Spring Educator Workshop | Seeing Self and Place in the Modern Northwest

Explore the symbolic and deeply personal visions of artists who helped define a unique modernist movement in the Pacific Northwest. Centering Beyond Mysticism: The Modern Northwest, educators will gain insight on how artists blended abstraction and nature to express complex ideas about identity, place, and purpose. Participants will engage in a studio art activity inspired by the exhibition, explore student-led inquiry models, and reflect and connect with fellow educators.

This workshop includes resources and Washington State Clock Hours. K–12 educators, paraeducators, subject area coaches, and administrators are welcome to attend.

Support for K-12 programs during the 2025-2026 school year is provided by the Foster Foundation. Partial, sustained support for SAM’s K-12 programs is provided by an endowment established in 1999 by a National Endowment for the Humanities challenge grant and the generous contributions of matching donors, including the Ann P. Wyckoff Education Endowment. The William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Programs at the Seattle Art Museum has supported SAM K–12 programs since 1994.