Enjoy a FREE evening of fun as we kick off Tacoma Arts Month with live music and performances, hands-on activities, appetizers, and no-host bar. The 2019 AMOCAT Arts Awards will be presented by Mayor Victoria Woodards, and City Council Members Lillian Hunter and Keith Blocker.

It’s all free and open to the public – pack up the family, invite your friends and come help us celebrate our community!

PERFORMANCES AND ACTIVITIES BY
Tacoma Urban Performing Arts Center
Asia Pacific Cultural Center‘s Lanuola Samoan Performing Arts
The BareFoot Collective
The Grand Cinema
Tacoma Creates
Connie McCloud and Puyallup Tribe of Indians Canoe Family
Metro Arts – Tacoma‘s En Dehors Dance Company
Ballet Folklórico de Tacoma
Abby E Murray, Tacoma Poet Laureate
Lincoln Drumline
Stephanie Anne Johnson
The Kareem Kandi World Orchestra
Screaming Butterflies Productions

VISUAL ART ON PERMANENT DISPLAY
Mauricio Robalino
Darishma Alphonse
Dionne Bonner
Adika Bell
Jasmine Brown
Kate Cendejas Thun
Anthony Duenas
Lisa Fruichantie
Diane Hansen
Lourdes Jackson
Gwen Jones
Denis Maina
Gerardo Peña
Shaun Peterson
Kenya Shakoor
Dion Thomas
Grace A. Washington
Lauren Vignec

2019 AMOCAT ARTS AWARDS
Aya Hashiguchi Clark and Randy Clark – Community Outreach by an Individual
Tacoma Urban Performing Arts Center – Community Outreach by an Organization
Tacoma Creates Campaign – Arts Patron

EVENT SPONSORS
Eastside Community Center
Metro Parks Tacoma
The Grand Cinema
Spaceworks Tacoma
Metronome Coffee

TACOMA ARTS MONTH SPONSORS
Northwest Public Broadcasting, Sounds Fun Mom, Tacoma Weekly, Showcase Magazine, South Sound Magazine, ParentMap, Previewart