The textile-based works in Soft Power are declarations: potent expressions of care, rebuke, resistance, and resilience. These soft manifestations of cultural heritage – the natural, tangible, and intangible- amplify personal narrative … Continue reading The Art of “Soft Power” : Roquin-Jon Quichocho Siongco
Welcome back to “The Current Corner”–a new series of videos in which you’ll hear from The Current committee (sometimes paired with artists in the region) sharing about works from TAM’s … Continue reading The Current Corner // episode 002
Welcome to The Current Corner! In this series of videos, you’ll hear from The Current committee (sometimes paired with artists in the region) sharing about works from TAM’s permanent collection … Continue reading The Current Corner // episode 001
Join us for an evening of philanthropy and community, surrounded by world-class art in our own Tacoma Art Museum with the Momentum Gala 2024. Momentum Gala 2024 host, Kwabi Amoah-Forson, … Continue reading Momentum Gala is coming!
Last Thursday, we celebrated a new year of The Current, An Artist Award Program. We also welcomed this year’s awardee Kristina Batiste–a minimalist potter and ceramic artist. Going into its … Continue reading TAM // The Current Awardee 2023: Kristina Batiste
Momentum: New Work in the Collection runs December 9, 2023 through May 26, 2024. Trenton Quiocho is a Filipino-American, Tacoma, WA native who has been working with glass for over … Continue reading “Momentum” artist Trenton Quiocho installs “Trapped”
The Current, An Artist Award is an annual, unrestricted award providing financial and institutional support to a Black artist living and working in the Tacoma area. In recognition of artistic excellence … Continue reading The Current, An Artist Award 2023 Nominees
TAM’s Día de los Muertos Festival was full of spirit, vibrant colors, and beautiful remembrance. We took this day to celebrate the life in our community and the ones who … Continue reading Día de los Muertos Festival 2023
Soft Power is here! The exhibition opened on October 14, and the member opening party was on Friday, October 13. Using traditional processes to create contemporary declarations of resistance, resilience, … Continue reading “Soft Power” // opening party
Mi Centro and Tacoma Art Museum (TAM), with support from Tacoma Creates, were excited to present the “El Noroeste” art exhibition highlighting local Chicano/Latine art from across Washington State at … Continue reading TAM + Mi Centro // “El Noroeste” opening reception with Cheech Marin
