ARTISTS
ANNIE WRIGHT SCHOOLS
Mixed Media
A collective studio featuring the works of students, community members, and professional artists; showcasing an assortment of mediums, techniques, and perspectives.
Curtis Ashby
NORTHWEST TIL DEATH
Acrylic and Spray paint on Wood and Canvas
Curtis Ashby is a painter and graphic designer based in the Pacific Northwest. He specializes in murals, hand-drawn illustrations, and design, featuring bold and colorful imagery. His goal is to bring back elements of nature to the city through art. Curtis shares his unique Pacific Northwest perspective to advocate for art in public spaces and encourages people to get out and enjoy what these communities have to offer.
Terry Bader
BADER STUDIO
Watercolor and Mixed Media Paintings
Terry Bader grew up with artist parents, Lorraine and William Arthur Phillips. She holds a master’s in art education and taught art for a living. She has painted for forty years. She’s won numerous awards and participated in several open studio tours. Terry is passionate about the Northwest so her work tends to be realistic in nature featuring Northwest places and people focusing on the Golden Hour of Light.
Mici Baker
CAT SCRATCH STUDIO
Ceramics and Paper Crafts
Mici started her creative journey with paper crafts and meandered through various paints and techniques before discovering ceramics. Now, she considers herself a new artist- learning, failing, and learning again how to express herself with this lovely dirt. Her clay pieces are small and useful, often brightly glazed, and frequently featuring cats!
Joy Basse-emerson
Acrylic, Mixed Media, and Aquarelle
Joy Basse Emerson has been engaged in art projects much of her life. She enjoys experimenting with different media, including, clay, painting, drawing, collage, photography. Periodically she has attended classes to learn more about different techniques.
Alyssa bergstrom
GOLDEN SKULL CERAMICS
Ceramics
Interior designer by day, potter by night Alyssa has been throwing for 2+ years. Her pottery is tagged Golden Skull in honor of her lifelong pirate obsession and golden retriever. While concentrating on throwing and sculpting skull vessels, Alyssa is constantly intrigued by where the clay takes her. She has been tasked with making a full dinnerware set, is currently working on consistency, but is always open to happy accidents.
ADAM BLANKENSHIP
SOARING SWINE PRODUCTIONS
Sculpture in Stone
Adam creates whimsical creations out of stone & wood. He enjoys find the shape hidden inside whatever he is working with.
COLE BLATTENBERG
SLUGBERG
Illustrations, Pen/Ink, and Photography
Slugberg is the alter ego of Cole Blattenberg, an artist living and working in Tacoma, WA. Slugwork is mostly pen and ink drawings or block prints, heavily inspired by cartoons and cats and creepy crawlies. If you see a slug, say hi, because Slugberg also has the ability to communicate with slugs and hear their gossip, which there is a lot of.
Joseph brooks
JOSEPH BROOKS ART
Ceramics, Paintings, and Murals
Joseph Brooks is a PNW Artist residing in Tacoma, WA. He works in many mediums with focus in Painting and Ceramics. Joseph’s work is on permanent display with Washington State Art Collection managed by ArtsWa, Hyatt Regency Seattle Art Collection, commercial businesses like Visual Options, and in many private art collections around the world. Please visit Joseph on his website at JosephBrooksArt.com to stay up to date on his work.
Swan Creek art academy
JASMINE IONA BROWN
Digital Art, Music, Crafts, and Painting
Swan Creek Art Academy empowers underserved youth through innovative digital art and electronic music programs. By providing access to iPads, MIDI controllers, guitars, synthesizers, and drum machines we inspire creativity, cultivate talent, enabling our students to thrive as artists and individuals. They envision a future where all young minds have the opportunity to explore their artistic passions, regardless of their background, while enriching communities with new art and music.
Leeanne campos
Watercolors, Book Arts, Calligraphy
With artistic indulgence, LeeAnne produces fanciful abstracts with watercolors and ink. Each piece has its own destiny, whether a space on a wall or a cover for a book. LeeAnne has an affinity for the poems of Emily Dickinson; they are featured prominently in her creations. LeeAnne teaches voice at PLU, directs the Bremerton Symphony Chorale, and is a collaborative member of Becky Frehse’s Studio B. Make your own book!
