The unlikely harmony of art and teeth at Brooks Dental Studio
Photography by Kali Raisl “I’ve seen Tacoma change over the years, having had family in the creative arts,” says dentist Jamie Brooks, “I think now many people have really chosen to be here. I love...
View ArticleSpacing in at Moss + Mineral, downtown Tacoma’s newest next thing
For starters, let’s make it plain: anything that pushes me to write during my free time has found a special place in my heart. With journalistic bias set right in front, check this out! Every once in a...
View ArticleTacoma gets crafty just in time for the holidays at the Artist Craft Fair
If you don’t know by now (and you really should): November is Art at Work month in Tacoma. Local organizations, stores, studios, and more have been celebrating Art at Work by offering a variety of...
View ArticleMonkeyshines 2038
It wasn’t cold on Pacific Avenue, despite the frigid winter air that chilled downtown Tacoma. A heavy smog hung menacingly over the abandoned husks of buildings that had long ago comprised the City of...
View ArticleA Tacoma Valentine: buy local jewelry, not chocolate diamonds
There are a lot of untruths out there about the feelings and expectations that correspond with certain holidays, especially those perpetuated nearly entirely to encourage consumerism. So first off,...
View ArticleTen arts events in one at the Tacoma Post Office Building Art Walk
On June 19, a group of Tacoma’s working artists and Spaceworks Tacoma will be hosting quite a shindig at the downtown Tacoma Post Office Building, including the unveiling of recent renovations. Artist...
View ArticleThe poverty of grief and the splendor of crime: Toy Boat Theatre will break...
It’s 10 pm; I join a small crowd at the back of King’s Books, waiting expectantly around a space set as a luxurious boudoir, complete with chaise, vanity, wardrobe, and armchair. My fellow audience...
View ArticleMod Curio and Moss + Mineral make a neighborhood of art
In the arts walk tradition of creative communities worldwide, Tacoma’s Third Thursday brings together a diverse and enthusiastic group of art practitioners, consumers, and admirers. I’ve attended my...
View ArticleChandler O’Leary’s roadside attractions come home to the Handforth Gallery
Roadside attractions: you may remember them from long car trips across the country or random trivia nights with friends, but you probably haven’t encountered them as fine art. Tacoma artist Chandler...
View ArticleWhat does Creative Placemaking mean to Tacoma?
Back on December 4, the City of Tacoma, Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, and Artspace hosted an event called Creative Space Tacoma, which was a launch for Artspace’s most recent survey in Tacoma,...
View ArticleTo paint a giant flower on the Tacoma Dome. That is best.
Recently, my colleague and buddy Whitney thoughtfully critiqued our local ability to fundraise the means necessary to flowerify the Tacoma Dome. And I agree with her perspective when it comes to...
View ArticleWhy won’t landlords rent to artists? Creative placemaking as an economic...
What does Tacoma need in order to become a more dynamic city that attracts and keeps creatives? How do we, as a community and as artists, tap into creative energy to transform our city into a more...
View ArticleSee Warped Tour, new work by artist Sean Alexander at Brooks Dental Studio
Featured as the Post Defiance site background February 23-March 31, 2015: new artwork from Sean Alexander’s show at Artspace B at Brooks Dental Studio. Warped Tour, posters by Sean Alexander From the...
View ArticleHumble altars everywhere: 20 things to do to find Tacoma zen
Our town is filled with secret and not so secret places where I can reliably make the mundane sacred; where I can, dare I say, transcendentally shake off the stress. (Which basically means I compiled a...
View ArticleChandler O’Leary’s Old Town Dock art installation means you can find every...
A partnership with Metro Parks Tacoma and the City of Tacoma, Old Town Dock on Ruston Way has not only been restored and made accessible, it has also been accessorized in a very Tacoma way
View ArticleWUNDERKAMMER: Artifacts, False Memories and Projections opens July 18 at the...
From curator Lisa Kinoshita’s website: “The Renaissance wunderkammer, or cabinet of curiosities, was a gallery of natural specimens, cultural artifacts, scientific instruments, anthropological objects,...
View ArticlePablove Shutterbugs helps kids be kids
Seventeen-year-old Taylor squats down next to her photo hanging on a wall and smiles as a photographer snaps a picture. Her photo is among 25 others at The Pablove Foundation art show, a culmination of...
View ArticleVenice comes to Tacoma with Chihuly’s Venetians and a killer party. OK, fine,...
The press preview tour of Chihuly’s Venetians: The George R. Stroemple Collection was my first time setting foot in the Museum of Glass. Which, as someone whose diet is 50% Le Donut, 40% 1111 beer, and...
View ArticleCurated by Jeremy Mangan, Circle of Friends brings together art from Tacoma...
Open September 17 through October 14, 2015, artist Jeremy Mangan presents “Circle of Friends,” a group art show at Fulcrum Gallery. This exhibition shares paintings and drawing from six different...
View Article2015 Wayzgoose letterpress prints featured at Brooks Dental Studio
Brooks Dental Studio has championed Northwest art in an innovative setting for years; for Tacoma Arts Month, Dr. Jamie and her team keep the tradition flourishing with a new exhibition: the 2015...
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