I found myself in the unlikely role of curator this Spring calling, emailing and otherwise contacting artists living in Tacoma to launch an exhibition titled, "Look Here". It was a pop up event taking place in a temporary commercial space. The show is dedicated to Tacoma's visual artists, rich with painters and artists each with advanced degrees for the most part, who reside in the city and South Sound. With planning, publicity and installation insync, the event came together on a beautiful spring evening.
"Look Here", was a one night exhibition of Tacoma visual artists, featured works by Bill Colby, Karen
Doten, Kristin Giordono, Victoria Johnson, Lisa Kinoshita, Lynn Di Nino, Janet
Marcavage, Yuki Nakamura, Nicholas Nyland, Betty Sapp Ragan, William Turner,
John Vlahovich, Emily Wood, Otto Youngers.
(Press Details) Visual artists, who live in Tacoma, demonstrate commitment in
an urban environment so ready for commercial art gallery district. The public
and collectors are invited to view this exhibition of artists in a temporary
space, curated by artist Victoria Johnson, who quotes, "Artists are
gentrifiers in Tacoma along with innumerable harbingers in a city poised for
cultural tourism to booster private commerce."
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| Jan Werner with Bill Turner in the background in the front gallery space |
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| Lisa Kinoshita, artist, and gallerist with collector |
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| Nicholas Nyland's sculpture |
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| Artist Bll Turner, Rick Semple with Jori Adkins |
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| Sculptor Otto Youngers and friend |
