Summer-at-SAM

Pre-Summer at SAM Workshop at Nepantla Cultural Arts Center
July 9, 2–4 pm, 9414 Delridge Way SW, Seattle, WA 98106,
As part of our partnership with Nepantla Cultural Arts Gallery, art workshops will take place at their gallery in White Center on Saturdays in July. Join artist Teresa Martinez for a piñata-making workshop.

Thu Jul 14

6–8 pm

SAM Performs
6:30–8 pm
Come ready to kick off Summer at SAM in style with sets of music from King Khazm and Reposado. King Khazm is an emcee, producer and community organizer who has become a prominent figure in the Hip-Hop community within Seattle and around the world. Reposado creates music that resonates with everyone. With their debut album, TequilaFunk, dropping soon, they’ll light up the park with their signature latin/funk/afro/jazz beats.

SAM Creates
6–8 pm
Print linocuts centered around community care, Indigenous joy, and growth with artist Eileen Jimenez. Linocuts will be provided, but feel free to bring your own carved blocks!

Food Trucks
5:45–7:45 pm
El Cabrito and Hallava Falafel

MARKET Seattle will be serving beer, wine, and dinner fare.

People smiling and sitting on the lawn with colorful blankets and chairs

SAT JUL 16

9 am – 2 pm

Yoga: Hatha (all levels)
9:30–10:30 am
Enjoy free outdoor yoga with instructors from 8 Limbs Yoga. Bring your own mat, water, and any other necessary equipment. Rain or shine!

SAM Creates
10 am–1 pm
Macramé artist Cari Simson will bring her interactive sculpture, Our Plastic Planet, to the park every Saturday in July. Visitors will contribute to the large-scale sculpture created out of repurposed, salvaged, and upcycled materials that otherwise may have wound up in our waters. Visitors can learn simple macrame knots and incorporate the collected materials into the sculpture.

Community Partner Activities
10 am–2:30 pm
Join Seattle Aquarium naturalists from noon–2:30 pm to explore low tide at the pocket beach and learn about the marine life of Elliott Bay. Puget Soundkeeper and Snake River Savers will also be in attendance with art activities and information about how you can act to preserve and restore the waterways and wildlife of the Pacific Northwest.

Zumba®
1–2 pm
Fusing Latin rhythms with easy-to-follow moves, free Zumba® Latin dance-fitness classes are a great way to spend the afternoon. Tennis shoes and water bottle recommended. Rain or shine!

MARKET Seattle will also be serving coffee and bites.

THU JUL 21

6–8 PM

In partnership with One Vibe Africa, join us for a sneak peek of the Madaraka Festival, celebrating Africa’s musicians and creatives working with a civic purpose.

SAM Performs
6:10 pm–6:25 pm
Welcome performance by Sondra Segundo.

6:30–8 pm
Get a sampling of the breadth of the music that the Madaraka Festival with sets by Reggae artist Yaddi Bojia, wordsmith MC Yirim Seck, and a set by Simon Javan Okelo backed by Comfort Food.

SAM Creates
6:30–8 pm
Taking inspiration from Mark Dion's Neukom Vivarium, join artists from Seattle ReCreative in designing your very own nurse log with flora and fauna made from recycled materials.

Food Trucks
5:45–7:45 pm
Mike’s Shave Ice and Theo’s Gyros

MARKET Seattle will be serving beer, wine, and dinner fare.

A guitarist on a stage plays for a crowd

People doing yoga on the green grass in front of the PACCAR Pavilion

SAT JUL 23

9 am – 2 pm

Yoga: Hatha (all levels)
9:30–10:30 am
Enjoy free outdoor yoga with instructors from 8 Limbs Yoga. Bring your own mat, water, and any other necessary equipment. Rain or shine!

Zumba®
1–2 pm
Fusing Latin rhythms with easy-to-follow moves, free Zumba® Latin dance-fitness classes are a great way to spend the afternoon. Tennis shoes and water bottle recommended. Rain or shine!

MARKET Seattle will also be serving coffee and bites.

Summer at SAM at Nepantla Cultural Arts Center
9414 Delridge Way SW, Seattle, WA 98106
2–4 pm
As part of our partnership with Nepantla Cultural Arts Gallery, art workshops will take place at their gallery in White Center on Saturdays in July. Once you’ve finished up at the park, make the trip across town and join artist Raquel Garcia to make decorative shadow boxes called nichos.

THU JUL 28

6–8 PM

In partnership with Museum of Pop Culture’s 21-and-under music showcase Sound Off!, join a celebration of youth creativity that demonstrates why Seattle is home to one of the most vibrant all-ages music scenes in the country.

SAM Performs
6–8 pm
Join us for two sets of the eclectic, soulfully driven sounds of i///u, alumni of MoPOP’s Sound Off! As a genre-hopping 7-piece band, they have built a reputation as one of Seattle’s most dynamic live acts, and the Seattle Times labeled them as one of the “Ten Acts to Watch at Bumbershoot'' in 2019.

