Time of Lino airs on KCTS
Reminder: The Time of Lino, the film produced in conjunction with our exhibition Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect and included in the catalogue, will air on KCTS 9 at 7:00 pm Saturday, June 28.
Archive for June, 2008
Join us this weekend for the”In the Spirit” festival!
Join us for the
In the Spirit:
Northwest Native Arts Market and Festival
Saturday, June 28 > 10 AM to 5 PM
Sunday, June 29 > NOON to 5 PM
This Native arts market features products from a variety of artisans and a festival that includes dancers, musicians, and storytellers from local tribes. Festival visitors can also watch demonstrations […]
Tall Ships…
The Tall Ships® Tacoma 2008 Festival is a free international sailing event and festival that is part of the American Sail Training Association’s Tall Ships CHALLENGE®. More than 32 sailing vessels will visit Tacoma during the festival and will be available for tours and sailing adventures. The festival will be held along Tacoma’s […]
Glass on the Water
Photo by Barb White
Summer is here and beachcombing is a popular past time in our coast region. A notable item to look out for is the glass fishing float. Glass floats have been used by European and Asian fisheries for well over 80 years, possibly more.
In recent times due to the less costly and […]
Book Review
Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
By Danny Danziger (Viking, 2007)
Reviewed by Joan Soderland Hommel
Museum is an intriguing, although sometimes annoying, look inside New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of the world’s largest and indisputably greatest museums. If you are looking for a discourse on the Metropolitan’s collection management […]
Visit to Pilchuck: A Glass School
Early in May, I took a senior citizens tour to Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington. Coincidentally, I had just finished reading Pilchuck: a Glass School by Tina Oldknow. The book is the history of the founding and development of the school conceived by Dale Chihuly. On the day of the visit the sky was […]
The Glass Eye: Looking Out the Window
Thea Foss Waterway, summer 2005
Photo by Barb White
Next time you are in the MOG Grand Hall, take a moment to look out the window. What do you see? For many of us, the view beyond the promenade is a very familiar vista. We see boats; we sometimes see Mount Rainier; we see a lot […]
Hot Bits: Glass Bottom Boats
A glass bottom boat is a boat with sections of glass below the waterline allowing passengers to observe the underwater environment from within the boat. Over the years the design was converted around the paddle boat. Between 1945 and 1994, eight glass bottom boats were built, experiencing few alterations other than replacing the canvas top, […]
An Interview with Elisabeth Emerson
Amy Lenz (AL): Please tell me about your background and education.
Elisabeth Emerson (EE): I was born and raised in Tacoma. I picked up my love for art at an early age, and I partook in many art related activities offered in the city during my youth. After attending Stadium High School, I […]
Glass Art Society - A Photo Essay Featuring: Bacon Boy
Elements Glass - Host for the Glassblowing Demos at the Glass Art Society Conference in Portland, OR…
Ben & Alex working on museum’s Mobile Hot Shop…
Liz, Visiting Artist Coordinator & Warren, Volunteer Hot Shop Interpreter meets Kids Design Glass winner Austin before the big show…
Alex, Sarah and Ben working on Austin’s creation Bacon Boy on […]
You’re invited! Violet Hour Opening Celebration this FRIDAY!
Henry Art Gallery
Henry members and UW Student members FREE / Students + Seniors $8 / General Admission $10, Not a Henry member? Call 206.221.3244 or Join or renew online.
Find out more about The Violet Hour at henryart.org.
Iron Artist Challenge 2008
Announcing the Iron Artist Challenge 2008!
Experience competitive, real-time art making at Tacoma Art Museum’s Midsummer Night’s Free Community Festival on Friday, August 8, 2008.
Inspired by the original Japanese cooking show Iron Chef, artists compete for the title of Iron Artist Tacoma by creating original masterpieces in just one hour using surprise materials based on […]
D Street Update
The D Street connection to Dock Street is supposed to be complete next week. The official ribbon-cutting ceremony is June 25.
(This should make it easier to visitors to get here . . . but there is no signage at this point.)
Mimi Gates Announces Retirement as Director of the Seattle Art Museum
Gates leaves a distinguished legacy to the cultural life of the region
SEATTLE, June 2, 2008 – Seattle Art Museum (SAM) Director Mimi Gates announced today that she will step aside on July 1, 2009, after fifteen years of visionary leadership. Gates, who joined the museum in 1994, will remain in her position through the end […]
Join Us for Lino’s Book Club
Lino’s Book Club
June 28, July 26 and August 23
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Museum Theater
This summer, you are invited to join Lino’s Book Club. Each month, we will feature a different book that is set in Venice, Italy, hometown of Lino Tagliapietra. Then, on the last Saturday of the month, participants will meet in the […]
THE MAESTRO FROM MURANO
Lino’s Back at MOG!
June 11 - 15, 2008
9 am – 3 pm Wednesday – Saturday; 12 – 5 pm Sunday
Lino Tagliapietra is back in the Hot Shop for one more 5-day Visiting Artist residency! His exhibition, Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect: A Modern Renaissance in Italian Glass, has inspired visitors all spring. Don’t miss your opportunity […]
Joseph Rossano’s ‘Mirrored Murrelets’ Now on View
GLASS BIRDS ON THE PLAZA!
Mezzanine Plaza Reflecting Pool
A flock of shimmering glass birds now graces the reflecting pool on the Museum’s mezzanine plaza. Artist Joseph Rossano created the 275 Mirrored Murrelets for the sculpture during a Visiting Artist residency in January and installed them in the pool this week. The birds will remain on […]
June at Traver Gallery - Tacoma
einar and jamex de la Torre
vitriolic compliments
exhibition runs: june 14 - july 6, 2008
opening reception: saturday, june 14, 5 - 8 pm
with live music by classical guitarist John Paul Fields
einar and jamex
de la Torre
greed talisman […]
June 2008 Artist of the Month: Fritz Dreisbach
Fritz Dreisbach (Tucson, AZ)
Residency: June 25 – 29
Conversation with the Artist: Sunday, June 29, 2 p.m.
Fritz Dreisbach has been called the Johnny Appleseed of the American Studio Glass movement. For more than 40 years, he has acted as a crusader for glassblowing, spreading the excitement, techniques and science of the craft through demonstrations and workshops […]
