Glassblowing, Fashion Show and DaFactory All-Star Band Music Performance
Rock the North Shore on "First Saturday Art Walk" at Haiku's Pauwela Cannery
HAIKU, MARCH 25, 2008 - DaFactory Glass Studio celebrates its 1st Anniversary on Saturday, April 5th with an exciting evening of glassblowing, a fashion show, DaFactory All-Star Band musical entertainment, all part of the anniversary festivities at the "First Saturday Art Walk" at the historic Pauwela Cannery in Haiku.
"Our vision of DaFactory was to be a gathering place of glassblowing and multi-media artists who together would create a unique creative energy and magnificent works of art in glass," says DaFactory's Bobby Smith and Jason Harris. "With the ‘First Saturday Art Walks,' we have been able to have members of the community and their families participate in this creative process and watch our artists make amazing art pieces in front of their eyes and with them being an integral part of it."
Beginning at 5:00 pm and continuing through 9:00 pm, master glassblower Charles Lowrie will lead DaFactory glass and multimedia artists in a theatrical glassblowing demonstration with the local sounds of Mana'o Radio's Robbie Ray. Charles' latest body of work entitled "Transcensions" will transport the viewer to a sphere of consciousness through color and form, and will be on display that evening in DaFactory's gallery showroom. His first piece in the "Transcensions" series was entitled "Sphere of Consciousness," a one-of-a-kind glass sphere with a lotus flower inside, was presented to His Holiness Dali Lama during his visit to Maui last year.
At 6:30 pm, the red carpet will be literally rolled out with an exciting fashion show hosted by Voyage East, a unique emporium of furnishings and treasures from the Near and Far East also located at the Pauwela Cannery. Wings Hawaii will unveil their new spring fashion line on the runway along with the new styles from Kickback Hawaii, Chicks with Sticks and To Da Max Bikinis. Reserved VIP Seating for the Fashion Show is $50 per person and includes refreshments, pupus and a gift bag as well as entrance to the DaFactory All-Star Band performance at 10:00 pm. For reservations, please call Wings Hawaii at (808) 575-7870. For more information visit www.MauiGlassblowing.com.
Rounding out the evening's festivities beginning at 10:00 pm, the DaFactory All-Star Band takes center stage at the Pauwela Cannery for performance featuring musicians from some of the most legendary bands in rock. Howard Danchik from the Grateful Dead will be controlling the soundboard and mixing the sounds of Ray White on guitar and vocal (Frank Zappa Band), John Molo on drums (Bruce Hornsby Band, Phil Lesh and Friends), Bobby Vega on bass guitar (Zero, KVHW), and Barry Sless on petal steel guitar (David Nelson Band, Phil Lesh and Friends). Admission tickets for this performance can be purchased separately at $30 per person for the DaFactory All-Star Band or in advance at Bounty Music in Kahului and at Wings Hawaii at the Pauwela Cannery. The Band also will be performing Sunday at 9:00 pm at Mulligan's on the Blue in Wailea, and can be purchased in advance at these outlets or that at the door that evening.
DaFactory is based in principal on Andy Warhol's infamous Factory of New York City in the late sixties. Blending the ultimate Hawaiian vibe with the excitement of an art party, DaFactory is constantly buzzing with an art influenced energy. With its state-of-the-art equipment and the industrial setting of the studio lending itself to create large-scale works in all media, DaFactory is the creative mecca for a variety of artists to create incredible works of mixed media art with the focus being glass. DaFactory is located at 375 West Kuiaha Road in Haiku's historic Pauwela Cannery.