The Barefoot Collective is hosting a day of open rehearsals, a potluck, and a preview into their Dancing in the Park performance! Head on over on Sunday, March 17th for a full day in the studio! Feel free to bring snacks to share and get a sneak peek of the rehearsals for their Dancing in the Park performance! The studio will be open starting at 11:00. Stay for an open-level dance class with Jimmy Shields from 2:30-4, followed by more rehearsals until 6:00!
*Kindly label all homemade food for allergens, including nuts, gluten, dairy, etc.
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Explore Tacoma's rich and people centered history with TRIPOD, featuring three presenters - TAIP artist Merilee Tanbara, Philip Red Eagle, and Faaluaina Pritchard - on Thursday, March 15th from 7 – 8:30 pm at 206 N. J Street.
The Tacoma Arts Commission is proud to support Merilee Tanbara, @mtanbara as part of the Tacoma Artists Initiative Program.
Journey with writer Merilee as she paints a vivid picture of life in Tacoma's Japanese community in the 1920s, navigating the challenges of wartime hysteria, internment, and the struggle for belonging. Through her characters' eyes, Merilee poses profound questions about identity, resilience, and the enduring spirit of community.
Merilee will be presenting alongside Philip Red Eagle and Faaluaina Pritchard as part of the TRIPOD series. Please see more information in the link in our bio or if on Facebook see here: www.facebook.com/events/1541#tacomaarts9#historicalfictions#CommunityVoicesCommunityVoices
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Shout out to The News Tribune for their wonderful piece on Fused Together. Check out the full article here:
www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article286243530.html
Fused Together is a series of free community art workshops run by Hilltop Artists, Communities for a Healthy Bay, and artist Kait Rhoads. These workshops are supported by the partnership between Tacoma Public Library and Tacoma Creates. Come create stunning mosaic tiles and contribute to public installations around the city.
Learn more about the next event at Fern Hill Library on March 19th or visit Hilltop Artists page at hilltopartists.org/fusedtogether/
Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to make art, connect with your community, and learn the importance of caring for our marine environments!
For more events and workshops like this, give the Tacoma Creates events calendar a visit: www.tacomacreates.org/eventCity of Tacoma Governmentnme#fusedtogethere#tacomacreatese#communityarttyArt
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Rooted in Tradition: Northwest Basket Weaving Designs Enrich Melanie's Park:
Melanie's Park is a new Metro Parks Tacoma park located on the Thea Foss Waterway and will be opening in April 2024. The park site, which was polluted during its time hosting a steam plant, is now part of an effort to restore the shoreline.
Historic use of the area, including the past and continued relationship of the Puyallup people to the waterfront, will be reflected through interpretive elements that include the pathway that features Northwest Basket Weaving Designs stamped in colored concrete.
These Coast Salish basket weaving designs come from Northwest basket weavers, Sharron Nelson and her daughter, Denise Reed. They are members of the Puyallup & Chinook Tribes. Sharron and Denise were invited to create this project based on a recommendation from Puyallup Tribe staff. Sharron is a master weaver and Puyallup Tribe Elder, and Denise is her daughter, an accomplished weaver, and educator for the Tribe’s Culture Department.
They gather their own traditional weaving materials, such as cattails, tulle, sweet grass, bear grass, wild cherry bark, birch bark, cedar, and cedar roots. The colored concrete picked by the artists are meant to reference cedar. It takes more time to gather and prepare weaving materials than it does to weave a design.
The weaving designs created by Sharron Nelson and Denise Reed represent their tribal history and things that they love, such as the mountains, gathering, plants, the ocean, canoes, animals, and family. Some of the designs have been passed down for many generations.
The layout was provided by artist, designer, and Puyallup Tribal member Chris Duenas.
The designs were then fabricated as concrete stamps by local company, Tacoma Rubber Stamp, and were installed by J & K Concrete for Metro Parks Metro Parks Tacoma at Melanie’s Park.
The new park is located near the base of the 11th street bridge.
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Are you an arts, culture, science, or heritage organization interested in Tacoma Creates funding, and want support with the application process? Tacoma Creates staff are available to assist interested applicants with questions about guidelines, provide feedback about proposal ideas, and – with enough lead time – can review drafts of proposal narratives, budget forms, or other application elements.
We encourage interested applicants to schedule a 20–30 minute meeting at calendly.com/tacomacreates/ (LINK IN BIO).
📆 Deadline for the Comprehensive Organizational Support application is Monday, March 11, 2024, 11:59 pm.
📆 Deadline for the Impact Funding application is Monday, March 25, 2024, 11:59 pm.
Check out our Application Assistance page for more information! www.tacomacreates.org/application-assistance. For additional help please come to our drop-in hours to answer your application questions:
❗Tuesday, March 5th, 1-2:30pm, Tacoma Municipal Building (747 Market St.), Room 243
❗Thursday, March 14th, 3-4:30pm, Red Elm Cafe (1114 M.L.K. Jr. Way)
#tacomawashington, #tacomacreates
Photo Credit: Latinx Unidos of the South Sound - LUSS and Tacoma Arts Live Festival Latinx Alegria presentation: Huehca Omeyocan Mexica - (Aztec)
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Plan a trip to see Roxy Murray's show, Matriarch, this Saturday atWashington State History Museumuseum at 2pm. This show will feature Roxanne's portraits of Indigenous women in the Pacific Northwest fighting for our collective future. Don't miss this beautiful and powerful show!
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