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Middle image: Hawaiian dance performance by Asia Pacific Cultural Center at Kaleidoscope, the Tacoma Arts Month opening party, in 2016.
Bottom image: Gerardo Peña in front of his mural “I am Tacoma”, a 2020 Tacoma Arts Month community engagement project. Photo courtesy of Gerardo Peña.
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Shout out to Tacoma City Ballet and their dancers celebrating the concrete stamp in Lushootseed, designed by Chris Duenas!
Image credit: Tacoma City Ballet
More concrete stamps going in, designed by Chris Duenas. This gorgeous octopus stamp is 3’x3’ at 6th and Fawcett.
UPDATE: Handprint painting planned for this weekend (July 30) has been rescheduled to August 6 because of the expected heat advisory.
Join BLM Mural Project on Saturday, August 6 from 1-5pm for Community Handprint Painting Day! Add your handprint and help transform Tollefson Plaza into a mural and a message that racial equality is a collective work in progress. The public is encouraged to join this free and fun community event! No prior experience is necessary. All ages and skill levels are welcome!
Link to learn more about the project and ways you can get involved here: tinyurl.com/BLMMuralTacoma.
Image credit: Dionne Bonner, Lead Artist, BLM Mural Project
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We're two weeks away from FREE Keeping It Cool Through Change, Challenge, and Conflict Utilizing Art-Making and Creativity Workshop led by Dalisha Phillips, LMHCA, ATR-P. This workshop will explore art-making and creative experientials intended to boost emotional intelligence and courageous ways of caring for self when experiencing change, challenge, and/or conflict.
Dalisha is an Artist, Art Therapist, and Abolitionist who finds her freedom in creating, healing through art, and investing in the mental health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities of color. She brings her therapeutic work to education spaces through counseling services for students, teachers, staff, as well as professional development on social and emotional learning and restorative practices. Her private Art Therapy practice, Love Light Energy Art Therapy, can be found in Georgetown, Seattle.
When: August 10, 2022 at 5-7 PM
Cost: FREE
Registration is required to attend this workshop and limited to 25 participants attendees. To register, click here: ow.ly/1Hnz50JRXbZ
If you have any questions about accessibility and session details, please contact Dalisha Phillips at 253.260.6139 or dalisha.phillips@lovelightenergyarttherapy.com or Chevi Chung at 253.591.5171 or cchung1@cityoftacoma.org in advance.
Hosted by Love Light Energy Art Therapy and City of Tacoma Office of Arts & Cultural Vitality. The Office of Arts & Cultural Vitality will be collaborating with local organizations to provide free professional development workshops for Tacoma creatives, artists, creative workers, cultural workers, and arts advocates.
Image credit: Dalisha Phillips
Join the BLM Mural Project this Saturday, July 30, at 10am-2pm for Community Handprint Painting Day! Add your handprint and help transform Tollefson Plaza into a mural and a message that racial equality is a collective work in progress. The public is encouraged to join this free and fun community event! No prior experience is necessary. All ages and skill levels are welcome!
Learn more about the BLM Mural Project here: tinyurl.com/BLMMuralTacoma
Image credit: Dionne Bonner, Lead Artist, BLM Mural Project
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ʔuk’ʷədiitəb ʔuhigʷətəb čəɫ txʷəl tiiɫ ʔa čəɫ ʔal tə swatxʷixʷtxʷəd ʔə tiiɫ puyaləpabš dxʷəsɫaɫlils gʷəl ʔutxʷəlšucidəbs həlgʷəʔ.
We gratefully acknowledge that we rest on the traditional lands of the Puyallup People where they make their home and speak the Lushootseed language.
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