CURATORIAL COLLABORATIONS

Hear directly from the curators and creative forces behind SAM’s collection and exhibitions in person at Seattle Art Museum or from the comfort of your home via Zoom! Collaboration is a key aspect of bringing any endeavor from concept to reality, and this season will focus on how our curators work with each other and across departments, as well as outside our organization with artists and cultural leaders.

One Wednesday each month between January and June
6–7 pm lecture in Plestcheeff Auditorium, PLUS livestream via Zoom
Doors at 5:45 pm; please enter at 1st and Union

Ticket sales directly support this series and help SAM continue to provide engaging member lectures and receptions. Lectures will be recorded and made available at a later date.

Pricing is the same for both in-person and virtual tickets.

Single ticket: $5

Conversations with Curators is Presented by

In accordance with the latest Public Health—Seattle & King County order, all visitors age 12 and older must show proof of full vaccination or a negative COVID-19 PCR test to enter the museum. Additionally, masks are required for all individuals over the age of two regardless of vaccination. Learn more here.

In the event that we are unable to gather in person for any of the lectures, we will continue to offer the program in an online format. Your ticket confirmation email will include the zoom registration link in case the in-person option is canceled.

Installation view of Frisson: The Richard E. LanG and Jane Lang Davis Collection at Seattle Art Museum, 2021, photo: Natali Wiseman.

SAM Media Lab 2021, Photo: Liz Brown

New Clothes for the Emperor (II), Edition 5 of 6, 2009, Naiza Khan

Image of square greyscale abstract painting with dark brushstrokes in the center and lighter brushstrokes surrounding

The Chinese Court-Celestial Exhibitors Explaining Their Wares. Page 84. Centennial Exhibition Philadelphia, PA. Frank Leslie’s historical register of the United States Centennial Exposition (detail), 1876, edited by Frank H.Norton

Four Seasons series: Indian Summer, 2006, printed 2016, Wendy Red Star

Photo of Gilbert Mbeng

Images: New Clothes for the Emperor (II), Edition 5 of 6, 2009, Naiza Khan, black & white digital photographs on archival Canson Infinity paper, 33 x 22 ½ in., Gift of Dipti and Rakesh Mathur. The Chinese Court-Celestial Exhibitors Explaining Their Wares. Page 84. Centennial Exhibition Philadelphia, PA. Frank Leslie’s historical register of the United States Centennial Exposition (detail), 1876, edited by Frank H.Norton. Frank Leslie’s Publishing House, New York, 1877. Four Seasons series: Indian Summer, 2006, printed 2016, Wendy Red Star, Archival pigment print on Sunset Fiber rag, Sheet: 23 × 26 in. (58.4 × 66 cm), Image: 21 x 24 in., Gift of Loren G. Lipson, M.D., 2016.13.4. Photo of Gilbert Mbeng.

Seattle Art Museum acknowledges that we are on the traditional homelands of the Duwamish and the customary territories of the Suquamish and Muckleshoot Peoples. As a cultural and educational institution, we honor our ongoing connection to these communities past, present, and future. We also acknowledge the urban Native peoples from many Nations who call Seattle their home.

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