

We can’t wait to meet you this weekend at the Tacoma Studio Tour! Visit, see, learn, create, shop. It’s free and for all ages.

What: Tacoma Studio Tour

Where: 42 studio locations around Tacoma

When: October 14 & 15, 11 am – 5 pm

Cost: FREE!

You are invited inside the working studios of 70 local artists to learn about the artistic process, ask questions, and purchase one-of-a-kind creations. Plus, you can even win some fabulous items hand-crafted by a selection of artists on the tour just for getting your Studio Tour Passport stamped at each studio address you visit. All studios will feature demonstrations or will have hands-on activities for visitors. It’s family friendly and free!

Check out TacomaArtsMonth.com for the full list of artists, schedule, your Tacoma Studio Tour Passport, and an interactive map where you can plot your own custom tour course.

Here are this week’s highlights:

Lucia Harrison



Lucia Harrison’s artwork focuses on an appreciation for the natural and human history of South Puget Sound. She hopes to inspire conversations about nature and an appreciation of the cultural history and contemporary conservation work by the peoples of this area.

Katie Dean, Little Green



Katie Dean is a letterpress artist who focuses on multi-layered linoleum block printing. Mainly using floral and nature themes, she enjoys studying, experimenting and exploring unique color combinations. A sketch of her idea starts the process and she hand carves the design into a linoleum block. Each color requires a separate block and most of her work is printed with a Chandler & Price 10×15 letterpress.

John McCuistion



John McCuistion creates artwork about history, myth, storytelling, religion, relationships, ceremony, civilization, and humor. The themes in his current work deal with air, land, water, and the magical natural world around us. He is interested in the language of gesture, expression, texture, form, and color. Through his work, John contributes to the long tradition of the artist as teacher, recorder, and seer.

Yoshiko Yamamoto, The Arts & Crafts Press



Yoshiko Yamamoto has been making woodblock prints and letterpress greeting cards for 20 years. Yoshiko was inspired by both the historic Arts & Crafts movement that advocated the importance of handwork in everyday life, and the beauty and craftsmanship in traditional Japanese woodblock prints. Lover of outdoors and gardening, her inspiration comes from her daily walks, occasional hikes with her family, and the time spent in her garden.

Becky Frehse



Becky Frehse’s mixed media paintings explore musical themes as they suggest visual patterns and color relationships. Many layers of textured modeling compounds and paint create luscious, colorful surfaces – sometimes on repurposed musical instruments.

Lyz Kurnitz-Thurlow, Lyz and Jewel



Lyz and Jewel primarily work with kimono and haori (shorter jackets). Garments are embellished with beads and embroidery to enhance their patterning. Lyz and Jewel also make fabric wall hangings, using Japanese fabrics, or Latin-American milagros, or Indonesian batiks.

Ann Darling, Kennedy Road



Simply put, Ann Darling loves textiles! When other people bring home treasures from travels – she brings fabric. She designs and makes custom clothing and accessories from fabric clients bring to her, or from the collection she has gathered, as well as from fabric printed from her own photographs. Seeing her ideas and clients dreams become reality wearing handmade, individual garments is what brings her joy.

Check out these other artists on the tour:

Studio Tour Preview: Part 1

Studio Tour Preview: Part 2

Studio Tour Preview: Part 3

Studio Tour Preview: Part 4

Studio Tour Preview: Part 5

Studio Tour Preview: Part 6

Studio Tour Preview: Part 7

Studio Tour Preview: Part 8

Studio Tour Preview: Part 9

Tacoma Satellite Studio Tour

Add the Satellite Studio Tour to your Tacoma Arts Studio Tour! Several artists grouped at four core Tacoma locations will show work on the same dates/times as the main tour – October 14 & 15, 11 am – 5 pm.

Includes these artists: Christopher Paul Jordan and Kenji Stoll (1212 S. 11th Street); Lisa Kinoshita and Nicholas Nyland (MINKA, 821 Pacific Avenue); Dion Thomas, Umi Wagoner, and Perris Wright (eTc, 907 Pacific Avenue); Ed Kroupa, Carolyn Osborne, Sharika Roland, and more (Creative Forces at Hotel Murano, 1320 Broadway Plaza).

Tacoma Studio Tour Passport – Visit and Win!

Make sure to have your Studio Tour Passport stamped at each studio address you visit. Once you’ve collected at least 8 stamps, send us the passport and you’ll be entered into a drawing for a chance to win one of several fabulous prize packages containing artwork hand-crafted by a selection of artists on this tour including:

Grace Amundsen – Acrylic ornaments

Terry Bader – Small watercolor painting

Joe Becker – Set of notecards

Carolyn Burt – Small scratchboard artwork

Bill Colby – Small framed woodcut

Kris Crews – Mini photo cards

Ann Darling – Ice dyed silk and linen scarf

Katie Dean – Collection of greeting cards and a small print

Alice Di Certo – Pair of earrings

Kyle Dillehay – Alternative-process photograph

Michaela Eaves – Greeting cards

Lynne Farren – Painting, cards, bracelet

Becky Frehse – Small painting

Deborah Greenwood – Handmade cards

Henry Haneda – Small color print

Hilltop Artists – Glass bowl and glass plates

Han-Yin Hsu – 3D printed nylon earrings

Mark Hudak – Pottery bowl

Marie Jensen – An 8 x 10 print

Fumiko Kimura – Greeting cards

Juan La Torre – Thank you cards

Roberta Lowes – Cards or small scarf

Dorothy McCuistion – Small handmade book

John McCuistion – Set of 4 coaster tiles

Naarah McDonald – Upcycled fingerless sweater gloves, small tote bag, reversible apron

Dane Meyer – Small framed print

Roxann Murray – Save the Bees sticker

Chandler O’Leary – Tacoma temporary tattoos & Tacoma coloring cards

Sylvia Omero-Rogstad – Set of cards

Reid Ozaki – Vase

Karen Perrine – Set of marbled paper collage cards

Liz Pulos – Small tapestry

Claudia Riedener – 5 small handmade tiles

Mauricio Robalino – Small wall hanging mosaic

Penny Russell – Set of 4 Blooming Wine Glasses

Jessica Spring – Small book or print

Susan Thompson – Mug

Lorraine Toler – Signed print

Helen Tran – Washington shaped soap bar and greeting card

Audrey Tulimiero Welch – Small painting on paper

William Turner – Set of 5 art cards

Karen Utter – 2 handmade books

Elayne Vogel – Pair of earrings

Jeff Libby & Adrienne Wicks – Pair of reclaimed wood and steel book ends

Snow Winters – Small cross stitch lamp

Yoshiko Yamamoto – 2018 calendar

Lois Yoshida – Box of hand painted cards

One entry per person. The Tacoma Studio Tour Passport can be found in the Tacoma Studio Tour brochure (available at all studio locations during the tour and at many cultural institutions ahead of time) or download and print your own Tacoma Studio Tour Passport.

Tacoma Arts Month Sponsors

Premier Sponsors: Click! Cable TV, The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation

Media Sponsors: KNKX, Northwest Public Radio, ParentMap, Sounds Fun Mom, South Sound magazine, Tacoma Weekly, Weekly Volcano

Social Media Sponsor: ARCADE

