Harris Spring Break[5]

Seattle Art Museum

SAM Gallery, 2023

14 ft x 12 ft

Presented by Seattle Art Museum


For 50 years SAM Gallery – the Seattle Art Museum’s art sales and rental gallery offering contemporary original works from Northwest artists​ – has been a premiere destination for art enthusiasts. This landmark anniversary installation showcases art from some of the gallery’s most beloved Washington artists in a variety of style, discipline and scale. Featured artists include Enid Smith Becker, Alfred Harris, Troy Gua, Joe Max Emminger, Deborah Bell and Perri Lynch Howard. This harmonious grouping of pieces with distinct perspectives include mind bending celebrity portraits, semi-abstracted landscapes and unique visual depictions of sound waves.

SAM | One Museum, Three-Must See Locations

Seattle Art Museum

One block from Pike Place Market and the bustling waterfront, the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) is the center for visual arts in the Pacific Northwest. SAM’s global art collection spans centuries and mediums from paintings, photographs, sculptures, textiles, artifacts, video and more.

The Olympic Sculpture Park

This award-winning nine-acre park on Seattle’s waterfront offers monumental contemporary sculptures, and breathtaking views of the Space Needle, Olympic Mountains, and Puget Sound just one, mile north of the Seattle Art Museum.

Seattle Asian Art Museum

Located on the tranquil grounds of Volunteer Park, the newly renovated and expanded Seattle Asian Art Museum is an architectural gem complete with indoor water features, award-winning light fixtures, and floor to ceiling windows that bring nature inside. This stunning space is the ideal setting for a beautiful array of art from the world’s largest continent.

Image credits: Alfred Harris, Spring Break, mixed media, 40″ x 40″