World renowned artist Philip Sabado hosting business mixer at his Wailuku gallery

The Maui Filipino Chamber of Commerce is holding its upcoming business mixer June 3 at the Sabado Art Gallery Wailuku, with globe renowned regional artist Philip Sabado as its highlighted visitor.

The organization mixer begins at 5:30 p.m. and is open to the public. Admission for associates and potential associates is $20 per individual and $30 for company.

Sabado’s early artwork education and learning started on Moloka’i. As the youngest of 12 small children, his mom often place apart ample funds for paint and paper for the fledgling artist. After serving in the US Army, he returned to Hawai’i to show up at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. 

In 1976, he attended the prestigious Artwork Centre University of Models and the Otis Parsons Institute of Design and style, each in Los Angeles. In 1980, he was picked as a member of the prestigious Los Angeles Society of Illustrators. He also was selected as one of the leading 50 illustrators in the United Modern society and was chosen to go to Columbia College in Paris.

On Maui, the Iao Valley State Park symptoms ended up produced by Sabado in 1999. The upcoming 12 months, Sabado returned to his boyhood property in Moloka’i to generate a 40-foot mural for the library at Kaunakakai Faculty. The mural encompassed the 900-yr background of Moloka’i and was commissioned by the Hawai’i State Basis on Society & the Arts.

In August 2001, Sabado completed a mural for the Hilton company in Honolulu that is seen at the entrance to an exclusive spa. Three paintings have been sold to the Hilton for the Private Ali’i Towers Presidential suites. On all 20 flooring of the Hilton Kalia towers, there are prints of Sabado’s floral and hula paintings. He also has done a lot of commissions for private traders. 

Sabado was a recipient of the Maui Filipino Chamber of Commerce’s Gintong Pamana Leadership Award in 1999.

Refreshments will be served at the June 3 enterprise mixer at Sabado’s studio at 38 North Marketplace Street. To RSVP for the celebration or for more information and facts about the business mixer and Maui Filipino Chamber of Commerce, email [email protected] or get in touch with Jasmine Esguerra  at 808-500-2195.