Tacoma Art place announces viral video contest Tacoma, WA – Tacoma Art Place, a non-profit art center in the Martin Luther King neighborhood of Tacoma, has launched a viral video contest that encourages amateur and professional filmmakers to create a 30 second video promoting the mission of Tacoma Art Place. Sponsored by Comcast, the contest winner will receive a $250 cash prize. The winning video will also be displayed on the Tacoma Art Place website, www.tacomaartplace.org, and on the Comcast website, http://comcastwashington.mediaroom.com. "We're trying to foster participation in a variety of art mediums, and thought a video contest would be a fun incentive to encourage people to give it a try if they've never produced a video. We hope many of our entrants will gain the experience necessary to put toward the Grand Cinema's 72-hour Film Competition later this year" said TAP founder Linda Danforth. Video submissions are due by March 8, 2010 and a winner will be determined on March 22, 2010. The rules are simple- videos will be uploaded to www.youtube.com, and the video with the most number of hits by the end of the two-week viewing period will be declared the winner. For a more complete set of guidelines, please contact Jennifer McKinney, Tacoma Art Place Video Contest Coordinator. Tacoma Art Place (TAP) is a non-profit art center (with 501c3 charitable status) in the heart of the revitalized MLK neighborhood. Their mission is to provide access to equipment and training that will allow more people to affordably explore their creativity and artistic ability. They have a special emphasis to reach underserved individuals with free or reduced-cost memberships and to offer arts education in the community. For more information and the contest entry form, visit www.tacomaartplace.org.