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Moving to Puna
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Jenny, I'm an artist here in Puna (HPP) and there are plenty of places to sell your art. You just have to be pro-active. I'm just starting out approaching galleries, etc. (after years as commercial illustrator), but you don't need a gallery - many artists sell prints of their work at Hilo Farmer's Market and Maku'u Farmer's Market - Hilo's twice a week; Maku'u's every Sunday. I'm too lazy to get up that early and don't want this to be a full-time job, so I'm looking at selling just at events and online POD.

In HPP we have an annual Art in the Park event in December (basically Open Studios - don't know if you have that in your area) and I'll be selling at that for the first time this year. I've met many artists here. There's also EHCC (East Hawaii Cultural Center) in Hilo that's very supportive of all levels of art. There's also talk in Puna of an artist coop. I'm also a member of a little group of artists who meet once a month to work and talk story.

On the schools: My kids are all grown, but a friend had her daughter in the charter school in Pahoa. She was in 7th grade and got frustrated bc the other kids were at 5th grade reading level. She went 2 years there and this year transferred to public school in Hilo and is much happier. So it all depends on the kid. Some kids do better in the charter schools, some do better in public schools. I know St. Joe's is good in Hilo - lots of friends' kids go there who like it.

Gourds: We grew some from a couple of pots in a real sunny area. They did fine and now I have a counter full of them with no clear plans what I'm going to do with them! So many project ideas. My neighbor across the street also is growing them and is going to carve hers as soon as they're ready. They are doing well. We're in lower streets in HPP where it gets a little more sun/heat than upper streets.

Great advice here - It took us 3 2-week visits to decide where we wanted to be. And even now I'm always looking at other areas and wondering. Every time I drive thru Honoka'a I wish we'd given it more attention when we were deciding!
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Moving to Puna - by jennysart - 10-30-2011, 09:07 PM
RE: Moving to Puna - by DanielP - 10-31-2011, 02:01 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by TheodoreJay - 10-31-2011, 03:19 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by birdmove - 10-31-2011, 04:05 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by jennysart - 10-31-2011, 04:19 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by hawaiideborah - 10-31-2011, 06:14 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by missydog1 - 10-31-2011, 08:02 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by csgray - 10-31-2011, 08:13 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by jennysart - 10-31-2011, 08:20 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by John S. Rabi - 10-31-2011, 10:10 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by Greg - 10-31-2011, 10:21 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by punafish - 10-31-2011, 10:25 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by jennysart - 10-31-2011, 11:16 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by John S. Rabi - 10-31-2011, 12:23 PM
RE: Moving to Puna - by missydog1 - 10-31-2011, 12:36 PM
RE: Moving to Puna - by DTisme - 10-31-2011, 01:33 PM
RE: Moving to Puna - by punafish - 10-31-2011, 01:51 PM
RE: Moving to Puna - by missydog1 - 10-31-2011, 02:50 PM
RE: Moving to Puna - by jennysart - 10-31-2011, 09:00 PM
RE: Moving to Puna - by jennysart - 10-31-2011, 09:12 PM
RE: Moving to Puna - by oink - 10-31-2011, 11:25 PM
RE: Moving to Puna - by terracore - 11-01-2011, 01:00 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by Carey - 11-01-2011, 03:27 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by jennysart - 11-01-2011, 04:00 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by Carey - 11-01-2011, 10:03 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by EightFingers - 11-02-2011, 03:03 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by punafish - 11-02-2011, 03:17 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by Kapohocat - 11-02-2011, 03:21 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by dayna - 11-02-2011, 08:22 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by jennysart - 11-02-2011, 09:13 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by oink - 11-02-2011, 11:47 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by LastTangoInPuna - 11-02-2011, 01:37 PM
RE: Moving to Puna - by jennysart - 11-02-2011, 11:39 PM
RE: Moving to Puna - by taropatch - 11-03-2011, 01:59 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by Markie - 11-03-2011, 04:01 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by JerryCarr - 11-03-2011, 04:23 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by DTisme - 11-03-2011, 01:38 PM
RE: Moving to Puna - by punafish - 11-03-2011, 03:18 PM
RE: Moving to Puna - by missydog1 - 11-03-2011, 04:15 PM
RE: Moving to Puna - by ericlp - 11-03-2011, 05:21 PM
RE: Moving to Puna - by jennysart - 11-03-2011, 09:07 PM
RE: Moving to Puna - by HiloHaole - 11-03-2011, 10:42 PM
RE: Moving to Puna - by jennysart - 11-03-2011, 11:26 PM
RE: Moving to Puna - by punaticbychoice - 11-04-2011, 04:07 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by DTisme - 11-04-2011, 10:34 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by HiloHaole - 11-05-2011, 01:02 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by peteadams - 11-05-2011, 03:03 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by missydog1 - 11-05-2011, 09:18 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by Orchidlandguy - 11-05-2011, 09:40 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by Rob Tucker - 11-05-2011, 10:02 AM
RE: Moving to Puna - by DTisme - 11-05-2011, 01:43 PM
RE: Moving to Puna - by jennysart - 11-06-2011, 09:06 AM

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