Join local artist and current Environmental Services Artist in Residence, Teruko Nimura, to consider the volume and scale of our waste, and the labor that goes into making the immeasurable objects that we throw away every day. Nimura will be presenting on her ongoing work three-part artwork, Wasteland Dreams, which includes the pieces: “Entangled,” “Extended Family Table,” and “Upstream Together.” These three artworks express some of the problems we face regarding our solid waste by using common, everyday materials reclaimed from our waste stream, and raise awareness of our shared environmental dilemma.

About Teruko Nimura:

Teruko Nimura is based in University Place. She creates drawings, sculptures, site specific installations, pottery, public artworks and multi-layered community engagement projects that invite discovery and introspection through experiential connection. Her Japanese and Filipino cultural heritage is a foundational lens for her explorations of collective memory and trauma, identity, motherhood, and the climate crisis.

Learn more about her work here.

How to get there:

To arrive at the venue, you can use the following options:

• Take the link to the Tacoma Dome

• Take the 41, 42, 500

• If arriving by car, there is parking next to the venue.