 | | | | |  | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | Gardner Center for Asian Art and Ideas | | Tickets Available for Fall Saturday Lecture Series | Saturday University Lectures start up again with Expressions of Emotion: Asian Literature and Arts, October 1-December 3, at the Seattle Asian Art Museum. Explore the realm of emotions in literature, art and popular culture in this series featuring nine outstanding speakers. With a focus on China, Japan and India in painting, sculpture, graphic arts and film. Washington State Clock Hours available for those attending 3 or more sessions; email educatorprograms@seattleartmuseum.org for details.
Cosponsored by the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, and Elliott Bay Books. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | Our Thanks | | ArtsFund >> | | SAM would like to thank ArtsFund for their recent grant of $256,505 providing support towards our operating costs, which helps pay the museum's facilities bills and staff. SAM and ArtsFund are committed to creating enriching experiences for the communities in which we live, work and raise families. With the most recent grant, ArtsFund enables SAM to enrich the lives of nearly 1 million visitors and 30,000 school children each year through artistic and educational programs. Thank you to the generous businesses and individuals who made this vital grant possible. | | | | | | | Image Credits: Three loggers felling a fir tree, Washington, 1906; Inscribed: A14. Felling a fir tree 51 feet in circumference measured four feet from the ground. From the undercut to the ground is ten feet. Copyrighted 1906 by Darius Kinsey, 1906, Darius Kinsey, b. Maryville, Missouri, 1869, d. Sedro-Woolley, Washington, 1945, Gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 in., University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, D. Kinsey A14; Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, 1878, Thomas Moran, b. Bolton, England, 1837, d. Santa Barbara, California, 1926, oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in.; Self-Portrait Dedicated to Carrière, 1888 or 1889, Paul Gauguin, French, 1848-1903, oil on canvas, 18 5/16 x 15 3/16 in., National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon,; Scenes from the Tale of Genji (detail), Japanese, Edo period, second half 17th century, color and gold on paper, 66 x 146 in., Friends of the Seattle Art Museum in honor of the 75th birthday of Dr. Richard E. Fuller; photo: Justin Gollmer | | | | |  | | | | | | | | |
