May 10 Second Friday: Art and Shape
4–8pm
Smith College Reunion II
May 23–May 26, 2024
Visit the Smith College Museum of Art 11am to 5pm, Friday and Saturday; 11 am to 4 pm, Thursday and Sunday.
Drop by the Smith College Museum of Art to explore the galleries, talk with museum staff, and visit the exhibition A Beacon to the World: Art from the Sylvia Smith Lewis ’74 and Byron E. Lewis Sr. Collection.
Smith College Reunion I
May 16–19, 2024
Visit the Smith College Museum of Art 11am to 5pm, Friday and Saturday; 11 am to 4 pm, Thursday and Sunday.
Drop by the Smith College Museum of Art to explore the galleries, talk with museum staff, and visit the exhibition A Beacon to the World: Art from the Sylvia Smith Lewis ’74 and Byron E. Lewis Sr. Collection.
Yong Soon Min (1953-2024)
By Aprile Gallant, Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs
SCMA and the larger contemporary art world lost a leading light this month with the death of Korean American artist Yong Soon Min.
Min’s work, in the words of curator and art historian Hong-hee Kim, “explores post-colonial discourses of immigration, exile, loss and confusion, as well as the ironies of dual identity. [...] Her multi-media art practice encompassing words, texts, drawing, photography and video is conceptual yet concrete, private yet political.”
April Second Friday: Art and Nature
4–8pm
Join us for an evening of sensory experiences inspired by nature and community!
March Art After Hours: Smithies in the Wild
5–7pm
This event is free and open to all Smith students.
Allegory, Race and the Four Continents: A Lecture by Charmaine Nelson
5 pm
This event is free and open to the public.
New Acquisition: Hayal Pozanti's "A Liquid Echo" (2023)
“I’m still daydreaming, in a sense, and when I’m in my studio, I’m creating a new world for myself but I’m also proposing that we all partake in this new world together.” – Hayal Pozanti
Silken Threads: A Journey Through Local History with a Student Museum Educator
As part of a new curriculum focused on local histories of silk in Northampton and Florence, fifth graders from the Campus School of Smith College took field trips to the Smith College Museum of Art (SCMA) and Historic Northampton to see examples of silk in art and historical garments. In collaboration with Campus School teachers Paul Matylas and Lisa Echevarria, SCMA's Educator for School and Family Programs Gina Hall, and I developed an original program that utilized the resources of multiple collections to engage students with local history.
March Second Friday: Art and Rest
4–8 pm
Join us for a relaxing evening of making and viewing art!
Drop in for Hands-on! art making activities in the museum’s atrium and enjoy light refreshments from 4–7pm. Create a model of your own stylish seat, inspired by artist-designed benches throughout the museum and new comfy seating on the third floor.