TAM Cinema is a moving image series screened at Tacoma Art Museum. Films are conceptually tied to current TAM exhibitions and features guest curators.
Elements: Material and Process in the Moving Image
February 26- May 21, 2026
Curated by David Dinnell and Jay Kuehner
Elements: Material and Process in the Moving Image is a six-part film series, presenting twenty-five works from contemporary artists, and conceived in dialogue with the exhibition HAUNTED.
With works by:
Kevin Jerome Everson · Allison Cekala · Maeve Brennan · Yto Barrada · Lynne Siefert · Julia Parks & Heather Andrews · Mariana Caló & Francisco Queimadela · Sasha Pirker · Yuri Ancarani · Florian Fischer & Johannes Krell · Laura Kraning · Alex Johnston · Beatriz Santiago Munoz · Luke Fowler · A.S.M. Kobayashi · Walid Raad · Anthony McCall · Yuyan Wang · Ali Cherri · Liu Yujia · Claudia Claremi · John Smith · Erica Sheu · James N. Kienitz Wilkins
Screenings
February 26, 2026 | 6 pm | at Tacoma Art Museum
Excavations (72 min, 2012-2022)
With works by Kevin Jerome Everson, Allison Cekala, Maeve Brennan , and Yto Barrada
March 19, 2026 | 7 pm | at SIFF Film Center, Seattle (free for TAM members)
Generations (67 min, 2020)
A film by Lynne Siefert
March 26, 2026 | 6 pm | at Tacoma Art Museum
The Way Things Go (08 min, 2012-2024)
With works by Julia Parks & Heather Andrews, Mariana Caló & Francisco Queimadela, Sasha Pirker, Yuri Ancarani, Florian Fischer & Johannes Krell, and Laura Kraning
April 23, 2026 | 6pm | at Tacoma Art Museum
Evidence of the Evidence (78 min, 1999-2024)
With works by Alex Johnston, Beatriz Santiago Munoz, Luke Fowler, A.S.M. Kobayashi, and Walid Raad
May 1, 2026 | time and location tba
Anthony McCall: Line Describing a Cone + Conical Solid (1973)
May 21, 2026 | 6pm | at Tacoma Art Museum
The Nature of Things (93 min, 2015-2025)
With works by Yuyan Wang , Ali Cherri, Liu Yujia, Claudia Claremi, John Smith, Erica Sheu, and James N. Kienitz Wilkins
TAM Cinema is a free event, but donations are welcome.