Featured Studio Activities and Demonstrations
The Tacoma Studio Tour is this weekend! If you’re still deciding on who to visit, perhaps you’ll be inspired to visit some of the artists with unique hands-on activities and demonstrations! The studios below are sorted by the medium used during the activity or demonstration.
Tacoma Studio Tour
47 locations around Tacoma
October 13 & 14
11 am – 5 pm
FREE!
Ceramics
Salish Sea Devil Fish. Hand-sculpted stoneware ceramic. By Claudia Riedener (Studio #24).
Studio #24, Claudia Riedener (1003 S Steele Street, Sat/Sun)
Carve your own ceramic tile.
Studio #30, Mark Hudak (2212 N 30th Street, Sat/Sun)
Watch a pottery wheel demonstration.
Drawing, Painting, & Mixed Media
Lee Circle. Digital illustration and watercolor. By Kelsey Parkhurst (Studio #23).
Studio #1, Julia W. White (1103 E 71st Street, Sat/Sun)
Make and/or write a postcard and view in-process paintings.
Studio #23, Kelsey Parkhurst (1612 S 8th Street, Saturday Only)
Paint your own watercolor coloring book page.
Studio #41, JW Harrington (6905 Bridgland Lane, Sat/Sun)
Create your own acrylic painting.
Music
Studio #19, Mushawn Knowles (2105 S L Street, Sat/Sun)
Contribute a lyric at Mushawn’s brand new recording studio; learn about music production and recording.
Glass
Photo courtesy of Hilltop Artists (Studio #26).
Studio #19, Jason Sobottka (1120 S 11th Street, #203, Saturday Only)
Watch a small format glass blowing demonstration.
Studio#26, Hilltop Artists (602 N Sprague Avenue at Jason Lee Middle School, Saturday only)
(12 and Up) Make a paperweight in hot glass or bead with a torch. Under 12 years old? Try some coloring activities and jewelry-making experiences!
Wood, Metalworking, and Paper Sculpture
Open End Table with Drawer. Salvaged plywood and sapele. By Steve Lawler/rePly Furniture (Studio #25).
Studio #22, Mauricio Robalino (815 S Sheridan Avenue, Saturday Only)
Watch a demonstration fold and cut paper sculptures and take home your own small paper creation.
Studio #25, Jeff Libby and Adrienne Wicks, Steve Lawler (2915 S 12th Street, Sat/Sun)
Create a small functional wood art piece; Watch a demonstration of making small boxes using pre-cut materials.
Studio #38, Juan La Torre (1501 S MacArthur Street, Saturday Only)
Create a temporary wood block sculpture and learn about bronze, painting and ceramics processes.
Textiles
Thicket 3. Woven tapestry (cotton). By Liz Pulos (Studio #35).
Studio #6, Roberta Lowes and Karen Perrine (2511 S Hood Street, Sat/Sun)
Watch a demonstration using looms and spinning wheels and create some small paper art crafts; Make a collaged bookmark using hand-marbled paper.
Studio #35, Liz Pulos & Teresa Owens (4210 N 34th Street, Saturday Only)
Try your and at hands-on weaving (all ages); Watch a demonstrate of creating crowns from recycled law school textbooks.
Photography
Jamila. Wet-plate tintype. By Kyle Dillehay (Studio #42).
Studio #40, Henry Haneda (431 Broadway, #412, Sunday Only)
Learn about digital image processing and printing.
Studio #42, Alice Di Certo & Kyle Dillehay (3419 N Ferdinand Street, Sunday Only)
Watch a demonstration on the wet-plate collodion photo process; Create a found objects pendant.
Studio #43, Joe Becker (4218 N Cheyenne Street, Sat/Sun)
Try your hand at scanography – the art of taking photographs with a flat bed scanner.
Printmaking & Book Arts
Greetings from Tacoma. Ink, watercolor, and digital. By Chandler O’Leary (Studio #31).
Studio #28, Katie Dean (1303 N 7th St, Sat/Sun)
Make a small book or print a linocut coloring book page.
Studio #31, Chandler O’Leary (2911 N 27th Street, Sat/Sun)
Try your hand at pochoir and create a gift tag to take home.
Studio #40, Bill Colby (1847 N Skyline Drive, Sat/Sun)
Make a small woodcut print on rice paper.
Check out TacomaArtsMonth.com for the full artist roster, schedule, and an interactive map where you can plan your own custom tour course.
Tacoma Studio Tour Passport – Visit and Win!
Make sure to have your Studio Tour Passport stamped at each studio address you visit. Once you’ve collected at least 8 stamps, send us the passport and you’ll be entered into a drawing for a chance to win one of several fabulous prize packages containing artwork hand-crafted by a selection of artists on this tour.
The 2018 prize packages include artwork hand-crafted by the following artists:
Hilltop Artists, Terry Bader, Jennifer Chin, Bill Colby, Katie Dean, Cheryl De Groot, Alice Di Certo, Kyle Dillehay, Michaela Eaves, Lynne Farren, Christopher Franklin, Becky Frehse, Deborah Greenwood, Henry Haneda, JW Harrington, Lucia Harrison, Becci Harrison, Lavonne Hoivik, Mark Hudak, Indigenous Artists Collective, Michael Kaniecki, Fumiko Kimura, Lisa Kinoshita, Mushawn Knowles, Alex Lee, Roberta Lowes, Roxann Murray, Beverly Naidus, Chandler O’Leary, Sylvia Omero-Rogstad, Michelle Osborne, Jeanette Otis, Teresa Owens, Reid Ozaki, Kelsey Parkhurst, Karen Perrine, Judith Perry, Liz Pulos, Katrina Raetzer, Elizabeth Reeves, Claudia Riedener, Mauricio Robalino, Sharika Roland, Penny Russell, Emily Saito, Jennevieve Schlemmer, Jason Sobottka, Lorraine Toler, William Turner, Julia W. White, Yoshiko Yamamoto, and Lois Yoshida.
One entry per person. The Tacoma Studio Tour Passport can be found in the Tacoma Studio Tour brochure (available at all studio locations during the tour and at many cultural institutions ahead of time) or download and print your own Tacoma Studio Tour Passport.
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