Poet Michael Haeflinger joins the podcast to talk about the nonprofit Write 253 and his new book of poems Low Static Rage. At the end of the poem, he reads a poem from it about…

In the early 1980s, Andy Warhol submitted a piece of art to the City of Tacoma. It would make the roof of the building a giant flower. It wasn’t a winning entry, but the idea…

This week’s episode of We Art Tacoma is with Native American glass artist Preston Singletary, who has an exhibit called Raven and the Box of Daylight at the Museum of Glass. Preston is a legend…

Kareem Kandi joins the show to talk about his life in jazz music. From teaching 40 music lessons a week to performing to teaching to managing a nonprofit, Kareem has his hands full. Links The…

Dan Friday comes on the podcast today to talk about his glass art and the Saturday August 10 “In the Spirit” Northwest Native Festival. Dan’s glass piece Full Circle Totem won the “Spirit of the…

The delightful Kim Archer joins the podcast this week to talk about how music brought her to Tacoma, the concert series she helps produce every summer, and her new work. Enjoy! Links Kim Archer Old…

Did you know there’s a local film production company in Tacoma called Zombie Orpheus? And that the team behind it has been making movies and web series here since 2002? And that they just raised…

Bill Heeter is a collector of animation cels from The Simpsons. These hand-drawn cels are put together for the public for at Tacoma Art Museum for the first Simpsons animation exhibit in the US! On…

Nicole Rathburn is the artist hired to create public art based on the novel Dune by Tacoma native Frank Herbert. She talks about what it was like to create a sculpture based on the book…

Micahel Liang of Spaceworks Tacoma joins the podcast this week. He shares his background in the arts and as a park ranger for the National Parks service. His love of art and the natural world…