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Intrigue….Intrigued?

Seattle Art Museum on Feb 3 2012

Picasso and Gauguin are all well and good, but just you wait and see what the people behind these smash-hit exhibitions have to offer. SAM employees are combining their collective artistic prowess to present a multi-talented, multi-media creative explosion. Many of the dedicated employees, from all departments, started their careers at SAM because of their love of art. That love also often includes some serious artistic talent. What kind of talent you ask? See for yourself at Art/Not Terminal this February.

By Gordon Lambert

After hearing about fellow co-workers’ projects over the years, a small group of SAM employees decided it was high time that someone put all of this hidden talent together to present to the community the combined works of 37 artists working at SAM.

By Taggard Wood

Come support local artists at the Intrigue, Works by SAM Staff on view February 4–29.

Opening Night Reception
Saturday, February 4, 7–10 pm
Art Not Terminal Subterranean Room
Map courtesy of Microsoft Bing

Paul Klein will be performing througout the evening. DJ Transport will be mixing chill music all night long.

Artists on View

Allison Manch	Lindsey Dabek	Sara Osebold
Ann Waller	Lynda Swenson	Sarah Hollingsworth
Chris Keenan	Mark Thomas	Scott Roseburrough
Christina Park	Megan Harmon	Shannon McConnell
Courtney Harris	Monica Cavagnaro	Stephanie Battershell
Craig van den Bosch	Natasha Lewandrowski	Steve Kummerer
Emily Hicks	Phil Stoiber	Taggard Wood
George Nunes	Ray Price	Thomas Krueger
Gordon Lambert	Rebecca Bush	Tom Douglass
James Ghormley	Robert Wendt	Vaughn Meekins
Joe Finn	Rodger Greene	Wendy Wees
Jonathan MacKinnon	Roy Stanton
Joshua Gosovich	Rush Fay

-Emily Eddy, Donor Services Representative

Top photo: Christina Park

Write Your Own Luminous Label

Seattle Art Museum on Oct 4 2011

In honor of our exhibition, Luminous: The Art of Asia, opening October 13, we are launching something fun and interactive for all you SAM fans! We are kicking off a promotion called “Luminous Labels” today.

SAM curator Catherine Roche recently wrote about the art of label writing and the difficulties that curators face when telling the objects’ stories to the public. We are calling on you to write your own label for some of the artwork featured in Luminous. The winning labels will be displayed in the gallery next to the official ones.

We will be posting a picture of the work that we want you to label on our blog every other Monday morning. It is up to you to write the label for it–drawing on your interpretations, perceptions and feelings towards the piece. There is really only one rule: it must be 60 words or less. Other than that, we encourage you to have fun and be creative!

For week 1 of Luminous Labels, you will have until Friday morning, October 7, at 9:00am to submit your label to luminous@seattleartmuseum.org. The chosen label will be displayed on October 13–the opening day of Luminous: The Art of Asia–in the gallery next to the official one!

We will be inviting people to write labels for a total of 7 different objects over the course of the exhibition, October 13- January 8. Each label that is chosen will be printed up, just as a real label would be, and posted right next to the official label. Who doesn’t want to see their work displayed in a museum gallery for all the visitors to see?

Our first piece is Krishna in a garden (ca. 1660-1700).

SAM curatorial coordinator, Natasha Lewandrowski, has supplied some questions to ask yourself while creating your label that may help get your started.

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