SAAM

Once Dustin finished working on the 30th of June there was only one item left on his list of things we wanted to do.  That was to go to SAM (Seattle Art Museum).  After reading in the SAM Connect he realized that there was an exhibit he really wanted to see that was actually at SAAM (Seattle Asian Art Museum).  So Grandma Sharon took the kids so that Dustin and I could have a morning date at the museum.  

The exhibit we were visiting was the Japanese Woodblock Prints.

The exhibit was awesome!

The most famous picture was In the Well of the Wave off Kanagawa.

In the Well of the Wave off Kanagawa

also known as The Great Wave

Color Woodblock Print

10 1/4 x 14 7/8 in

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

We learned that two originals were done - one in black outlining and one in blue.  The whole exhibit was really cool but to see something so famous was really neat for me.  We bought of the book that has a print and explanation of everything in the exhibit - so if you ever want to see what we saw just come on over and look at our book.

This gem was in the contemporary art wing.  It's really amazing and the pictures done do justice but at least you can see the detail.

Top of Paper Bag

Inside of Paper Bag

untitled (sigonas), 2002

Brown Paper Bag

Yuken Teruya

It was a great date!

The Seattle Asian Art Museum is nestled in the middle of Volunteer Park, which is a very old park in an old part of town.  The park is huge!  It's a beautiful park!  We were able to get there easily and parking was free since it was a park.

View walking out the doors of the museum.