Pictionary Gone Awry? CLAW Open Swim.

How literal are you? "Grapes of Wrath" by Mark Monlux.

CLAW, aka the Cartoonists League of Absurd Washingtonians, is holding its “Open Swim” tonight at 7:30 pm at King’s Books. This gathering is free to adult-oriented creatives who want to have fun penciling with the cartoonists of Tacoma – and other nearby areas.

The theme of tonight’s Open Swim is Literal Literary aka Book Titles. Attendees will each pull a book title from a hat. Then, without telling anybody their book title, they must draw a literal representation of it. Art will be judged on how well it speaks for itself. Additionally, only one word may be used in the drawing. The voting will be done in two rounds, and yield three first-place winners.

Phase One: Our normal casting of ballots for Best Art.

Phase Two: Voters will write down their best guess at the book title. These will then be read aloud with correct guesses counting as points. This will determine the category for Best Communication.

Phase Three: Votes from both rounds will be tallied to find the Overall Winner of the competition.

Prizes will be given out for these three categories as well as for second places – if there is a big stack of prizes. If you have a book that you think will make a great prize, please bring it to the event. Winners will get first pick. King’s Books, 218 St. Helens Ave. in Tacoma.

Downtown Block Party in the Works!

Hello, all you lovely artists and arts advocates! This is a friendly head’s up that the Downtown Block Party (DBP) planning committee will be having an info meeting this Wednesday, April 4th, 6-7:30 pm, at 1120 Court E in Tacoma. As many of you know, the DBP is a very art-focused, creative community event. To find out more about it or to get involved in the planning, please come to this week’s meeting. DBP is offering a huge bounty (well, almost) for artists who will volunteer to facilitate an interactive art activity this year! The following Tuesday, DBP will be having an artist brainstorm sesh to dream up as many interesting, out-of-the-box ideas for the party as possible. It will be at the same place, 6-7:30, once again. Feel free to join for either. Just e-mail justin@locallifetacoma.org to let them know you’re coming to one or both so they can be prepped.