For all Smith students (and their guests). Always free.  

Get your groove on and celebrate SCMA's new exhibition Michel Kameni: Portraits of an Independent Africa.  See portraits from the 60s and 70s taken by Cameroonian studio photographer Michel Kameni that showcase the vibrant personalities and fashion of those living in a newly independent Cameroon. We invite you to be inspired and find joy through art and each other. Stay for the dance party with WOZQ party DJs featuring hits from the 60s and 70s along with the Cameroonian beats that shaped disco. 

6–8pm Enjoy four floors of art along with snacks, drinks, and music in the Atrium. Create your own Kameni-inspired “mirror portrait” with photographer Steph Craig in the photobooth*. 

SCMA is free and open to all!

Join us from 4–8pm for an evening of art, making, and community at the Smith College Museum of Art. Galleries are open until 8pm.

From 4–7pm Participate in Hands-on Art Making! All ages welcome. Make masks of woodland creatures found in the museum collection.

From 4–8pm Enjoy four floors of art!

Registration Link: https://go.oncehub.com/BehindtheScenesofAcityinFluxReflectingo

Join Danielle Carrabino, Curator of Painting and Sculpture at SCMA and Monika Schmitter, Professor of History of Art and Architecture at UMass Amherst, for a lunch-time member-exclusive virtual talk about the collaboration between the museum and the Five Colleges for A City in Flux: Reflecting on Venice.

Image: Dwight William Tryon, American (1849–1925), Venice, 1879, oil on linen mounted on panel, Bequest of Dwight W. Tryon, SC 1930.3.121

Smith students, apply to participate in the Meredith Moody Artist Purchase program! 

Apply by Friday, October 3, 2025: https://bit.ly/scmamoody.  | Open to all Smith undergraduates. 

• The Purchase Program will be from 4:15–6pm
• Informal buffet dinner to follow from 6–7:30pm.

Each year, SCMA purchases a work by a female-identifying photographer who was awarded a Meredith S. Moody Artist Residency at Yaddo, an artist's retreat in Saratoga Springs, New York. The decision on which work to purchase is made by Smith students. 

Join us Thursday, October 30 through Sunday, November 2 for Member Double Discount Days at the SCMA shop! Museum Members get 20% off purchases by showing their valid SCMA Membership Card. The SCMA Shop is open 11am–4 pm Tuesday through Saturday. This sale is also online. 

Smith Students, this includes you!
Bring your current Smith Student ID and give us your email at the register to get the same discount (we take cash, credit or tap- no OneCard purchases). Think ahead to holiday shopping!

Not a member? Join now to take advantage of the sale and support SCMA! Not sure if you are a member? Email scmamembers@smith.edu. 
Join or renew today to get your discount.

Register here: bit.ly/45Fz1R4

Artful adventures in and around the museum for 2–5 year-olds and their caregivers!  Explore a different theme in each session on selected Fridays throughout the year. 

Registered families can join us in the Atrium of the Smith College Museum of Art for open play and art experiences from 9:30–11:30am. Upon arrival, sign up for a museum tour slot for 9:45, 10:15, or 10:45 am. Museum educator Gina Hall will lead these interactive experiences in the galleries for up to ten children and their caregivers. Families can connect, play, and create in the Atrium with NPS early childhood educator, Ashley Miller, when not in the museum. Please feel free to join us anytime between 9:30–11:30 am.

Participation will be capped at 30 children.