SAM Creates
6–8 pm
Printmaker and teaching artist Nikki Jabbora-Barber will lead visitors in a collaborative community artwork that grows throughout the evening. The sculpture will combine botanical and animal prints with large-scale flowers of linocut petals that artists can take selfies in.

Food Trucks
5:45–7:45 pm
Seoul Bowl and Where Ya At, Matt?

MARKET Seattle will be serving beer, wine, and dinner fare.

Two people sitting on an art bench, smiling and waving with their small dog on a leash

SAT JUL 30

9 am – 2 pm

Yoga: Hatha (all levels)
9:30–10:30 am
Enjoy free outdoor yoga with instructors from 8 Limbs Yoga. Bring your own mat, water, and any other necessary equipment. Rain or shine!

MARKET Seattle will also be serving coffee and bites.

Summer at SAM at Nepantla Cultural Arts Center
9414 Delridge Way SW, Seattle, WA 98106
2–4 pm
As part of our partnership with Nepantla Cultural Arts Gallery, art workshops will take place at their gallery in White Center on Saturdays in July. Once you’ve finished up at the park, make the trip across town and print a variety of linocuts created by artist Eileen Jimenez centered around community care, Indigenous joy, and growth. Linocuts will be provided, but feel free to bring your own carved blocks!

THU AUG 4

6–8 PM

In partnership with Artist Home, prominent curators and supporters of the Northwest music community.

SAM Performs
6:30–7 pm
Lisa Prank is the solo punk-pop project of Seattle-based musician Robin Edwards. She has toured extensively and released two full-length records, Adult Teen (2016) and Perfect Love Song (2019) on Father/Daughter Records.

7:20–8 pm
Born in Japan and raised in Seattle, Tomo Nakayama is an artist whose melodic, complex, and emotionally compelling music has been praised by NPR, The New York Times, and The Stranger. His latest synthpop album, Melonday, was named one of the Top Albums of 2020 by The Seattle Times, KEXP, and Seattle Met Magazine, and debuted at #1 on KEXP's NW Charts

Food Trucks
5:45–7:45 pm
Street Treats, El Cabrito, and Hallava Falafel

MARKET Seattle will be serving beer, wine, and dinner fare.

a cute french bulldog looking into the camera

A kid smiling and holding up their drawing of a butterfly

THU AUG 11

6–8 PM

In partnership with Black Fret, an organization with a simple mission to support the creation and performance of music.

SAM Performs
6–8 pm
Black Ends’ self-described gunk-pop is about as sweet as that wad of asphalt-crusted bubblegum you found stuck on the bottom of your favorite boots. The band is most gripping in the context of their electric and dynamic performances, and they’ll be showing Summer at SAM the breadth of their work with two completely different sets of music, a loose, jazz-influenced set followed by their more raucous, frenetic work as a trio.

SAM Creates
6–8 pm
Join artist Marie Baeta in creating a collaborative artwork that captures the beautiful waterfront views seen from PACCAR Pavilion. Using the windows as a natural grid, visitors will be invited to interpret a window panel through a medium of their choice on a piece of paper cut to resemble their panel and add it to a growing body of visitor’s observations.

Food Truck
5:45–7:45 pm
Seoul Bowl and Delfino’s Pizza

MARKET Seattle will be serving beer, wine and dinner fare.

A big crowd enjoys lounging in the grass at the park

SAT AUG 13

9 AM – 2 PM

Yoga: Hatha (all levels)
9:30–10:30 am
Enjoy free outdoor yoga with instructors from 8 Limbs Yoga. Bring your own mat, water, and any other necessary equipment. Rain or shine!

SAM Creates
10 am–1 pm
Join an interactive drop-in studio with artist Raquel Garcia to make decorative shadow boxes called nichos.

Community Partner Activities
10 am–1 pm
Join Seattle Aquarium naturalists from noon–2:30pm to explore low tide at the pocket beach and learn about the marine life of Elliott Bay. Puget Soundkeeper will also be in attendence to share information about microplastics and provide information on beach cleanups as well as repurposing beach refuse.

MARKET Seattle will also be serving coffee and bites.

THU AUG 18

6–8 PM

In partnership with NW Folklife, an organization that celebrates the multigenerational arts, cultures, and traditions of a global Pacific Northwest.

Member Appreciation Night
We love our members! Pick up some free SAM swag at the membership table as a thank you for being a part of SAM! Not a member? Join now !

SAM Performs
6–8 pm
Live Music from Superfolk with special guests!

SAM Creates
6–8 pm
How can we build storytelling with our cultural lexicon through imagery? How do lines and texture add to our work? How does our color selection affect our viewer? Join multidisciplinary artist Paige Pettibon and explore shapes and color to communicate complex feelings. By using the process of studio analysis and exploring multiple mediums, our visual languages will grow and strengthen.

Food Trucks
5:45–7:45 pm
Street Treats, El Cabrito and Hallava Falafel

MARKET Seattle will be serving beer, wine, and dinner fare.

A group of people sitting at a table making art

A group of silhouetted people dancing underneath pink, purple, and blue colored lights, lens flares sparkling

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