September 3 - 7
Visiting Artist Summer Series concludes with artist Michael Fox
September 13
Museum hosts RED HOT 2008 Gala & Auction
September 14
Two new exhibitions open:
White Light: Glass Compositions by Daniel Clayman
Daniel Clayman
Tapered Plane, 2007
Dimensions: 60” x 120” x 10”
Material: Glass, stainless steel cable
Technique: Glass frit (particles) cast into investment molds, then acid washed; all […]
Neo-Baroque: term used to describe artistic creations which display important aspects of Baroque style, but are not from the Baroque period proper, around the 17th-18th centuries. It is most frequently used to refer to music or architecture, but can also concern painting or the decorative arts.
•Baroque: The seventeenth-century period in Europe characterized in the visual […]
Come to the Tacoma Museum District for Back to School Night, an annual community collaboration between many of the Puget Sound region’s museums and other educational organizations. This year’s event will be held at Tacoma Art Museum on Wednesday, October 1 from 5:30 to 8 pm.
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Back to School Night is a FREE event […]
Join us for our 5th Annual Bird Lovers’ Weekend! This year’s event presents the U.S. debut of the newest iittala birds, Cartoon Chicks, designed by Anu Penttinen. Anu will join master glassblower Arto Lahtinen in making both Toikka- and Penttinen-designed birds in the Hot Shop, including the creation of a brand new Penttinen bird to […]
New Exhibit
Artist: Chris Sharp
Location: Iron Gallery at UW Tacoma, 1742 Pacific Avenue Exhibition Dates: September 18 - October 14, 2008
Please join us on Thursday September 18th for the opening reception with the artist from 5 to 8pm, as part of Tacoma’s Third Thursday Art Walk.
Chris’ Statement:
“I like the idea of practice, and living a […]
The Museum of Glass will be closed all day this Saturday, September 13, as we prepare to roll out the red carpet for RED HOT 2008, our annual gala and auction. We will reopen as scheduled at noon on Sunday.
Daniel has been involved in the visual and performing arts since the mid 1970’s. His first formal training was as a theater and modern dance lighting designer. He began “sculpting with light” as a lighting design student and then as a visiting Lighting Designer for the Dance Department at Connecticut College in 1977. The year […]
You need your name on the champions belt!
This year we have Sonja Bloomdahl and Dick Weiss judging,
MC Greg Owen on the mic, and DJ Broam, aka Oliver Doriss, spinning records.
Ben Cobb will be definding his title on the Pro bench while Samantha
and the rest of the Hilltop gang try to continue their […]
EXHIBITS
Tacoma’s Civil Rights Struggle: African Americans Leading the Way
President John F. Kennedy at the White House with African American leaders, June 21, 1963. Tacoma’s Jack Tanner stands behind Kennedy, his hands on a chair. (Washington State Historical Society)
August 18 through December 7
The South was not the only place where Americans were denied equal […]
Michael Fox received a BFA from the California College of the Arts. He moved to Seattle in 1998 where he founded Bubba Mavis Gallery and began work with artists such as Dale Chihuly, Benjamin Moore, Richard Royal, Dante Marioni, Preston Singletary, Dan Dailey, among many others. He has been a key member of the […]
August 9
Dance Theatre Northwest performs for Family Day
August 13 - 17
Summer Series: Visiting Artist Dorthy Gills Barnes utilizes a chainsaw in the Hot Shop
August 15
We wish Science of Art Coordinator, Britta Echtle, a fond farewell and much success as she returns to teaching
AND
Welcome Claire Yuckert as Science of Art Coordinator
August 24
Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect: […]