Kathleen Carpenter
SPIRITEDHANDS
Ceramics, Leather, Fiber Arts, and Jewelry
Named a Crafting Goddess at 19, Kathleen has always been a “maker”. A brief romance with throwing in college planted the seeds that would spring forth in old age. Kathleen has taken some refresher classes and throws with Alyssa (daughter) who is very patient with requests for help. As a lifelong artist who loves to repurpose items, you’ll never know what she brings to the table.
Matthew Cheramy
EYE LOVE ART
Mixed Media Paintings
Matthew Cheramy is an artist working with mixed media. His art has often been described as a “softer yet dramatic” delivery with emotional overtones. He is inspired by fashion and the beauty of the human form. His work is raw and diverse and about love and authenticity.
TOM COMSTOCK
Comstock Glass
Fused Glass
Tom’s artistic journy took him through pottery, painting, paper art and a host of others, but glass always held a fascination for him. There’s magic in how light plays through glass. He took some classes in blown glass and really enjoyed it, but glass opened up for him when he bought his first kiln used on craigslist in about 2008. He was instantly hooked!
Christina Conant
Christina Conant Studio
Mixed Media
Christina Conant is an artist who explores gesture, emotion, boundaries and the natural world in a wide variety of abstract painting and sculptural media. Her work can be found in private collections and in public settings around the Pacific Northwest. This will be her first showing of work since moving to the Tacoma area!
BREYAhNA COSTON
BREEZE
Visual Arts
Breeze, Seattle-born and Tacoma-based, has already established themselves as a prominent figure in the Pacific Northwest art scene. Breeze’s skill set is impressive, ranging from mural work and canvas art to sculpting. They seamlessly shift between mediums, creating pieces that are captivating and unique. Drawing inspiration from the natural world, Breeze’s works are imbued with a sense of wonder and a deep appreciation for the interconnectedness of all things.
JODY COULSTON
PROCTOR ART GALLERY
Ceramic Sculpture Inspired by Nature
Jody is constantly drawing inspiration from the amazing world around us. She learned at an early age to keenly observe and appreciate the intricacies of nature. The rich beauty of this region in the Northwest evokes feelings of tranquility, grandeur, and wonder. She is constantly seeking to generate these feelings through her work.
EDWARD COUMOU
COUMOU ART & PHOTO
Photography
Photography is like a language. Edward uses it to convey images, experiences, feelings and emotions that may not have been seen the same way by others. It is Edward’s way of sharing the things that move and inspire him to help others see and understand our existence in new ways.
TAYLOR COX
COXSWAIN PRESS
Hand Carved Linoleum Block Prints
Run and operated by Taylor Cox, Coxswain Press is a small letterpress printing and book arts studio located in the Pacific Northwest. With a focus on limited edition art prints, greeting cards, and artist books, each item is thoughtfully crafted by hand. Taylor’s collection of limited edition block prints are inspired by the lush botanical world of the NW.
Aodhàn CRAWFORD
CRAFTY CRAWFORD
Traditional Native American and Celtic art
Political Refugee from Idaho and recent TRANSplant to the Tacoma area; Aodhan has been an artist since the age of 9. Tacoma was the first choice because of the access to Indigenous community and proximity to the Scottish Gaelic speaking community in the area. Aodhan’s artwork is a reflection of ancient pasts, culture and inclusion. Tattooing buffalo hides, wampum weaving, ceramics sporrans and tutoring Scottish Gaelic keeps Aodhan busy.
ISABEL CRISOSTOMO
Pottery
Coming from an artistic background Isabel got introduced to pottery in high school where she practice pottery for 2 years. While in high school, she learned different techniques working with clay and got inspired by her Native P’urhepecha culture to create her unique piece titled “Native Monster.” She sold her first creations to help fundraise a field trip. Currently, she is actively seeking to improve her current skills in pottery.
CRAIG & CRIMSON CROSS
ALONA STUDIO
Ceramics
This daughter and dad team loves ceramic arts because clay is such a versatile, colorful medium. From hand-building techniques to carving and glazing, there’s always an element of experimentation and play. Plus, the end results are functional and pretty and can be enjoyed in everyday life.
