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Virtual Art Talks: Discovering the Dragon Tamer Luohan with Foong Ping & Geneva Griswold

May 27 2020

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Object of the Week: Cardbirds

May 29 2020

Object of the Week: Wu Liang Shrine

May 22 2020

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May 20 2020

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May 27 2020

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May 31 2020

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May 28 2020

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$\"Embrace diversity. Unite— Or be divided, robbed, ruled, killed By those who see you as prey. Embrace diversity Or be destroyed.\" – Octavia Butler, \"Parable of the Sower.\" SAM Book Club is sharing reflections on \"Parable of the Sower\" every other week on #SAMBlog and we encourage you to read along. Octavia Butler\'s unique brand of sci-fi touches on so many issues—climate change, corrupt politicians, corporate greed, class warfare, sexism, economic collapse, and racism are just a few. Almost all of these issues are forms of oppression or they can be leveraged to oppress people. As we read about the violent reality of this novel, the theme of freedom becomes overwhelming within the book and within our own reality. Find more in-depth thoughts about this amazing author and share your experiences reading #OctaviaButler with us while you #StayHomeWithSAM #LinkInBio$
$The young girl gazes directly into the camera: serene, open, determined. Her arms cross in front of her; her hands reach for those of the other children beside her. Together, they form a chain that cannot be broken. She is 11-year-old Quintella Harrell, as the photo’s caption notes, and she’s participating in the campaign for voting rights for Black people in Selma, Alabama, that took place in the early months of 1965. The photo was taken by Dan Budnik, who uses documentary photography as a tool for activism and to bear witness to the battle for equality. A few weeks before this photo was taken, a 26-year-old church deacon from Marion named Jimmie Lee Jackson was shot by a state trooper as he tried to shield his mother from the trooper’s nightstick, dying eight days later. Days after this photo was taken, the historic march from Selma to Montgomery, led by civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and John Lewis, would begin. The images of state troopers attacking the activists during what came to be called “Bloody Sunday” galvanized public opinion, eventually leading to the march’s safe completion on March 21—and to the passing of the Voting Rights Act. This moment of a young girl’s perseverance is captured forever in this black-and-white photo, but it’s far from the distant past. Today, Dr. Quintella Harrell is 65 years old. How much has changed? SAM expresses deep compassion for those seeking justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. We share in the grief, anger, and frustration that their friends, families, and Black communities are feeling, which has spread across the country and the world. SAM is committed to doing our part in the necessary work of creating racial equity. Art can play a critical role in creating structural change and equity; it deepens empathy, asks tough questions, and offers new visions for collective responses to our world. We must create that new world together. • #BlackLivesMatter #MuseumsAreNotNeutral #GeorgeFloyd #BreonnaTaylor #AhmaudArbery [\"Quintella Harrell, 11 Years Old, With Other Young Voting Rights Protestors, Dallas County Courthouse, Selma, Alabama, 4 March 1965,\" 1965, Dan Budnik, gelat$
$Robert Rauschenberg\'s outside-the-box thinking really shines in our #SAMObjectOfTheWeek, \"Cardbirds.\"📦 Rauschenberg\'s playful pieces use cardboard boxes to take on new forms—like a turkey, or a spaceship! Learn more about Rauschenberg and his work on #SAMBlog while you #StayHomeWithSAM! • #LinkInBio #RobertRauschenberg #MuseumFromHome #SeattleArtMuseum [\"Cardbird III,\" 1971, Robert Rauschenberg, collage of corrugated cardboard, tape, offset photolithograph, and screen print, 35 1/2 x 36 in., Gift of the Robert B. and Honey Dootson Collection, 81.62.2 © Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.]$
$Find some relief this weekend while you #StayHomeWithSAM. Use cut paper to make your own relief rubbings inspired by SAM\'s rubbing from the Wu Liang Shrine. Learn more about this ancient shrine, relief rubbings, and this art activity on SAM Blog! • #LinkInBio #SeattleArtMuseum #MuseumFromHome$
$New name who dis?:dragon: Learn why this sculpture, formerly known as \"Monk at The Moment of Enlightenment,\" is now titled \"Dragon Tamer Louhan\" while you #StayHomeWithSAM! Foong Ping, SAM\'s Foster Foundation Curator of Chinese Art, and Geneva Griswold, SAM Associate Conservator, share the findings that led to renaming this enigmatic sculpture. If you want more content like this, become a member—our next Conversations With Curators is June 3! • #AsianArt #Sculpture #SeattleArtMuseum #MuseumFromHome$
$Make room for creativity while you #StayHomeWithSAM! Take inspo from @lynetteyiadomboakye\'s \"Trapsprung\" in this fun art activity. It\'s simple—all you have to do is bust a move, make a tin foil sculpture, and use your sculpture to recreate your favorite poses. Learn more about the painting and check out the full art making activity on #SAMBlog. • #LinkInBio #SeattleArtMuseum #MuseumFromHome$
$This ink rubbing was made a century ago, but the funerary monument it was made from is even more ancient! Learn about our #SAMObjectOfTheWeek from the Eastern Han period (25–220 CE) of China and what this rubbing depicts while you #StayHomeWithSAM on #SAMBlog! • #LinkInBio #SeattleArtMuseum #MuseumFromHome [\"Wu Liang Shrine: Chinese History and Mythology,\" ca. 1920s, Han Dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE), Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, ink rubbing on paper, 35.587.2.]$
$Floor it to #SAMBlog for a behinde-the-scenes look at the making of the beautiful tatami flooring and shoji doors in the Asian Art Museum\'s new Asian Paintings Conservation Studio.😍 Handmade by local master craftsman, Koji Uchida just for this space, the Asian Paintings Conservation Studio is the only one if its kind on the west coast. • #LinkInBio #StayHomeWithSAM #SAMBlog #SeattleArtMuseum #MuseumFromHome #Tatami [📸 Rachel Harris]$

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