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<span class="text"><font color="#ffffff" class="text"> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <a href="http://skokienet.org/node/26357" jquery1279889707569="24" rel="home" title="Home"><img alt="Home" id="logo-image" src="http://skokienet.org/files/logo.png" /></a></p> <h1 class="title"> <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 20px">Sculptor Alan Hamwi at the 2009 North Shore Festival of Art</span></span></h1> <p> <strong><span style="font-size: 20px"><span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">July 21, 2010 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1-v1PZwl_c&feature=player_embedded"><img alt="" class="imagecache-Midsize mceItem" rel="lightbox" src="http://skokienet.org/files/imagecache/Midsize/alan hamwi.png" style="float: right" /></a></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: right"> <span style="color: #cc9966"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Last year, Sculptor Alan Hamwi was named Best in Show at the 2009 North Shore Festival of Art.<br /> On YouTube, view SkokieNet's interview<br /> with the artist about his work (click the photo).<br /> Will Hamwi "do it again" and win Best in Show once again?<br /> Find out who will win at the 2010 festival this weekend,<br /> July 24th and July 25th at the Old Orchard Shopping Center.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"> </p> <p> </p> <hr /> <p> <span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-size: large"><strong>May 22, 2010</strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"> <img alt="" src="/users/AlanHamwi7477/docs/Image//CT%20Logo.JPG" style="width: 183px; height: 29px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"> <span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-size: large"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="color: #cccc99"><span><span style="font-size: x-small"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="color: #cccc99"><span><span style="font-size: x-small"><span style="font-family: verdana"><a href="http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Bruce-crafts-festival-celebrates-25th-year-496888.php"><img align="left" alt="" height="205" src="/users/AlanHamwi7477/docs/Image//On%20Edge.jpg" width="260" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-size: large"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="color: #cccc99"><span><span style="font-size: x-small"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Close-up of a bronze sclupture titled, "On the Edge"<br /> by artist, Alan Hamwi of Columbus Ohio,<br /> at the annual Outdoor Crafts Festival at the Bruce Museu,<br /> Greenwich, May 22, 2010.<br /> Photo: Bob Luckey / Stamford Advocate</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span class="mediasale" sizcache="2" sizset="57"> </span></span></span></font></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span><font size="+0"><span style="color: #cccc99"><span><span class="mediasale" sizcache="2" sizset="57"> Click the picture</span></span></span></font></span></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-size: large"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-size: large"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-size: large"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></span></p> <hr /> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center"> <strong><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: verdana">35th Annual Mainsail Arts Festival<br /> April 17th - 18th 2010<br /> Vinoy Park, Bayshore Drive & 7th Ave. N.E.<br /> St. Petersburg, Florida</span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"> <span id="1271788545033S" style="display: none"> </span><strong><span id="1271788501863S" style="display: none"> </span><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span>Alan Hamwi - </span></span></span></strong><span style="font-family: verdana"><strong><span style="font-size: medium"><span>Award of Distinction for Sculpture</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: large"><font size="3"> </font><span id="1271788501955E" style="display: none"> </span></span></span></p> <p> <span id="1271788544846E" style="display: none"> </span></p> <hr /> <p> <span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-size: large"><strong>March 27, 2010<img align="right" alt="" height="227" src="/users/AlanHamwi7477/docs/Image//Alan%20Naples%20March%202010%202.jpg" width="150" /></strong></span></span></p> <p> <strong><span style="font-size: large"><span><span style="color: #3366ff">Naples Daily News</span></span></span></strong></p> <p> <strong><span style="font-size: large"><span><span style="color: #3366ff"><span style="color: #3366ff"><span style="color: #3366ff"><span style="color: #3366ff"><a href="http://www.naplesnews.com/search/?q=Artist+Alan+Hamwi&t=&sortby=date"><img align="left" alt="" height="133" src="/users/AlanHamwi7477/docs/Image//Alan%20Naples%20March%202010%203.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: #cccc99">Alan Hamwi a sculptor from Columbus Ohio works on one of his pieces at the 22nd Annual Downtown Naples Festival of the Arts, a juried festival features 250 fine artists working in all media, from paintings to jewelry, from clay and sculpture to glass and furniture.