February 18, 2021 marked what would have been Toni Morrison’s 90th birthday. A timeless person and ancestor to many Black people who honor and revere her work, Morrison provided us … Continue reading Honoring Toni Morrison: Lessons Museums Can Learn from the Iconic Author
An artist that I have truly come to admire and study is Aminah Robinson. I came across Robinson’s works last year and have been moved by her process and purpose … Continue reading Find Your Way Back Home: Aminah Robinson’s Lessons of Grounding Community in Art
TAM strives to be a welcoming place for all members of our community. We recognize that we have a lot of work to do to achieve that goal. We also … Continue reading An Update On Our Commitments to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
For nearly ten years, crochet wunderkind Anna Sharp has been creating beautiful, handmade textiles under the Victory Garden Yarn brand. Originally a hobby she learned from her mother, Anna began … Continue reading TAM Store Highlight – Victory Garden Yarn
Sketch Club is a program based in Tacoma Public Schools that provides materials and resources for youth to create art. The program encourages student voice, choice, and thoughts around how … Continue reading Sketch Club: Art and the Power of Youth Imagination
What do shopping lists, menus, closets, and artworks have in common? Not much, but recently people think you can “curate” all these things. Curating is a buzzword that confuses some … Continue reading Thoughts on the Curatorial Voice
During the economic depression of the 1930s, U.S. government art projects created a wealth of public art and supported artists across the country, as explored in the Tacoma Art Museum’s … Continue reading Community Collaboration: Tacoma’s Rapid Mural Project
In her Four Seasons series, Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke Nation, born Billings, Montana, 1981) creates diorama-like portraits, depicting each season. In this specific work, Fall, Red Star has set up … Continue reading Object of the Week – “Fall — Four Seasons”
While using his Quinault and Isleta-Pueblo heritage as inspiration for his art, Marvin Oliver quickly became one of the most prominent sculptors and printmakers in the Northwest. In his work, … Continue reading Object of the Week – “Orca”
When you first see this work by Rick Bartow, what are the first emotions you see? Excited? Angry? Happy? Or something else? What about sound – what do you hear? … Continue reading Object of the Week – “Old Time Picture I”
