THE FEB. 24TH REMIX IS NOW SOLD OUT FOR TICKETS THAT INCLUDE ENTRY TO GAUGUIN & POLYNESIA. A LIMITED NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE AT THE 1ST AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY STREET ENTRANCE AT 7:30 PM WHEN DOORS OPEN. THESE TICKETS INCLUDE SAM COLLECTION GALLERY ACCESS, ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE EVENT, BUT DO NOT INCLUDE ENTRY TO THE GAUGUIN AND POLYNESIA EXHIBITION. TICKETS: $25... [read more]

THE FEB. 24TH REMIX IS NOW SOLD OUT FOR TICKETS THAT INCLUDE ENTRY TO GAUGUIN & POLYNESIA. A LIMITED NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE AT THE 1ST AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY STREET ENTRANCE AT 7:30 PM WHEN DOORS OPEN. THESE TICKETS INCLUDE SAM COLLECTION GALLERY ACCESS, ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE EVENT, BUT DO NOT INCLUDE ENTRY TO THE GAUGUIN AND POLYNESIA EXHIBITION. TICKETS: $25 GENERAL, $20 STUDENTS AND $12 SAM MEMBERS (DAY-OF, CASH ONLY). NO MORE ADVANCE TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE.

THE FIRST 50 DRESSED IN SUNSHINE YELLOW GET IN FREE. THE FIRST 50 LINE BEGINS AT THE OUTSIDE THE MUSEUM ENTRANCE AT 1ST AVENUE AND UNION STREET ENTRANCE

Experience Gauguin & Polynesia: An Elusive Paradise and Theaster Gates: The Listening Room during a special evening of performances, talks, dancing and more at this late-night creative explosion.

Event Details

* DJ Supreme La Rock spins global beats, hip hop, soul and more to keep you movin’ all night long.

* Te Fare O Tamatoa presents Tahitian dancing and drumming performances by Te'a rama: a Marquesan haka (a Polynesian tradiional welcome) at 8 pm in Brotman Forum and 10:15 pm in South Hall, additional performances in Plestcheeff Auditorium at 8:30 and 10:30 pm.

* Record Store Listening Party with Maikoiyo Alley-Barnes, Hanna Benn, OC Notes, Christian Science and Mike Wagner in the Arnold Board Room.

* Contribute to an elaborate, cut paper paradise by artist Celeste Cooning.

* Live performance by the eight-piece Big World Breaks ensemble featuring original material and remixed classics; celebrating elements of Soul, Funk, Jazz and Afro-Caribbean music (9 and 11 pm)

* Get down in Theaster Gates: The Listening Room, where DJ Riz spins music from the Dr. Wax record collection and a volunteer archivist records and catalogs the mixes.

* Create a self-portrait or an imagined landscape postcard inspired by Gauguin’s paintings with artists Jeanne Dodds and Elizabeth Humphrey.

* Harpist and poet Monica Schley improvises spoken word, music and vocals in the 4th floor Baroque galleries. 8:45 pm, 9:45 pm, 10:45 pm.

* My Favorite Things: Highly Opinionated Tours by Gauguin and Polynesia exhibition curators Pam McClusky (8 pm) and Chiyo Ishikawa (9 pm), Emerging museum professional Mark Rosen (8:30), Seattle artist Allyce Wood (9:30 pm), the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (10 pm), Rat City Rollergirls (10:30 pm) and more!


Print-at-home ticket buyers: Enter at 1st Avenue and Union Street. Will Call ticket buyers and cash ticket sales: Enter at 1st Avenue and University Street (near Hammering Man).

You may enter SAM Remix any time between 7:30 pm and 12:30 am. The time printed on your ticket is for entrance to the Gauguin & Polynesia galleries only. Please allow 10–15 minutes to get from the museum entrance to the galleries. You will need to enter the Gauguin & Polynesia galleries no later than 20 minutes after the time printed on your ticket.

SAM Remix Cohosts: 911 Media, AIA Seattle. The American Association of Museum’s Seattle Emerging Professionals Group, Canoe Social Club, French-American Chamber of Commerce of the Pacific Northwest, Frye Art Museum, Future-ish, Gage Academy of Art, Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, Live Aloha Hawaiian Cultural Festival, Longhouse Media/Native Lens, NOMA NW—National Organization of Minority Architects, Out for Sustainability, Rat City Rollergirls, Seattle Chamber Young Professionals Network, Voices Rising, World Affairs Council’s Young Professionals International Network