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Learn more about everything on view at visitsam.org/exhibitions.

Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day and we’re inviting you to look closer look at a SAM collection work: “Breakfast Series”...
10/12/2026

Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day and we’re inviting you to look closer look at a SAM collection work: “Breakfast Series” by Sonny Assu ().

Sonny Assu (Ligwiłda’xw of the Kwakwaka’wakw Nations) was raised in North Delta, BC, over 250 km from his ancestral home on Vancouver Island. Often autobiographical, his work can be humorous, laden with pop culture, comic book, and sci-fi references.

[🎨: "Breakfast Series," 2006, Sonny Assu (Gwa’gwa’da’ka), Kwakwaka’wakw, Laich-kwil-tach, Wei Wai Kai, born 1975, five boxes digitally printed with Fome-cor, 12 x 7 x 3 in. each, of 5, Gift of Rebecca and Alexander Stewart, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum, 2006.93, © Sonny Assu.]

Send this to your favorite service-based nonprofit in the Seattle area. ➡️Applications for our 2027 Community Pass Partn...
10/09/2026

Send this to your favorite service-based nonprofit in the Seattle area. ➡️

Applications for our 2027 Community Pass Partners are now open! This program provides members of marginalized communities free opportunities to experience the museum.

Along with free individual passes to SAM, partners can utilize community spaces, participate in or collaborate on programming, share resources and volunteer opportunities, and much more.

Interested? Apply at seattleartmuseum.org/whats-on/programs/community-passes.

This is your sign to visit the Olympic Sculpture Park. 🛑With the help of Studio Matthews, SAM's waterfront park got a si...
10/08/2026

This is your sign to visit the Olympic Sculpture Park. 🛑

With the help of Studio Matthews, SAM's waterfront park got a signage glow-up this summer. Bright red wayfinding guides you to—and through—the park, along with beautifully-designed landscape and nature displays, updated artwork labels, and other special touches to help you enjoy the nine-acre, outdoor space.

There's so much to discover at the Olympic Sculpture Park—and now, it's easier to find it all. See you there!

The circus is coming to SAM 🎪"Karon Davis: Not My Circus" uses familiar, yet unsettling figures such as a knife-thrower'...
10/08/2026

The circus is coming to SAM 🎪

"Karon Davis: Not My Circus" uses familiar, yet unsettling figures such as a knife-thrower's assistant, a weeping clown, and a ringmaster to explore performance and power. By drawing parallels between the circus tent’s public personas and the private power dynamics of greater society, Davis brings the personal dramas of our lives front and center.

Davis is 2025 recipient of the Gwendolyn Knight and Jacob Lawrence Prize. The prize was created in honor of Gwendolyn Knight and Jacob Lawrence, renowned artists and Seattle residents who recognized the need to advocate for Black artists.

🤡 See "Not My Circus" on view at the Seattle Art Museum starting November 5.

[🎨: "Sad Clown," 2025, Karon Davis, Photo by Matthew Praley © Karon Davis.]

Want to share your love of art? Apply to become a SAM docent!Docents are a highly trained volunteer group that support p...
10/03/2026

Want to share your love of art? Apply to become a SAM docent!

Docents are a highly trained volunteer group that support public, school, and private group tours. They lead thought-provoking conversations at all three SAM locations, helping others connect art to life.

✅ Applications are open through November 1 on our website at bit.ly/4hDsb4J.

10/03/2026

🔊 Sound on for artwork ASMR.

Located in the Seattle Art Museum's Brotman Forum, Chris Kallmyer's "Song Cycle" blends poetry and sound using a 256-character split-flap readymade sign. The kinetic sculpture features ever-changing text that gently clatters amidst museum activity.

[ 🎨: "Song Cycle," Chris Kallmyer, 2021.]

10/01/2026

The Studio at SAM, now open at the Seattle Art Museum! 🎨 Hang out, make art, and have fun.

🔗 Find the full schedule for print shop hours, live music, and more at visitsam.org/studio.

The Seattle Kraken has overtaken SAM! And we couldn't be more excited. 🐙Sea you on October 4 for the Kraken's home opene...
10/01/2026

The Seattle Kraken has overtaken SAM! And we couldn't be more excited. 🐙

Sea you on October 4 for the Kraken's home opener.

[📷: Jo Cosme ]

Not sweat, not condensation, but a secret glazing technique! 🤯Artist Kondō Takahiro blends silver, gold, platinum, and g...
09/27/2026

Not sweat, not condensation, but a secret glazing technique! 🤯

Artist Kondō Takahiro blends silver, gold, platinum, and glass to create a mesmerizing metallic glaze that mimics water droplets. His innovative overglaze technique—which he calls "gintekisai," or silver mist—is so unique that he patented it.

Experience silver mist IRL in “The Kondō Family: Storytellers in Clay,” now on view at the Seattle Asian Art Museum.

[📷: Installation views of “The Kondō Family: Storytellers in Clay." Photos by Scott Leen.]

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