painted birds nest with two cream eggs sitting in a swirl of twigs

The Art Gallery

Where Art Reaches You

About

The Gallery at TCC is a place where students and the surrounding community can find artistic expression in all mediums, and from all world cultures and historic eras.

With an exterior that seems to change from every angle and naturally lit, unique display spaces, The Gallery is a perfect venue for special exhibitions, lectures, readings, and our rotating collections.

In the Gallery: Natura Morta, Art By nicole gugliotti 

March 12 - April 12, 2024

Gallery Talk: March 13, noon

Reception: April 4, 4-6 p.m.

 

TCC Art Professor nicole gugliotti uses hand-built pottery to explore themes of reproductive health education and reproductive justice along with playfulness and resilience in the face of continued attacks on bodily autonomy, state violence and genocide, and an ongoing pandemic. View the exhibition in The Gallery this spring.

 

image for nicole gugliotti Natura Morta exhibition, with pictures of small pieces of ceramic art

 

TCC Art History Book Club 

Art Historian, Jennifer Olson, Ph.D., will give a short introduction of the artist and lead the discussion of Mary Gabriel's book "Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement that Changed Modern Art. "  

Call for Entries: 22nd Annual Juried Local Art Exhibition 

Be part of the Juried Local Art Exhibition this summer! We can't wait to see your work! 

Enter by May 10 

Upcoming Exhibitions

Feb. 1 - 29, 2024: Black Artists Exhibition

March 12 - April 12, 2024: nicole gugliotti

April 24 - 25, 2024: Ikebana 

May 6 - June 6, 2024: TCC Art Student Exhibition

June 24 - Aug. 15, 2024: 22nd Annual Juried Local Art Exhibition

Sept 25 - Oct. 25, 2024: Mauricio Robalino

Nov. 4 - Dec. 6, 2024: Chinese Artists

Jan. 2 - 31, 2025: Lynette Charters, Missing Women/Parents

Feb. 10 - April 4, 2025: Black Artists

April 14 - May 2, 2025: TCC Art Faculty Reception 

May 7 - 8, 2025: Ikebana 

May 19 - June 5, 2023: TCC Art Student Exhibition

June 23 - Aug. 15, 2025: 23rd Annual Juried Local Art Exhibition

Sept. 22 - Oct. 24:  Women Artists (Patsy Surh O'Connell, Bella Yongok Kim, Irene Osborn, Leonie Castelino)

Nov. 2 - Dec. 19, 2025:  Hilltop Glass Artists

Visit the Gallery

The public is welcome, and all exhibits are free.

Gallery Hours

Monday: Closed 
Tuesdays - Thursdays: 10am-4pm
Third Thursday of each month: 10am-8pm
Fridays: 10am-3pm

Current exhibition

Location

The Gallery is located in Bldg. 4, near the corner of 12th and Mildred. Visitor parking is available in Lot G.

Campus Map

Contact Us

Questions?
Contact Gallery Coordinator
Dr. Jennifer Olson
jolson@tacomacc.edu
253-460-4306

Email Jennifer

The Gallery Shop

The Gallery shop carries photographs & cards by Alice Di Certo, Connie Hardy, & Linda Staats; and jewelry by Margaret Doty.

a collection of ceramic birds

Pieces by Melinda Cox, $75 for large birds and $35 for small birds

a collection of beaded jewelry

Pieces by Margaret Doty, $20 each

a collection of woven bird ornaments

Pieces by Melinda Cox, $15 each

Wait! There's More to See

original work of art by Alice Di Certo

Take a look at the exhibit at TCC's Gig Harbor Campus, currently featuring "HOME AWAY FROM HOME" by Alice Di Certo.