LISA DANIEL
POURITON, LLC
Acrylic and Mixed Media
Lisa Daniel creates large abstract paintings. She pours, directs and manipulates layers of acrylics, gels, paper, fabric and other mixed media materials onto canvas. Starting with a composition and a palette in mind, her process is deliberate and thought out. With multiple canvases on the floor, she pours and works the surfaces from above – controlling the pours, so the paint stays where she wants it, building the surface layer by layer.
JENIFER DAVIS
SOUTH TACOMA CLAY COOPERATIVE
Clay
Jenifer Davis Pottery is part of a community of artists and students working side-by-side in a friendly environment also known as the South Tacoma Clay Cooperative. They believe every artist has and artist inside them looking to express themselves and they want to help find your artistic voice. They welcome families and students of all ages.
BECY FREHSE
BECKY FREHSE STUDIO
Mixed Media Painting
Becky Frehse’s studio practice includes painting, drawing, collage, artist books made with found objects, and site-specific sculptural installations with musical instruments—not all at once, but over a long career of being a maker in Tacoma. Her ideas are borrowed from the natural world, gardens, experiences as a traveler. Sumptuous little oil paintings of landscapes and dramatic weather are her current focus. Make a small painting with Becky!
RACHEL FROST
Mixed Media Collage
Rachel Frost, a visual artist, creates vibrant collages by hand-cutting her photographs, paintings, and drawings using gouache, acrylic and vintage images. Inspired by 80s Memphis Modern, 90s zine culture, and 60s pop art, she also explores digital art with vintage and AI-generated imagery. Frost’s AI experiments yield playful, strange, and humorous results. Through ‘real’ iPhone photos and AI ‘vintage’ images, she evokes modern nostalgia, subtly distorting our perception of memory.
LYDIA GERARD
Ink Painting and Installation Art
Lydia Jewel Gerard is a Tacoma-based creative. Her practice resides at the intersection of installation art, painting and dance, where she highlights the overlap between media. Since 2021 Gerard has served as the curator in residence for Lilith Pole and Aerial Dance and Birds of Paradise, collaborating with Dancers and DJ’s to create space for free expression, exploration and body autonomy.
DEBORAH GREENWOOD
GREENWOODSTUDIO
Collage, Paper-Making, and Book Art
Cast-offs and thrift shop finds are the primary materials for Deborah’s work, including handmade paper from plants and fabric. She is fascinated by how ordinary and cast-off materials transform in the process of making art. Creating unique papers from botanical contact prints is a recent addition to her practice.
STEVEN GRICE
Sweetly Grotesque
Acrylic, Ink, Salvaged Wood Sculpture.
Cast-offs and thrift shop finds are the primary materials for Deborah’s work, including handmade paper from plants and fabric. She is fascinated by how ordinary and cast-off materials transform in the process of making art. Creating unique papers from botanical contact prints is a recent addition to her practice.
Zayden GRICE
CROZAY
Yarn
A haven of handcrafted crochet creations, where every stitch tells a story of diversity and resilience. As a proud queer and disabled-owned business, they love blending gothic flair with cottagecore comfort. Discover their array of hats, toys, and wearables that celebrate individuality. Embrace your unique style with their goth-inspired pieces or cozy up with their rustic designs. Accepting custom commissions – let’s craft something as unique as you are!
SOREN GRIER
FISHWIGGLES STUDIO
Digital Art and Illustration
Fishwiggles Studio specializes in vibrant digital illustrations, and is dedicated to creating art prints, keychains, pin-back buttons, and stickers – many of which feature cute animals, humorous sayings, and LGBTQ+-friendly themes! Whimsical and never too serious, Fishwiggles Studio is run by Soren Grier, an autistic and queer artist born and raised in Tacoma. Come make your own pin-back buttons!
KATE GRIESHABER
Wearable Domino Pins
Kate creates art with dominos stamped with images, hand painted, and made wearable with the use of small magnets. She also designs greeting cards with original art, often with the use of collage. Kate is also a skillled art quilt maker.
MARCUS HARPER
MARCUS HARPER GLASSWORKS
Kiln Formed Glass
Kiln-formed art glass offers the collector a refreshing purchase option in the blown glass world of Seattle. Marcus Harper GlassWorks strives to enlighten and educate the public regarding the medium of kiln formed glass. This unique glass artistry form strives to create a radiance of warmth, inviting the viewer to contemplate the interaction between light, color, and texture. He uses sheet, powder, and frit glass to create his art.
