Community Day Festival: Indigenous Beauty with arts and crafts, workshops, music, dance performances and more at Seattle Art Museum - First 500 get in FREE - Saturday, February 28th 2015 at 10am until 3pm - First come, first served

COMMUNITY DAY FESTIVAL: INDIGENOUS BEAUTY

FEB 28 2015

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM

ENTIRE BUILDING

10 AM – 3 PM

Join us for a marvelous free celebration of Native American art, culture, music, and dance!

Listen to live music, make art, go on tours, watch performances, and take workshops inspired by the exhibitions. Grammy Award winner, acclaimed artist, dancer, and storyteller Ty Defoe will lead story time in the galleries and a hoop dance performance and workshop for all ages.

Bring your family, friends, students, kids, parents, and fellow artists—there’s something for everyone.

First 500 attendees of Community Day get in free to the galleries. Tickets will be available at both entrances on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 10 am.

Some of the day's activities: 

• Check out a hoop dance performance by acclaimed artist, dancer, and storyteller Ty Defoe from the Oneida and Ojibwe tribes of northern Wisconsin. In addition, join Ty Defoe for a participatory storytelling experience in the galleries.


• Design a comic with local S'Klallam Tribe artist Jeffrey Veregge who has created incredible comic book characters inspired by native symbols and his own tribal ancestry.


• Weave your own necklace using natural materials with artistMelinda West.


• Live performance by Daisy Chain featuring their unique blend of blues, rock, soul, and hip-hop.


• Explore over 100 works of art by indigenous artists from across North America with a family-friendly sketching tour ofIndigenous Beauty.


• Check out even more art-making acitivites with local artists, and stay until 3 pm for a special performance by the Git Hayetsk Dancers.

For more info. go here.

Seattle Art Museum present a FREE Family Festival with music, performances, art making, tours and more - Saturday, June 21st 2014 from 10am-3pm

FAMILY FESTIVAL

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM

ENTIRE BUILDING

JUN 21 2014

10 AM – 3 PM

Presented by Target

In celebration of the exhibition Modernism in the Pacific Northwest: The Mythic and the Mystical, this free festival will feature art making, tours for kids, performances, and music.

For more info. go here.

Teen Night Out! with live music, workshops, art activities and more at the Seattle Art Museum - Friday, May 2nd 2014 from 7-10pm

                                                              
Got teens? Need I say more?!
   
" Planned for teens by teens! The​se ​not-to-be-missed evenings include some of Seattle’s hottest DJs, teen art tours, live music performances, workshops, and art-making activities led by Seattle’s celebrated contemporary artists. FREE! "

          

                       

For more info. go here and here.

Seattle Art Museum presents another "Community Night Out" with FREE Admission, performances, workshops, tours and more activities! - Thursday, March 6th 2014 from 6-9pm

Image courtesy of Seattle Art Museum

Haven't been to one but just may have to check this one out!

" Join us for a marvelous evening to celebrate SAM's special exhibition Miró: The Experience of Seeing. With live music, art making, tours, performances, and workshops inspired by the exhibitions, there's something for everyone!

First 500 get in free to view the "Miró: The Experience of Seeing" exhibition. Tickets will be available at 6 pm at the Admissions desk on a first come, first serve basis.

The evening will feature performances by Flamenco Seattle, A Cedar Suede and Rose Cano eSe Teatro. 

Workshop will be led by Storme Webber, Xavier Lopez Jr. and Ryan Henry Ward. "

For more info. go here and here.

FREE Double feature - Making a Movement: Martin & Mandela - Tonight, Friday, January 17th 2014 from 7-9pm - Get FREE tickets online!

Go and see this historical and educational double feature!


" Join SAM for a FREE double feature of films highlighting Dr. Martin Luther King and former South African President Nelson Mandela. This community screening of King's "I Have a Dream" speech and the film The Man Who Drove with Mandela will kick off the King holiday. We'll have community dialog and conversation about ways to volunteer in honor of Dr. King, Mandela and other movement makers who led lives of service for social change.

Co-presenters: Mandela Mandala, Seattle People of Color Salon, and Northwest African American Museum.

FREE; reservations required. Seating is limited (seats will be released at 6:45pm). "

For more info. go here.

To get free tickets go here and click on the up arrow to the desired number of tickets you want!

Free Community Day at Seattle Art Museum - Today, Saturday, November 16th 2013 - now until 3pm

" Join us for a marvelous free celebration of Peruvian and Native American art, culture, music and dance. There will be art making, tours, performances and workshops inspired by the exhibitions Peru: Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon and Robert Davidson: Abstract Impulse.
Bring your family, friends, students, kids, parents and fellow artists—there's something for everyone!
Following the Community Day activities, artist Robert Davidson and the Rainbow Creek Dancers will perform traditional songs and dances from 3–4 pm to celebrate the opening of this exhibition of his recent works. Free and open to the public; seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Community Day activities are FREE and open to the public. The first 500 people through the doors will receive free community passes to see the Peru and Robert Davidson exhibitions. "


For more info. go here.

