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. […]

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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 […]

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$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 […]

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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 […]

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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!

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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 […]

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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 […]

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inspired by
group exhbition
april 11 - may 10, 2009
opening reception: saturday, april 11, 4-7 pm
The Traver Gallery Tacoma is proud to present INSPIRED BY - a group exhibition featuring 16 of today’s emerging glass artists paired with the artists who have most greatly influenced their work. A group of exceptional young glass artists were asked to […]

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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 […]

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Another White Trash Wedding by Diane Kurzyna aka Ruby Re-Usable
art made from repurposed plastic bags
March 16th – June 13th, 2009
Another White Trash Wedding is part of an on-going series exploring the unholy relationship we have with waste. Utilizing disposable materials such as plastic bags and vegetable netting, the “white trash” in the title […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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FREE admission all day, special programming 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Join the celebration as we kick-off the centennial commemoration of women’s suffrage with the opening of Women’s Votes, Women’s Voices starting at 11 a.m this Saturday.
Enter the Museum and transport back in time to a suffrage rally; join a women’s march, put on your […]

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Join four outstanding Northwest photographers for a discussion of their work and practices.

Taking Pictures through Multiple Lenses
Photography in The Biennial
Saturday, February 28
11 am - 4 pm
Submissions to The 9th Northwest Biennial saw an unprecedented number of applications by photographers. These numbers reflect the tremendous growth in this medium over the past decade. Historically, artists were […]

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Join King’s Books’ for their fifth annual Wayzgoose, or, letterpress and book arts extravaganza! Meet local printers and view their wares! Print your own keepsake! Make paper! Make paper creations! And, returning this year…Steamroller Printing!!! We’ll be making 3′ x 3′ prints designed by local artists, some of which […]

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Beginning March 1, the Washington State History Museum will offer FREE admission every third Thursday from 2-8 p.m. This will replace the current free admission Thursday offer, 5-8 p.m. every Thursday.
This updated schedule more closely reflects Tacoma’s Third Thursday Art Walk, making the Museum District more uniform.
Washington State History Museum operating hours beginning March […]

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A special one night event during Chihuly at Seymour 100
Experience this brilliant collection as you enjoy wine and fine chocolates
5:30-7 PM on FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2009
WRIGHT PARK, TACOMA
LIMITED TO FIRST 75 GUESTS
Tickets $20, available at the Seymour Conservatory, Metro Parks Headquarters,
Centre at Norpoint and Pacific Northwest Shop
Proceeds benefit the W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory Foundation
Visit […]

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For the sixth year in a row, Monkeyshines, Tacoma’s anonymous glass art project, will be placing hand-blown glass balls throughout the streets and neighborhoods of Tacoma sometime around the date of Chinese New Year. But thanks to a grant from the Tacoma Arts Commission, this year will feature a distribution of approximately 600 glass balls—three […]

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Tacomans can celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream on Jan. 19 at the 21st annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. birthday celebration. This tribute to the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has evolved into one of the largest indoor community celebrations of its kind.
Doors open at 10 a.m. […]

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