ART of Women
Please join the Traver Gallery and Falling Rain Cellars for an evening event celebrating great taste!
Event Date: Sunday, May 24th, 5-7pm
Featuring music by violinist John Bartley
The Traver Gallery and Falling Rain Cellars are proud to host an inspiring event for art and wine enthusiasts Sunday, May 24th from 5-7pm at Traver Gallery Tacoma. […]
nancy blair
of myth and memory
May 16 - June 7, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 16, 5-8 pm
The Traver Gallery is pleased to exhibit work by artist and author Nancy Blair. Her first solo-exhibition with the gallery, Of Myth and Memory is a continuation of the artist’s Royal Medicine Dog and Golden Retriever Series — narrative works […]
$10 GETS YOU 30 FILMS
WHILE LOCAL FILMMAKERS SHINE ON THE BIG SCREEN
Get Your Tickets Now for the 72 Hour Film Competition Showcase Event
The Grand Cinema is proud to host the 2009 72 Hour Film Competition Showcase Event this Friday, May 8 at the Rialto in downtown Tacoma.
Everyone is invited to enjoy this […]
Fluent Steps, 2009
Martin Blank (American, born 1962)
Hot-sculpted glass, stainless steel
Collection of Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington
Created during Martin Blank’s Visiting Artist Residency, Museum of Glass Hot Shop, March 12 – June 24, 2008
Seattle artist Martin Blank, one of America’s premier young sculptors, finished assembling his new 207-foot-long outdoor glass art installation, Fluent Steps, on April […]
Viscosity Studio & Gallery Presents New Work By
Jeanne Ferraro
“Heads”
May 7th-30th
Join us for the opening reception on Sat. May 9th from 6-9pm
Enjoy snacks, refreshments and live glassblowing demonstrations
Viscosity Studio & Gallery
5720 Rainier Ave. S.
Seattle, WA. 98118
206-760-1762
www.viscosityglass.com
Image Photo Credit - Brandon Casazza
benjamin edols & kathy elliott: light marks
Exhibition Runs: May 8 - 31, 2008
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 7, 5 - 8 pm
Traver Gallery is pleased to present the work of Australian glass duo Benjamin Edols and Kathy Elliott. Light Marks features an exciting array of new blown and hot-sculpted carved glass sculpture from signature series as […]
Tacoma is for Lovers
presents
Artists Craft Fair
Sunday April 26th
at blackwater cafe
743 St. Helens
Tacoma, WA
from 11AM-4PM
Raffle! Silent Auction!
Benefit for Colleen Malone!
Be there!
Preston Singletary: Echoes, Fire, and Shadows
July 11, 2009 – September 19, 2010
Organized by Museum of Glass
Sponsored by the Leonard and Norma Klorfine Foundation, the Windgate Charitable Foundation, JoAnn McGrath, Tulalip Tribes Charitable Funds, The Seattle Times, City Arts Magazine and Encore Arts Programs
The Museum of Glass is pleased to present Preston Singletary’s first mid-career survey, […]
Take a break at the community’s museum this week.
Join us this Sunday, April 19, from 12 to 5 pm for The Big Draw with David Macaulay, A Free Community Festival.
Change the way you think about drawing by participating in collaborative and individual drawing projects throughout the building. Live performances by Fab-5, Metro Dance, and […]
martin blank
on display: april 18 - may 10, 2009
Traver Gallery - Tacoma is proud to present an exhibition of new glass sculpture by artist Martin Blank. This latest body of work debuts at Traver Gallery in conjunction with the unveiling of the artist’s permanent installation, Fluent Steps, at the Museum of Glass. The sculptures featured […]
Hello friends!
Just a little heads up about the upcoming Tacoma is for Lovers Artist Craft Fair!
Place: the new Blackwater Cafe location: 743 St. Helens Ave, Tacoma WA 98402
Date: Sunday April 26th
Time: 11 AM- 4PM
Crafts and wares from local artists, as well as a raffle or silent auction where you can get more great stuff! Hope […]
Portland Presence
Mel George, Deborah Horrell, Jeremy Lepisto
exhibition runs: April 3 - May 3, 2009
opening reception: thursday, April 2, 5 - 8 pm
Traver Gallery is pleased to present Portland Presence, an exhibition featuring sculptural work by three leading Portland, Oregon artists working in glass. A smaller city than Seattle with a population approximately two thirds the […]
Incoming: Museum of Glass Permanent Collection
May 16 – June 27, 2010
Organized by Museum of Glass
The Museum of Glass will introduce its Permanent Collection with the exhibition, Incoming! Selections from the Permanent Collection, opening on May 16, 2009. This is the first in a series of exhibitions devoted to the Museum’s collection. It will […]
Christina Orr-Cahall, chief executive of the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Fla., has been chosen as the new director for the Experience Music Project-Science Fiction Museum in Seattle. She succeeds Josi Callan, who served as interim director of the museum since 2006 and Orr-Cahall expects to begin on or before July […]
The Museum of Glass is pleased to welcome a series of talented female artists to the Hot Shop Amphitheater during April and May 2009. These artists include Chin-Yu Fu (Chicago, IL), Laura Diaz de Santillana (Venice, Italy), Flo Perkins (Sante Fe, NM), Clare Belfrage (Adelaide, Australia) and Nancy Blair (Melbourne Beach, FL).
“The glass […]
On Sunday, February 1st, Lino Tagliapietra participated in the museum’s Kids Design Glass program and Evening Magazine was present to shoot a story on the program. The reporter on scene, Jim Dever, and his crew were very excited about the story and really enjoyed spending time in the Hot Shop.
This story will air on […]
This summer, Pratt Fine Arts Center is launching its first Study Abroad Program. In collaboration with the Kamenicky Senov School of Industrial Arts for Glass, Pratt has organized a two-week intensive program designed to teach students the technical, intellectual and artistic processes of traditional Czech moldmaking, kiln casting and coldworking — three techniques often used […]
The “Click! Family Flick” series will premiere at The Grand Cinema with “The Princess Bride” on Saturday, March 21 at 10:30 a.m. The special series, shown the third Saturday of each month, will bring popular children’s movies to the big screen absolutely free.
“The Click! Family Flick is a great way for families to experience […]
look forward
March 14 - April 5, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 14, 4 - 7 pm
Traver Gallery - Tacoma is proud to present LOOK FORWARD - a group exhibition curated by a selection of glass artists influential in bringing about the studio glass movement. Pairing these current masters with artists who they feel follow in their […]
by Charles Gounod
sung in French with projected English translation
Sunday, March 8, 2009 at 2pm*
* please note that Daylight Savings Time begins on March 8
Pantages Theater, 901 Broadway, Tacoma
Running time: 3 hours
Join us for one of opera’s most emotionally intense works, the searing story of a man who sells his soul to the devil in […]
