Free First Thursday: Seattle Art Museum

Call your friends and bring the family, admission is FREE to everyone at the Seattle Art Museum on the first Thursday of every month.

In addition to our regular hours, Seattle Art Museum will be open for Free First Thursday evenings from 5–8 pm to provide more opportunities to visit the galleries for free! Evening hours will feature extra activities like live music, a cash bar, drop-in art making, and in-gallery experiences for visitors.

Tickets are available both onsite and online

5–8 pm | Celebrating Little Cloud Sky with Cotton Candy by SweetArt
South Hall entrance
Little Cloud Sky is a new SAM commission from FriendsWithYou, the internationally celebrated duo of Samuel (Sam) Borkson and Arturo (Tury) Sandoval III. The large-scale installation will be in the museum’s Brotman Forum, its main entrance lobby and a community space that is free to the public to enjoy without a ticket to the museum. To celebrate the arrival of Little Cloud Sky, enjoy cotton candy spun live by SweetArt Cotton Candy while supplies last! Pick up a wet wipe to clean your hands after.

5–8 pm | Actualize AiR Drop-in workshop: “Pixel Art” with Bridget O’Brien-Smith
Brotman Forum
Make your own pixel art piece inspired by Ai Weiwei’s lego works! Use collage materials & acrylic paint pens on black grid paper to create a pattern or image. Bridget O’Brien-Smith is a multidisciplinary artist who loves to combine pursuits from as much of the creative spectrum as possible, including visual art, fashion, media art, music, and movement. Actualize Artist in Residency (AiR) is a woman-run and woman seed-funded art organization. Their mission is to foster and accelerate the careers of emerging artists by creating space and opportunities, establishing an artist alliance in downtown Seattle.

5–8 pm | DJ Sets by SEA Vinyl Society
Brotman Forum
SEA Vinyl Society is a Seattle-based, AANHPI collective dedicated to uniting communities through the collection, preservation, and performance of music and stories from Asia and the Asian diaspora. Rooted in vinyl culture and community memory, they celebrate their shared heritage through sound.

5:30–6:30 pm | SAM Gallery Presents: The Art of Collecting
MARKET Private Dining Room

6:30–7:30 pm | SAM Gallery Artist talk: Wavelength
SAM Gallery

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