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20 Tacoma arts organizations will share $50K in City grants
Posted online Weds., Jan. 23 File Photo By Todd Matthews, Editor The Tacoma Arts Commission recently awarded $50,000 in 2013 Arts Projects funding to 20 Tacoma organizations in support of public outreach projects in the fields of music, dance, theater, literary and visual arts. The awards ranged in value from $1,000 to $5,000. "These arts and culture programs -- initiated and delivered by local, grassroots organizations -demonstrate a broad and strong The Chilcommitment to accessible, home- dren's Museum grown arts experiences," said of Tacoma, led Robin Echtle, chair of the Tacoby Executive ma Arts Commission. "Many of Director Tanya the funded art projects exhibit Andrews (picuniquely ‘Tacoma' sensibilities tured), is one and reflect the distinct and diof 20 Tacoma verse voices of our community." organizations Funded projects include the to receive production of five diverse culfunding from tural and arts festivals, poetry the City of readings and spoken word per- Tacoma's 2013 formances, contemporary and Arts Projects multidisciplinary dance events, program. a variety of music performances, two theatrical productions, visual art programs for families, urban art classes for youth, a sculptural seating element and a community-wide guerilla art project. Funded organizations include 9th and 10th
Horse Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers Museum (Poetry Reading Open House), Asia Pacific Cultural Center, (15th Annual Asia Pacific New Year Celebration) Black Student Union @ UW Tacoma (Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Breakfast), Children's Museum of Tacoma (Art Sparks), DASH Center for the
Open house ahead for Gig Harbor Donkey Creek restoration project Posted online Thurs., Jan. 24 Image Courtesy City of Gig Harbor The City of Gig Harbor will host a public open house next month to discuss the Donkey Creek Restoration & Transportation Improvement Project. Scheduled to begin in March, the project will restore Donkey Creek between the Harbor and Donkey Creek Park, provide widened sidewalks and a new pedestrian trail, and improve traffic flow along Harborview Drive, North Harborview Drive and Austin Street. Funding for the project is provided by grants from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Neighborhood Initiative, as well as local City of Gig Harbor funds.The City of Gig Harbor awarded a construction contract to MidMountain Contractors, Inc. in November. The public open house will be held on Weds., Feb. 20, between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Har-
bor History Museum, located at 4121 Harborview Drive, in Gig Harbor. Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions of City of Gig Harbor staff and construction staff about the construction, view diagrams explaining the many phases of the project, and learn history of the area under construction. More information is available online at DonkeyCreekRestoration.com.
Arts (High School Musical), Elements of Education (What the Frack? dance performances), Fab-5 (2013 LIFE Program), Fort Nisqually Foundation (Crafts of the Past), King's Bookstore (Tacoma Wayzgoose: A letterpress & book arts festival), Local Life (The Downtown Block Party), Metropolitan Glass (2013 Monkeyshines Project: Year of the Snake), Old Town Business and Professional Association (Classical Tuesdays in Old Town 2013), Puget Sound Poetry Connection (Distinguished Writer Series and Open Mic), Ruston – Pt. Defiance Business District (West End Neighborhood Interactive Steel Sculptures), Second City Chamber Series (2013 Tacoma performances), Tacoma City Ballet (Mid-Winter Masquerade Ball Soiree: preview, workshop & performance), Tacoma Concert Band (Winter and Spring concerts), Tacoma Little Theatre (The Laramie Project), the BareFoot Collective (Steppin' Out in Tacoma dance performances), and the Washington State Historical Society (In the Spirit 2013). The Arts Projects funding program supports high quality community projects with a strong focus on arts that are accessible and affordable to the public. Twenty-eight Arts Projects applications were submitted to the Tacoma Arts Commission with requests totaling $115,568. Arts Projects is one of three funding programs administered by the Tacoma Arts Commission. More information is available online at tacomaculture.org.