Pigments of her imagination
?Maui artist Rachel DeBoer competed as a model and artist during the World Bodypainting Festival in Austria this past July. Here she brings another artist’s imagination to life using her body as a canvas.
Imagine standing on stage in front of a sea of strangers wearing next to nothing, just a delicate strip of fabric shielding your private areas from thousands of curious eyes studying your every move. Sound like a bad dream? For Maui artist Rachel DeBoer, 33, it was one of the best moments of her life. “It was unbelievable — absolutely amazing,” she says of the experience. The exhibition was part of the World Bodypainting Festival in Seeboden, Austria, held this past July. The annual celebration draws the best in the business for a week of workshops, demonstrations and intense competition. Widely regarded the art form’s premier event, 200 artists representing 38 countries and nearly 22,000 visitors flocked to this quaint town to celebrate the body painting culture and community. Covered in a thin layer of paint, DeBoer’s bare body was transformed into a living, breathing and moving canvas.
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The autumn equinox, which marks the start of fall, occurs at 5:45 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 22. (The vernal equinox, marking the start of spring, occurred this year on March 19.)
“Equinox” comes from the Latin phrase for “equal night.
2008-2009 season preview
(Listings and descriptions provided by the Maui Arts & Cultural Center.)
HO‘ONANEA
•The finest in contemporary Hawaiian music
Willie K: Willie-kalikimaka — Castle Theater, Dec.
Maui Arts &?Cultural Center celebrates a decade of entertaining
Subscription packages go on sale Monday “For the Joy of it all!,” the 2008-2009 season of performances at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center.
“This is our 10th season — can you believe it?” says MACC President and CEO Karen Fischer.
Singapore's Strata
Like the Merlion, a sculpture of a fish body with a lion’s head that is the country’s iconic emblem, the Republic of Singapore is an enigma — a democracy dominated by a single party for 50 years that has established a restrictive government with a so
» Full StoryPreserving the past ... one thread at a time
For textile conservator Ann Svenson Perlman, reviving ancient works of art isn’t a job, it’s a way of life.
“There’s no eight-hour day for me, it’s a lifestyle that I’ve signed on to,” says Perlman from inside her north shore Maui studio.
More Than A Bookstore 09-06
Laudable Foundation? 09-06
Dragons Sweep Na Alii 09-06
Dog Goes Paddlesurfing 09-06
Maui Scenery
Aunty Emma & Robyn (4-22) 9-5
Grand Heiau Restored 09-03
Aging With Aloha 09-03