Special Lewis and Clark program:
A Dismal Camp
May 24-25, 2008
Clark’s Dismal Nitch unit
Lewis and Clark National and State Historical Park
Pacific County, Wash.

Three corpsmen are landing a canoe at Dismal Nitch while others struggle to set up camp in a storm. Painting by Roger Cooke. (Washington State Historical Society)
Watch the adventures of Lewis and Clark […]

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Jun Kaneko: Sculpture and Painting

Artist’s Reception: First Thursday, May 1, 5 - 8 pm
Exhibition runs: May 2 - June 1, 2008
Jun Kaneko: Sculpture and Painting
The William Traver Gallery is pleased to present a solo show featuring new work by noted ceramic artist Jun Kaneko. The exhibition showcases a selection of Kaneko’s signature Dango sculptures, named […]

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Join South Sound magazine for the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women Luncheon.

May 7, 2008
Did you know heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United States? It kills nearly half a million women each year at the rate of nearly one per minute.
There is hope. Inside every woman is […]

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Northwest Repertory Singers
in collaboration with the
Tacoma Youth Chorus
presents
Past Life Melodies
Under the direction of Paul W. Schultz, Judith Herrington and George Guenther
NWRS and TYC will perform folk songs, spirituals, hymns and other music that reminds us of our youth and journey through life. Highlights will include music from Aboriginal chant, harmonic overtone singing, and the artistic […]

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Free tickets for Francis Cape’s lecture are now available at the Henry admissions desk.

Francis Cape. Two Pilasters and a Seat, 2004
Henry Art Gallery + University of Washington School of Art Lecture:
Francis Cape
Friday, April 25, 7 PM
Henry Art Gallery Auditorium
FREE, Seating is limited. First come, first served.
The University of Washington School of Art and […]

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The Daybreak Star Indian Art Gallery in partnership with King County 4Culture presents a new exhibition entitled, Three S’Klallam Artists: Traditional and Contemporary Coast Salish Art. Please join us on Friday, April 25, 2008, 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., at Daybreak Star in Discovery Park for the opening of this exciting new exhibit. Food, […]

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The Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect: A Modern Renaissance in Glass exhibition has been open for nearly two months now and this is the perfect time to pause, reflect and discuss the docent experience with the exhibition. As one docent noted in regards to the Lino exhibition “it’s like trying to write a masters thesis!” […]

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First Handwritten Bible in 500 Years on View at Tacoma Art Museum
The Saint John’s Bible Employs Medieval Traditions with Modern Perspective
Called “America’s Book of Kells” by Newsweek (March 6, 2000)
(Tacoma, WA) – Tacoma Art Museum’s exhibition Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible features the ornamented pages from the first handwritten Bible commissioned since […]

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Don’t Miss Martin Blank
in the Hot Shop
Upcoming dates: April 19, 20, 23, 24, 26 & 30

Martin Blank’s residency continues in the Hot Shop with multiple dates over the next two weeks. Stop by and see this dynamic artist as he continues to create hot-sculpted glass components for Fluent Steps , a new permanent installation that […]

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New generation of glass artists make their debut
Hilltop students featured in exhibition at Vetri International Glass
TACOMA, March 28, 2008 - Vetri International Glass in Tacoma is pleased to present a special exhibition showcasing the work of Marcus Martinez and Dylan Betz, two talented young artists from the Hilltop Artists in Residence […]

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Pacific Avenue will be closed to traffic Saturday morning.
For those of you who will be attempting to get here on Saturday, April 12 . . . or attempting to direct visitors:
The annual Daffodil Parade starts at 10:15 am. The staging area is on pacific Avenue from 7th to 11th and the actual parade goes […]

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April at Traver Gallery - Tacoma
Tom DeGroot: Primal Logic (abstract painting)
Nancy Worden: Fear Factor (mixed media jewerly art)

Exhibition Runs: April 12 - May 4, 2008
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 12, 5 - 8 pm
With refreshments, and live music by Disinterested from 5:30 - 8 pm
And… an opening reception at Vetri International Glass:
Hilltop Artist in Residence Students […]

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To help celebrate the Fifth Anniversary of Tacoma Art Museum (in its new building), Museum of Glass and Washington State History Museum will join TAM in offering $5 admission for the weekend of May 3 and 4.
All three museums did the same last summer when MOG celebrated its Fifth Anniversary.
(Admission to TAM will be free […]

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Answer: Dichroic Glass is a multi layer coating placed on glass by using a highly technical vacuum deposition process. Quartz Crystal and Metal Oxides are Vaporized with an electron beam gun in an airless vacuum chamber and the vapor then floats upward and attaches then condenses on the surface of the glass in […]

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Contemporary Felting
Saturday, April 12
Lecture: 10:30 am
Workshop: 12:30 - 4:30 pm
Northwest fiber artist Jean Hicks leads this adult workshop, starting with an illustrated lecture on contemporary felt making. Afterward, participants learn to make felt and create small three-dimensional sculptural objects.
The lecture is free with museum admission. Cost for the hands-on workshop is $50 […]

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FREE Community Festival
Building Birthday Bash: It’s our Fifth Year at 1701 Pacific Avenue!
Saturday, May 3
12 - 5 pm
Five years after the grand opening of our new building, we’re celebrating with a birthday party, and you’re invited!
free admission
refreshments
music and performances
face painting
art activities
birthday art cakes
Remember the 24-hour party in 2003? Enjoy many of the original performers and […]

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The Henry Art Gallery invites you to join them for a special lecture by artist Josiah McElheny this Friday, April 4 at 7:30 PM in Kane Hall, Room 120, on the University of Washington campus!
Artist Lecture: Josiah McElheny
Friday, April 4, 2008, 7:30 PM
Kane Hall, Room 120, University of Washington Campus
$10 members / $15 general […]

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SALVAGE
New works and site-based installation by Diana Falchuk April 4 – May 31, 2008 The McLeod Residence
2209 2nd Ave (between Blanchard and Bell, across from the old Crocodile) Seattle 98121
Artist’s reception:
Friday, April 4 from 5pm – 11pm, with galleries open until 2am
Gallery hours:
Thursday – Saturday, 12 – 6pm and Tuesday – Sunday 6pm – 2am
Diana […]

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Simply put, Seattle artist Cappy Thompson paints stories on glass. Gathering the Light celebrates the story of glass blowing on an epic scale. The piece, which measures 11 1/2-feet high by 15-feet wide, depicts an elaborate landscape of colorful vignettes from a mythical world of glassmakers. Trumpet blowing fish, an entourage of visitors and a […]

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Alan Fulle: Gem Box
Hiroshi Yamano: Nagare
Artist’s Reception: First Thursday, April 3, 5 - 10 pm
Exhibition runs: April 4 - 27, 2008
With refreshments, and live music by the San Fransisco duo, Materialzed.
Alan Fulle: Gem Box
The Traver Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition showcasing several […]

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