Arts Symposium this weekend! I’m on a mock funding panel at 12:20 Saturday. Good insight for grant applicants to see how these panels work.
We'll be considering fake applications for arts grants and debating them as we would a real panel. If you've every thought about applying for grant applications, seeing the inner workings of a committee will hopefully be helpful! Details here.
Tacoma arts and the Shadow of Seattle … tonight at 6:00 at Robert Daniel Gallery!
I'm moderating a panel tonight at the Robert Daniel Gallery (2501 Fawcett). I hope you'll come! This should be really interesting with some cool panelists: David Fischer, Director of the Broadway Center Jessica Spring, Letterpress artist Aaron Jacobs, owner Reel Extras Casting Dawn Quinn, Tacoma Weekly Elise Richman, UPS We'll start at 6, so there's plenty of time for ArtWalk and the TAM celebration afterward
Consolidation?
Tacoma and Pierce County each recently announced openings for a “director of social services.” While precise functions differ a bit, these are essentially the same jobs, except one works in Tacoma and the other works outside; and some revenue sources are different. Would it be hard to combine departments or simply share a director, and segregate revenue and services as needed? How about libraries? Pierce County and Tacoma libraries now share access, so a card-holder in one system can also use the other system. From a patron’s perspective, these function as one library. So why have two directors, two acquisition Read more…
Tree Climbing Competition in Wright Park this Sunday! How can you not want to watch that?
via metroparkstacoma.org You may not know that Wright Park has more than 100 different kinds of trees. And now you can watch people climb them! Is it easier to climb an oak or a maple? America’s dying to know!
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