'''ArtRod''' is a nonprofit arts organization located in Tacoma, Washington. It was founded in 1958 and went through several incarnations including Allied Arts and Artists Exchange.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artrod.org/history.html |title=ArtRod |accessdate=2015-03-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213064818/http://artrod.org/history.html |archivedate=2015-02-13 }}</ref><ref>Graves, J., 2005. Art in Tacoma's Present Links Past with Uncertain Future. The News Tribune. 2 Jan.</ref> The mission of ArtRod is to facilitate art exhibition in nontraditional public arenas and grew out of a response to bring contemporary art forms from a traditional museum setting and directly into the community's path.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artrod.org/history.html |title=ArtRod |accessdate=2015-03-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213064818/http://artrod.org/history.html |archivedate=2015-02-13 }}</ref>
ArtRod has supported four major projects: ''Toby Room'' magazine, the Don't Bite the Pavement film series, and the exhibition spaces Tollbooth Gallery and Critical Line.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artrod.org/ |title=ArtRod |accessdate=2014-01-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140516220118/http://artrod.org/ |archivedate=2014-05-16 }}</ref> The organisation has been a collaboration between Michael Lent and Jared Pappas-Kelley.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tacomaculture.org/arts/resource/TA_AMOCAT_2005.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-09-10 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074933/http://www.tacomaculture.org/arts/resource/TA_AMOCAT_2005.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cityartsonline.com/issues/tacoma/2007/01/3-x-2 |title=3 x 2 | City Arts |access-date=2013-09-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726032331/http://cityartsonline.com/issues/tacoma/2007/01/3-x-2 |archive-date=2014-07-26 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> In 2005 they were honoured with an arts genius award from the City of Tacoma for their work on ArtRod and the Tollbooth Gallery.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tacomaculture.org/arts/resource/TA_AMOCAT_2005.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-09-10 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074933/http://www.tacomaculture.org/arts/resource/TA_AMOCAT_2005.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140516220118/http://artrod.org/ ArtRod official website]
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