By Dominic Cawili

Triton’s Call Staff

Music played in the background, the smell of wine filled the air, and people went on chatting and observing as the opening night for the Ceramic Celebration Plus opened its showcase for the first night.

The exhibit kicked off its showcase at the Isla Center for the Arts on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016, and lasted until its final day on Friday, Nov. 18, 2016.

Many students and local artists decorated the walls with different types of works such as ink drawings, paintings, digital art, and block prints.

Ceramic pieces and mini sculptures were showcased on columns as some of them served as centerpieces to some of the rooms.

A lot of the art pieces, including the primarily functional ceramic pieces, were available for sale at a very desirable price.

The Ceramic Celebration Plus is an annual fundraising. The proceeds from the sold items help fund programming at the Isla Center of the Arts, which is an auxiliary program in the Division of Communication and Fine Arts.

“Because it is an auxiliary program,” states exhibit coordinator, Dr. Yamashita, “Isla does not receive any appropriate funds from the Government of Guam so we are tasked to raise funds for our operations.”

If you want to support the Isla Center for the Arts and your local artists, you can attend Creative Hands: Selected Works by Local Artists.

It is a biennial exhibit that is part of a series of juried exhibits since 1992, and starts Dec. 1, 2016, and stays open until Feb. 3, 2017.

It consists of a variety of media including digital photographs, watercolor and acrylic paintings, ceramic pieces, and mixed media compositions.