Resolve to See More Art in 2012!

Resolve to See More Art in 2012!

Finally a New Year’s resolution that will be fun to try and keep–come experience the art at SAM Downtown, the Seattle Asian Art Museum and the Olympic Sculpture Park! Here are our top five picks for what to see and do with SAM in January. 1....

Record Store Listening Party Schedule for January 3-6

Record Store Listening Party Schedule for January 3-6

TUES | January 3 6:30 PM Selector: John Gilbreath, Earshot Jazz and Seattle Art Museum Art of Jazz Calling all jazz heads to the Record Store for an evening of intense listening, great conversation about jazz and the vinyl record with Seattle’s own Jazz aficionado...

Do Ho Suh’s “Gate” Leads SAM Visitors Through 5,000 Years of Asian Art

Do Ho Suh’s “Gate” Leads SAM Visitors Through 5,000 Years of Asian Art

Invited to provide a contemporary response to the historical material, internationally recognized artist Do Ho Suh created a new multimedia installation for the exhibition Luminous: The Art of Asia, on view at SAM Downtown until January 8, 2012. Born in Korea and presently living in...

Link to Listen Up: Record Store in the Business of Ideas

Listen Up: Record Store in the Business of Ideas

I recently volunteered at SAM’s Teen Night Out, and one of my favorite moments was watching the youth interact with the record players in Theaster Gates: The Listening Room. This exhibition features a collection of thousands of records from a defunct record store in Chicago...

Link to Record Store: A Collaboration Between SAM and Olson Kundig Architects Opens Tonight

Record Store: A Collaboration Between SAM and Olson Kundig Architects Opens Tonight

  By Guest Blogger: Alan Maskin, Partner | Olson Kundig Architects We created [storefront] Olson Kundig Architects as an experimental work place for our firm’s community collaborations, pro-bono design work, philanthropic and volunteer work, and for design research and the development of design ideas. The idea to have our [storefront] space become the Record Store...

Link to Not Your Ordinary Screen Savers

Not Your Ordinary Screen Savers

Apropos the fabulous Golden “Bamboo and Poppies” Kanō school screens, and the other famous and beloved screens currently displayed in Luminous: The Art of Asia, the Seattle Art Museum’s collection of approximately 70 Asian screens, has been recently rehoused in the best state-of-the-art storage cabinets available...

Link to SAM SHOP: Great for Holiday Shopping

SAM SHOP: Great for Holiday Shopping

The goal of any holiday shopping excursion is to find something for your friends, family or significant other that is genuinely special and will surprise them. Whether it is an amusing novelty item or an exquisite hand-made mask, it is important to find a gift...

Link to SAM Gallery Offers Sneak Peek of the Upcoming Northwest Biennial at Tacoma Art Museum

SAM Gallery Offers Sneak Peek of the Upcoming Northwest Biennial at Tacoma Art Museum

Our show Earth Matters runs through December 10 and includes the work of Portland artist Kelly Neidig.  Long into the planning, neither Neidig nor the Tacoma Art Museum had any idea that the pieces in SAM Gallery’s show would also be selected for the prestigious Biennial. You can...

Link to Luminous Labels: Object 3

Luminous Labels: Object 3

Since the opening of Luminous: The Art of Asia at SAM Downtown, we have been asking you to give your perspective on selected objects that are on display in the exhibition.  A few weeks ago, we asked you to write about the Gyodo mask of...

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