Toshiko Takaezu was one of the most important artists to emerge from the Big Island of Hawaii in the 20th century. Bringing her unique synthesis of wabi-sabi and abstract expressionism to ceramics, Toshiko navigated a field historically dominated by men to create some of the most treasured ceramic works collected today. On April 4th from 2-4 PM at East Hawai'i Cultural Center's 2nd Floor Theater, Mike Shewmaker, a working sculptor in Toshiko's hometown, Pepeekeo, will guide us through her journey from Big Island girl to Princeton educator, to her retrospective at the Noguchi Museum, now a major exhibition at the Honolulu Museum of Art.