[NFBWATLK] FW: Register Now: SAM Art Beyond Sight Tour

[Nightingale, Noel]

From: Kelsey Donahue [mailto:KelseyD at SeattleArtMuseum.org]
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2017 8:29 AM
Subject: Register Now: SAM Art Beyond Sight Tour

The next Art Beyond Sight tour for visitors with low or no vision is on Saturday, October 21st at 1:30 pm at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) located at 1300 First Ave., Seattle 98101. The October 21st tour will include verbal descriptions of objects from the museum's American Art Collection. Docents will be providing verbal descriptions of works by American masters John Singleton Copley<http://www1.seattleartmuseum.org/eMuseum/code/emuseum.asp?style=browse&currentrecord=1&page=search&profile=objects&searchdesc=gardiner&quicksearch=gardiner&newvalues=1&newstyle=single&newcurrentrecord=1>, Albert Bierstadt<http://www1.seattleartmuseum.org/eMuseum/code/emuseum.asp?style=browse&currentrecord=1&page=search&profile=objects&searchdesc=bierstadt&quicksearch=bierstadt&newvalues=1&newstyle=single&newcurrentrecord=2>, Augusta Savage<http://www1.seattleartmuseum.org/eMuseum/code/emuseum.asp?style=browse&currentrecord=1&page=search&profile=objects&searchdesc=savage&quicksearch=savage&newvalues=1&newstyle=single&newcurrentrecord=1> , and Louis Sullivan<http://www1.seattleartmuseum.org/eMuseum/code/emuseum.asp?style=browse&currentrecord=1&page=search&profile=objects&searchdesc=sullivan&quicksearch=sullivan&newvalues=1&newstyle=single&newcurrentrecord=2>. Click on the preceding links to learn more or get a closer look at the art. Please join us before the tour at 1 pm for light refreshments in Simons Board Room.  The tour starts at 1:20 pm and ends by 3 pm with opportunity for further conversation and refreshments afterward.

To help with wayfinding, visitors will be greeted by docents at our main entrance, on the corner of First Ave. and Union St. This is an accessible entrance, which means that visitors taking ACCESS transportation or taxi can expect a drop off area and a ramp. If you are driving, this entrance is also where the parking garage elevator leads to.

Admission to the Museum is free for all Art Beyond Sight participants and their guests with advance registration. To register, email access at seattleartmuseum.org<mailto:access at seattleartmuseum.org> or call Kelsey Donahue at (206) 654-3133.

When you register, you may also sign up for future tours.
Saturday November 18           Andrew Wyeth: In Retrospect
Wednesday December 6        Andrew Wyeth: In Retrospect
Wednesday January 17           Big Picture: Art After 1945
Saturday February 24             Porcelain Room
Wednesday March 28             Figuring History: Robert Colescott, Kerry James Marshall, Mickalene Thomas
Saturday April 21                    Pure Amusements: Wealth, Leisure, and Culture in Late Imperial China
Wednesday May 23                Australian Aboriginal Art
Saturday June 23                     Double Exposure: Edward S. Curtis, Marianne Nicolson, Tracy Rector, Will Wilson

Please share this information with other individuals that you think would be interested. We look forward to touring with you!


KELSEY DONAHUE
Museum Educator, School + Educator Programs

Seattle Art Museum
p: 206.654.3133
seattleartmuseum.org<http://seattleartmuseum.org>

ANDREW WYETH / Seattle Art Museum / Oct 19 2017 - Jan 15 2018
Get tickets at visitsam.org/tickets<http://visitsam.org/tickets>

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