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Aloha Club Collection

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Aloha Club Collection

The Aloha Club is a Tacoma institution, organized as a women's study group in 1892. The Club aims to promote the cultural life of the community and to foster the development of Northwest artists. The partnership between the Aloha Club and Tacoma Art Museum stretches back to 1971, inspired by a shared commitment to this region.

The Aloha Club originally supported art education by purchasing color reproductions of works by Old Master and Impressionist artists for use in schools. In 1948, Club members made the intrepid decision to begin purchasing original works by Northwest artists. These artworks were lent for display at various community organizations.

In 1971, the Aloha Club gifted their art collection to Tacoma Art Museum so that the works would be more accessible to the public and broaden the museum’s holdings of Northwest art. In close partnership with the museum’s curators and in alignment with the museum’s acquisition guidelines, the Club continues to add to this collection.

The Aloha Club supports a variety of Northwest artists, from traditional to avant-garde and historical to contemporary. They have often selected works by emerging artists, in new media, or by historically important Northwest artists—smart choices that encourage an inclusive history of Northwest art.

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Cascades
Kenneth Callahan
circa late 1930s
Old Mill
Beulah Hyde
1955
Self Portrait
Mark Tobey
1955
Mountain Pass
Vera L. Fraser
circa 1950s
Carl Morris
1955
Seascape #2
Viola Patterson
late 1950s
Heavenly Lens
Leo Kenney
1970
Ravine
Bill Colby
1970
House and Garden IV
Keith Achepohl
1970-1971
Bride
Thomas Handforth
1927
Bride
Thomas Handforth
date unknown
Leda-Waitress in a Paris Cafe
Thomas Handforth
1928
Merry-Go-Round
Thomas Handforth
date unknown
Sfax
Thomas Handforth
date unknown
Portrait of an Old Man
Thomas Handforth
1920
Rain
Thomas Handforth
1927
Cherry Street, New York
Thomas Handforth
1920
Study of a Man
Thomas Handforth
date unknown
Thoroughbreds
Thomas Handforth
date unknown
Girl's Head
Thomas Handforth
date unknown
Sfax
Thomas Handforth
date unknown
Circle of Life
Guy Anderson
1972
Bird
Morris Graves
1944
Night Bird
Philip McCracken
1974