</span></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: #cccc99"><span>Click the picture to follow the link...</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <hr /> <p> <a href="http://www.snponline.com/articles/2010/03/17/worthington_news/community/wohighroad_20100316_1149am_2.txt"><img align="right" alt="Worthington News" border="0" height="140" src="http://images.townnews.com/columbuslocalnews.com/art/toplogo_worthington.gif" usemap="#Map" width="500" /></a></p> <p> <span style="font-family: verdana"><strong><span style="font-size: large">March, 16 2010</span></strong></span></p> <p> <span><span><span style="font-size: large"><span style="color: #cccc99"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-size: x-small"><span><span style="color: #cccc99"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="color: #cccc99"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="color: #cccc99"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Animal theme inspires </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-size: large"><span style="color: #cccc99"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-size: x-small"><span><span style="color: #cccc99"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="color: #cccc99"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="color: #cccc99"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>art<br /> in new exhibit</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p> <span style="color: #cccc99"><span style="font-size: x-small"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Published: <span class="timestamp">Tuesday, March 16, 2010 1:35 PM EDT</span></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: #cccc99">High Road Gallery will present works by Ohio artists in "Tamed and Untamed: All God's Creatures," running from March 31 to April 24 in the Historic Register Buttles-Brown house in downtown Worthington.<br /> <br /> With sculptor Alan Hamwi as chairman, the show will feature art in variety of media, contributed by those who responded to the open call on the theme, wild and tame animals. In addition to painting, pencil, photos and collage, there are purses, scarves, felted animals and sculpture with animal subjects.<br /> <br /> An artist's reception is set for 7 to 9:30 p.m. April 3. The public is invited to meet the artists, and enjoy food and drinks. Awards will be given to winners chosen by a judge.<br /> <br /> Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday.<br /> </span><span style="color: #cccc99">For more information call 614-781-6454 or visit </span><span style="color: #cccc99"><a href="http://highroadgallery.org/">highroadgallery.org</a><font color="#000000"> </font><span style="color: #cccc99">after March 30.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: #cccc99"><span style="color: #cccc99"><br /> </span></span></span></span></p> <hr /> <p> <a href="http://www.sculptsite.com/sculpture-headlines-Alan-Hamwi-09-22-09.html"><img align="right" alt="" height="71" src="/users/AlanHamwi7477/docs/Image//SculptSite%20Logo.jpg" width="462" /></a></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: #cccc99"><strong>Alan Hamwi</strong> announces the completion of "Seadevil". The one-of-a-kind angler fish combines carved soap stone, tooled bronze and a hand-fashioned cocobolo wood base. The piece was well received in the Chicago area helping Hamwi earn a "Best-of-Show" award.</span></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: #cccc99"><br /> </span></span></span></p> <hr /> <p> </p> <p> <a href="http://cityscenecolumbus.com/sculpture_a_lifelong_endeavor_for_ua_resident.html"><img align="left" alt="" height="252" src="/users/AlanHamwi7477/docs/Image//ua_cover_july09%20WEB.jpg" width="231" /></a></p> <p> <span style="font-family: verdana"><strong><span style="font-size: large">July 2009</span></strong></span></p> <p> <span><span><span style="font-size: large"><span style="color: #cccc99"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-size: x-small"><span><span style="color: #cccc99"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="color: #cccc99"><span style="font-family: verdana"><strong>Profile: Alan Hamwi </strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p> <span style="color: #cccc99"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Sculpture a lifelong endeavor for UA resident</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: #cccc99">Call it fate, or happenstance or just a lucky coincidence.<br /> <br /> However you describe it, something clicked for UA native and current resident Alan Hamwi when, at 12 years old, his eyes fell upon the classic art and sculpture of Europe on a family vacation. He drank in the classic forms, the graceful lines of famous figures, and knew his life would never be the same.<br /> <br /> Quite simply, Hamwi fell in love with art. Four decades later, their love affair has yet to wane.<br /> <br /> At age 52, Hamwi is an accomplished sculptor. His work is enjoyed by the public and by private collectors around the country, and it also graces several Central Ohio landmarks. At the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and the new Huntington Park baseball field, visitors touch, sit on and crawl over Hamwi’s creations, from a to-scale statue of Colo the gorilla to a supersized baseball, bat and glove.