American Art Company
address: 1126 Broadway Plaza
hours: Tuesday - Friday 10 am - 5:30 pm,
Saturday 10 am - 5 pm, Third Thursday of each month 10 am
- 8 pm
cost: free
253.272.4327
www.americanartco.com |
June 6 - September 20
Bill Wentworth, Patti Shaw, Timothy Leonard, Richard
Heller, Ned Block, Colleen Sargen, Steve Barnard, Susan
O’Brien
Sculptural works in bronze, steel and recycled materials.
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BKB & Company
address: 1734 Pacific Avenue
hours: Monday - Saturday 11 am - 6 pm, Third Thursday of each
month 11 am - 8 pm
cost: free
253.272.6884
www.bkbcompany.com |
The Gnome-Be-Gone War II
June 2 - July 31
Fred Conlon
It's garden gnome versus a creature called a Gnome-Be-Gone.
These hearty little toothsome fellows were born of found metal
objects and welded into life - ready to protect your garden from
those pesky kitsch Euro invaders.
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June 18 - August 31
Ron Pascho
Featuring unique wearable art pieces incorporating beads
formed from bottle caps, sterling silver, brass and copper.
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July 16 - August 31
Lori Bellamy
Delightful mixed metal necklaces and earrings with a floral
theme in sterling silver, bronze and copper with semi precious
stones. Motion gives an pleasing effect to pieces like spinning
flower petals.
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Fulcrum Gallery
address: 1308 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
hours: Thursday - Saturday 12 - 6 pm
cost: free
253-250-0520
www.fulcrum.oliverdoriss.com |
The Heavens Reflect Our Labor
June 4 – July 12
Molly Epstein, Chris McMullen, Joseph Miller, Mick Newham, James
Porter
These five artists employ metal’s myriad versatile properties
and historical relevance in distinctive ways exploring the
collision of art, human biology and surgical practices; kinetic
sculptures; forged and fabricated work; wall-mounted and
relief-cut sculptures; and bronze castings.
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Gallery Madera
address: 2210 Court A
hours: Wednesday - Saturday 12 - 5 pm, Third Thursday of each
month 12 - 8 pm, or by appointment
cost: free
253.572.1218
www.gallerymadera.com
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FLUX
August 1 - September 12
Jennifer Wedderman-Hay, Chris Spadafore, Danella Sydow,
Christine Parent, Cynthia Wood, Amy Reeves, Chris Wooten
This special event will feature original wall mounted art works,
sculpture and jewelry. In
addition, Madera furniture designers Carlos Taylor-Swanson and
Steve Lawler will feature artistically inspired furniture with a
nod to Metal-Urge.
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Grand Impromptu Gallery
address: 608 S. Fawcett Avenue
hours: Thursday 4 - 8 pm, Friday - Saturday 12 - 8 pm, Sunday 2
- 6 pm
cost: free
253.572.9232
www.grandimpromptugallery.com |
Rock, Paper, Scissors
June 4 - July 11
Joan Joachims, Micki Lippe
Guest jewelers Joan Joachims and Micki Lippe will show their
work alongside the stone carvings of LeeAnn Seaburg Perry.
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(re:)flex
July 16 - August 29
Jane Martin, Aran Galligan
Guest jewelers Jane Martin and Aran Galligan will show their
work alongside the felt work of Faith Hagenhofer.
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Enchanted Environments
September 3 - October 3
Frederick Park
Guest jeweler Frederick Park will show his work alongside the
photography of Bea Geller and ceramic work of Spencer Ebbinga.
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Jasminka
address: 3820 North 26th Street
hours: Monday - Saturday 10 am - 6 pm, Sunday 12 - 5 pm
cost: free
253.752.8700
www.jasminkatacoma.com |
Featured Artist: Cheryl De Groot
June 6 - September 20
Cheryl De Groot
See Cheryl's hand fabricated sterling silver, brass, copper, and
22K gold jewelry. The work exhibits a mastery of metal
techniques including married metals, hand-pounded designs and
her own patination process.
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LeRoy Jewelers
address: 940 Broadway Plaza
hours: Tuesday - Friday 9:30 am - 5:30 pm
cost: free
253.272.3377
www.theartstoptacoma.com
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Steph Farber, Nanz Aalund
LeRoy Jewelers creates in-house, exhibits, and sells fine
handcrafted jewelry including the pieces of resident jeweler
Steph Farber. Special guest artist for Metal-Urge, jeweler Nanz
Aalund.
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Mineral
address: 301 Puyallup Avenue, Suite A
hours: Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday 12 - 5 pm, hours may
vary so please call ahead
cost: free
253.250.7745
www.lisakinoshita.com
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Entrance Denied: the Art of the Chastity Belt
July 18 - September 5
Carla Grahn, Julia Lowther, Dorothy Cheng, Frederick Park,
Naomi Landig
Entrance Denied explores the underpinnings of desire through
an iconic form - the chastity belt - recast by more than 20
artists. This exhibit is shown in tandem with The Seven Deadly
Sins at Mineral/Gallery 301.