 

FREE Teen Night with DJ and more at Seattle Art Museum - Friday, May 10th 2013 from 7-10pm

Great interactive event for high school teens!

" Teen Night Out is back! Bursting at the seams with teen talent, these evenings of cool culture will make you have an art attack! For high school-age teens only, these not-to-be-missed evenings showcase creativity and complex cultures alongside incredible DJs, teen art tours, and artmaking workshops led by Seattle’s hottest contemporary artists. "


For more info. go here.

"Community Portrait Day" at Seattle Art Museum - Saturday, March 16th 2013 from 11am-2pm - "Less than a Latte" each with suggested donation of $5 for materials

" Get inspired by Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London during this afternoon full of art making for all ages!

The day's activities include:

• Work with Seattle artist Joe Park to create a life-sized embellished masterpiece.
• Become your favorite cartoon! Have a local artist from Over the Line Art capture your likeness in a caricature drawing.
• Ready for your close-up? Dress up for a photo op with Youth in Focus.
• Create a portrait of yourself, a member of your family or your friends using a variety of costumes, accessories and props in our artist’s studio.
• Draw all day at drop-in sketching stations. We'll provide the materials.
• Discover the treasures of Kenwood House on a family-friendly sketching tour.

Suggested materials fee $5.00. Attendees will receive complimentary passes to the galleries. "


For more info. go here and here.

Free Family Festival at the Seattle Art Museum - Saturday, February 16th 2013 from 10am-3pm

What a great event happening at SAM!

" Join us for a spectacular Family Festival in celebration of the opening of Seattle Art Museum’s special exhibition Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London. http://bit.ly/11AAmUV

Imagination, portraits and dramatic landscapes take on a new
life. Make your very own costume designs! Plus, go on a family art
adventure in the galleries, enjoy live performances, music and much more!

This drop-in play date will be filled with art making, kids tours,
dancing and music! No reservation required – just show up for fun for all ages!

Note: While admission to SAM is free for this event, adults who wish to view "Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London" (opens 2/14) must purchase a ticket. Kids 12 and under see the exhibition for free! "

For more info. go here and here.

"Teen Night Out" at Seattle Art Museum (SAM) - Friday, December 9th from 7–10pm

"Teen Night Out" at SAM for highschoolers!

" Bursting at the seams with teen talent, these evenings of cool culture will make you have an art attack! For high school-age teens only, these not-to-be-missed evenings showcase poetry, DJ's teen art tours and workshops led by Seattle's hottest contemporary artists. This winter's Teen Night Out features free admission to Luminous: The Art of Asia and Theaster Gates: The Listening Room.

Come see performances by Garfield High School Drum Line, Mak Fai Chinese Lion Dancers and special guests Blue Scholars! Enjoy in-gallery experiences, including live music from Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra, spoken word poetry with Youth Speaks and tours with SAM's Teen Advisory Group and Geo from Blue Scholars!

All-night art making includes figure drawing with Gage Academy of Art, button-making with EMP’s Youth Advisory Board, photo booth with Youth In Focus, silk-screening with Vera Project, henna designs with Seattle Asha and much more! "


Almost makes me wish I was a teen again! Almost.



For more info. go here.

International Museum Day - Free Admission to Seattle Art Museum (SAM) - Wednesday, May 18th - All Day!

Tomorrow is International Museum Day and the Seattle Art Museum is participating! There will be free admission all day!

This special day was created in order to raise awareness on how important museums are in the development of society with over 30,000 museums now participating in over 100 countries. The theme for International Museum Day 2011 is "Museum and Memory".




For more info. go here and here.

FYI - They also have some wonderful kids areas throughout the museum as well!

"March to the Center of the Earth: Community Night Out" at the Seattle Art Museum - Thursday, May 5th from 5:30–9pm

The Seattle Art Museum is hosting "March to the Center of the Earth: Community Night Out" and it is sure to be a fun time!


Evening Schedule is as follows:

5:30 pm: Wear or make a costume onsite then Parade it! Procession leaves from Hammering Man at 1st Avenue and University Street. Follow the flags down 1st Avenue.
6 pm: Seattle Public Schools Naramore 2011 Middle and High School Art Show Reception
7 pm: Tour of Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth art exhibit.
8 pm: Special on-site Soundsuit performance featuring Spectrum Dance Theater.

All Night Long: All ages art-making activities, music by DJ Riz, live performances, photo booth sponsored by Youth in Focus, in-gallery activities, face painting and more!

For more info. go here.