Tacoma Art Museum

Tacoma Museum Presents Paintings By Donald Fels

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:47:25 -0500

Tacoma Art Museum’s exhibition What Is a Trade? Donald Fels and Signboard Painters of South India presents sixteen large-scale paintings that explore trade and globalization in India. Fels’ conceptual starting point for this exhibition was Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama’s 1498 voyage to Malabar, India, in search of a direct sea route for the spice trade.

First Handwritten Bible On View At Tacoma Museum

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:46:52 -0500

Tacoma Art Museum’s exhibition Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible features the ornamented pages from the first handwritten Bible commissioned since the advent of the printing press more than 500 years ago. The Saint John’s Bible will be on view Saturday, July 12, through Sunday, September 7, 2008.

Tacoma Museum Hosts Seattle’s Tudor Choir

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:07:45 -0500

Tacoma Art Museum invites Seattle’s Tudor Choir to perform works by Renaissance composer Thomas Tallis on Saturday, July 12, at 6:30 pm. Tallis composed Spem in Alium Nunquam Habui, which is featured in the sound installation The Forty Part Motet, by Janet Cardiff, on view June 28 through September 7, 2008.

Tacoma Museum Present Day Of Dead Celebration

ruzik_tuzik — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:55:57 -0500

Tacoma Art Museum is partnering with Centro Latino for the third year to present a celebration of Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) from October 20 through November 4, 2007. This multi-day celebration will feature a traditional tapete (sand painting) in the lobby, community-built altars or ofrendas, and a student artwork competition.

Tacoma Museum Presents Landscape Photography

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:57:50 -0500

Tacoma Art Museum’s new exhibition Veiled Northwest: Photographs by Mary Randlett presents forty-one of her black and white images of Northwest landscapes. Admired for her portrait work of Northwest artists and writers, Randlett’s landscape photography has been less well known.

Tacoma Art Museum's Features European Cabaret

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:33:58 -0600

8th Northwest Biennial A Mile Marker For Region's Art

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:36:17 -0600

Tacoma Art Museum Presents Paul Strand: Southwest

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:58:48 -0600