The museum will be closed Wednesday, December 24 due to a facilities issue. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Holiday hours: The museum will be closed December 25 and January 1, and will close early at 3 pm on December 31.
Helmi Dagmar Juvonen (American, 1903-1985)
Untitled [Uli figure from New Ireland, Melanesia, early 20th century]
- Date: ca. 1967-68
- Medium: Pencil and ink on paper
- Object Dimensions: 17 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. (43.82 x 33.66 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Mary Lou and Donald B. Brown, Jr. in memory of the Music and Art Foundation, Seattle, 2013.006.
- Photo Credit: Richard Nicol
The Black Constellation (American, active Seattle)
Maikoiyo Alley-Barnes (American, b. 1977)
Juliana Meira do Valle (American)
Ode to Octavia: Cranium Adornment #5
- Date: 2012
- Medium: Composited bone, enamel, found goggles
- Object Dimensions: 18 1/2 x 10 x 7 1/2 in. (46.99 x 25.4 x 19.05 cm)
- Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by the Randolph Philip Koelsch Bequest, 2013.004.02
- Photo Credit: Spike Mafford
The Black Constellation (American, active Seattle)
Maikoiyo Alley-Barnes (American, b. 1977)
Catherine Harris-White (American, b. 1986)
Stasia Irons (American, b. 1985)
Ode to Octavia: Neo-Ancient Taliswoman
- Date: 2012
- Medium: Incantation, repurposed bronze, brass, silver, stainless steel, rosewood, beechnut, abalone shell, ibex and dik-dik horn, precious and semiprecious stones, 1996 GMC truck key
- Object Dimensions: 25 x 14 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (63.5 x 36.83 x 3.81 cm)
- Credit Line: Purchased with funds partially provided by the Randolph Philip Koelsch Bequest, 2013.004.01
- Photo Credit: Mark Woods
The Black Constellation (American, active Seattle)
Maikoiyo Alley-Barnes (American, b. 1977)
Ishmael Butler (American, b. 1969)
Tendai Maraire (American)
Ode to Octavia Part 12: (Sparkles)...Recollections of the Wraith
- Date: 2012
- Medium: Digital video (color, sound); 4:49 min.
- Credit Line: Gift of The Black Constellation (Ishmael Butler, Tendai Maraire, Maikoiyo Alley-Barnes, Stasia Irons, Catherine Harris-White), 2013.005
Jeffry Mitchell (American, b. 1958)
Not Waving, but Drowning
- Date: 2012
- Medium: Glazed earthenware on artist-made wood pedestal
- Object Dimensions: 42 1/2 x 15 x 33 in. (107.95 x 38.1 x 83.82 cm)
- Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by The New Foundation Seattle, 2013.009
- Photo Credit: Mark Woods