Dr. Suzanne Crawford O’Brien is a professor of religion at Pacific Lutheran University and sits on the board of South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group. We will be discussing how to build resilience by grounding in the relationships that sustain us and working to heal the watersheds upon which we depend. Proceeds from book sales …
View art by students from Tacoma Community College, Pierce College, Green River College, and South Puget Sound Community College in the Building 4 Art Gallery at TCC. Pieces for this exhibition are selected by art faculty from the participating colleges, and the exhibition offer students a chance to share their work with peers and to …
The deadline to enter TCC’s Indigenous Art Exhibition has been extended to Sept. 14. The exhibition will take place Nov. 17 – Dec. 18 in the Building 4 Art Gallery at Tacoma Community College.
Childhood’s End Gallery presents Form a Line, a group exhibition of new work by four distinct Pacific Northwest artists. Finding common ground in bold representation of the natural world, Kathy Anderson, Colleen Cotey, Sara Gettys, and Julia Janeway each bring a practiced sensitivity to their chosen mediums. Through processes that remove material or add it, …
If you enjoy a good old-fashioned multi-disciplinary arts party, including more than a dozen zero-budget film productions by local artists, the Ground to Sound Arts Festival in Tacoma might be your lucky festival. Co-sponsored by Foster’s Creative and the City of Tacoma, the Ground to Sound Arts Festival began last year with local artists creating original short films highlighting the problem of untreated water and trash and its journey to the Sound in documentary form. This year there will be a Music Open Mic, film and art, a Literary Reading and Open Mic.
Programming for the youngest patrons and their families at Shelton Timberland Library can help jumpstart a lifelong love of reading, learning and community participation. According to Kristine Techavanich, youth services librarian for Shelton Timberland Library, the bottom level of the library is a devoted space for children, tweens, teens and families.
Gallery Director Sean Barnes says of SPSCC’s annual postcard show: “I find the collective contributions from the community to be the most remarkable aspect of the exhibition auction. Every year 100 plus artists and non-artists contribute hundreds of small works inspired by the theme which are cultural and universal in nature. The show brings our creative community together to support the arts.”
The question was posed to Native artists, “How can we lovingly honor our ancestors, heal generational traumas, and preserve culture in the modern world?” Their many responses varied, vibrant and intriguing responses can be seen in this art exhibition at SPSCC’s Leonor R. Fuller Gallery at the Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts through Dec. 13.
