Seattle Art Museum

🔥 Hot off the press! The Seattle Times recently stopped by "Poke in the Eye: Art of the West Coast Counterculture" and came up with five reasons why you should see it at SAM. Click the link below to read all five reasons, then get your tickets to see this homegrown exhibition on view this week! https://lnkd.in/gy9TFKdq

Renowned artist Fay Jones is coming to SAM this Saturday, July 13! Accompanied by Carrie Dedon, SAM Associate Curator of Contemporary and Modern Art, Fay will take us into her captivating world as she shares insights into her illustrious career, discusses the depths of her works on view in "Poke in the Eye: Art of the West Coast Counterculture," and offers a unique opportunity to understand her contributions to the Pacific Northwest arts community and beyond. Tickets are included as part of museum admission—reserve yours now! https://lnkd.in/gECniXKF [🎨 "Milltown Exit," 1984, Fay Jones, American, born 1936, acrylic on canvas, 65 1/2 x 52 3/4 in. (166.4 x 134 cm), Gift of the Pacific Northwest Art Council, 84.168 © Fay Jones.]

"Conscious Constructions" is #NowOnView at SAM! The objects in this gallery span hundreds of years across Europe, encompassing High Renaissance, mannerism, baroque, as well as a sprinkling of contemporary art. They are an invitation from the artists to observe exquisite techniques and dynamic subject matter that continue to resonate with audiences today. https://lnkd.in/gy3rHcVF [📸 Alborz Kamalizad & Chloe Collyer]

Tucked away in a forest on the outskirts of Seattle sits Enid Smith Becker's cozy, sun-filled art studio. There, the SAM Gallery artist creates semi-abstracted landscape paintings that capture a mood or an emotion. Becker begins each new artwork by searching through her source photographs, selecting a photo, and making a quick sketch. At her easel, she paints the background landscape first, then incorporates panels that overlap the landscape, offering multiple views of the same subject. She believes that art can remind people of their connection to the natural world and encourage them to protect the beaches and forests they love. Visit #SAMBlog to learn about Becker's artistic process in the latest installment of our "In the Studio" series and see her latest artworks in "Reveal" at SAM Gallery through Sunday, August 4. https://lnkd.in/gEsRjiNS

🏖️ It's finally starting to feel like summer in Seattle! And it's right in time for the start of a new season of Summer at SAM at the Olympic Sculpture Park. Join us next Thursday, July 11 for an amusing evening of live performances by local musicians, hands-on art activities, rotating food trucks, and more. Get all of the details you need at visitsam.org/summer—we'll see you at the park soon!

🏆 Who will be SAM's 2024 Betty Bowen Award winner? It could be you! Applications for the 2024 Betty Bowen Award are now open. This annual award honors a Northwest artist for their original, exceptional, and compelling artwork and includes a $15,000 cash prize and a solo exhibition at SAM. All visual artists, makers, and creatives based in Washington, Oregon, or Idaho are encouraged to apply. Submit your application at visitsam.org/bettybowen before Thursday, August 1 at 11 pm PST. Plus, stay tuned for details about 2023 Betty Bowen Award-winner Tariqa Waters's solo exhibition, coming to SAM in 2025! [🎨 "Pink Ball Barrette," 2022, Tariqa Waters, blown glass, 9 x 9 x 9 in., © Tariqa Waters.]

You know "American Gothic" (1930), but do you know "American Gothicware" (1972)? This series by Howard Kottler spoofs the well-known painting by Grant Wood. By placing a decal of the iconic image on four plates and adding his own twist to each one, Kottler expresses his subversive attitude toward American life. Each plate offers a visual confrontation of the original painting by Wood and with it mainstream American values. Visit #SAMBlog to read more about Kottler's Gothicware series, then get tickets to see all four plates for yourself in "Poke in the Eye: Art of the West Coast Counterculture" at SAM! https://lnkd.in/gt93_Trj

👀 There's a new addition to our Porcelain Room! Created by contemporary artist Diego Cibelli, "Fiori dei Miei Habiti / La Montagne Enchantée" is a site-specific response to the iconic room's evocative ceiling fresco, "The Triumph of Valor Over Time" (ca. 1757) by Giovanni Tiepolo. Learn more about this work and take an up-close look at its astonishingly intricate details now at SAM! https://lnkd.in/gXjFHhMd [📸 Alborz Kamalizad]

🌈 TWO WEEKS TO GO! With "Anida Yoeu Ali: Hybrid Skin, Mythical Presence" on view for only two more weeks at the Seattle Asian Art Museum, we're throwing it back to the beginning of June when Anida Yoeu Ali and her rainbow brigade of chadoras took to the streets to interact and engage with Seattleites across the city. In this reimagined iteration of "The Red Chador," titled "The Red Chador: Afterlife," Ali lead the chadoras in a dazzling procession that reclaimed the gaze of the Muslim woman from the rising threat of both Islamophobia and homophobia. Joining Ali for this performance were Selma Al-Aswad, Sabreen Akhter, Nisreen El-Saadoun, Hiba Jameel, Soraya Sultan Meer, and Yireidi Valencia-Martinez. Get an up-close look at Ali's dazzling sequined chadoras and more of her large-scale performance works through Sunday, July 7—reserve your tickets now! visitsam.org/ali

Playfully irrelevant, intentionally weird, and seriously funny—welcome to the world of "Poke in the Eye" at SAM! Now on #SAMBlog, get an inside look at the newest exhibition to take over our fourth floor galleries, featuring the vibrant and eclectic artworks by Pacific Northwest artists from the 1960s to today. https://lnkd.in/gAtTD6yP