Donors

Dear Arts Patron,

This is a request for your support of Train. Barefoot Studios, in partnership with Tacoma Neighborhoods Together, Metro Parks, Sound Transit, Job Carr Museum, GSA.gov and University of Washington Tacoma is proud to announce their production of Train, inspired by the railroad history and heritage of Tacoma, during the month of May.  Funded in part by Tacoma Arts Commission and Washington State Arts Commission, Train is a series of performances and a visual art exhibition to be produced at Barefoot Studios and other sites in Tacoma with current or historic connections to local railroad activity. Tacoma’s railroad heritage and the artists’ personal train stories provide the thematic material for Train. A visual art installation will be exhibited at Barefoot Studios, 1604 Center Street, Tacoma.  www.barefootcallous.org, 

The roster of artists for Train include Callous Physical Theatre, poet G.B. Waldschmidt, conceptual artist Cara J. Jennings, spoken word artist Lucas Smiraldo, performance artist/film maker Meg McHutchison, the Folksingers in Hell featuring David Fewster and Heidi Fosner, choreographer Katharine M. Stricker, photographer Gary Lappier, choreographer Michael Hoover and André Bouchard, artistic director of Seattle’s Walrus Dance Company.

Train is a unique event in Tacoma and will provide paid performance opportunities for local and regional performing artists in dance, spoken word, music, and performance art; take advantage of the unique outdoor performance spaces of Tacoma’s beautiful parks, downtown district, and urban university; increase exposure of the performing arts through free outdoor performance events; and nurture the perception of Tacoma as a destination for culture and art.

Your support will help make Train a success and is fully tax-deductible up to the limits of the law. Tacoma Neighborhoods Together, a 501(c)3 organization, is acting as fiscal agent for Train. For a tax deduction, please make checks payable to Tacoma Neighborhoods Together, write Barefoot Studios/Train in the memo and mail to:  Joséphine Zmolek, Barefoot Studios, 1604 Center St., Tacoma, WA 98409. If you will not be making a tax deduction, please make check payable to Barefoot Studios and mail to: Joséphine Zmolek, Barefoot Studios, Barefoot Studios, 1604 Center St., Tacoma, WA 98409. We also welcome in-kind donations. Donors will be acknowledged in Train programs and on the Train website. Please contact Barefoot Studios at (253) 627-2273 or barefootstudios@harbornet.com with any questions.

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