Tacoma, Wash. — Today, the City of Tacoma’s Media and Communications Office – in partnership with its Community and Economic Development Department’s Arts Program – will begin airing a new episode of “artTown,” a cultural documentary-style TV initiative exploring Tacoma’s emergence as a major creative hub in the Pacific Northwest. The new episode features music composed by local artist Isaac Solverson. It includes viewpoints and musical riffs from emerging guitarist-singer-songwriter Nolan Garrett and the legendary Jerry Miller, one of Rolling Stone’s 100 greatest guitarists of all time. It also spotlights Tacoma’s growing metal arts scene and thriving letterpress movement. And it highlights local artists Angela Rockett, Lynne Farren, Lynn Di Nino and Mauricio Robalino.
Launched in October 2013, the quarterly series features diverse perspectives on a variety of creative disciplines. Offering a more holistic look at creativity in Tacoma, “artTown” stretches beyond what people might traditionally think of as “creative” – such as fine art, music or dance – to spotlight other creative areas of interest that have flourished in Tacoma like food, fashion, innovative education practices, architecture and more.
Those who want to immerse themselves more fully in Tacoma’s creative community are invited to participate inTacoma Arts Month, which features hundreds of events held throughout the entire month of October.
The short and long-form segments in “artTown” will air on TV Tacoma Mondays at noon, Tuesdays at 1 a.m., Wednesdays at 8 a.m., Thursdays at 6 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 5 p.m. and Sundays at 5 a.m. It will also be available through Click! ON Demand’s TV Tacoma and TacomaArt & Culture menu listings, on the City of Tacoma’s website at cityoftacoma.org/artTown, and the City of Tacoma’s Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accounts. Viewers can share, discuss and comment on these segments. And, shortly thereafter, future episodes will be produced in part based on some of the audience feedback culled via social media, email atmaria.lee@cityoftacoma.org or phone at (253) 591-2054.
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TV Tacoma is the City of Tacoma’s award-winning municipal government TV channel. TV Tacoma is aired on both the Click! and Comcast Cable systems. On Click!, TV Tacoma can be seen on Channel 12 within Tacoma City limits and in Pierce County, with the exception of University Place, where TV Tacoma can be found on Channel 21. On Comcast, TV Tacoma can be seen on Channel 12 within Tacoma city limits and on Channel 21 in Pierce County. TV Tacoma is not on the Comcast system in University Place, but is accessible anywhere on the Internet at tvtacoma.com.
