sedimentary clam cloud and sandstorm winkle
nancy callan: neonature
exhibition runs: june 6 - 29, 2008
opening reception: thursday, june 5, 5 - 8 pm
The Traver Gallery is pleased to present NeoNature, a solo exhibition featuring new work by Seattle-based artist Nancy Callan. Combining extraordinary technical expertise with innovative design and a contagious sense of fun, Callan presents […]

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Join us for an artists reception in honor of SKYPONDS by Joseph Miller and Oliver Doriss
Saturday, May 31, 2008
1-3 p.m.
at the W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory
316 South G St. in Wright Park, Tacoma
1908-2008 Celebrating 100 Blooming Years

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Sat May 31st and Sun June 1st 9am-4pm
Choose from a large selection of glass with slight imperfections or perfect glass at close out prices.
Two days only!
Vases, 100’s of paperweights, ornaments, plates, glass roses and hearts.
Tacoma Glassblowing Studio
114 S. 23rd Street
Tacoma, WA 98402
253-383-3499
*If you are a glass artist and would like to sell your work […]

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Mighty Tieton Summer Solstice: Arts Unbound 2008
A weekend celebration and exhibition of art, art books, and book arts in a burgeoning arts community in the Yakima Valley.
Friday through Sunday, June 20-22, 2008
Tieton, Washington
Presented by:
Artist Trust & The Yakima Symphony
Mighty Tieton
Tieton Arts & Humanities
Friday Evening For Early Birds 5pm—9pm

Harvest Hall (915 Wisconsin Avenue)
Solstice gathering around […]

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Traver Gallery - Seattle
Jane Rosen and Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen
Collaboration

Conversation with the Artists: Sunday, June 1, 2 - 5 pm
Exhibition runs: June 1 - 29, 2008
Jane Rosen and Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen: Collaboration
The Traver Gallery is pleased to present a small, collaborative exhibition featuring avian imagery by Jane Rosen and Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen. The show, which will be on display […]

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Hilltop Artists in Residence
SPRING GLASS SALE
Using GLASS ART to connect young people from Diverse Economic and Cultural Backgrounds to BETTER FUTURES

SPRING
GLASS SALE
SATURDAY JUNE 14, 2008
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
JASON LEE MIDDLE SCHOOL
602 North Sprague, Tacoma WA 98403
Beginning at 8:00 AM, you are invited to pick up a numbered […]

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Fall 2008 Exhibitions at Tacoma Art Museum
The Surrealist Impulse: New Acquisitions from the Tacoma Art Museum Collection
September 6, 2008 – May 26, 2009
This selection of recent acquisitions to the museum’s collection explores the persistent influence of surrealism. Surrealism was a cultural and philosophical movement that had its genesis in 1920s Europe. The goal of the […]

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The Museum of Glass, in partnership with Pilchuck Glass School, presents: Sixth Annual Visiting Artist Summer Series, June 25 – September 7, 2007
Tacoma, Wash. (May 20, 2008)— The Museum of Glass announces the schedule for its Sixth Annual Visiting Artist Summer Series which features a different visiting artist at work in the Hot Shop each […]

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An image of Joseph Rossano’s final mock-up. Cardboard squares represent Richlite support panels. Cardboard circles represent water drain and intake.
Here’s what’s new:
*POOL DRAIN and SOUTH WALL CLEANING: scheduled for Thursday, May 29th.
*BIRDS: birds are mirrored and hardware has been attached
*Birds will be mounted on posts and secured to Richlite panels which […]

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Tacoma, Wash. (May 14, 2008)– Tacoma’s three downtown museums—Museum of Glass, Tacoma Art Museum and Washington State History Museum—will extend their hours of operations to seven days a week for the summer season beginning Memorial Day, May 26, 2008. This schedule provides greater flexibility for residents to bring out of town guests downtown […]

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The Seattle International Film Festival presents Creative Nature:
William Morris’s glass creations have secured him a reputation in the field second only to his mentor Dale Chihuly. This engaging, beautifully captured portrait of the man and his work follows him not just to the studio, but to the natural world—paragliding, diving, rock climbing—that provides his greatest […]

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I thought I would share some images of the happenings in Little Rock, AR where the Mobile Hot Shop is accompanying a very impressive glass exhibition, Hot Color - Cool Glass, thanks to Alex Stisser and Eli Hansen. Featured artist Sonja Blomdahl presents some brilliant pieces in the exhibition and is our guest artist […]

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May at Traver Gallery - Tacoma

Dale Chihuly: Baskets, Cylinders and Drawings
Exhibition Runs: May 10 - June 8, 2008
Reception with the artist: Saturday, May 17, 5 - 8 pm
With refreshments, and live music by “young Johnny Cash” Vince Mira from 5:30 - 8 pm

Dale Chihuly: Baskets, Cylinders and Drawings
The Traver Gallery in Tacoma is honored […]

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Back in January, a crew from the Travel Channel was here to film an episode of “John Ratzenberger’s Made in America.” (John played Cliff, the mailman on “Cheers”). The episode features Dale Chihuly and the Chihuly Bridge of Glass—footage was shot on the Bridge, at the Boathouse and includes some of B-roll from […]

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May 17 – 18
Demonstrations: 10 am to 12 pm Saturday
Hands-on Activity: 1 to 3 pm Saturday
Displays: 10 am to 5 pm Saturday; 12 to 5 pm Sunday

Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging, has inspired many glassblowers, including Dale Chihuly. Come and see original floral arrangements created by the Tacoma Chapter of Ikebana International […]

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Joseph Gregory Rossano (American, born 1962)
Mirrored Murrelets, 2008
Mirrored hot-sculpted glass, steel, mold-formed fiberglass
June 7, 2008 – December, 2009
Tacoma, Wash. (May 6, 2008)— On June 7, 2008, the Museum of Glass will introduce Mirrored Murrelets, a new outdoor art installation created by Arlington, WA, artist Joseph Rossano for the Museum’s Mezzanine Plaza. Rossano created the […]

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The Museum of Glass welcomes Martin Blank, one of America’s most significant figurative sculptors, for an extended Visiting Artist residency to create components for Fluent Steps, a new permanent installation designed for the Museum’s Main Plaza reflecting pool and scheduled to open in early fall. The sculpture will capture the emotive nature of water and […]

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