July Enews

GET OUT! at Olympic Sculpture Park this Summer The summer kicks off on Thursday, July 7  >> Through September, SAM Olympic Sculpture Park is full of activities for kids and adults alike, as well as brand new art experiences. Take a tour of the park, listen to live music, eat and drink tasty treats, participate in kids programming, and even take yoga, Zumba© and dance lessons. Thursdays at the Park starts on July 7 with live music from Bakra Bata. TASTE Café will feature rotating local wine by the glass or bottle, microbrews and a specialty cocktail. Come join us - we can't wait to see you! More at the Olympic Sculpture Park Delicious treats & wine tasting by TASTE >> En Plein Air: Watercolor Painting >> Come see our landscapes, then show us yours! Beauty Shot Fridays! We're celebrating our two awe-inspiring summer exhibitions, Beauty and Bountyand Reclaimed, with a Beauty Shot challenge. To participate, check out the weekly Beauty Shot theme on Facebook andsend us an image that fits the theme from your daily life. Visit our Facebook pageto check out everybody's pictures;we'll create a whole album of SAM fan's Beauty Shots! SAM on Facebook >> SAM on Twitter @iheartSAM >> SAM Kids There's Still Time to Sign Up for SAM CAMP!  >> See Art! Make Art! Have Fun! Three fun-filled week-long camp adventures full of imagination and creativity for children in grades 1-5! Each week is a different experience - kids can attend one week or all three. We guarantee they'll make great art and great friends at SAM Camp 2011! Week One: Globe Trotters (July 11-15, 2011) Week Two: Time Machine (July 18-22, 2011) Week Three: Planet Heroes (July 25-29, 2011) More July Programs SAM Talks with artist Mark Dion >> SAM Creates: Photography Workshop >> SAM Films: Earth Angel, Audrey Hepburn >> SAM Talks with artist Mika Tajima >> Become a SAM member today Enjoy a full year's worth of exhibitions for FREE! Membership includes: Unlimited free admission including special ticketed exhibitions 10% discounts at SAM SHOP and TASTE Restaurant Discounts on lectures, film series tickets and other SAM programs Plus much more.... Join today! SAM Gallery: Featured Artists July 20-August 19, 2011  >> SAM Gallery's summer Feature will include paintings and drawings by Nola Ahola, Matthew Dennison, Beverly Gimlin, and Benton Peugh along with photographs by Bill Finger and an installation in the gallery's University Street window by Natalie Dotzauer. Also on view at SAM Gallery Horizon Lines: Rebecca Allan >> TASTE Restaurant Presenting Summer Treats! Summer is right around the corner and with that comes delicious Washington cherries! TASTE's very own Pastry Chef Lucy Damkoehler has the perfect summer treat for you. Try her Peanut Butter and Jelly Ice Cream Sandwich with cherry semifreddo and peanut butter bread. This classic sandwich turned dessert will put smiles on your guests' faces, and cool them down in the summer heat. Check out the full recipehere. Talk by Curator Patricia Junker at REI Flagship Wednesday, August 3, 7 pm  >> Learn more about Beauty and Bounty from curator Patricia Junker, who will share highlights of this extraordinary survey of 19th and early 20th-century landscape paintings and photography and reveal how American artists explored our continent's vastness and, while doing so, helped begin important conversations about the use and preservation of America's natural places. Talk will take place at the upstairs conference rooms at the REI Flagship store at 222 Yale Avenue N. Free. Please register in advance. Image Credits: Nicholas Nyland, Photo: Robert Wade; Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, 1878, Thomas Moran, born Bolton, England, 1837, died Santa Barbara, California, 1926, oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in.; Cape Horn, Columbia River, 1868, Carleton E. Watkins, born Oneonta, New York 1829; died Napa, California, 1916, Albumen silver print, 19 1/4 x 14 1/2in., Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Joseph and Elaine Monsen Photography Collection, gift of Joseph and Elaine Monsen and The Boeing Company, 97.182; Matthew Dennison; Photo: Clara Barboza; Two firs felled by logger with crosscut saw and felling axe, Washington, 1909; inscribed: A40. Two nine foot firs showing the stumps from which they were felled; bucker with saw, axe, etc. appearing on the scene. Copyrighted 1909 by Darius Kinsey, 1909, Gelatin silver print, Darius Kinsey, b. Maryville, Missouri, 1869, d. Sedro-Woolley, Washington, 1945, 11 x 14in., University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, D. Kinsey A40 Update Profile Privacy Policy Unsubscribe