Grit City GrindHouse Grand Opening

Save the date!

Grit City GrindHouse Grand Opening
311 S. 7th St.
Friday, June 21, 2013 :: 7-10pm

http://gritcitygrindhouse.com/

The latest Spaceworks Tacoma Creative Enterprise is about to open its doors! The shop owners Taylor Woodruff & Robert Boyle and Spaceworks Tacoma invite you to the grand opening of Grit City GrindHouse on Friday June 21st. There will be music, pizza and the winners of the Sk8venger Hunt will be announced. I bet you are wondering what’s the Sk8venger Hunt?
 
Grit City Grindhouse is partnering with Go Skate Tacoma to host the Go Skate Tacoma Sk8venger Hunt. Riders will assemble into teams of 2 to 5 people and be sent out on a mission throughout Tacoma. Teams will be given the clues at the GrindHouse between 10am-noon. The earlier you get there, the more bonus clues will be spilled and you may just get a possibility of a head start! Teams will have until 5pm to get back to the shop with as many pictures of the solutions to the clues they found. Some great spots are lined up for clues along with some rad prizes. Get a team together, scrounge up five bucks between ya’ll, and come enjoy a day of raditude with Tacoma’s finest! Click here to learn more about the event.

Welcome Our Summer Intern Gabriel Brown

Please help us welcome Gabriel Brown as Spaceworks Tacoma’s Arts & Economic Development Intern! During his summer internship Brown will assist with marketing projects, storefront installations, as well as application processing and selection panels that will identify our next round of artists and entrepreneurs.

Brown is an artist, educator, and shoe cobbler born in Spokane, Washington 1982.  He holds an M.F.A. from Washington State University and served two years as an AmeriCorps VISTA.  As an artist, Brown has exhibited work at the Northwest Museum of Art & Culture, Mt. Hood Visual Art Center, Korea National University of the Arts, and throughout community centers, street corners, and public restrooms.

Click here to read more about Gabriel. 

Gabriel created an installation in Woolworth Window #2 in Spring 2011. Click here to read about it.

Special Project Residencies in Tacoma

Goldfinch’s Faded Explanations Vols. 1-3 album cover

Ever wondered, “What is a ‘Special Project Residency’”? It’s free temporary space to do any number of things:  Create a piece that is too big for your current studio;  Record your next album; Hold your non-profit’s next special event; the list goes on. Or maybe you are an artist who has thought of relocating to Tacoma. Bring your ideas and creativity and check it out for 6 months!

An example of a past Special Project Residency is the band Goldfinch. From January – March 2012, they were awarded a Spaceworks space where they wrote and arranged many of the songs that would become their latest full-length record entitled, Faded Explanations: Vols. 1 – 3. (The record is available at Bandcamp and is “name your price”. Click here to listen and download it.) 

A track of Spaceworks Tacoma, Special Project Residencies offer dedicated practicing artists, community groups and organizations the chance to pursue projects and develop work in any discipline for up to six months in a temporary space. Residencies are not open to the public, except for special events or open houses determined by Spaceworks and/or the participant(s). Accommodations are not provided and the spaces are available only for work. Participants are required to ‘bring the storefront window to life’ and have active public components that help connect with the community.

The online application is easy…submit 6 images, a resume, a budget, and answer 9 questions that address these aspects of your project:

Creative Enterprise in Tacoma

Do you have an idea for a creative business that benefits Tacoma’s community but do not currently have the resources to rent a space and develop a full-fledged business? Then you should apply to Spaceworks’ Creative Enterprise program!

Feather & Oar started as a Spaceworks Creative Enterprise in 2012 and now enjoys a bustling business in their leased space at 759 Market St.

Creative Enterprises are innovative small businesses (for-profit or non-profit), or any project that opens its doors to the public. Galleries, museums, art performances, boutiques, and retail shops are all great examples of Creative Enterprises. Artists, designers, crafters, consultants, organizations, community groups and other fledgling entrepreneurs are given the chance to test new products and services in a no- or low-cost temporary space for up to six months. But it’s not just about space, this program provides relevant and meaningful professional development and peer-to-peer support to the participants to systematically grow Tacoma’s creative class and generate destination quality activity that will engage and transform our community.

