SCMA has launched a new online exhibition. This exhibition invites viewers to join the museum in looking back to look forward, as SCMA continues to refine what it means to be a museum in the 21st century.
Although SCMA's galleries are closed through December 2020 as part of "A Culture of Care" at Smith College, we have expanded the museum's digital resources and made them easily accessible.
SCMA condemns the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and Ahmaud Arbery and joins in demands for justice and accountability. Their deaths are not isolated events. Alongside the 911 call that threatened Christian Cooper’s life, they are part of a continuum of structural anti-Black racism and white supremacy in the United States. The status quo is vile, it is rooted in history, and it is indefensible.
Art has long played a role in shaping whom a society recognizes as human and whose humanity it denies. And art museums, including ours, have historically centered the lives and creations of a few to the exclusion of the many. Dismantling white supremacy and privilege and changing long-standing structures of inequity and injustice require more than words: they require work, time, and dedicated resources. We are committed to this work and we know it starts at home.
There are many organizations leading the way for social justice, equity, and accountability in Massachusetts. These resources include: Black Lives Matter, Boston; Arise for Social Justice, Springfield; The Care Center, Holyoke; Tapestry Health, Springfield; Wee The People, Boston, and The Pioneer Valley Workers’ Center, Northampton.
Featuring unique and creative objects that have been sourced from artists, designers and makers around the globe
SCMA is a virtual resource and connecting point for all visitors—both within the Smith College community and beyond
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- Mirror with Design of BirdsUnknownHan Dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE)
- Smiling FaunUnknown1st century CE
- Mrs. Edith MahonThomas Eakins 1904
- Rolling PowerCharles Sheeler1939
- Shell Vessel Koike Shōko1999
- Buzkashi, from the series MusharaffSaira Wasim2003–2004
- Horned OwlUnknownShang dynasty (17th–11th century BCE)
- In Grandmother's TimeThomas Eakins1876
- Departure of Lady Wenji from the Nomad CampPossibly Sheng MouYuan dynasty (1271–1368),14th century
