June Enews

Last Chance to see Nick Cave Closes June 5  >> The incredible Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth exhibition closes this month. If you have not yet seen it, don't miss what the Seattle Times called "an exuberant wonderland of a show, a rhythmic cornucopia of costume invention." SAM Remix on June 3 And if you've missed the Invasions around Seattle, or just want to see one more before they go away, get your tickets now for Remix, where Spectrum Dance Theatre will perform in the Soundsuits one last time. Also Open Seattle as Collector: Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs Turns 40 >> First Chance to see Beauty & Bounty - Open June 30 Lecture with Curator Patricia Junker  >> SAM's summer exhibition, Beauty and Bounty, opens at the end of this month featuring paintings and photography by the greatest American artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. In this opening evening lecture, Curator Patricia Junker will share new scholarship regarding Albert Bierstadt's Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast (1870). Also Opening - Reclaimed: Nature and Place Through Contemporary Eyes >> To Be a Man: The Films of Rock Hudson Starts June 10  >> SAM honors Gay Pride Month with a salute to Rock Hudson, movie icon of strong, handsome American masculinity, who shocked the world when he died of AIDS at age 60 in 1985, putting a monumental face on the disease. June 10: The Tarnished Angels June 17: Pillow Talk June 24: Man's Favorite Sport? More June Programs Free First Saturday at Seattle Asian Art Museum >> SAM Word >> SAM Camp - starts soon; register now! >> Family Fun: Big + Small >> Exclusive Events for Members Join Today for Your Invitation  >> Join SAM today and see Beauty and Bounty: American Art in an Age of Exploration as well as Reclaimed: Nature and Place Through Contemporary Eyes at the All Members Preview on June 29! As a member, you will be among the first in Seattle to see SAM's special exhibitions at preview events for a full year. Don't miss the spectacular year of programming we have coming up, including Gauguin and Polynesia: An Elusive Paradise in February 2012! Support SAM with an Annual fund donation >> Membership makes a perfect gift >> Sand Mandala Demonstration: Tibetan Monks of Ganden Shartse Monastery Starting Wednesday, June 22 Six Tibetan monks from the Ganden Shartse Monastery in India will create a large sand mandala of the Buddha of Compassion over four days starting Wednesday, June 22 through Saturday, June 25. On Saturday at 1 pm, the completed mandala will be ceremonially cleared. Co-presented with Dechen Ling. Free with museum admission at the Seattle Asian Art Museum. Full details are at dechenling.org. Join us for Party in the Park! Friday, June 17, Olympic Sculpture Park  >> Celebrate the kick-off of summer with friends and benefit artistic and outreach programs at the Olympic Sculpture Park and SAM. Entertainment includes music by Hey Marseilles, Dave Hernandez from the Shins and DJ Aanshul. Your ticket includes unlimited food from the food trucks of Dante's Inferno Dogs, Maximus/Minimus, Molly Moon Ice Cream, Skillet, Street Treats and Veraci Pizza. You can also check out the new summer art installations. Great event for a great cause. Join us! TASTE Restaurant launches @prefnkt, a late-night music event Listen Responsibly. Start your Thursday nights off right with @prefnkt,a launch pad for your evening. TASTE Restaurant will feature an electrifying late-night music program, 9 pm-midnight every Thursday. Delicious eats and drinks & chic beats. TASTE's pastry chef Lucy Damkoehler and her sweet treats were featured in Seattle Weekly's Voracious blog. Read about her whimsical take on childhood memories here and here before swinging by to sample Carrot Cake Doughnuts with Cream Cheese Raisin Ice Cream. Yum! SAM Thanks Our Sponsors  >> SAM would like to thank these generous funders who have supported Beauty and Bounty: American Art in an Age of Exploration: Visionary Circle members Thomas W. Barwick, Jeffrey and Susan Brotman, Barney A. Ebsworth, Jon and Mary Shirley, Virginia and Bagley Wright, and Ann P. Wyckoff have provided crucial funding to make this exhibition possible. Presenting Sponsor is Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs. Exhibition Sponsors are Christie's, The Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Foundation for the Arts, Inc., SAM's Council of American Art, and U.S. Bancorp Foundation. Additional support is provided by Terra Foundation for American Art on behalf of Mimi Gardner Gates, Urban Visions, SAM's American Art Endowment and contributors to the Annual Fund. Media Sponsor is King 5 Television. Airline Sponsor is Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air. Image Credits: Nick Cave images by James Prinz; Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast, 1870, Albert Bierstadt, (1830-1902), Oil on canvas, 52 1/2 x 82 in., Gift of the Friends of American Art at the Seattle Art Museum, with additional funds from the General Acquisition Fund, Photo: Howard Giske; Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, 1878, Thomas Moran, (1837-1926), oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in.; Cape Horn, Columbia River, 1868, Carleton E. Watkins, (1829-1916),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. Update Profile Privacy Policy Unsubscribe