We Art Tacoma Podcast
1) Community champion dindria barrow and the collective power of storytelling
Jamika and Katy are back in the host chairs, excited to learn from dindria of the Tacoma Public Library’s Community Archives Center. dindria and the Tacoma Public Library team are collecting stories a...Show More
Community champion dindria barrow and the collective power of storytelling
44:40 | Apr 30th, 2023
2) “The Tacoma Method” | A special “Off the Record” with Gregory Youtz
The “Off the Record” podcast is normally available exclusively for Channel 253 members. But this was a special enough episode we wanted to publish it widely. If you appreciate this interview with Greg...Show More
3) Reimagining the Museum with Eden Redmond: Why the Tacoma Art Museum Staff is Unionizing
Eden Redmond is the Institutional Giving Manager and one of the representatives of TAM WU: Tacoma Arts Museum Workers United. She graciously educates the We Art Tacoma team on the importance of union ...Show More
4) The Beauty of Grit City Magazine with Sierra Hartman
Jamika and Katy talk with Grit City Magazine publisher and writer Sierra Hartman. Sierra and his publishing partner Sara Kay received the Amocat Art Award for Arts Patron. Sierra shares the trials and...Show More
5) Amocat award winner and author Tamiko Nimura waxes rhapsodic
Jamika and Katy talk with author and community builder Tamiko Nimura about her well-earned Amocat Art Award for Community Outreach by an Individual. We explore her incredible literary and historical w...Show More
6) Go to REAL ART Tacoma: interview with all-ages music advocate Tom Long
Jamika and guest host Hannah Devine interview community-builder and all-ages music advocate Tom Long! Tom Long represents Real Art Tacoma, the Amocat Award Winner for Community Outreach by an Organiza...Show More
7) We ART Tacoma Arts Month!
Jamika and Katy sit down with the incredible Chevi Chung – actor, director, and Community Programs Specialist at the Office of Arts & Cultural Vitality for the City of Tacoma – to learn what we...
8) Part 2 with Writer Nakanee Monique: Worldbuilding and Finding Community
We jump back in with Nakanee Monique and they kick us off with a reading of part 2 of her epic poem Listen. Take some time to read the full poem, included below. Tacoma-based writer...
9) Poet Nakanee Monique and the art of activism – part 1
The first of a two-part series, Jamika and Katy talk with Tacoma-based writer and activist Nakanee Monique about her art and activism. Nakanee (she/they) has been writing poetry since they were 8 year...Show More
10) Art, Death, and Grief
Jamika and Katy turn to the art of the essay for healing, processing, and metabolizing grief, as our community and country faces compounding trauma and tragedy. “Joy is not the opposite of grief. Grie...Show More