THIRD THURSDAY ARTWALK RECAP >>>

The Art Bus shuttling folks from gallery to gallery during Tacoma's Third Thursday Artwalk has evolved into the sort of gathering that captures all that's great about the city and the people who live here. And this past Thursday Tacoma City Councilman David Boe led the tour under the watchful eye of Art Bus producer Angela Jossy and her lovely assistant, Vicky Winters. And while we saw wonderful pieces of art - visiting cool spaces such as Viceroy Gallery, B2 Fine Art Gallery, Embellish Multispace Salon and the Brick House Gallery - the tour also became a lesson on Tacoma history and architecture. Boe, an architect and Tacoma history buff, pointed out noteworthy buildings, shed light of historical facts and dropped one-liners throughout the tour - offering an insider view only a councilmember could provide.

I snapped a few photos on my crappy camera along the way.

On the way to the first gallery the Art Bus passed Box Top Vintage owner Jooley Heaps hanging outside her store.

Angela Jossy has work on display at Vicereoy Gallery, including "Oscillator x Factor."

Kyle Christensen's "Red" hangs at Viceroy.

Throwing Mud Gallery made its first appearance as a stop on the Art Bus tour.

Andrea Trenbeath and James Tucker have new works in Jazzbones's balcony, including this piece they painted during last month's Art on the Ave.

Hot colors in bold abstract configurations are the order of the day at B2 Fine Art Gallery/Studio in "Hot Fusion: Explorations into Abstraction." "Hot Fusion," part one of a two-part show, is currently on display and features works by Todd Clark, Yvette Neumann, Judy Hintz Cox and Scott J. Morgan. Read Weekly Volcano art critic Alec Clayton's review here.

Del Brown and Najamoniq Todd kept the party moving at Embellish Multispace Salon. Besides the art of Maureen McHugh from Mad Hat Tea, the party also celebrated the birthday of owner Patricia Lecy-Davis.

McHugh created a timeline of hair fashion through the ages, which she gifted to Lecy-Davis.

Peering through the Brick House Gallery's window our yellow land vessel.

We caught the very tail end of the Spaceworks Tacoma one-year anniversary party on Hilltop Tacoma.

Tacoma filmmaker/artist Kris Crews painted the walls of Nate Dybevik's space on MLK Way on Hilltop Tacoma. Dybevik is a musician, a composer and a visual artist; he is also learning the fine art of piano rebuilding in a space provided by Spaceworks.

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