What: A one-day free festival on Tacoma’s downtown waterfront for World Oceans Day weekend
When: June 10, 2018 Where: Foss Waterway Seaport, 705 Dock St., Tacoma, WA Why: Bringing the community together with arts, sciences and water play to celebrate the ocean, tell about its threats and inspire people to protect it.
Our team: Rosemary Ponnekanti (founding director), Wesley Wenhardt (Foss Seaport director), Lisa Kinoshita (curator), Annie Crawley (speaker+Seattle liaison), Carissa Bennett and Shantelle Liu (communications), Bianca Ponnekanti (project manager), and with help from our amazing volunteers!
Sponsors, partners, collaborators: Make a Splash, Tacoma Sunrise Rotary, The Grand Cinema, Underwater Sports, Tacoma Public Library, Write253, Waka Waka Studios, Cascade Game Foundry, Tacoma City Ballet, TUPAC dance, Asia Pacific Cultural Center, Fab-5, Surfrider Foundation, Pierce Conservation District, Zero Waste Washington, Puget Soundkeeper and more to come!