Tacoma Daily Index, September 15, 2015

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Vol. CXXIV, No. 178

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AMOCAT Arts Awards

Tacoma Public Library, UW Tacoma among honorees Posted online Mon., Sept. 14 The Tacoma Arts Commission has announced this year's recipients of the annual AMOCAT Arts Award. The three award categories are Community Outreach by an Individual (Community outreach, engagement, and involvement in the arts in Tacoma by

an individual); Community Outreach by an Organization (Community outreach, engagement, and involvement in the arts in Tacoma by an organization); and Arts Patron (A community partner who significantly supports or contributes to the arts in Tacoma). University of Washington Tacoma received the Arts Patron Award for its ongoing commitment to serving and partnering with the greater Tacoma community. UW Tacoma's contributions to the arts in Tacoma began 25 years ago at the campus' founding, when 15 faculty members were hired to create an interdisciplinary liberal arts curriculum. Since then, the university's impact on the community can be measured by the work of its faculty, students, and alumni; a dense network of partnerships and collaborations; and a growing public art collection. UW Tacoma's connections to the Tacoma arts community include glass art classes hosted at the Museum of Glass, Tacoma School of the Arts classes held on campus, and a partnership with Spaceworks Tacoma to support creative entrepreneurs. Recent collaborations include an innovative community-based theater production by UW Tacoma faculty and Toy Boat Theatre, and the hosting of a portion of the City of Tacoma and Tacoma Art Museum's Pop-Up Art Putt! golf course. UW Tacoma's investment in developing the campus and Prairie Line Trail, with a commitment to aesthetic design and adaptive re-use, has encouraged a more walkable and beautiful community. The campus proudly displays a diverse art collection including works by Pablo Picasso, Dale Chihuly, Gerard Tsutakawa, Dawoud Bey, Buster Simpson, and many others. Tacoma Public Library received the Community Outreach by an Organization Award for its deep and ongoing commitment to creating opportunities for interactive and dynamic lifelong learning through the lens of arts and culture. Tacoma's public libraries are hubs of community activity where citizens can gather together to tell and create stories, listen to and create music, experience art, play chess, access the internet, and escape with a great film. The libraries bring readers and writers together to share a love of stories through book talks and signings, discussion groups, The University of Washington Tacoma received the AMOCAT Arts Award (Arts Parton) for its contribution to the local arts community. A memorial along the Prairie Line Trail on the UW Tacoma campus commemorates the former Japanese Language School, and features a bronze sculpture by Gerard Tsutakawa, as well as an interpretive plaque that tells the story of the school and its community. (FILE PHOTOS BY TODD MATTHEWS)

and the community-wide reading program: Tacoma Reads Together. The Handforth Gallery at the Main Library provides an opportunity to experience visual art created by local, regional, national and international artists, as well as to hear artists talk about their work and learn more about the art forms through demonstrations. The Tacoma Public Library provides free performing arts opportunities for the public including music concerts, puppet shows, magic acts, silent movies, jugglers, clowns, and acrobats. The Main Library's StoryLab encourages students to expand their digital creativity through workshops CONTINUED in sound production, voice-over, ON PAGE 2 film production and editing,


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