Future Fuzzy After Garden Art Exhibit
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Del.icio.usWhile its latest exhibit has been well-received, it may be the final one for Kailua’s Balcony Gallery.
The show, Garden Varieties: Art for and about the Garden, opened March 9 featuring the works of gallery co-owner Linda von Geldern along with Kailua resident Kay Mura, former Kaneohe artist Maile Yawata and A. Kimberlin Blackburn of Kauai.
All four women have sprouted a delightful harvest, from beaded sculptures to ceramic masks, photographs and abstract paintings. Mura, who teaches art at Leeward Community College, feels an affinity for her community that has helped her stay creative.
“I live in Enchanted Lake by the canal and a monkey pod tree,” she said. “It’s a peaceful environment on a quiet street, and I can work there.” The Kailua Night Market has also contributed to her latest works, she added.
“I made these really crazy fruit trees; they’re inspired by the open market!”
The show runs through May 7 and is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday at 442-A Uluniu St.
Von Geldern and her gallery partner Jodi Endicott, meanwhile, have sent out an appeal to the local art community to help them find a way to keep the gallery open in some form - perhaps as a co-op or sharing space with a non-profit, art-related agency.
The climate of recession hits the art world hard, von Geldern said, making it “tricky” to survive as a conventional gallery.
“We are at a turning point,” they wrote in an email to colleagues April 17,“as we have been keeping the balcony gallery going for the past three years and yet have been unable to generate enough funds to compensate us for our time or reimburse our initial financial investment.”
The women welcome ideas and will likely remain open for a few more weeks, restructuring and working on a way to continue promoting contemporary art. To offer suggestions, call 263-4434.
The balcony gallery was established in May 2005 by local artists Endicott and von Geldern and Kailua attorney Libby Tomar.
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