Arts Events
Arts and culture programming to fill October
Opening Party
Launch Arts Month at STAR Center on Oct. 5!
Studio Tour
AMOCAT Arts Awards
Honoring vision, dedication, and action in our community
Arts at the Armory
Arts Events image: Snippet of 2022 Tacoma Arts Month Events calendar, learn more here: tacomaartsmonth.org/events.
Opening Party image: The Playground Kiki ballroom performance at Kaleidoscope, the Tacoma Arts Month opening party in 2022. Photo by Jamika Scott.
Studio Tour image: 2022 Tacoma Studio Tour attendees participate in a group painting at the studio of Mary Mann.
AMOCAT Arts Awards image: AMOCAT Arts Award design by Chandler O’Leary
Arts at the Armory image: Panoramic view of Arts at the Armory event in 2022.
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You are invited inside the working studios of Tacoma artists to learn about the artistic process and purchase one-of-a-kind creations. All studios will have a demonstration or hands-on activity for visitors.
October 14 & 15
11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Various artist studios across Tacoma
Free and family-friendly
See our website for more details and artist information! tacomaartsmonth.org/studio-tour/
Looking for more audience members at your event? What you have planned is worth it, and we're happy to get the word out!
The City of Tacoma's Office of Arts & Cultural Vitality is seeking submissions of virtual and in-person arts and culture events happening during Tacoma Arts Month this October. We are looking for various events spanning all categories of art and culture, including but not limited to music, visual art, literary art, dance, theater, and film.
Let us know if you will be hosting an exhibition, performance, class, workshop, reception, lecture, tour, artists’ market, celebration, meeting, presentation, or any other programming. We will list your arts event in our interactive and searchable online calendar at tacomaartsmonth.org/events. It’s totally free! We will promote the many events throughout the month through print and digital advertisements and articles, e-newsletters, television ads, radio ads, and through various social media outlets.
Tacoma Arts Month would not be possible without the participation of local businesses, organizations, and community members. We encourage you to participate by hosting your own arts event.
To Qualify: Your arts event must be located within the City of Tacoma limits, open to the public, and occur during the month of October.
To Submit Your Event:
Submit your event using the ‘Add Event’ button located directly above the events calendar at tacomaartsmonth.org/events.
If you need assistance, message us here or email dgarcia2@cityoftacoma.org for help.
Let's do this!
Join us from 6:30 – 9 pm on Thursday October 5th, at STAR Center for Kaleidoscope, the free #TacomaArtsMonth opening party!
We have a host of performances, activities for everyone, delicious food, and more! Come and enjoy this great part of our community!
Join the Das Biest Performance Project, led by Sophie Marie Schatz, at Crescent Moon Gifts, while they explore the iconography and style of vampires through the ages. From the roaming dead to blood raves, this dance work will examine the horror, seduction and campy fun that vampire lore has to offer.
Funded by the City of Tacoma’s Tacoma Artist’s Initiative, this piece will premiere in September of 2023.
Sept. 23rd at 4 pm
Sept. 24th at 6 pm
Tickets are on a sliding scale. There is a $5 suggested donation. Visit the Das Biest website for more information on tickets. www.dasbiestperformanceproject.com/
The Tacoma Arts Commission proudly supports Sophie Marie Schatz through the Tacoma Artists Initiative Program.
It's 'Tacoma Artist Tuesday'! Today we are featuring Luna Malia Azzouni -
Luna is a multimedia specialist, communicating ideas and stories through graphic design, video, and photography. She is best known for her vibrant graphics and illustrations that explore the wonderful community of flora and fauna that surround us. Through her artwork, she hopes to create joyful ways to learn about the science and cultural significance behind bees, trees, mushrooms, beavers and more! Thanks to her mom, she’s been drawing since she could hold a pencil and learning about the natural world for as long as she can remember. While studying at Bates Technical College, she learned about the principles of composition, the production process, and how to use the Adobe Suite. She is grateful to be able to combine her childhood passions and her technical skill into her career.
For her TAIP project, Luna is creating a children’s book, Otterly Awesome: The Secret World of Otters! The book will explore these charismatic creatures, which are playful, caring, and great stewards of the environment. We can learn a lot from the unique way they live their lives. Otters have been an important species in the northwest for thousands of years and are essential to keeping our kelp forests healthy. They eat kelp's main predator, sea urchins, which keeps the sea urchin population in check and gives the young kelp a chance to grow. They also have unique and awesome adaptations that help them thrive– in fact, they only can thrive because of their uniqueness.
We are honored to support Luna's work through the Tacoma Artists Initiative Program.
Applications are now available for Community Arts Projects funding! What community-focused arts programming - virtual or in-person - will your group produce in Tacoma in 2024? Apply for up to $6,000 in funding support. Open to all artistic disciplines. Applications are due Oct 30. Find out more at cityoftacoma.org/artsopps.
Eligibility extends to private non-profit corporations with a 501(c) designation, organized groups of people working together towards a specific mission or purpose, for-profit businesses or educational institutions producing projects that are non-profit in nature, and tribes or Native non-profit organizations.
[Photos of some previously funded projects including(clockwise from upper left): artistic programming for Tacoma Light Trail; Black Art and Black Artists exhibit and programming at Tacoma Community College; multi-disciplinary programming at Tacoma Ocean Fest; creation of a public mural, including community painting day, at Making a Difference Foundation’s building in the McKinley District; Blue Cactus Press’ publication of Less Desolate, a haiku graphic novel, and accompanying workshop; and arts and cultural programming at Asia Pacific Cultural Center’s New Year Celebration.]
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