Write253 is a literary arts and printmaking organization who mission is to provide writing, publishing, and artistic opportunities to teens in Tacoma/Pierce Co.

Tacoma, WA
Joined May 2016
This is going to be FUN! Admission to the @HistoryMuseum is FREE for @TravelTacoma's TAG Festival on Sunday May 22.
As a city with industrial roots, it’s no surprise that Tacoma’s art form of choice is an industrial art: GLASSBLOWING 🤩 Sunday May 22nd from 10am-5pm, we will be hosting a FREE, one-day, community event - showcasing a variety of artists, live entertainment, food & beer garden!
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“Everybody’s got a dream” 🌙🖤💛 A quote from the book we just finished: In the Heights. Thank you @Write253 for coming to Lincoln and printing with us! 🖼 @AbeConnection @TacomaCreates @TPSLibraries @tacomaschools @lincolnabesread
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Jessica Spring@SpringtidePress27 Apr 2022
📷 Wee tiny Sigwalt getting ready for GatherINK at @write.253, where we’ll be printing on May 1 from 11-3. #letterpress #metaltype #tacomaartscommission #maydaymayday (at Tacoma, Washington)... tmblr.co/Z_eHlwbvXBZ4iy00
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If you’re an adult who likes to read and work with youth, you might be interested in volunteering for @Write253's Remann Hall Book Club, a twice-monthly book club that serves youth in the Remann Hall Juvenile Detention Center! #greentrike #piercecounty write253.com/volunteer-rhbc
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Print-making with @Write253 with @ProjectLitAbes book club in the library! @lincolnabesread 💐 “Yay! Spring” book marks were a big hit. Perfectly pairs with our April pick: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo 💕 @AbeConnection @TacomaCreates
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📓🖊🎭 Next Wednesday, Feb. 9 at 6 p.m. join Write253 Program Director Kate Threat for a workshop designed to develop your narrative through dialogue. For ages 15 to adult. Register for your spot today! Presented with @Write253 and @TacomaCreates bit.ly/tpl-narrative
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🎤👏⚡ Next Wed., Nov. 10 at 6 p.m. join us for an evening of poetry and conversation with local poet, Christian Paige. Presented with @Write253 and @TacomaCreates. Register for your spot today: tacomalibrary.org/tacomaread… #tacomareads #todayatyourlibrary #tacomapubliclibrary
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Museum of Glass is now open on Wednesdays! Witness live glassblowing in the MOG Hot Shop and explore the exhibitions for an extra day each week, 10am to 5pm. Visit museumofglass.org to stay up to date with all Museum happenings.
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Third Thursdays are back! Visit MOG tomorrow, August 19, with FREE admission from 5–8pm. Explore exhibitions currently on view and witness the action in the Hot Shop after our regular hours every month on the Third Thursday! View the event details at: museumofglass.org/calendar-o…
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Join @Write253 and MOG for A Most Beautiful Thing: Celebrating Harlem Renaissance Poetry and Lalique Glass, Sunday at 1pm. Local young poets will be reading and celebrating poetry from the 1920s. Learn more at: fb.me/e/IinOFk98
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Guess What!? My Patreon is now live! You can access my first post and a free workbook here: patreon.com/posts/guess-what…
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I’ve asked my 3rd year illustration students at @sva to come up with a post-pandemic New Yorker magazine cover. Here is what they sent in:
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Join us in celebrating #Tacoma's new poet laureate, Lydia K. Valentine, at Pass the Torch, a virtual poetry event on 4/22 at 6pm. For more on this event and our #poetlaureate program, visit cityoftacoma.org/poet.
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Happy #NationalPoetryMonth! Check out our roundup of online poetry events this April, plus journals to read and subscription services to sign up for from @ElliottBayBooks and @openpoetrybooks. everout.com/seattle/articles…
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🎤🎵🎹 Learn how to record, produce and distribute original music and the spoken word in a variety of formats. 💻 🎷Designed for adults, presented by the Digital Media Lab. Please register to attend: bit.ly/tpl-record-label #todayatyourlibrary #tacomapubliclibrary #tacoma
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So excited to meet Christina Hammonds Reed, author of The Black Kids on 2/22/21! Big thanks to @univpugetsound & @Write253 for partnering up with us on this fantastic opportunity! 🙏🤩🙌pugetsound.edu/theblackkids 📖💕 @ProjectLitAbes @AbeConnection @ProjectLITComm @lincolnabesread
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Happy Tuesday! The newest installment of our newsletter contains updates on upcoming releases, writing workshops, and literary events coming up this year, check it out! #indiepress #publishing - mailchi.mp/0eda52360492/blue…
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Check out Oasis' programs for this week. Note that our program on Friday is going to be shifted one hour earlier. Tune in for a program dedicated to #MartinLutherKingJr! #OasisYouthCenter #LGBTQ #QueerYouth #MLKDay2021
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Every Thursday until April, from 11AM-1PM, youth ages 13-26 can pick up a bag of warm clothes and food from the Rainbow Center, located at 2215 Pacific Ave. in Tacoma.
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Calling all teen writers! Join us tonight for the first Write Time of 2021. This free writing circle led by @finneyfrock is open to youth age 13-19. RSVP at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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