Press Releases
Tacoma's
Metal-Urge to galvanize regional arts community (April 22)
Tacoma
Arts Commission to fund 12 arts organizations (April 9)
Seventeen
artists funded by Tacoma Arts Commission (Feb. 23)
Twenty
arts projects funded by Tacoma Arts Commission (Dec. 23)
2009-2010
funding application for individual artists now available (Dec. 1)
Get
involved in the arts - volunteer for the Tacoma Arts Commission
(Dec. 1)
City
seeking artist to commission work for Center for Urban Waters (Nov.
24)
Tacoma
arts and culture hard at work in November (Oct. 23)
Get
involved in Tacoma’s architectural heritage—volunteer for commission
(Oct. 20)
Call
to artists for downtown building project (Oct. 13)
2009
funding application for community-based Arts Projects now available (Sep.
25)
Call
to visual, performing, spoken word artists for Art Slam (Sep. 15)
City
of Tacoma employees, family members exhibit artistic talents (Jun.
17)
Call
to artists: Tacoma public artist registry (Jun. 5)
Call
to Tacoma artists: Share your art with the world (Apr. 25)
City
of Tacoma iconic public art pieces get a facelift (Mar. 21)
Landmarks
Preservation Commission to consider historic preservation ordinance
updates (Feb. 7)
Get
involved in
Tacoma
’s heritage – Volunteers needed for commission (Jan. 11)
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Activities and Goings On
Art at Work: Tacoma Arts Month
Every November is Art at Work month in Tacoma. 2008
is the 7th anniversary of this event. There will be tours of 61 local
artists' studios and two school studios, a two-day symposium to provide
artists with useful information and skills, an Art Slam, an Opening
Celebration at the Tacoma Art Museum, and hundreds of other community
sponsored events.
To find out how to get involved in this year's event or for information
about programming, please check the Art at
Work Month page.
University of Idaho Student Design Projects
For the past two years, senior architecture students at the University of Idaho
have traveled to Tacoma to work on design projects for various
districts. Design projects have ranged from neighborhood
visioning, to urban design, urban infill, and adaptive reuse projects.
Many people have asked for copies of these projects, so below are
links to electronic versions (PDF). For the 2006 projects,
which included the Brewery and Lincoln Districts, please visit the Press
Release Archive.
2007
In 2007, the students focused on the McKinley Hill
neighborhood. The final project document will be posted here when
available. The projects were presented at a neighborhood meeting
in December. Below are the final printed products from that
project.
- Cover
and Introduction
- McKinley
Hill Streetscape
- Community
Within a Community (multi-family housing)
- McKinley
Heights (mixed-use)
- McKinley
Co-op (mixed-use)
- McKinley
Square (mixed-use)
- McKinley
Apartments (rehabilitation/infill housing)
- Rohn
Apartments (multi-family housing)
- McKinley's
Bright Tomorrow (mixed-use)
- McKinley
21 (rehabilitation, community center, housing)
- Terraced
Abode (mixed-use)
- Hilltop
View (mixed-use)
- Campfire
Cinemas (mixed-use housing/cinema)
- VFW
Park (park/public art)
- Conclusion
2008
For 2008, the students are focusing on the South Tacoma Business
District. Their work will be available here when it is completed,
most likely in Spring 2009.
For more information, please contact Professor Anne Marshall at
208.885.2891 or annem"at"uidaho.edu.
Ordinances and Policy Updates
Announcements regarding policy changes and ordinance changes will be
posted here.
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