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Mineral/Gallery 301
address: 301 Puyallup Avenue
hours: by appointment
cost: free
253.250.7745
www.lisakinoshita.com
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The Seven Deadly Sins
July 18 - August 18
Bringing together artists, writers and photographers for a
provocative exploration of the age-old problems that have beset
humankind, interpreted through a modern lens. Shown in tandem
with Entrance Denied: the Art of the Chastity Belt at Mineral.
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Museum of Glass Store
address: 1801 Dock Street
hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm, Sunday 12 - 5 pm, Third
Thursday of each month 10 am - 8 pm
cost: free
253.284.3009
www.museumofglassstore.org
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June 6 - July 12
Samia Shalabi
Offering a variety of fine art jewelry by artists local and
world-wide; call for details and to hear about special events.
Samia Shalabi creates symbolic, India inspired gold jewelry
which is intricately hand engraved and reversible.
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July 13 - August 19
Beth Wyatt
Beth Wyatt works in abstraction. She is enticed by the intimate,
hand-held scale of sculptural jewelry. In vitreous enameling she
finds surprise and unpredictability, as glass fuses to metal in
a glowing kiln.
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August 20 - September
Tisha Abrahamsen
Tisha Abrahamsen has worked with glass for over 25 years.
Trained in glass blowing, jewelry design and fabrication, her
work combines hand blown glass elements, blown beads and
sterling silver to create a unique style of art jewelry.
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Proctor Art Gallery
address: 3811 N. 26th Street
hours: Monday - Wednesday 10 am - 6 pm, Thursday - Saturday
10 am - 7 pm, Sunday 11 am - 5 pm
cost: free
253.759.4238
www.proctorartgallery.com
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July
Steve Barnard
Steve has spent the last 35 years in the Tacoma vicinity,
creating art in different media. He is currently showing his
unique lamps and metal sculptures alongside the work of Sally
Tjostelson.
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August
Joan Joachims
Joan's work is carved and cast using traditional techniques with
the addition of unusual stones and other natural materials. Her
work is narrative in nature, often with a spiritual feel. Shown
alongside the work of Bonnie Cargol.
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September
Karen & Norman Geiger
This husband & wife team share a passion for jewelry,
metalsmithing and lapidary, designing and creating colorful
pieces using gemstones they often mine themselves. Shown
alongside the work of Mary Mann and Andrea Greenfield.
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Tacoma Art Museum
address: 1701 Pacific Avenue
hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm, Sunday 12 - 5 pm,
Third Thursday 10 am - 8 pm
cost: $9 adults, $8 students/military/seniors, $25 family, free
for children 5 and under and on Third Thursday of each month
253.272.4258
www.tacomaartmuseum.org
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Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams
Drutt English Collection
June 6 - September 13
Laurie Hall, Keith Lewis, Kiff Slemmons, Ramona Solberg, Donald
Tompkins, Nancy Worden, Jamie Bennett, Peter Chang, Lisa
Gralnick, Robin Kranitzky, Kim Overstreet, Bruce Metcalf, Judy
Onofrio, Albert Paley, Marjorie Schick, Joyce J. Scott, Olaf
Skoogfors, J. Fred Woell, Gijs Bakker, Manfred Bischoff, Esther
Knobel, Otto Künzli, Bernhard Schobinger, Janna Syvänoja, Emmy
van Leersum, Margaret West
Ornament as Art is the first major exhibition of contemporary
jewelry to fully explore its impact as a global art form.
Drawing from the highly regarded collection of jewelry expert,
gallerist, and educator Helen Williams Drutt English, the
exhibition examines the art and design of contemporary jewelry,
placing it firmly within the artistic movements of the 20th
century. Beginning with jewelry made in the 1960s, when a
dramatic shift occurred in how ornament and jewelry were
perceived, and continuing through to works made in the 1980s and
1990s, the exhibition explores the avant-garde nature of the
works, the artist’s sometimes controversial use of scale and
form, as well as the value placed on concepts and ideas rather
than precious materials. Organized by the Museum of Fine Arts,
Houston.
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Loud Bones: The Jewelry of Nancy Worden
June 27 - September 20
Nancy Worden
For more than three decades, internationally renowned Northwest
jewelry artist Nancy Worden has explored the cultural dynamics
that shape contemporary social and political agendas,
emphasizing the female experience in the United States. Working
from her vast knowledge of jewelry’s traditions and forms, she
demonstrates a high level of intellectual rigor and
simultaneously cultivates a complex engagement with aesthetics
and pleasure. Her jewelry is forceful, unapologetic, demanding,
and gripping. Organized by Tacoma Art Museum.
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June - September
Andy Cooperman
A retrospective selection of works by noted Seattle jeweler Andy
Cooperman.
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The Museum Store
address: 1701 Pacific Avenue
hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm, Sunday 12 - 5 pm,
Third Thursday 10 am - 8 pm
cost: free
253.272.4258
http://www.museumestore.org
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Micki Lippe, Vinosus, Ada Rosman, Jongae Swanson, Sarah
Loertscher, Jennifer Malley, Julia Henscheid, Jane Drucker,
Fusion Silver, AIVILO Design, Panepento, Tacoma School of the
Arts students, Olivia Williams
The Tacoma Art Museum Store offers a variety of fine art
jewelry.
