Finnegan Shannon (b. 1989, Berkeley, CA) is an artist experimenting with forms of access. They intervene in ableist
structures with humor, earnestness, and rage. Their recent work Don’t mind if I do, a conveyor-belt-centered exhibition that
prioritizes rest and play, is currently on view at the Smith College Museum of Art. Food will be provided.
Limited to 25.
Neva Smith ‘29 is a Student Assistant in the SCMA’s Cunningham Center.
The STEAM Team and Women's Brick Initiative present Lego Braille Pop-up in the Boeckman Sculpture Court (Hillyer Atrium). Pop by and engage with LEGO Braille bricks, letter pressing, or free build. Open to anyone in the community.
Hosted by: Jandon Center, Supported by the Smith Office for the Arts (SOFA) Cushion Fund, the Smith College
Museum of Art (SCMA), the Wurtele Center, the Design Thinking Initiative, the Office of Equity & Inclusion, and the Smith College Engineering Department.
Smith seniors are invited to Art After Hours: Senior Masquerade. Dress code is semi-formal masquerade. There will be drinks & small bites in Boeckman Sculpture Court (Hillyer Atrium). 1 drink ticket/person (ID required). During an open gallery walk, vote on the senior class artwork! Music by WOZQ. This event is open only to senior Smith students. Presented by the Smith College Museum of Art and the Senior Class. The next Art After Hours for all students will be in April 2026.
Inas Halabi, We Have Always Known the Wind’s Direction (2019–2020), HD video, color, sound, Arabic, 12 min
Join us from 4–8 p.m. for an evening of art, making, and community at the Smith College Museum of Art. Galleries are open until 8 p.m. SCMA is free and open to all!
This installation of photographs from SCMA’s collection invites visitors to slow down and imagine the lives unfolding in each image. What each person notices, and what they bring from their own experiences, shapes the story they see. Moving from photograph to photograph, visitors may consider what is happening in the captured moment, which visual clues build a narrative, what lies beyond the frame, and what came before or might follow.
Z Stevens ‘25 is a graduate student at the Simmons University School of Library and Information Science. They have worked at SCMA in various capacities since 2023 and are currently the Collections Assistant.
1875: Smith College welcomes its first class of fourteen students.
1879: First purchases for the College Hall art gallery begin. The first recorded purchase is made in February, and Thomas Eakins’ In Grandmother’s Time, SCMA’s first accessioned object, is purchased in May.
Join us for programs with visiting poet Rob Macaisa Colgate
Thursday, February 12
Hardly Creatures: Poems on Access Intimacy and Collective Care
Reading and Q&A
5-6pm
Klingenstein Browsing Room, Neilson Library, Smith College
Free and open to all
Join Poet Rob Macaisa Colgate for a reading plus a question and answer session.