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It's all happening at Tacoma's three big museums on the weekend. Plan now, because there's a busy schedule lined up.
At Tacoma Art Museum on Sunday, illustrator David Macaulay (above) is the big draw at The Big Draw, a free afternoon festival of community drawing (and more.) Macaulay, the author of the famous "The Way Things Work" series of children's books, among other things, will discuss his work at the UWT--said work is currently on exhibition at TAM. Local artists give drawing workshops, dance groups perform.
Here's the list of events:
Noon and 2 p.m.: Break Dance and Urban Arts Demonstration with Fab-5
1 p.m.: Drawing with Silverpoint with The 9th Northwest Biennial Artist Linda Hutchins
1:30 pm..: Winding Roads and Dead Ends: David Macaulay Discusses His Ideas And Process at William W. Philip Hall, University of Washintgon, Tacoma. $10/$5/free for kids
1:30 p.m.: Three-dimensional drawing with artists Ellen Ito and Jeremy Mangan
3 p.m.: Book Signing with David Macaulay
3:30 p.m.: Metro Dance Performs "Creation"
Ongoing: Music with DJ Pana, hands-on art activities, and chalk art on the plaza
1701 Pacific Ave., Tacoma. 253-272-4258, www.tacomaartmuseum.org
Down at the Washington State History Museum, the World Folk Art Festival "With Our Hands" runs Saturday and Sunday. Pacific Northwest artists show off skills in everything from Japanese Kabuki dancing to Hindu temple deity dressing to Latvian embroidery. Festival is free with admission: $8/$7/$6/five and under free. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday April 18, noon-5 p.m. Sunday April 19 at 1911 Pacific Ave., Tacoma. 253-272-3500, www.washingtonhistory.org/wshm
Then walk over the bridge to the Museum of Glass, where Martin Blank's giant installation "Fluent Steps" is being unveiled Saturday. The installation, in the big reflecting pool just outside the museum's entrance, consists of over 300 bits of mostly clear, crinkly-twisty glass arranged horizontally and vertically in a kind of archipelago. The installation is free to watch, obviously, but inside MOG there's plenty to see: Chihuly's Venetian chandelier, Daniel Clayman's huge white minimalism, and of course the Hot Shop. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday (early closure,) noon-5 p.m. Sunday. $10/$8/$4/under-six free. 1801 Dock St., Tacoma. 866-4MUSEUM, www.museumofglass.org
