ArtRod is a nonprofit arts organization located in

Tacoma, Washington Tacoma ( ) is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. A port city, it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, Washington, Olympia, and northwest of Mount ...

. It was founded in 1958 and went through several incarnations including Allied Arts and Artists Exchange. The mission of ArtRod is to facilitate art exhibition in nontraditional public arenas and grew out of a response to bring

contemporary art Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic com ...

forms from a traditional

museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

setting and directly into the community's path. ArtRod has supported four major projects: ''

Toby Room ''Toby Room'' is a quarterly arts publication founded in 2001 and a project of ArtRod. Organized as a gallery in print, ''Toby Room'' featured writings, projects, and interviews amongst artists, filmmakers, and musicians, alongside contribution ...

'' magazine, the Don't Bite the Pavement film series, and the exhibition spaces

Tollbooth Gallery The Tollbooth Gallery was a site-specific exhibition space and project of the nonprofit arts organization ArtRod launched in 2003 and located in Tacoma, Washington. The project featured contemporary art on view 24 hours a day and seven days a week. ...

and

Critical Line Critical Line was a contemporary art Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically ad ...

. The organisation has been a collaboration between Michael Lent and

Jared Pappas-Kelley Jared Pappas-Kelley is an American curator, researcher, and visual artist. He studied at The Evergreen State College, Goddard College and the European Graduate School where he served as Graduate Teaching Assistant for both Jean-Luc Nancy and Paul ...

. In 2005 they were honoured with an arts genius award from the City of Tacoma for their work on ArtRod and the Tollbooth Gallery.

External links

ArtRod official website

References

Arts organizations based in Washington (state) Culture of Tacoma, Washington Organizations based in Washington (state) {{US-arts-org-stub