Post #432117 by tobunga on Mon, Feb 2, 2009 5:16 PM

On 2009-02-02 16:18, Hiphipahula wrote:
Sounds fun, lots of talent lined up. Judging from the title, "Salute to the Swordfish" guessing the show is a Kona benefit? or a Gallery show with a Curator? I prefer to have an idea as what to expect? Thanks :)
p.s. yes I see it says on " On behalf of Kona", but could you please clarify? As "On behalf" doesn't answer the question, Thanks again

[ Edited by: Hiphipahula 2009-02-02 16:20 ]

Aloha Hiphipahula!

Er, to clarify, I posted this on behalf of Kona, since (to my knowledge) Kona the restaurant is not a TC member.

The show is in two parts: A month long gallery show "curated", if you will, by me, which basically was me contacting all the cool tiki artist that I know and asking if they wanted to be involved.

The second part is a one night only tiki art sale (like the Tonga Hut art shows) where the participating artists will have their other, non-swordfish work available.

After the incredible New Year's Eve at Kona, I got the sense that people were having Tiki Event Withdrawals (I know I was... it's always an amazing time hanging out with TC Ohana [I don't know of any other online community that gets together in the real world, and it's great that TC Ohana does!]) and there wasn't another tiki event on the horizon for months and months... so, with a "let's put on a show!" attitude, I contacted Kona to see if they would be interested in hosting an art show.

I thought, since it was going to be held at Kona, why not bring the history of the restaurant into the theme of the show?

Chuck at Kona was very receptive to an art show, since he was exploring the idea of bringing interesting events to Kona.

So that's the basic genisis of the show.

Hope to see you at the opening Kelly!