Loaʻa i nā lālā o VAI kahi kope o kā mākou paʻi paʻi pololei i ko lākou puka, ʻeono manawa o ka makahiki, a me nā keu pono ʻē aʻe, me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kākoʻo pololei no kā mākou hana me nā mea pena kiʻi pākahi. E ʻike hou aʻe e pili ana i ke komo ʻana i VAI a loaʻa ka paʻi paʻi me nā ʻike hou aku hāʻawi ʻia i kou puka.
ʻO Visual Artists ʻIlani ka inoa kālepa o ka Sculptors 'Society of Ireland. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Sculptors 'Society of Ireland ma 1980. Ua hoʻonohonoho mua ʻia ia e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kū ʻana o ka poʻe ʻoihana kiʻi, e hoʻokiʻekiʻe i ka ʻike o ke kiʻi a hoʻomohala i ka maikaʻi a me ka laulā o nā kaʻina hana a me nā manawa kūpono. E like me kā ka lālā hoʻokumu i wehewehe pono ai iā ia - "e ʻike i ka ʻāina i ke kiʻi me he mea lā o ka nohona o kēlā me kēia lā".
I ke kamaʻilio ʻana i kēia mau pono, ua hoʻomaka ka Society symposia sculpture a pēlā i hāʻawi ai i nā manawa kūpono no nā mea kālai kiʻi e hana me nā mea hou, nā pōʻaiapili hou a me nā mea maʻamau, e kamaʻilio me kā lākou mau hoa. Hoʻolako pū ʻia nā hōʻike a me nā ʻaha kūkā i nā paepae e pono ai no ke kiʻi kiʻi ʻIrani o kēia wā, e hāʻawi nei e loiloi i nā mea hōʻeuʻeu a paipai i ka hoʻomohala ʻia ʻana o nā kiʻi ma ʻIrani. Ua hāʻawi ʻo SSI 'Newsletter' i nā mea pena kiʻi i ka ʻikepili a me kahi kūkā no ke kūkākūkā e pili ana i kā lākou hana.
Ua kōkua nui ʻia ka ʻAhahui i ka kōkua ʻana i ka hoʻokō 1988 o Percent for Art law i loko o ʻIlalani, hoʻomohala i nā loina o ka hana no ke kōmike ʻana i nā noʻeau lehulehu a alakaʻi ʻia e ka laʻana e ka lawe ʻana i ka hoʻokele o nā komisina.
Mai ka wā i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ka Society of Sculptors 'ua hōʻeuʻeu i ka wehewehe ākea ākea o ka hana kālai e hoʻopuni ana i ka hana ʻana i nā mea, nā pāpaho lino, nā hana uila, hoʻonohonoho a me ka hana. ʻO kēia kulekele wehe a komo pū me kahi papahana hoʻonui o nā lawelawe a me nā kumuwaiwai i alakaʻi ʻia i ka hoʻonui nui ʻana o nā lālā i nā makahiki ma hope o ka make ʻana o ka Artists Association o ʻIlani i 2002.
Ma 2005 ua hoʻoholo ka Sculptors 'Society e hana hou i ka inoa o ka hui a lawe i ka inoa ʻo Visual Artists Ireland. Mālama ka hui i kēia manawa no nā mea pena kiʻi ʻike āpau a ʻo ia wale nō ke kino lunamakaʻāinana āpau o ʻIlelani no nā mea pena kiʻi ʻike.
Ma ke ʻano he kumu nui, hāʻawi mākou i ka laulā o nā lawelawe i hoʻolālā pono ʻia no nā mea pena kiʻi a me nā ʻoihana ʻike kiʻi e nā loea. E hele pololei mai kā mākou mandate mai: nā mea pena kiʻi ʻike pākahi, nā hui mea pena kiʻi, nā ʻoihana ʻenehana, a me nā limahana hana lima kūʻokoʻa e ʻike iā mākou ʻo ia ka mana mua. ʻO kā mākou mau pahuhopu ka hāʻawi ʻana: ʻike, kākoʻo, ʻōlelo aʻo, a me nā laʻana kūpono o ka hana maikaʻi loa i kahi ʻano maʻalahi a hoʻomaopopo ʻia.
Loaʻa kā mākou hui hoʻolaʻa i kēia me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke kākoʻo kālā o kā mākou mau lālā, ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā o ʻIlani, ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā o ʻIlani ʻIlani, ʻAha Kūkākūkā ʻo Dublin, loaʻa kālā ponoʻī, a ma o nā haʻawina kālā a me nā lawelawe.
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