Call To Cooks

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Call To Cooks
Tutu’s Kitchen Do you remember the smell of your grandparent’s kitchen? Do you have a favorite recipe from your tutu? We are looking for a few folks to join us in the EHCC Gallery for a friendly and informal recipe sharing experience. We are inviting: Anyone who has a tutu’s recipe and a story, memory, or just the desire to share appreciation for this family gift of food. High-res photos of food are encouraged, but the main interest is the story and recipe. Three local recipes will be presented in the Ola Nā Iwi Gallery during the month of September and October, and the overflow of recipe stories will be available as an online recipe-share. If your recipe and story is presented in the gallery, volunteers will be there to help make it happen. All you need is the love and spirit of your grandparent’s kitchen and the desire to share your experience with others. All ingredients will be provided!All recipes submissions are due on September 5 on ArtCall for international submissions, and all local submissions are accepted in the Gallery until September 14, 2026. These recipes will be an interactive piece in the E'Ai exhibition (description below), which will showcase various works (contemporary paintings, sculptures, and traditional food related tools and objects). Submission Fee for EHCC Members: FreeSubmission Fee for Non-EHCC Members $20
https://ehcc.org/joinA portion of the meals will be reserved to serve our houseless community that takes shelter on our front lanai. Recipe Event Dates and Times:These are tentative dates, which are subject to change after all submissions have been receivedSeptember 26, 2026 October 3, 2026October 24, 2026Exhibition ConceptThe exhibition explores the many ways island intelligence and lived experiences of food are understood, embodied, and expressed. It considers the systems, relationships, nuances, and challenges that shape lifeways across Hawaiʻi. This includes traditional knowledge systems—such as the lo’i, loko iʻa, wa’a, akua, along with their subtle and interconnected dimensions, including moʻolelo, ʻāina pilina, ho‘okino, and the natural phenomena through which they are experienced.The inquiry also engages contemporary political and social realities: inequitable access to nourishment alongside an excess of commercially produced products; and the broader economic and historical forces that continue to challenge the shaping of relationships, time, and knowledge that make food sovereignty possible.At the same time, the exhibition invokes the intimate, relational, and cultural dimensions of food that extend beyond biological necessity. Food as a nostalgia, as remembrance, and the inner-wilderness of the unconscious mapping our subtle bodies to transform from and by the relationship with the natural world.

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