Happy Holidays from all of us at the Museum of Glass! The Museum will be open on Monday and Tuesday December 29 and 30 from 10 am to 5 pm. (With the icy weather forecast, be sure and check our home page for any changes to these hours before you leave your house!)

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Don’t miss the Northwest’s wildest holiday light display, now in its 21st year at Point Dediance Zoo & Aquarium !
The Zoo comes aglow with more than a half-million lights. Bundle up and stroll the Zoo, enjoying animal visits, holiday shopping and more. Warm up with hot chocolate or a visit to the steamy South Pacific […]

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News Release
From the City of Tacoma, Washington
www.cityoftacoma.org
The Tacoma Arts Commission announces the award of $50,000 in 2009 Arts Project funding to 20 different Tacoma organizations in support of public outreach projects in the fields of music, dance, theater, poetry and the visual arts. The awards range in value from $1,000 to $4,000 and serve a […]

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News Release
From the City of Tacoma, Washington
www.cityoftacoma.org
The City of Tacoma is recruiting volunteers for the Citizen Review Panel, which is a policy advisory panel to the City Council with oversight of Tacoma Police Department policy. The Citizen Review Panel is a five-member volunteer panel that is currently seeking applications for two positions.
Members of […]

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Doug Jeck
Visiting Artist Residency: December 17 - 21, 2008
Conversation with Artist: Sunday, December 21 at 2PM in the Theater
SHORT BIO………Doug Jeck has taught ceramics at the University of Washington School of Art in Seattle since 1996.
He earned his B.F.A. at the Appalachian Center for the Arts and Crafts in Smithville, TN […]

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Illuminated Traditions
Join us from 1 to 4 pm on selected Saturdays this fall for an enlightening tour around the world exploring diverse cultural holiday celebrations. Each event features a different holiday with unique hands-on art activities and performances to delight visitors of all ages.
Saturday, Dec. 20
Christmas Around the Wrold
Mariachi Fiesta Mexicana […]

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catherine grisez
dig
December 13, 2008 - February 8, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday, December 13, 4 - 7 pm
The Traver Gallery is pleased to feature Seattle artist Catherine Grisez in a solo exhibition at our Tacoma location. Dig presents a selection of the artist’s quiet, yet expressive metal sculptures with imagery inspired by the root systems of plants […]

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Suyama Space 2324 Second Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121

December 9, 2008
THIS IS THE LAST WEEK:

REGRADE: Installation by Wade Kavanaugh
This is the last week to visit Regrade, Portland, Maine sculptor Wade Kavanaugh’s, undulating topography of handmade bricks at Suyama Space, located at 2324 2nd Avenue. The exhibition closes on Friday evening, December 12, 2008. […]

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December is free for ages 18 and younger
Tacoma Art Museum offers visitors ages 18 and younger free admission through the month of December.
In response to the current economic climate, Tacoma Art Museum wants to ensure that the museum remains accessible and welcoming to future museum goers and their families during the holiday season.
The admissions […]

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The Fulcrum Gallery is now accepting art & craft submissions for a Holiday Sale Dce 20 & 21. Focusing on items under $100.00 Please e-mail submissions to mailto:fulcrum@oliverdoriss.com send us Images and price list.

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Please Come for a Second Helping!
(A Great Dessert for the Empty Bowls Event*)
December 6 – Ginger’s studio in Ruston
December 7, 8, 9 – Karen’s studio on Fox Island
An event to benefit the Emergency Food Network of Pierce County
Ginger Kryger and Karen Craven (aka the F.I.N.E Mudhens) as well as new cohort Lucy Davis (that would […]

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Casting: The process of pouring hot glass into molds of various materials, the simplest being sand. Casting can also be done from the kiln, where the glass starts in a cold state then melted into plaster/silica molds.
Flat Grinding Wheel: Machine consisting of a large flat spinning wheel that is used to flatten […]

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THU Dec 4 | 7:00 PM
HENRY ART GALLERY
AUDITORIUM
FREE
The next edition of Open Floor features a partnership between the Open Floor crew and Velocity Dance Center, centered on their Next Dance Cinema presentation, in it’s third year of this showcasing dance films from Pacific Northwest artists.
This year¹s selection of independent dance films was curated by Karn […]

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13th Annual Model Train Festival
Dec. 26 - Jan. 3
Get out your conductor’s hat for the Washington State History Museum’s Annual Model Train Festival! Every floor of the Museum will house model trains from Dec. 26 through Jan. 3. This festival, included in the price of Museum admission, celebrates the golden age of railroads with nine […]

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Dale Chihuly is most frequently recognized for revolutionizing the Studio Glass movement by expanding its original premise of the solitary artist working in a studio environment to encompass the notion of collaborative teams and a division of labor within the creative process. Chihuly’s practice of using teams has led to the development of complex, […]

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