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Rosemary Ponnekanti is the arts reporter at The News Tribune, and has been a classical music nerd nearly all her life. Besides spending way too much time in galleries, museums and concert halls, she occasionally brings a whistle or double bass to Celtic jam sessions, and insists on singing "Happy Birthday" in four-part harmony.
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Tacoma Art Museum has just put out a call for design solutions for the museum's plaza and perimeter, with a budget of $3 million, as part of a new five-year strategic plan for the museum. The plan calls for "a landmark civic space that enlivens downtown Tacoma."
So what needs fixing? According to TAM's press release, an increase of visibility via landscape, art and signage and a more welcoming entrance, plus a better connection between the parking lot (currently way down below the front door, accessed from a back street) and the museum entrance (currently achieved by a cold stairwell or very slow elevator.)
Apparently the strategic plan task force decided to reject plans offered by the building's architect Antoine Predock, instead sending out a community call.
Director Stephanie Stebich, chief curator Rock Hushka and members of the task force will conduct a walk-through for interested parties from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on Monday May 18, and will answer specific questions. RSVPs are encouraged: plaza@TacomaArtMuseum.org. Interested parties are invited to visit the museum and experience the public spaces before submitting their design concepts.
Want to put in your two cents' worth? Visit the public online forum: http://TacomaArtMuseumPlaza.blogspot.com/
After two years of renting trucks to transport its mobile Hot Shop to schools, art fairs and the like, the Museum of Glass now has its very own Mobile Hot Shop Truck. The 36-foot truck holds two glassblowers, a commentator, raw glass, tools, workbenches, a small furnace, glory hole and annealer, plus a tent to shelter the artists as they demonstrate.
To celebrate, the new truck will be parked on the plaza outside the Museum this weekend from 6-8 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, including outdoor Hot Shop presentations.
From the press release:
"The acquisition of this new truck, custom designed for the purpose of providing a state-of-the-art glassblowing demonstration, will allow the Mobile Hot Shop Team a more efficient mode of transportation, set-up and break-down. The eye-catching graphics on the truck promote the Museum of Glass and, by association, the Tacoma area as a cultural destination."
For more information, visit http://www.museumofglass.org/education/science-of-art/mobile-hot-shop
