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Ric Hall and Ron Schmitt are phenomenal. They do pastel paintings working in tandem - not taking turns working on the paintings but working side-by-side and simultaneously, and, from what I've heard, with hardly any planning or discussion but reacting to one another with what has been described as a
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Tacoma filmmaker Chad Ruin is on the verge of breaking into the big time. As I write these words, Ruin is finalizing a deal for international distribution of his latest film, A Perfect Life (release and distribution details not yet available). Set entirely in Tacoma with Tacoma cast and crew, A
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Fortitude is defined as courage in the face of pain or adversity. In light of America's history, Native Americans can correctly point to the fact that they fought with fortitude in order to preserve their way of life. In fighting to first protect what they believed to be theirs, and then later
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I had not visited American Art Company in a long time, but when I dropped in Thursday afternoon it was like coming home, because so many of the artists in their current show are artists I've seen in many other shows at American Art Company and in
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I had not visited American Art Company in a long time, but when I dropped in Thursday afternoon it was like coming home, because so many of the artists in their current show are artists I've seen in many other shows at American Art Company and in other galleries. There's
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The Gallery at Tacoma Community College is celebrating Pop Art, the movement that revitalized American art half a century ago and has never quite gone away. Elements of Pop keep joyfully popping up. Students from area schools and anyone else who wants to make a Pop Art piece to be displayed
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Most people recognize the lily - a symbol of spring - as the official Easter Seals' logo due to its association with the building of a new life. For the past 68 years, Easter Seals Washington has provided services to ensure that people with disabilities and families in need have equal
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Words that come to mind while thinking about Sean Alexander's new drawings at Fulcrum Gallery include funny, sad, inventive and hopeful. Also precise, obsessional, illustrational, folksy and cartoonish. Alexander's drawings are many things. Boring is not one of them.Alexander is no stranger to Tacoma's art scene. He was co-founder of
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Words that come to mind while thinking about Sean Alexander's new drawings at Fulcrum Gallery include funny, sad, inventive and hopeful. Also precise, obsessional, illustrational, folksy and cartoonish. Alexander's drawings are many things. Boring is not one of them. Alexander is no stranger to Tacoma's art scene. He was co-founder of
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Sixteen servicemembers reported Aug. 23 to the military's first training camp for women's rugby, including a soldier from Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Armed Forces Sports has been working for about a decade to set up a female rugby program, said Steven Dinote, who directs the sports program for The Department of Defense. "It's
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When I saw the announcement for the Mauricio Robalino and Betty Sapp Ragan exhibition at the Handforth Gallery I was initially blown away by the image of a Robalino collage included with the announcement, but I was slightly let down by the actual work. Although hotly colorful, playful and well
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In an ideal world, there would be a car that had it all for the northwest lifestyle, like maybe cargo space for shopping or leisure activities like camping or skiing. As long as we're talking about camping and skiing, wouldn't it be nice for this fantasy car to have the
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When I saw the announcement for the Mauricio Robalino and Betty Sapp Ragan exhibition at the Handforth Gallery I was initially blown away by the image of a Robalino collage included with the announcement, but I was slightly let down by the actual work. Although hotly colorful, playful and well
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I hardly know where to start reviewing the new show at South Puget Sound Community College, and I know I can't do each of the artists justice in the limited space of this column (in print). The show is called Contexts: Contemporary Image Makers, and it features
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I hardly know where to start reviewing the new show at South Puget Sound Community College, and I know I can't do each of the artists justice in the limited space of this column (in print). The show is called Contexts: Contemporary Image Makers, and it features works by Amy
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Sunday, Jan. 30 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. the Tacoma Art Museum useum will be alive with Native celebration and art as the public is invited to experience the heritage and the arts of the Puyallup Tribe and other Coast Salish groups. The Coastal Native Celebration is an annual
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I'll be the first person to admit that I'm not plugged into the local hip-hop scene. When I hear any hip-hop, it's usually through the blogosphere, when a group or an MC has risen through the ranks and made enough noise to get recognized by tastemakers. It's through these channels
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Two Tacoma artists, Lynn Di Nino and Jim Robbins, will leave T-Town Monday on their way to Africa along with Seattle artist Marsha Conn and six other Seattle-based artists to bring smiles to the Batwa Pygmies of Uganda."Marsha has received grants and organized a group of nine artists to go
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My choices for the best South Sound art exhibits of 2010 in chronological order are:Troy Gua's memorial to loss at Fulcrum Art Gallery in March. There were actually two Troy Gua shows in one. The title show, Monument: A Memorial to Loss filled the small room to the left upon
