We Art Tacoma

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“The Tacoma Method” | A special “Off the Record” with Gregory Youtz

The "Off the Record" podcast is normally available exclusively for Channel 253 members. But this was a special enough episode we wanted to publish it widely. If you appreciate this interview with Gregory Youtz about…Read more

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Reimagining the Museum with Eden Redmond: Why the Tacoma Art Museum Staff is Unionizing

Eden Redmond is the Institutional Giving Manager and one of the representatives of TAM WU: Tacoma Arts Museum Workers United. She graciously educates the We Art Tacoma team on the importance of union recognition and…Read more

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The Beauty of Grit City Magazine with Sierra Hartman

Jamika and Katy talk with Grit City Magazine publisher and writer Sierra Hartman. Sierra and his publishing partner Sara Kay received the Amocat Art Award for Arts Patron. Sierra shares the trials and joys of…Read more

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Amocat award winner and author Tamiko Nimura waxes rhapsodic

Jamika and Katy talk with author and community builder Tamiko Nimura about her well-earned Amocat Art Award for Community Outreach by an Individual. We explore her incredible literary and historical work, and "wax rhapsodic"! Listen…Read more

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Go to REAL ART Tacoma: interview with all-ages music advocate Tom Long

Jamika and guest host Hannah Devine interview community-builder and all-ages music advocate Tom Long! Tom Long represents Real Art Tacoma, the Amocat Award Winner for Community Outreach by an Organization. Tom is the president of…Read more

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We ART Tacoma Arts Month!

Jamika and Katy sit down with the incredible Chevi Chung - actor, director, and Community Programs Specialist at the Office of Arts & Cultural Vitality for the City of Tacoma - to learn what we…Read more

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Part 2 with Writer Nakanee Monique: Worldbuilding and Finding Community

We jump back in with Nakanee Monique and they kick us off with a reading of part 2 of her epic poem Listen. Take some time to read the full poem, included below. Tacoma-based writer…Read more

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Poet Nakanee Monique and the art of activism – part 1

The first of a two-part series, Jamika and Katy talk with Tacoma-based writer and activist Nakanee Monique about her art and activism. Nakanee (she/they) has been writing poetry since they were 8 years old and…Read more

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Art, Death, and Grief

Jamika and Katy turn to the art of the essay for healing, processing, and metabolizing grief, as our community and country faces compounding trauma and tragedy. "Joy is not the opposite of grief. Grief is…Read more