Sketch Club is a program based in Tacoma Public Schools that provides materials and resources for youth to create art. The program encourages student voice, choice, and thoughts around how … Continue reading Sketch Club: Art and the Power of Youth Imagination
What do shopping lists, menus, closets, and artworks have in common? Not much, but recently people think you can “curate” all these things. Curating is a buzzword that confuses some … Continue reading Thoughts on the Curatorial Voice
During the economic depression of the 1930s, U.S. government art projects created a wealth of public art and supported artists across the country, as explored in the Tacoma Art Museum’s … Continue reading Community Collaboration: Tacoma’s Rapid Mural Project
In her Four Seasons series, Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke Nation, born Billings, Montana, 1981) creates diorama-like portraits, depicting each season. In this specific work, Fall, Red Star has set up … Continue reading Object of the Week – “Fall — Four Seasons”
While using his Quinault and Isleta-Pueblo heritage as inspiration for his art, Marvin Oliver quickly became one of the most prominent sculptors and printmakers in the Northwest. In his work, … Continue reading Object of the Week – “Orca”
When you first see this work by Rick Bartow, what are the first emotions you see? Excited? Angry? Happy? Or something else? What about sound – what do you hear? … Continue reading Object of the Week – “Old Time Picture I”
Preston Singletary has been working to make his culture known in the glass world since 1982 with works like Transference. He uses form line design and bases the images of … Continue reading Object of the Week – “Transference”
Marie Watt, a citizen of the Seneca Nation and born in Seattle, Washington, is known for her textile works, particularly those that involve the use of reclaimed blankets. She sees … Continue reading Object of the Week – “Tear This Wall Down”
This sculpture by Spanish-born Manuel Izquierdo flows vertically, taking on an abstracted shape of a human body with an X shape for its head. As the name Iberian Venus implies, … Continue reading Object of the Week – “Iberian Venus”
As the school year begins, teachers, students, and parents are all adjusting to our current reality of remote learning. At Tacoma Art Museum, we’re also preparing for a school year … Continue reading New School Programs
