Tacoma Art Place Names Video Winner

May 11, 2011 by

Woman reaching out to art

You have to watch the winning video to understand how this image fits into the theme. It's worth watching.

Tacoma Art Place (TAP), which provides a place that nurtures art within Tacoma’s Hilltop area, held its 2nd annual video contest, again sponsored by Comcast. The contest encourages amateurs and professional filmmakers to create a video “commercial” that promotes the mission of Tacoma Art Place.  Here’s the announcement from TAP:

Tacoma Art Place Announces Video Contest Winner
 
Tacoma, WA – Non-profit arts organization Tacoma Art Place (TAP) has announced that Christopher Wood is the winner of their 2nd Annual Video contest. Sponsored by Comcast, the contest encourages amateurs and professional filmmakers to create a video “commercial” that promotes the mission of Tacoma Art Place.

Wood’s submission tells the story of a local woman inspired, by public art within the City of Tacoma, to find her own creativity. Wood wins a $250 cash prize, and exposure on the Comcast website, www.comcastinwashingtonstate.com and the TAP website, www.tacomaartplace.org.

Walter Neary, Public Relations Director for Comcast said, “The image of the woman reaching out to the art speaks powerfully to how we all need and reach for methods of self-expression. That need to create images of our inner selves and our thinking is part of what makes us people and is something that unites us as human beings. Tacoma Art Place is a wonderful place where people can find their art, and is a magnificent resource for the Hilltop and the rest of Tacoma.”

Tacoma Art Place is a non-profit art center (with 501c3 charitable status) in the heart of the revitalized MLK neighborhood. For more information visit www.tacomaartplace.org.

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The Art of Tacoma Art Place

February 4, 2011 by 2 Comments


The video above is a winner! It was one of the winners of a fun competition by Tacoma Art Place, one of the new organizations we’ve sponsored recently. Tacoma Art Place – call it TAP for short – opened in the Fall of 2007. It has the support of the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation and is led by the dynamic Linda Danforth.

The mission: to increase access to the arts for people by providing low-cost instruction and equipment.TAP has kilns, darkroom, sewing machines, easels and more. TAP offers free and low-cost classes and takes arts education programming throughout the community.

An example artwork produced by youth in the Art Makes Me Smart program of Tacoma Art Place, led by artist Suni Cook

“We believe creative expression is a vital part of a life well-lived,” Linda tells us. “We are committed to promoting and supporting this expression in many ways. We take arts orientation workshops to low-income senior citizens and disabled people, for example. And we had a fashion show in which local low-income women worked with arts students and clothing designers to create evening wear.”

Comcast provided our modest help in two ways. First, we helped sponsor a video competition. The video above was one of the winners. The goal was to encourage people in the community to consider the importance of art.

The other programs we supported were Art Makes Me Smart, a weekend art event for middle-school students, and TAP’s wearable art fundraiser, Inspired Elegance.

It’s always interesting to watch a nonprofit evolve. You can learn more about Tacoma Art Place here.

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Tacoma Art Place Honors Video Winners

April 27, 2010 by

Tacoma Art place announces viral video contest winners

Published at the request of Tacoma Art Place. Please contact them for more information.

Tacoma Art Place (TAP), a non-profit art center in downtown Tacoma, held a viral video contest that encouraged amateur and professional filmmakers to create a 30-second video promoting the mission of Tacoma Art Place. The winners, tied for 1st place, are Chris Wood and Ian Milatz.

Sponsored by Comcast, the contest winners split the $250 cash prize. The winning videos will be displayed on the Tacoma Art Place website, www.tacomaartplace.org, and on the Comcast website, http://www.comcastinwashingtonstate.com

“We try to foster participation in a variety of art mediums, and thought a video contest would be a fun incentive to encourage people who might not have produced a video before,” said TAP founder Linda Danforth.

Contest co-winner Ian Milatz is only 13. “I’m so impressed with the video by Ian, and I understand he has communicated with Chris about his production business and now looks to him as a mentor. These are the kinds of results we like to see at TAP and we’re grateful to Comcast for helping us to bring this contest to the community,” added Linda Danforth.

“Experiences like the Tacoma Art Place video contest are a very fun way to exercise those creative muscles, as well as do something that benefits the community – what could be better? I utilize Facebook mainly to reach friends and colleagues and to tell them about TAP,” said Chris Wood.

Tacoma Art Place (TAP) is a non-profit art center (with 501c3 charitable status) in the heart of the revitalized MLK neighborhood. Their mission is to provide access to equipment and training that will allow more people to affordably explore their creativity and artistic ability. They have a special emphasis to reach underserved individuals with free or reduced-cost memberships and to offer arts education in the community. For more information and the contest entry form, visit www.tacomaartplace.org.

Here are the winning videos:

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