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 […]
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 […]
Exhibition Dates: March 10 – April 8, 2007
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 10, 4 - 7 pm
Preview: http://www.travergallery.com/artists/jl_preview.html
Jeremy Lepisto: A Place in Between
The William Traver Gallery is pleased to present A Place in Between, a solo exhibition featuring new work by Portland artist Jeremy Lepisto. Presenting over 20 new pieces, the show celebrates the heroic everyday […]
Tacoma, Wash. (September 12, 2006)— For the third year, a team of master glassblowers from Finland’s iittala, Inc., who specialize in making the glass birds created by revered Finnish designer Oiva Toikka, will be at work in the Museum of Glass Hot Shop. From October 13 – 15, visitors will be able to watch […]
This Friday our guest artist in the Hot Shop is Jason Christian from Whidbey Island, who states:
“As an artist I feel that life itself is an art form with different paths. You never know exactly which direction you’re going to travel so I always do my best to express dedication to my work. […]
By Maureen Drucker
Tacoma’s renaissance is clearly visible riding the light rail past the restored Union Station along the expanding urban campus of the University of Washington. The Museum of Glass sparkles against the redevelopment of the Thea Foss Waterway. Across the Bridge of Glass with so many Chihuly pieces that takes ones […]