<br /> <br /> While a sports-themed sculpture differs greatly in style from Renaissance artistry, Hamwi credits his first trip across the Atlantic – specifically, his visit to Italy – as the spark that lit the flame.<br /> <br /> “My mother was an art history major and one of the original docents at the Columbus Museum of Art,” he says. “She took me on that trip to Europe, and I was exposed to sculptures all over Florence. (I saw) Perseus (by Benvenuto Cellini), and also (Michelangelo’s) David, of course. It was pretty amazing.”<br /> <br /> Hamwi made sculpture his first priority in school. He attended Antioch University in Yellow Springs, where he majored in sculpture. He continued his artistic education at various institutions, including the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, Calif., the Aegean Center for the Fine Arts in Paros, Greece, Wright State University in Dayton, Columbus College of Art and Design and The Ohio State University.<br /> <br /> As he continued to study and practice, Hamwi says financial success wasn’t always guaranteed as an artist. To provide for his family – he has a son, 29-year-old Kristopher, and a daughter, 23-year-old Elizabeth – he worked full time as a firefighter, first for the City of Huber Heights near Dayton and later for the Columbus Division of Fire.<br /> <br /> When he wasn’t putting out blazes, he burned through projects in his home studio. While he has worked in a variety of media, Hamwi says he is most fond of bronze casting. The process entails first creating a sculpture in clay, then making a rubber mold from the clay sculpture. The mold is sent to a foundry, which casts the form into bronze.<br /> <br /> Eventually, Hamwi gave up his firefighting career in the mid 1990s to pursue art full time. He still works out of his home studio, and partner and manager Connie Michalec helps run the business. Working with bronze has led to many large commissioned pieces, he says, such as the zoo and ballpark pieces. Hamwi also crafted an 8-foot manta ray statue for Aquatic Adventures in Hilliard and has several pieces on display at the New Albany Public Library.<br /> <br /> Though these patrons hire him with a specific sculpture in mind, the projects require plenty of creativity, Hamwi says. The challenge becomes making a piece user-friendly as well as visually appealing.<br /> <br /> “The creative part for me in larger commissions is making a piece that draws in the audience,” he says. “Because they are site-specific, I try to use the space to make (the sculpture) as friendly for people to approach as possible. I make sure there aren’t places to get caught on it and that there are different ways to approach it. It has to be accessible from 360 degrees and fun from every direction.”<br /> <br /> Judging by the public’s reaction to Hamwi’s work, it appears he has succeeded. Hamwi says he often receives letters complimenting him on a job well done. He’s also seen the public’s responses himself.<br /> <br /> “Some of the patrons who have sponsored some of the sculptures at the zoo write me wonderful personal letters saying they’ve gone to the zoo and watched how kids react,” he says. “That’s really very rewarding for me. I went to a Clippers game the other night and watched people crawl over the bat, ball and glove. There were a lot of photos taken. It’s rewarding to know the pieces are enjoyed and appreciated and not cloistered away somewhere.”<br /> <br /> Even as Hamwi enjoys the success of his bronze work, he continues seeking new media with which to experiment. Recently the 3-D artist has developed an interest in print making, which would provide a reprieve from the physically-challenging world of sculpture. He also likes to play with combined media, such as incorporating glasswork into his bronze sculptures.<br /> <br /> “I enjoy playing with a different medium and seeing where it goes,” Hamwi says. “I choose the medium to fit the piece rather than being stuck with the way I have been working. I like to experiment and push the realms of what I do. It’s still the same basic philosophy behind the work – interaction, either intellectually or physically, with the patron.”<br /> <br /> What destiny has in store for the prolific artist is a mystery. Hamwi does, however, know one thing: he won’t be quitting art any time soon.<br /> <br /> “It’s just the way I think,” he says. “It isn’t like I punch a clock in the morning and then at the end of the day I punch out. I’ll be sitting around or driving and have an idea and sketch it and throw it in a folder somewhere. I’m constantly evolving and changing and thinking. It’s a way of life.”<br /> <br /> <em>Kate Lohnes is assistant editor of</em> Upper Arlington Magazine.<br /> </span></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"> </span></span></p> <hr /> <p> </p> <p> <a href="http://www.skokienet.org/node/20812"><img align="left" alt="" height="263" src="/users/AlanHamwi7477/docs/Image//Alan%20Hamwi%20Best%20of%20Show.jpg" width="350" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana"><strong><span style="font-size: large">July 2009</span></strong></span></p> <p> <span><span><span style="font-size: large"><span style="color: #cccc99"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-size: x-small"><span><span style="color: #cccc99"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="color: #cccc99"><span style="font-family: verdana"><strong>Alan Hamwi awarded<br /> "Best of Show"</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p> <span><span><span style="font-size: large"><span style="color: #cccc99"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-size: x-small"><span><span style="color: #cccc99"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="color: #cccc99"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-size: medium"><strong>North Shore Festival of Art<br /> "Explore Art Block By Block"<br /> a Resounding Success!