Tacoma's Lumins Festivus
'In a free culture you get the best of what you celebrate.*'
Festivus Saturday is 20 Sept 14
Why We Do It * Dean Kamen
Co-Creators, Collaborators, Similar Others & Friends
Tacoma Film Festival, Closing Ceremony
11 Oct 12
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Luminaria were installed for visitors to experience as they entered the lower chamber for drinks, food and conversation during the closing ceremonies.
Hilltop Artists VIP Event & Annual Holiday Glass Sale
6 Dec 13
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Cork! hosted this year's Hilltop Artists VIP event, the experience was a personal life highlight for me, one of the greatest honors I have ever experienced and we hope these kind, incredible, remarkably like-minded friends work with us as our own organization begins to blossom.
The Wedding of Jennifer & Jason Trujillo
21 Dec 12 (Winter Solstice)
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The Trujillo wedding embodied in perfect spirit the harmony of bonds we desire to foster throughout our community. Unspeakably elegant, we worked in coordinated effort with their designer to create an atmosphere worthy of these wondrously spirited people.
From Festivus to First Night, Artists 4 Life in the Sound call for the greater Tacoma community to establish the tradition of an annual 'Season,' during which we quietly encourage visitors, friends and neighbors to sample something outside of their familiar range of experience inside our local community economy in order to discover positive examples of under-discovered elements of Tacoma community life in and throughout our neighborhoods. Preparations for this are already underway, and for information on how to participate, contact us here.
First Night's Le diner en blanc, in Wright Park
26 Sept 13
We were genuinely delighted to receive an invitation to install for First Night's 'diner.' The working relationship with First Night we hope to continue in y14, and are openly advocating an ongoing, inter-community collaborative effort to establish the tradition of an annual 'Season,' described above on the Festivus Saturday page.
The Downtown Block Party
17 Aug 13
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Nestled in Opera Alley, we were directly across the bandstage, next to the beer garden.
Tacoma Pride, with Financial Contribution by The Mix
13 July 13
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A 'Quiet' installation of more than a dozen lumins high in the trees in front of The Mix and Tacoma Brewing Company.
Private Birthday Installation Summer 2013
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A beautiful backyard installation for a lovely woman (name kept quiet out of courtesy), the evening was a genuinely delightful gathering of friends.
The UPS Ocean Intellect Group:
Sponsoring Contributor to 2013's official after party at Tacoma Cabana
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The initiative taken by these younger people to heighten awareness amongst their peers of the issues related to Oceanic life in the South Puget Sound is Admirable, and we champion them as friends.
Tacoma's Outsider's Guide
2012 - Current
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A great advocate of Tacoma's cultural relevance as an artistic Northwest center, TOG hosts artists events and profiles free of charge.
While our Lumins site is in development, discover much more about our work on Tacoma's original, all-local guide to our own peculiar variety of Northwest life and culture.
Life here is like life nowhere else on earth.
A personal note of thanks for invaluable personal and professional support is due to the extraordinary Gabriel Brown & Barbara Gibson.
We are proud to have worked with Olympia's Earthbound Productions, Tacoma's Grand Cinema, Broadway Center, Urban Grace Church, Good Karma Center for Joy, Tacoma's Farmer's Markets, First Night, Hilltop Artists, the New Frontier, the Downtown Block Party, Tacoma Pride, Ruby Chambers, Jennifer & Jason Trujillo, Moonstruck Meadows, Tacoma Cabana & countless others responsible for making Tacoma's Lumins Festivus real in the City of Destiny.
Unspeakable gratitude is due Lisa Fruischante, Maria Jöst, Ben Smith, Sam O'Hara, Abby Hooyer, Susan Nocella, Zak Prebilsky, P. Eric Waldmann, John Hodgson, Renée Timmer, Samitha Hendrickson, Kathy Price, Deanna Riley, Sean Alexander, Josh Jorgenson, Mike Webb, Galen Turner and Tacoma's Brickhouse Gallery.