BY SUZY STUMP for WEEKLY VOLCANO 7/4/25 | Veronica Sauer didn’t need a passport or pedigree to become an artist. What she needed was a […]
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FROM COVER: Kathy Traxler Anderson Carving Her Own Path
BY SUZY STUMP for WEEKLY VOLCANO 6/27/25 | When Kathy Anderson was four years old, she received a gift that would set the course for […]
FROM COVER: Amber McLean Processing Her Feelings in Paint
BY SUZY STUMP for WEEKLY VOLCANO 6/20/25 | Amber McLean’s first real painting—an expressive Buddha—was created for a fundraiser but actually parting with it nearly […]
FROM COVER: Adika Bell’s Art Celebrates Identity and Place
BY SUZY STUMP for WEEKLY VOLCANO 6/13/25 When Adika Bell was seven, he sat down with a pencil and paper to draw a pair of […]
FROM COVER: Matthew Cheramy’s South Tacoma Art Series
BY SUZY STUMP for WEEKLY VOLCANO 6/6/25 | “Are you painting a miracle?” That’s what a three-year-old child asked one day as he stood watching […]
FROM COVER: Shroom Brothers Give Weekly Volcano Shirts a Glow Up
BY SUZY STUMP for WEEKLY VOLCANO 5/30/25 | Every time I wear my Shroom Brothers T-shirt—the one Carrie Foster designed for our collaboration last year—people […]
FROM COVER: Artist Jesse Peterson on Art, Community and Sobriety
BY SUZY STUMP for WEEKLY VOLCANO 5/23/25 | When Jesse Peterson first started making art, he didn’t call himself an artist. Even after years of […]
FROM COVER: A New Story Pole Rises Over Tacoma’s Tribal Shoreline
BY SUZY STUMP for WEEKLY VOLCANO 5/16/25 | A gentle wind lifted the morning mist along the Ruston Way waterline, where members of the Puyallup […]
Unearthing Hidden Heroines: The Art and Activism of Lynette Charters
BY SUZY STUMP for WEEKLY VOLCANO 5/9/25 From a rusted metal sculpture in a foundation course in Bradford to a multi-media studio practice in the […]
Ashley Laufer: Planting Seeds of Inspiration in Tacoma’s Art Scene
BY SUZY STUMP for WEEKLY VOLCANO 05/02/25: Ashley Laufer has been creating art for as long as she can remember. But it was a watercolor […]