We Have Always Known the Wind's Direction
February 13-August 16, 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!
People and Stories
April 10–September 20, 2026
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.
The Smith College Museum of Art: A Timeline
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.
SCMA presents Learning How to Desire, Finnegan Shannon
Conversation to follow with curator Lauren Leving, moderated by Charlotte Feng Ford '83 Curator of Contemporary Art Emma Chubb.
The lecture will be in person at the Smith College Alumnae House and streamed live (below). Part of the annual Miller Lecture in Art series, the event is free and open to the public.
SCMA is free and open to all. Come for an evening of art, making, and community. Galleries are open until 8 p.m.
4–7pm
Drop-in Zine Making (Boeckman Sculpture Court (Museum Atrium)
Create a DIY mini-magazine inspired by the new exhibition Don’t mind if I do. Try prompts like “My favorite artists,” “Things I love,” or “Songs on repeat,” or make your own theme. All ages welcome; no experience needed. Materials provided. Explore the artists on view and the exhibition zine for ideas.
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. SCMA is free and open to all!
From 4–7pm Drop in for hands-on art making in the museum atrium All ages welcome.
Leaving a Legacy Through the Moody Purchase Program
Kaia Austin ‘26 is an Art History Major with a Museums Concentration. They have worked as an Academic Programs Assistant at the SCMA since 2022.
A dilapidated enclosure. A grungy white wall. Ominous spillage of light. The haunting shadow of a cross that once was. These are the hallmarks of the official 2025 Meredith Moody Purchase photograph Saint Peter by S. Billie Mandle.
