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January 2011 SAM Educator Newsletter

Seattle Art Museum: January 2011
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Phone: 206.654.3123

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Phone: 206.332.1325

Wyckoff Teacher Resource Center
Phone: 206.654.3186

WYCKOFF TEACHER RESOURCE CENTER

A FREE lending library for all educators, the Ann P. Wyckoff Teacher Resource Center (TRC) offers more than 4,000 art- and culture-related educational resources.

Location:
Seattle Asian Art Museum, Volunteer Park, 1400 E. Prospect Street, Seattle WA, 98112

Hours:
Thursdays & Fridays, 2–5 pm; School Year Saturdays, 10 am–5 pm; Summer Saturdays, 10 am–2 pm

FEATURED TRC RESOURCE

Stefanie Girard's Sweater Surgery

Each month SAM features a resource at the TRC. Although we can't all make amazing suits like Nick Cave, we can learn to repurpose old sweaters into new wearable pieces. Stefanie Girard's Sweater Surgery walks us through the basics of chopping up old sweaters and sewing them into purses, scarves, necklaces, clothing, toys and home decor pieces. A great resource to inspire your students to create their own recycled fashions out of closet cast-offs. Check out this book and other "how to" guides by searching the "Instructional" topic in the TRC Online Catalogue.

DISCOUNTS FOR EDUCATORS

Teachers receive 20% off membership to the Seattle Art Museum. Proof of current employment as an educator is required.

Teachers with valid ID also receive a 12% discount in the SAM SHOP all year round!

Introducing Nick Cave INTRODUCING NICK CAVE

The closing of Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris on January 17, 2011 is bittersweet for us SAM educators. While we are saddened to see this remarkable collection leave Seattle, we are thrilled to welcome our spring exhibition Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth. Nick Cave is a Chicago-based visual artist, educator, fashion designer, entrepreneur and visionary. His dynamic sculptures will be on view at SAM Downtown from March 10–June 5, 2011.

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UPCOMING EDUCATOR EVENTS


Nick Cave: Educator Preview
Thursday, March 10th, 2011, 5 pm–8 pm
SAM Downtown, 1300 First Avenue

A SAM celebration just for teachers! Join us for a FREE preview of Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth. Programming includes tours of the exhibition, a curator talk, community resources, live music, performances and more. No clock hours available for this event. Open to all teachers with valid school ID. RSVP online today.

Educator Workshop: Learning through Movement: Nick Cave
Saturday, March 26, 2011, 10:30 am–3:30 pm
SAM Downtown, 1300 First Avenue

Interested in learning more about kinesthetic learning for your classroom? Join us for this in-depth professional development opportunity. Explore how Nick Cave's Soundsuit sculptures can engage your students' multiple intelligences. Workshop participants will receive teaching materials, four Washington State Clock Hours and a light lunch. Register online today.

Find more upcoming professional development opportunities at SAM

 
SCHOOL TOURS + ART WORKSHOPS

Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth
March 16–June 3, 2011
Wednesdays–Fridays, start times vary

Students can explore the work of visual artist Nick Cave in a fun and interactive docent-led school tour that encourages them to move, look closely and consider their own identities in connection to the exhibition. Follow up the tour with a hands-on art studio workshop so students can flex their creative muscles and make wearable art objects out of recycled materials.

Register online now for a Nick Cave school tour
Check out a full listing of school tours at all three SAM locations

 
TEEN WORKSHOP

Re+Vision: Design Your (Neighbor)hood: Art & Design
February 23-May 28, 2011
Wednesdays (4-6:30 pm) & Saturdays (10:30 am-4:30 pm)
SAM Downtown & Beyond

Collaborate with other high school-aged artists as you learn to use art and design to re-imagine your neighborhoods and cities. Applications due January 10, 2011. Email communityprograms@seattleartmuseum.org for details. Must be a high school student 15-19 years old.


Learn more about teen programs at SAM
Find us on Facebook: Seattle Art Museum Teens

 
TEACHER SHOUT OUTS

SAM sends a big shout out to the dedicated teachers and community leaders who organized buses for high schools teens from across the city to go to the Picasso Teen Night Out on December 10, 2010. Our thanks go to: Janet Woodward (Garfield High School); Josh Powell (The Vera Project); Lori Douglas (Chief Sealth Intenational High School); James MacDonald (Chief Sealth International High School); Roberto Ascalon (Youngstown Cultural Arts Center); and Hollis Wong-Wear (Youngstown Cultural Arts Center).

 
JANUARY ART PICK

Works Selected Just for Educators from SAM's Global Collections

What artistic connections exist between Nick Cave and Pablo Picasso? Both artists show how humble materials can become monumental through an artist's actions. They were also bothinspired by the history of masquerade across the African continent. In particular, Nick Cave's work explores global traditions of public performance and parade often found in African art. To learn more about SAM's collection of art from Africa, visit our online collection.

 
ARTS EDUCATION IN THE NEWS

Much has been written recently in the local and national press regarding the Smithsonian Museum of Art's decision to remove artist David Wojnarowicz's film "A Fire in My Belly" from a recent exhibition. Museums and art organizations around the country, including SAM, have responded to this act of censorship by displaying Wojnarowicz's video in their own galleries. Censorship and contemporary art have a long history in the United States and it's a topic many of our teachers must consider when bringing visual images into the classroom. While certainly complex, works like "A Fire in My Belly" can prompt important teachable moments that connect to a wide range of disciplines. Contact trc@seattleartmuseum.org to learn more about teaching with contemporary art in your classroom.

 
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Does SAM own all the works of art in the museum?

The works of art on display at SAM typically fall into one of two categories: permanent collection or special exhibition. SAM's curators work to bring the permanent collection and special exhibitions together by coordinating installations that draw connections between works of art throughout the museum. Works from special exhibitions such as Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris are usually only on loan to the museum for the run of the exhibition (just a few months) and are borrowed from other museums, artists or art collectors. Works in the museum's permanent collection typically belong to SAM and include our Native American, Modern & Contemporary, African, Asian, Ancient, European collections and much more!

 
NEED HELP GETTING HERE?

Reduced School Program Fees

Need a discount? Schools with 40% or more students on a subsidized lunch program qualify for partial school bus reimbursement and half-price school tours, art studio workshops and Art Goes to School in-classroom visits. For more info, visit seattleartmuseum.org/educators, call us at 206.654.3123 or email schooltours@seattleartmuseum.org.

 
SPONSOR INFORMATION
Support for K
12 programs during the 20102011 school year is provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, PONCHO, The Clowes Fund, Leona M. Geyer Charitable Trust, and the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation. Sustained support is provided by an endowment established in 1999 by a National Endowment for the Humanities challenge grant and the generous contributions of matching donors, including the Ann P. Wyckoff Education Endowment. The William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Programs at the Seattle Art Museum has supported SAM K–12 programs since 1994. Support for discounted tours and buses provided by the Seattle Art Museum Supporters (SAMS).

Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth has been organized by the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco. Exhibition sponsor is the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. Corporate Sponsor is OMEGA. Education Programs Sponsor is PONCHO. Supporting Sponsors are Seattle Art Museum Supporters (SAMS) and National Endowment for the Arts. Print sponsor is The Seattle Weekly.

Photo: James Prinz
 
     
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