The City of Tacoma’s Community and Economic Development Department is partnering with Kay Tita and the Digital Sales Access Program (DSAP), specializing in technical assistance for small and micro-businesses in the areas of 💲 financial and 💻 digital literacy and readiness.
❗ Applications will close on March 31, 2023, for Kay Tita's DSAP and serve up to 65 Tacoma-based businesses with training to help business owners grow their operations by providing them with a free point-of-sale system and training to increase their e-commerce capacity, social media marketing, digital literacy, and financial awareness. Learn more and apply here kaytita.org/dsap/tacoma.
🌐 For more information, visit makeittacoma.com/business-resources/city-of-tacoma-technical-assistance-info.
❓ Have questions? Contact Dierdre Patterson, Business Financing Program Manager, by email at dpatterson3@cityoftacoma.org and by phone at 253.591.5621.
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📣 We are excited to hire for a Public Art Project Manager position in the Office of Arts & Cultural Vitality (OACV). The Public Art Project Manager is a new position, and it is currently funded through December 31, 2024.
🔹 The Public Art Project Manager will coordinate and implement public art projects for OACV, focusing on engaging local artists and the community. This position includes managing selection processes; coordinating with different City departments and community partners; coordinating events and public outreach; coordinating maintenance projects; and supporting public art planning efforts as needed.
⚠️ Applications are due Wednesday, April 12, at 5 PM.
🌐 For questions, information, or to apply, visit governmentjobs.com/careers/tacoma/jobs/3937443/public-art-project-manager.
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🔊 Join johnygirl sound therapy & healing arts studio for the Relax & Restore Series: Soulful Saturdays that will be offered quarterly at Urban Grace Church. This healing sound bath is open to the public with a suggested $5 donation.
🎧 A sound bath is a meditative experience in which participants are bathed in the frequencies of healing instruments to guide them into a deep state of meditative relaxation. A typical experience lasts approximately 60 minutes.
🌐 Learn more here johnygirl.com/events/soulful-saturdays.
💫 Dress comfortably and bring your mats, blankets, pillows, eye covers and/or any other items you might need to rest comfortably, relax & restore.
📅 Saturday, April 8, 2023, from 5- 6:15 PM
📍 Urban Grace Church, 902 Market St.
📷 Image courtesy of Johnygirl Sound Therapy & Healing Arts Studio
The Tacoma Arts Commission is proud to support this project through Community Arts Project funding.
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🗞️ Thank you, Tacoma Weekly! Check out the article here tacomaweekly.com/community-rallies-to-beautify-south-end-p4849-117.htm.
🌐 Follow South End Neighborhood Council, Tacoma WA for more updates about this work.
🌳 We are so proud of this effort and support of the mural.
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The Tacoma Arts Commission is proud to help support the contributions made by individual artists. The Tacoma Artists Initiative Program (TAIP) aims to recognize creative expression of the artists in our community, financially assist artists in generating new work and growing their skills, and engage the broader community through free public components presented by the funded artists.
Congrats to these 2023-2024 TAIP funding recipients: Anida Yoeu Ali, Luna Malia Azzouni, Kristina Batiste, Burl Battersby, Jaziré Ché, Hadiya Finley, Antonio Gomez, Mary Mann, Hugo Moro, Roxann Murray, Yoshi Nakagawa, Vernon Ng, Yixuan Pan, Melinda Raebyne, RickyLovesPainting, Addy Sandoval, Sophie Marie Schatz, Daniella Shepherd, Masahiro Sugano, Merilee Tanbara, Nicole Turner, Kris Vermeer, Cassio Vianna, and Donovan Wilson.
Learn more about the TAIP funding program at www.cityoftacoma.org/funding
📸Images courtesy of (clockwise from upper left image): Nicole Turner, Roxann Murray, Hugo Moro, Yoshi Nakagawa, RickyLovesPainting, Anida Yoeu Ali.
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Tacoma Arts Commission invites you to enjoy this free community event.
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Music courtesy of composer Quinn Arnold's song "To The Nines" and Quinn's Soundcloud profile (soundcloud.com/user-265290324).
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