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SAM Talks: An Evening with Saya Woolfalk

Thursday, August 27, 2026 · 6:30 PM PDT · Seattle Art Museum
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SAM Talks: An Evening with Saya Woolfalk
An expansive conversation with artist Saya Woolfalk about her artistic practice, featuring discussion of her work Lessons from the Institute of Empathy on display at SAM.

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  • Saya Woolfalk

    Represented by Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects Saya Woolfalk (Japan, 1979) is a New York based artist who uses science fiction and fantasy to re-imagine the world in multiple dimensions. With the multi year projects No Place, The Empathics, and ChimaTEK, Woolfalk has created the world of the Empathics, a fictional race of women who are able to alter their genetic make-up and fuse with plants.

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Seattle Art Museum
1300 1st Ave, Seattle, WA 98101, USA · Downtown, Seattle
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