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Get Your Art Fix: Public Art on Campus

A guide to public art on the UW Tacoma campus lists more than 80 works by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Dale Chihuly, Gerard Tsutakawa and Dawoud Bey.

August 5, 2015

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Remembering Tacoma's Nihongo Gakko

UW Tacoma honors the story of the city's Japanese Language School with a memorial on campus, Maru, by Gerard Tsutakawa.

October 3, 2014

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Japanese Language School: Part of Campus History

The history of a thriving pre-WWII Japanese American community in Tacoma will be commemorated via a sculpture by renowned artist Gerard Tsutakawa, to be installed along the Prairie Line Trail.

May 13, 2013

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Celebrated portrait photographer Dawoud Bey coming to Tacoma

Dawoud Bey, an internationally recognized artist and photographer, has been invited as a visiting artist to create portraits that represent the Tacoma community.

March 12, 2013

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New Museum of Glass exhibits curated by UW Tacoma interns

Two new exhibits at the Museum of Glass are the result of a year of work by seven UW Tacoma students.

January 27, 2013

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New glass arts course offered with Museum of Glass

UW Tacoma is partnering with the Museum of Glass to offer a basic introduction to studio glass making methods, using the museum's world-renowned Hot Shop.

January 12, 2012

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BipARTisan: The art of give and take

Six artists are conducting a live experiment in cooperation as they paint a mural on a wall in Birmingham Hay & Seed (BHS).

March 24, 2011

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UWT Prof Transcends Art World to Bring the World into Her Art

Beverly Naidus's art and teaching raise consciousness around social issues like body image, war, labor, globalization and environmental despoliation.

April 9, 2009

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