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A Special Invitation from SAM

Art Has Room To Breathe!
The Seattle Art Museum Board of Trustees invites Museum of Glass Members to a special SAM Members Preview Opening Celebration for the Olympic Sculpture Park.

[photo: Olympic Sculpture Park]

Monday, January 15, 2007
11am 5pm
11:30am Welcome Remarks
11am – 5pm Entertainment, docent-led tours, self guided tours, light refreshments and hands-on art activities

Reservations are required by Thursday, January 11.
Call 206.332.1343 to reserve your time. Entrance times to the park are 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm.
For more info, see the Seattle Art Museum website.

History of Glass Series Starts Sunday

[photo: ancient glass vessel]

The History of Glass Series is back! Led by renowned teaching artist and historian Walter Lieberman, this informative and lively 10-presentation series chronicles the history of glassmaking from ancient Egypt to today's Studio Glass movement. Each session includes a 1-hour lecture in the Theater followed by live demonstrations of the glassmaking techniques and styles in the Hot Shop.

On January 21, the Museum welcomes special guest lecturer Dr. David Whitehouse from The Corning Museum of Glass who will present The Glass of Ancient Rome. Dr. Whitehouse is the Executive Director and Curator of Ancient and Islamic Glass at Corning.

All sessions take place on select Sundays between January 14 and June 10. Cost is included with Museum admission, which is free for members.

Learn more and see the full schedule online »

Intriguing Work by Jim Campbell on View Next Week

[photo: Portrait of a Portrait of Harry Nyquist by Jim Campbell]

Quantizing Effects: The Liminal Art of Jim Campbell
January 17 – June 3, 2007
Organized by SITE Santa Fe in collaboration with MATRIX/University of California, Berkeley and Pacific Film Archive

Jim Campbell is widely considered one of the most intriguing artists working with new media today. An engineer, inventor and artist, he utilizes custom-made electronics to explore the relationship between technology and human perception. His structural installations present novel ways of transmitting images, from LED screens to touch-sensitive computers. His work uses these technologies—normally construed as cold or inhuman—in the service of profound humanism.

This exhibition includes 38 interactive works cretated between 1993 and 2003. Learn more about Quantizing Effects »

Celebrate MLK Day at MOG

The Museum will be open Monday, January 15, Martin Luther King Day. Special holiday hours are 10 am – 5 pm.

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