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In Warrior for the 21st Century (1999), a figural sculpture periodically dances to the sound of a rattle while an unidentified voice counts to 10 in the Salish language. To create this work, Jaun...

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“What do you want to be when you grow up?” I have been asked this question since I was a child. Now, as a junior at the University of Washington Tacoma, that question has evolved: “What do ...

https://samblog.seattleartmuseum.org/2024/04/karla-pastrana-reflection/

Muse/News features art world news every week, with all the latest media coverage for SAM, Seattle, and beyond. The post Muse/News: Big Deal at SAM, Art Labyrinth, and Joyful Revolt appeared fi...

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Since 2022, we’ve followed the adventures of Bobby McCullough, SAM Facilities and Landscape Manager, at the Olympic Sculpture Park as part of our video series 🍃 Botany with Bobby 🍃. In ea...

https://samblog.seattleartmuseum.org/2024/04/botany-with-bobby-episodes-1-3/

In Rain (C.S. 1854) (1990), long-handled silver spoons are adhered to a wood canvas. Below the spoons, oozing layers of paint, oil, wax, and ink punctuate the work’s surface like drops of rain....

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SAM’s Gardner Center for Asian Art and Ideas presents the 2023–24 season of the Saturday University Lecture Series, exploring various topics on Asian art and culture across time. On Saturday,...

https://samblog.seattleartmuseum.org/2024/04/saturday-university-aurelia-campbell/

In Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People), images related to American colonization appear alongside newspaper headlines describing the dark reality of reservation life. Above, an array ...

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Muse/News features art world news every week, with all the latest media coverage for SAM, Seattle, and beyond. The post Muse/News: Thrilling Ali, Wake Floats, and Craft is Art appeared first o...

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By the 1950s, Alexander Calder had established himself as an internationally renowned artist. Although the public perceived him as a social butterfly, he preferred to work in his Roxbury, Connect...

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In Jaune Quick-to-See Smith’s striking abstract painting The Vanishing American (1994), a series of Native figures dressed in traditional clothing are surrounded by marks and newspaper clipping...

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