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Tacoma Art Place: TAP Gallery
address: 1116 S. 11th Street
hours: Wednesday - Friday 1 - 8 pm, Saturday 10 am - 6 pm,
Sunday 12 - 5 pm
cost: free
253.238.1006
www.tacomaartplace.org
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Metal-Urge 2009 at TAP Gallery
June 6 - July 5
Tracy Cross, Esther Ervin, Timothy Leonard, Kim Merriman,
Ellen Miffitt, Amy Reeves, Biff Vincent, Colleen Sargen
Showcasing an eclectic sampling of metal art ranging from
iridescent glass and metal art wall hangings to belt buckles as
well as jewelry, luminaries and sculptures.
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Tacoma Contemporary
address: 11th Street at Broadway and Commerce
hours: open 24 hours
cost: free
253.267.2204
www.tacomacontemporary.org
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Woolworth Windows: '09 Summer Installation
June 22 - September 19
Christine Clark
Featuring the abstract steel and mixed media sculptural work
of Christine Clark.
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Tacoma Public Library, Handforth Gallery
address: 1102 Tacoma Avenue S.
hours: Monday - Thursday 9 am - 9 pm, Friday - Saturday 9 am
- 6 pm
cost: free
253.591.5666
www.tacomapubliclibrary.org
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Metal-Urge
June 18 - August 29
Justin Hahn, Steve Barnard, Marsha Glaziere
Featuring medium and large scale metal sculptures throughout the
library.
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Tacoma School of the Arts
address: 1950 Pacific Avenue
hours: open 24 hours
cost: free
253.571.7914
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June 8 - August 14
Cara Jennings, Andrea L. Trenbeath
Featuring the jewelry, sculpture and encaustic work of two local
artists.
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The Art Stop
address: 940 Broadway Plaza
hours: Tuesday - Friday 9:30 am - 5:30 pm
cost: free
253.274.1630
www.theartstoptacoma.com
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June
Constance Wicklund Gildea
Constance's work employs the ancient Asian technique of keum-boo,
bonding 24kt gold and fine silver.
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July
Nancy Ellinghaus
Nancy's jewelry is a study of form and motion. She employs
simple, elegant lines and attention to the use of negative space
as design elements.
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August
Ilse Verhalle
Ilse Verhalle creates one-of-a-kind hand fabricated fine art
jewelry pieces combining sterling silver, semi-precious stones,
and gold.
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September
Rosalee Sherman, Steve Bronstein
Featuring the metal work of Rosalee Sherman and Steve Bronstein
alongside contemporary fine crafts.
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The Bronze Works Gallery
address: 2506 S. Fawcett Avenue
hours: Monday - Friday 9 am - 5 pm, weekends by appointment
cost: free
253.396.0396
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Featuring bronze sculptures and exhibits of local artwork.
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The Robert Daniel Gallery
address: 2501 S. Fawcett Avenue
hours: 5 - 9 pm on June 18, June 25 and July 2 or call for an
appointment
cost: free
253.297.3869
www.therobertdanielgallery.com
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Metal-Urge
June 18 - July 9
Bill Wentworth, Timothy Leonard, Cynthia Wood, Nadine K.
Kariya, Amy Reeves, Robert Stocker, Phillip Baldwin, Ron Pascho,
Jennifer Bennett, Maru Almeida, Christine Clark
Featuring the large and small scale metal work of eleven
Northwest artists.
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Traver Gallery
address: 1821 E. Dock Street, #100
hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10 am - 6 pm, Sunday 12 - 5 pm
cost: free
253.383.3685
www.travergallery.com
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Metal-Urge
June 13 - September 6
Catherine Grisez, Laurie Hall, Ron Ho, Nancy Worden, Ada
Rosman
Traver Gallery - Tacoma is please to present
"Metal-Urge" - a group show featuring work by some of
the region's most sought-after jewelers.
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Two Vaults Gallery
address: 602 S. Fawcett Avenue
hours: Tuesday - Wednesday 11am - 6 pm, Thursday - Saturday
12 - 8 pm
cost: free
253.759.6233
www.twovaults.com
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Two Vaults "Metal-Urge" Summer Soiree
June 16 - September 10
Steve Barnard, Bill Dawson, Lynne Hull, James Kelsey, Julia
Lowther, Birna Sigurbjornsdottir, Margie McDonald
Showing a large section of metal work including sculptures,
jewelry and vessels, all with a "northwest organic"
theme, alongside a wide array of fine paintings and pottery.
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Washington State History Museum
address: 1911 Pacific Avenue
hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm, Sunday 12 - 5 pm,
Third Thursday 10 am - 8 pm
cost: $8 adults, $7 seniors, $6 students/military, $25 family,
free for children 5 and under and from 2 - 8 pm on Third
Thursday of each month
253.272.3500
www.washingtonhistory.org
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In the Spirit: Contemporary Northwest Native Arts Exhibit
July 9 - August 30
This juried art exhibit will showcase the work of 30
contemporary Native American artists including those working in
metal. See how today’s Native art connects traditional
artistic heritage and contemporary forms of expression.
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