoke-fired and Raku. Owner of Arts of Paradise gallery for 13 years.

Jennifer studied art in California on special scholarships at Chionard Art Institute in Los Angeles and the Art Center of Design in Pasadena. Her art work has developed from a foundation in watercolors and acrylic painting to include mixed media sculptures, built with metal cloth and canvas, and wood carving, using thick canteen gourds. She has designed stamps for the National Easter Seals, cover designs for various publications, and with a partner, she currently designs hand-painted tile murals for private and commercial spaces. She was president of the Association of Hawaii Artists from 1999 to 2001, and has been serving as show chair for the past several years. Most recently, she has had two one-woman art shows in Honolulu.

PAMELA ROTNER SAKAMOTO (Letters)            

Historian, museum consultant, and author of Japanese Diplomats and Jewish Refugees: A World War II Dilemma. Pam is presently writing Enemy Citizens: The Odyssey of a Japanese-American Family in WWII. Pam holds a Ph.D. in international relations and lived in Japan for seventeen years before moving to Honolulu and joining NLAPW.

SUSAN SCOTT (Letters)            

www.susanscott.net            

Susan Scott shares her marine biology experiences in a weekly column, "Oceanwatch", published each Friday in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.   She has written 6 books about Hawaii's plants and animals and is currently working on a novel. 

Fiber artist (M.F.A. University of Hawaii), working in paper making, batik, weaving & mixed media. Museum educator at the Contemporary Museum. Teaches classes in paper making & batik to students of all ages at Iolani School, Temari, and the Artists in Schools program. Hawaii Craftsmen Board member and long time chairperson of Fiber Hawai`i juried exhibits.

Rike Weiss is a German native who came to Hawai`i to get married.  She has stayed to raise her family in her home of choice.  English is Rike's second language, and she did not start writing until a few years ago.  She has been honored for her fiction and memoir writing with awards from NLAPW and the O`ahu Arts Center. 

Writer, producer, director of award-winning educational films and videos. Author of WASPs: Women's Airforce Service Pilots and WACs: Women's Army Corps. Currently working on two screen plays.

Professor of History at UH Hilo

Sandra Wagner-Wright received the doctoral degree in History from the University of Hawai`i at Manoa in 1986 and is presently Professor of History at the University of Hawai`i at Hilo. While she enjoys her university career, Sandra is looking forward to returning to her true avocation, research and writing, on a full time basis. To date, Sandra has published four monographs and several articles relating to the history of Hawai`i. Presently, she is pursuing two projects. Women's Presence in History began as a resource for women's history courses and takes a global approach to definitions and activities of women from pre-history to contemporary history. Hild and the Great Synod at Whitby: Feminine Bridges to Roman Christianity focuses on Celtic versus Roman Christianity, and the effect this struggle had on the position of women in western culture. Both projects target a general audience.

Monographs:
· For Beer & the Bible: One Hundred Years at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu 1900-2000 (2000)
· Ships, Furs, & Sandalwood: A Yankee Trader in Hawai`i 1823-1`825 by Charles C. Hammatt (Editor with introductory essay, 1999)
· From Bush Nut to Gourmet's Delight: A History of the Macadamia Nut Industry in Hawai`i 1881-1981 (1995)
· The Structure of the Missionary Call to the Sandwich Islands 1790-1830: Sojourners Among Strangers (1990)

sandraww@hawaii.rr.com

Internationally published poet and writer whose work has appeared in a variety of mainland publications, such as Blue Unicorn, The Writer and Chesapeake Bay Magazine . Locally, Dorothy is a columnist for East Oahu Sun.