The self-guided Tacoma Studio Tour is back, after a two-year suspension because of COVID-19. On Saturday & Sunday, 15-16 October, 50 artists will share and discuss their work in 38 studios across the city. I'll be at Studio 4 (see the map) both days, 11AM - 5PM. Each studio will feature an active demonstration or a hands-on activity -- I'll have two stations set up where you can create your own acrylic painting. (I've done this in the past -- children love it!)
The interactive map makes it easy for you to select the studios you want to visit, thereby generating an itinerary and personal map of your day. During the tour, you can sign up for a drawing for prizes offered by participating artists.
"AutumnScapes" at Tahoma Center Gallery, September-October /
The Tahoma Center Gallery has invited me back to present a show titled “AutumnScapes.” I’ll show land- and waterscape paintings in acrylic and in oil, featuring scenes from the Northwest. I revel in abstract painting, but it’s impossible to live in this wonderful region and fail to use the settings for naturalistic paintings.
Frenchtown cabin. Acrylic on canvas.
Haystack Rock, Dusk. Oil on board
The show will go up the week of 12 September, and will be up through October. Another area of the gallery will feature some of my larger black-and-white abstractions, as well. The gallery is on the second floor of the Catholic Community Services building – the grand old St. Leo School at 1323 S. Yakima Avenue in Tacoma. We’ll have a reception during the Tacoma artwalk on Thursday 15 September, 4-7PM. The space is open 8:30 – 5 on Mondays through Fridays – just come in the main entrance and ask the receptionist for the artwork upstairs.
Interview on Northwest Public Broadcasting /
Reporter Lauren Gallop interviewed my Gallery 110 colleague (and fellow Tacoman) Dorothy Anderson Wasserman and me in the Tahoma Center Gallery last month. The resulting 3-minute clip can be heard or read at https://www.nwpb.org/2022/08/24/in-conversation-with-artists-jw-harrington-and-dorothy-anderson-wasserman/ . See some of the work, and learn a bit about our inspirations and goals for our work.
Black & White, abstracted /
The Tahoma Center Gallery presents “Black & White, abstracted,” featuring 36”x 36” monochromatic paintings by JW Harrington. The spacious gallery is on the second floor of the former St. Leo High School. Come upstairs to be amazed by how much boldness can be rendered in black, white, and grays!
5 July – 30 August 2022
Monday – Friday 8:30AM – 5PM
(Check in at main floor entry)
Reception 4:30 – 7 pm, Thurs 18 August
during the Downtown Art Walk
1323 S. Yakima Ave., Tacoma WA 98405
