The Seattle Traveler

December is a great month to take kids to the Tacoma Art Museum, AND it won’t put a dent in your holiday budget!
During the month of December, visitors 6 – 18 years of age get FREE admission to the Tacoma Art Museum.  Kids under 5 are always FREE. 
Brett Willis, president of the museum’s Board of Trustees said:  “Our Museum is a safe place where children and their families can come together to explore, think creatively, and build stronger connections, all through art.”
The museum’s permanent collection includes a rotating display of pieces of Northwest Art, Glass, Studio Art …read more

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With its new exhibit, Oasis: Western Dreams of the Ottoman Empire from the Dahesh Museum of Art, the Tacoma Art Museum features art reflective of the diverse culture of the former Ottoman Empire, and the art movement that became known as Orientalism. 
Orientalism art (example at right) is generally thought to include rich detail and lush colors depicting things based on fact, but often romanticized or combined with fantasy.  This works presented explore important historical and cultural aspects of this part of the world (Turkey, Greece, the middle East, and parts of North Africa) as developed through its art.
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Opening this weekend at the Tacoma Art Museum is the new exhibit, Illuminating the Word:  The Saint John’s Bible. 
This is the only handwritten and illuminated Bible commissioned in over 500 years — since the advent of the printing press, and was created in the tradition of medieval handwritten manuscripts.
The calligraphy was done with goose-feather quills writing on vellum sheets created from calf skin.  The painting was done with hand ground minerals and stones, and included silver, copper, and gold.  To the extent that it was possible, the Bible was created with material and processes that replicate the …read more

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