JW HARRINGTON
Acrylic, Oil, and Encaustic Painting
JW Harrington enjoys learning what interpretations viewers take from his abstract and figurative paintings – it’s a major motivation of his work. In his figurative paintings that include people, he focuses on identifiably Black or Brown people, to help normalize brown faces and bodies in fine art. He also enjoys giving studio guests a chance to create their own expressions in paint.
LUCIA HARRISON
Artist Books, Handmade Paper, and Stitching
Lucia Harrison combines visual art, science, and environmental education to win hearts and minds for conservation. Her place-based artwork draws attention to the natural and human history of the South Salish Sea in Washington State. She makes paper and botanical contact prints, draws with ink and watercolor, and incorporates stitching into her projects.
LISA HASEGAWA
ilfant press
Letterpress, Artist’s Books, Mixed media on Paper
Lisa Hasegawa is a self-proclaimed print nerd whose favorite medium is letterpress, especially when combined with various other media, such as sewing, typewriter, and collage. Exploration and experimentation are crucial to her process, which often begins by working spontaneously, abandoning control and allowing the materials and conglomerating layers of mark-making guide her. These exercises are finished pieces in themselves, but eventually inform future work.
RENEE HEALY
Thirty8th Creates
Watercolor and Mixed Media Paintings
Renee is a watercolor and multimedia artist from Tacoma, Washington. She has traveled extensively from teaching at impoverished schools in India to Monet’s Garden in Giverney, France. Renee is an accomplished illustrator, author, gallery owner, and retired crisis therapist who now cares for my mom with dementia. She uses art as a therapeutic and teaching tool in private lessons and group classes in her Tacoma studio and gallery.
MIRANDA HEMLEE
THE WILDWOOD
Fiber Arts
Miranda Hemlee creates one-of-a-kind pieces of jewelry and fiber art sculpture inspired by her surroundings and trade as a gardener. The stories told through the colors, textures and rhythms of the wild and tended places within ourselves and nature are expressed in what she creates in her studio.
KC HETTERLY
SPUN Clay Arts Studio & Gallery
Ceramics and Multimedia
Miranda Hemlee creates one-of-a-kind pieces of jewelry and fiber art sculpture inspired by her surroundings and trade as a gardener. The stories told through the colors, textures and rhythms of the wild and tended places within ourselves and nature are expressed in what she creates in her studio.
KATHERINE HOGAN
Wire and Natural fibers
Katherine’s approach to sculptural forms is evolving. She is exploring ways that natural fibers – pine needles, bark, vine, grasses – clay, and wire can combine to translate form, balance, depth, complexity and simplicity. She is motivated by the dichotomy of combining industrial materials with natural fibers and inspired by the shapes occuring in nature – landscape lines, meandering forest floor roots, intertwining branches and brambles, and more.
MARK HOPPMAN
Watercolor, Ink, Graphite, Book Arts
He has always been curious. That curiosity has resulted in an eclectic accumulation of bric-a-brac, memories, experiences, and books, all which in turn, inspire his art. With apologies to Rudyard Kipling, his intent is to design illustrated books for those, “with satiable curtiosity.” Simple and sometimes unadorned, but thoughtfully creative book designs hide a treasury of illustrations within.
ANGELA HOWARD
Collage
Angela creates abstract collages with vibrant color and geometric shapes that evoke a sense of place through architectural and landscape elements. Materials include her own painted papers, printed and handwritten text, fabric, and ephemera. She is interested in creating works that convey the emotion associated with remembered or imaginary places. Angela’s studio practice is in a shared space with other artists called “Studio B.”
MARK HUDAK
THROWING MUD GALLERY
Pottery
Mark finds joy in creating practical items for people’s everyday lives. Operating from his home studio, he showcased his creations at various fine arts and crafts fairs and galleries in the Northwest. In 2011, Mark and his wife, Eileen, established Throwing Mud Gallery. Here, Mark not only has his studio but also imparts his love for ceramic arts by offering pottery classes to others.