The online application is easy…submit 6 images, a resume, a budget, and answer 9 questions that address these aspects of your project:

Artscapes in Tacoma

Bed Dress by Jennifer Zwick currently on display in Woolworth Window #1

Have you always wanted to create an installation in the sought-after Woolworth Windows?  Or perhaps harbored an idea for a new media installation that would activate a downtown storefront …nurtured a hankering to create a mammoth painting on the side of a building…maybe even considered constructing a site-specific installation in a vacant outdoor space? Or maybe, just maybe, you have a new body of work you’d like to install in the display cases of the Old Post Office on A Street, seen by hundreds of people each day…well now is the time to make your musings a reality and apply to the Spaceworks Tacoma Artscapes program!

The online application is easy…submit 5-10 images of your past work, a resume, and answer these 2 questions:

One Week Left to Apply to Spaceworks

Rachael Dotson’s installation “Untitled” currently on display in Woolworth Window #2.

The deadline to apply to Spaceworks is coming up quick! All applications are due by June 10th at midnight. If you have a project to energize empty space in Tacoma we’d love to hear from you!

Participants of Spaceworks are provided space, exposure, and consultation in exchange for creatively activating vacant spaces. The goal is to transform empty storefronts and vacant spaces with creative energy and artistic enterprise, making Tacoma a stronger, more active city. We are seeking applications for all three Spaceworks tracks:

Spaceworks Creative Kickoff May 16

Join Spaceworks Tacoma, the City of Tacoma and the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber to kick off the latest Spaceworks Projects during the 3rd Thursday Artwalk/Mingle, May 16th from 5-8pm. Come see what our creative entrepreneurs are up to, check out the new installations at the Woolworth Windows and and visit 1312 MLK Way for a performance by N. Dybevik and special guests from 6-6:30pm.

There will be lots to see with a bit of ground to cover! Walking maps will be available that day at the Farmer’s Market and the Woolworth Windows, as well as online.

Applications Now Available!

How would you change the face of Tacoma? Apply to Spaceworks and be a part of the conversation.

Spaceworks Tacoma is currently seeking applications for its three tracks: Artscapes, Creative Enterprise, and Special Projects Residencies. Artists, organizations, community groups and creative entrepreneurs are encouraged to apply. Through this application cycle, participants will be identified to fill no- and low-cost temporary vacant spaces in Tacoma through 2013. Deadline: June 10, 2013

Summer Internship with Spaceworks

We’re looking for a 20hr/wk summer intern at Spaceworks Tacoma!  The Arts & Economic Development Intern will work on projects assigned by the Spaceworks Coordinator. This is an opportunity to learn about the panel preparation and selection process, as well as gain knowledge about local and regional artists and creative entrepreneurs.

For more information and a detailed job description, visit:

http://www.tacomachamber.org/content/chamber-hiring

The deadline is next Friday, May 17 so hurry and apply! We look forward to hearing from you!

Pasticcio Design Interview on TV Tacoma

Debbie and Tom Pitzer at Bryson Speer Salon (Federal Way, WA) in front of a 25 foot wall finish that she created using a hybridized plaster mix and a special tool she created to apply over concrete blocks. She used a metallic rust finish on the two supports to make them look like iron beams.

Spaceworks currently has about a dozen awesome projects that we are working to find vacant space for in downtown Tacoma. One of those projects is Pasticcio Design, an artistic interior design business owned by Debbie Pitzer. Pasticcio creates custom finishes for interior surfaces; walls, ceilings, floors, windows, furniture, etc.

She was recently interviewed on the “Business Matters” show on TV Tacoma. It is airing now and we invite you to check it out!

You can find it on Ch. 12 (Tacoma residents) and Channel 21 (Pierce County residents):
Mondays, 2am & 3pm
Tuesdays, Midnight, 3pm & 10pm
Wednesdays, Noon & 9pm
Thursdays, 4pm & 11pm
Fridays, 4am, Noon & 6pm
Saturdays, 4am, 9am, 3pm & 9pm
Sundays, 11am & 6pm

Or click here to video stream it anytime  (click on the April 16-May 15 video).

Thanks to advice and resources she received through partners of the Spaceworks program Debbie recently launched her first website:
http://www.pasticciodesign.com/
 
Keep up the great work Debbie!