Sonny Sunflower

A souvenir photo taken during the interview taping at the 10 Percent studio with host David Perry....airing is on Oct 7 Comcast Hometown Network Channel 104...The show airs Mondays – Fridays, 11:30am & 10:30pm; Saturdays & Sundays at 10:30pm on Comcast Hometown Network Channel 104 in Northern California. (September 25, 2013)

Maui Mayor's Office Executive Assistant (left) John Buck receives a special copy of the newly released children's book "Of Petals and Hope: Sonny Sunflower Triumphs Over Bullying" from authors Adam Cafege (third from left) and Marconi Calindas with publisher Dr. Ayin Adams (right) during the book signing and reading at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center Saturday night. LLEVELLYN LIGHTSEY

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Of Petals and Hope is a very engaging story
and must be read to all children everywhere,” Agnes Donato, former Saipan
Tribune senior reporter and Sasakawa Pacific Islands Journalism
Fellowship Awardee

Winner of New Era Introducing, Marconi
Calindas, is a San Francisco-based artist who ‘is not afraid of colors,’
and creates artwork that fosters ‘kindness, equality and peace,” New Era
Cap Talk

Black lines and pure hues are the trademarks of
Marconi’s distinctive rendering style. While his subject matter varies
from pop icons to triumphs of the human spirit, it’s the boldness of his
visual vocabulary that holds the viewers attention and Continues to attract
a widening audience,"
Matthew McKinley, Curator,. McKinley Arts Solutions,
San Francisco.

Calindas is a master of visual Arts…,” Don Tagala, ABS-CBN News