Hope you're all making plans for Ocean Fest weekend!! :) Kayak tryouts and tours, ocean dance, plastic trash art and film fest tix! | | | | View this email in your browser | | | | | | | | | | | Arts, science, water fun! | | | | | | | | | | | Ocean Illumination Were you at last year's Lantern Paddle for Species, when the mysterious illuminated salmon made their graceful way past hundreds of lanterns and paddlecraft at twilight?  Join us this year for the same ocean illumination, to the haunting live flute music of Paul Chiyokten Wagner (Saanich). We'll have aerial circus, steel pan drums, the 70-48 paddle race, food trucks, free art and science in the museum, and a direct call to protect endangered marine species before their light goes out forever. 7-10pm Friday June 10 at the Foss Waterway Seaport. FREE. | | | | Lantern Paddle | | | | | | | | | | | | | Plastic Trash Art Seven stunning photos of artwork made by Alejandro Durán from plastic trash washed up on Mexico's beaches. And cascading from it, an installation of our own plastic waste, made by local artist Mary Mann and SAMi students. Gaze. Reflect. Be inspired to act. On view at Ocean Fest June 12 and beyond. | | | | | Festival art | | | | | | | | | | | Flute, cello & more Ocean Fest is full of music! From native flute by Rona YellowRobe to electric cello by Gretchen Yanover, from percussion to guitar to string quintet, be immersed in ocean sounds all day and at every event. | | | | | Festival music | | | | | | | | | | | Clean up a Beach, Make Trash Art Join us 9:30am-12pm Saturday June 12 for the Ocean Fest Beach Cleanup! We're partnering with South Sound Surfrider at Chambers Bay Beach to pick up trash - then create a mural with it! Plus Hawaiian music from Hula Halau...perfect. | | | | | Beach Cleanup | | | | | | | | | | | Island Song & Film Bought your tickets yet for the 2nd Tacoma Ocean Film Festival? Three glorious nights of Island Song, Giants of the Deep and For Love of Orcas, with local and global film and filmmaker Q&As every night! $12/$10/free for Tacoma students. 7pm June 15-17 at The Grand Cinema. | | | | | Film Fest tix | | | | | | | | This is a great moment to say a HUGE thank you to the people who make our event possible. Tacoma Creates , who helps pay for our incredible artists. Tacoma Arts helping fund the first-ever Pacific Northwest water mural by Sean Yoro. Tacoma Venues & Events, who helps fund the tech supporting OceanX speakers. The Bamford Foundation, whose generosity supports our Youth Story Contest and more. Tacoma Public Utilities and the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, who help us with cleanups, the Tacoma Ocean Film Fest and ocean art. Ocean-sized gratitude to all of you! | | | | | | Vuelta La Luna is back for Tacoma Ocean Fest and the Lantern Paddle! Mesmerizing aerials, flow toys and ocean hoops for all - we can't wait!!! | | | | | | | | Tacoma Ocean Fest is a free festival held on World Ocean Day weekend on Tacoma's waterfront.  We lift up diverse voices and bring our community together with arts, sciences and water fun to celebrate the ocean, learn about its threats and get inspired to protect it. CELEBRATE | LEARN | PROTECT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Copyright © 2022 Tacoma Ocean Fest, All rights reserved. You're on this list because you gave your email at an Ocean Fest event. You'll get sneak peeks and fun details about the festival. We promise not to spam you! If you do want to unsubscribe, just let us know. But we'll miss you. Our mailing address is: Tacoma Ocean Fest705 Dock StTacoma, WA 98402 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. | | | | -- Rosemary Ponnekanti, director(she/her/hers) Tacoma Ocean FestLantern Paddle: June 10, 2022Beach Cleanup: June 11, 2022Ocean Fest: June 12, 2022plus a whole month of ocean love and events...tacomaoceanfest.org Facebook Twitter Instagram Celebrate | Learn | ProtectI acknowledge the land I sit and occupy today as the  traditional home of the Puyallup, Duwamish, Tulalip, Muckleshoot, and Suquamish tribal nations.  Without them I would not have access to this working, teaching, and learning environment.  I take the opportunity to thank the original caretakers of this land who are still here.