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Beyond Mysticism Public Tour

Sun Jul 26 2026

1:15–2:15 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Tickets
Free with admission

Coulee Dam, Looking West, 1939 - 1941, Vanessa Helder, American, 1904-1968, watercolor, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture / Eastern Washington State Historical Society, Spokane, Washington , Museum Purchase, 1954, 2585.3, photo: Courtesy of the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

Revisit the Northwest Mystic artists from a fresh perspective on a guided tour of Beyond Mysticism. From real places in Seattle like Pike Place Market, to abstract expressions of inner consciousness, we'll dive into the art of both celebrated and underrecognized 20th-century Northwest artists and their subjects. Led by a SAM docent, explore the paintings and sculptures that brought a rapidly changing Northwest region to life.

Beyond Mysticism: The Modern Northwest was organized by the Seattle Art Museum. Presenting Sponsors 4 Culture Arts Fund Major Sponsors
Art Bridges
Bette and David Sprague Exhibition Endowment
Wyeth Foundation for American Art

Supporting Sponsors 
Beane Family Foundation
Noah Musler and Lucy Wang
Nguyn Thanh Chuân and Essie Jacobs* 
Eric Peterson and Barbara Pomeroy 
Perkins Coie LLP
The Twining Humber Fund


Hotel Sponsor
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