MEDIA
RELEASE
September 25, 2009
Media Contact: Jana
Wennstrom, Manager of Education and Audience Development, 253.272.4258 x3030, jwennstrom@TacomaArtMuseum.org
November Events and Programs at Tacoma Art
Museum
SPECIAL
OFFERS
Museums on Us
Saturday and
Sunday, November 7 and 8
All Bank of America
bankcard holders and employees receive free admission to Tacoma Art Museum the
first weekend of every month as part of Bank of America’s national Museums
on Us program. Visit museums.bankofamerica.com
for details.
PROGRAMS
Día de los
Muertos/Day
of the Dead Free Community Festival
Sunday, November 1, 12–5 pm
For the fifth consecutive year, Tacoma
Art Museum partners with
Centro Latino in celebrating Día de los Muertos. Observed in Mexico on November 1 and 2, this powerful,
symbolic celebration honoring loved ones who have passed away combines ancient
and New World traditions and folk customs.
Everyone is welcome to a free community celebration featuring dance, music,
decoration of sugar skulls, art displays, and a procession.
Support for
community programming provided by The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, City of Tacoma Arts Commission, The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, and The Dan
& Pat Nelson Family Foundation. This Free Community Festival is part of Art
at Work: Tacoma Arts Month.
Northwest
Impressionism
Wednesday, November 11, 10:30 am
Curator Margaret Bullock considers how impressionism took
different forms as it moved from Europe to America
to the Pacific Northwest. This lecture is
followed by an optional tour of the exhibition with the curator. Free with
museum admission.
Redefining
Northwest Art: Past and Present
Saturday, November 14, 1:30–4 pm
In considering the
work in A Concise
History of Northwest Art and that of artist Joe Feddersen, this half-day program featuring four
speakers examines how the history, geography, and diverse cultures of the
region have influenced the art of the Northwest. Cost: $10; $5 for members and
students with ID. Includes museum admission.
Free
Third Thursday
Thursday, November 19
Museum admission is free every third Thursday of the month
from 10 am to 8 pm as part of Tacoma’s
Artwalk. All programs begin at 6 pm
and are free. In November, explore Northwest geography with representatives
from REI in recognition of Geography Awareness Week.
Free
Third Thursdays are generously sponsored by Columbia Bank.
SCHOOL
AND TEACHER PROGRAMS
Calculated
Masterpiece: The Science and Math of Creating Art
Saturday, November 14, 9:30 am–12:30 pm
Explore
basic geometry, tessellations, perspective drawing, and other ways that math
and science may be integrated into an arts curriculum using work on view at
Tacoma Art Museum. This course is taught by John Garnevicus, high school
physics, math, and astronomy teacher at Lakeside
School in Seattle; and Courtney
Vowels, Manager of School and Teacher Programs at Tacoma Art Museum,
certified elementary teacher, and former science educator. Cost: $40; $30 for
members
Support
for School Tours and Teacher Programs is provided by The Tacoma Art Museum
Gala proceeds, the William W. Kilworth Foundation, Gottfried and Mary Fuchs
Foundation, Wheeler Charitable Trust, and U.S. Bank.
EXHIBITIONS
Joe Feddersen:
Vital Signs
Through
January 10, 2010
Northwest artist Joe
Feddersen is a printmaker, basket weaver, and glass artist who blends
traditional forms and symbols drawn from his Native American heritage with
contemporary imagery. His highly regarded artwork explores the relationship of
culture and the landscape, urban place markers and indigenous designs. The
resulting work is both coolly modern and warmly expressionistic. This touring exhibition
was organized by the Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University.
Organized by
the Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette
University, Joe
Feddersen: Vital Signs has been supported in part by an endowment gift from
the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde, through their Spirit Mountain
Community Fund. Additional support has been provided by grants from the City of
Salem's
Transient Occupancy Tax funds and the Oregon Arts Commission. Local support
generously provided by The Boeing Company and KeyBank Foundation.
A
Concise History of Northwest Art
Through May 23, 2010
The history of
Northwest art is rich and complex. How have the unique characteristics of this
region shaped the work of artists? What influence have national and
international trends had on Northwest art? These questions, as well as the
major movements, important figures, and pivotal moments in the art history of
the Northwest will be explored in this exhibition. Works will be drawn
primarily from the museum’s permanent collection and will include work
from the 1890s to the present day from Washington,
Oregon, western Montana,
British Columbia, and Alaska.
A Concise History of Northwest Art is organized by Tacoma Art Museum.
Exhibition support generously provided by City Arts, Propel Insurance, Western
States Art Federation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The
Movement of Impressionism: Europe, America, and the Northwest
Through October 10, 2010
In celebration of our
75th anniversary year, Tacoma Art Museum will organize a series of exhibitions
featuring many of the gems of the permanent collection. Leading off the series
is an exhibition of paintings, prints, and sculpture that explores the varied
forms impressionism took as it moved from Europe to America and into the Northwest.
Included are works by many well-known French impressionists including Degas,
Renoir, and Pissarro, as well as impressionists from other European and
American countries such as John Singer Sargent, Joaquin Sorolla, and William
Glackens. Northwest artists include Abby Hill, C. C. McKim, and John Davidson
Butler, among others.
The
Movement of Impressionism: Europe, America, and the Northwest is organized by Tacoma Art Museum.
Speaking
Parts: Conversations between Works in the Collection
Through
November 2010
How do museums decide
what artworks to choose for the permanent collection? The process is complex,
but at its most basic, the works in the collection need to relate to each other
in a variety of ways. Speaking Parts explores this concept through a
selection of works from the museum’s collection organized around a
mixed-media construction by Northwest artist Dennis Evans. All other artworks
in the gallery relate to this work in at least one way. They are grouped under
three broad topics: What is a Painting? Materials and Process, and Texts and Symbols.
Visitors are encouraged to look for other connections within and between the
groups, exploring how artworks can play different roles depending on the
context in which they are placed. A notebook in the gallery offers visitors the
opportunity to create their own written “conversations” between the
works on view.
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ADMISSION – Adult $9,
Student/Military/Senior (65+) $8, Family $25 (2 adults and up to 4 children
under 18). Children 5 and under free. Third Thursdays free. Members always
free.
CONTACT – 253.272.4258, www.TacomaArtMuseum.org,
info@TacomaArtMuseum.org
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