</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: #cccc99"><span style="color: #cccc99">Sculptor Alan Hamwi named Best of Show among the more than one hundred artists featured in the two day festival. </span></span><br /> </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <hr /> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Merced-CA/UC-Merced/27108774150#/pages/Merced-CA/UC-Merced/27108774150?v=photos&viewas=0"><img align="left" alt="UC Merced Bobcat Sculpture" src="/users/AlanHamwi7477/docs/Image/UC%20Bobcat2%20Alan%20Hamwi.jpg" style="width: 209px; height: 320px" /></a></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: verdana"><strong>March 2009</strong></span></span></p> <p> <strong><span style="font-size: large"><span style="color: #cccc99"><span style="font-family: verdana"><strong>UC Merced</strong></span></span></span></strong></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: #cccc99"><span style="color: #cccc99">Alan Hamwi's sculpture "On Edge" is installed at UC Merced.<br /> The life size cast bronze bobcat is a gift from the Class of 2007.</span></span> </span></span></p> <pre> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: #cccc99"><span style="color: #cccc99">Click the pictures for more information about the piece! </span></span> </span></span></pre> <p style="text-align: right"> <span><span><span style="font-size: large"><span style="color: #cccc99"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-size: x-small"><span><span style="color: #cccc99"><span style="font-family: verdana"><a href="http://alumni.ucmerced.edu/class-gift"><br /> <img alt="" height="263" src="/users/AlanHamwi7477/docs/Image/UC%20Bobcat3%20Alan%20Hamwi.jpg" width="350" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: right"> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: xx-small"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-family: verdana">Michelle Obama</span></span></span></span></p> <hr /> <p> <a href="http://614columbus.com/magazine/04-01-2009/breaking-the-mold"><img align="left" alt="" src="/users/AlanHamwi7477/Image//614%20Mag.jpg" style="width: 206px; height: 224px" /></a></p> <h2> <span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: verdana">APRIL 2009</span></span><font color="#00b0f1"><span style="font-size: 18px"> </span> <br /> </font></span><span style="font-family: verdana">(614) MAGAZINE<br /> </span><span style="color: #cccc99"><span style="font-family: verdana"><strong>Breaking the Mold</strong></span></span></h2> <div> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: #cccc99">Hamwi's artworks have filled his home, migrated over the grass, and are even popping out of the landscaping. His partner and manager, Connie Michalec, 49, commented on Hamwi's varied and vast collection, asking, "How do you have a niche when your head is exploding with ideas?" Hamwi agreed. "It's just a crazy world in there," he said, and he wasn't talking about his lawn.<br /> <br /> </span></span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"> </span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: #cccc99">Click the picture for the full article...</span></span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: #cccc99"><br /> <br /> </span></span></span></div> <hr /> <p> </p> <p> <a href="http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/05/30/cooper_statue.ART_ART_05-30-08_A2_C0ABPSU.html?sid=101"><img align="left" alt="" height="225" src="/users/AlanHamwi7477/Image//Harold%20Cooper.bmp" width="200" /></a></p> <h2> <span><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-size: large">May 2008<br /> <!-- end creation date --> <span style="font-family: verdana"><strong><span style="font-size: large">THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH</span></strong></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-family: verdana"><strong><span style="font-size: large"><br /> </span></strong></span><strong><span style="color: #003300"><span style="font-family: verdana"><span style="font-size: large">Huntington Park</span></span></span></strong></span></span></h2> <div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: #cccc99">Harold Cooper, right, learns a statue of himself will be at the entrance of Huntington Park, as Clippers GM Ken Schnacke and Commissioners Paula Brooks, center, and Marilyn Brown show him the miniature version yesterday.<br /> <br /> Alan Hamwi of Upper Arlington, provided the maquette version of his soon-to-be monumental sculpture.<br /> </span></span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: #cccc99"> </span></span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span><span style="color: #cccc99"><span><br /> Click the picture for the full article....</span></span></span></span></span></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> </div> </font></span><br> <h1> </h1>
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