Tacoma Creates

Tacoma Creates Community Conversation - Jan 23 6-8pm at Tacoma Arts Live. We said "Tacoma Creates __" and people like you filled in the blank with "community"—we take that to heart. Please come share your ideas on making our at our Community Conversation. Full details on our FB

Now that Tacoma Creates (Prop 1) has passed, it's time to get to work. We want your ideas for making Tacoma an even more culturally vibrant and innovative community. Please come share your ideas on Jan 23rd 6-8pm at Tacoma Arts Live Find the full details on our FB Event

Kids learn by trying new things, experimenting, playing, getting dirty, and making mistakes. It's important that us adults remember that — for our benefit and our children's. @cmtacoma does exactly this through their local Play to Learn programs. #tacomacreates

Tacoma arts and culture is about connection. Here two Tacoma locals lead a sing-a-long at King's Books with others from our community. #tacomacreates

Create. Learn. Iterate. Create more. These skills can apply to all of life, and can be nurtured within the creative process. #tacomacreates

Paul Eliot directs one of the many instrumental music ensembles at SOTA. Creative exploration through music and other arts greatly influences the development and learning of our Tacoma students. #tacomacreates

Write253's SUMMER WRITERS program offers free summer writing & art making opportunities for elementary-age youth. In addition to taking field trips to museums throughout Tacoma, participants learned valuable collaborative skills, wrote poems, and yes, made a bunch of slime!

Hilltop Artists celebrates student artwork with their families, inviting them into the hot shop to view their work and learn about the process. Tacoma Creates can now help expand these opportunities in our neighborhoods. #tacomacreates

The Tacoma Arts Live Play At Your School program allows kids at Franklin Elementary School to improve their literacy and comprehension skills while having fun! Tacoma Creates will now help to expand access of these programs so they can continue to engage & encourage local youth!

Symphony Tacoma conductor Sarah Ioannides is a zealous supporter of living composers and has conducted over 40 North American, European and world premieres. Tacoma is lucky to have this talent. #tacomacreates

Tacoma Little Theatre presented "Second Samuel" in the Amiercan Association of Community Theatre festival. The production competed and won several awards in the Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington region. #tacomacreates

Play to Learn is a free program that encourages adults and children to play together. At over 20 sites across Pierce County, Play to Learn comes and plays in your neighborhood. Tacoma Creates can now support the expansion of these programs to even more neighborhoods in Tacoma.

Glass is the hook that allows Hilltop Artists to connect youth to the mentors and resources they need. On average, a student in Hilltop Artists' After School program receives 211 hours of instruction. #tacomacreates #tacoma

Write253 offers free creative and academic writing workshops throughout the city of Tacoma. Students gained valuable literacy and writing skills and build community through the written and spoken word, preparing them for college and beyond. #tacomacreates #tacoma

Programs outside of the normal "classroom" can make an impact on developing youth by involving them in new and challenging experiences. We are working hard on lots of paperwork and setup so that our youth and our city can directly benefit from Tacoma Creates as soon as possible.

Connection is human trait. Building connection, self discovery and self expression though arts and culture programs in our city is a big part of what Tacoma Creates will help facilitate. #tacomacreates

What will we create for our children’s future? What do we want for our future? How does art, culture, heritage and science impact our daily lives in Tacoma? Join in the conversation with… instagram.com/p/BrOB5wugJmB/…

If we’ve been quiet, it’s because we are hard at work getting things in to place to setup this program and start creating impact in Tacoma. If you’re interested in joining the… instagram.com/p/Bq0bAqcgHVX/…

Tacoma Creates passes! A huge and genuine THANK YOU to everyone in our community that worked on and with this campaign, you truly helped make this a clear easy choice for the people of… instagram.com/p/Bp4815CglvB/…