Painting using short brushstrokes in concentric circles of color, starting with different blue in the center , followed by red orange and then yellow
Alma Thomas
Composing Color
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Plate with blue glaze of three peaches with leaves
Japanese Decorative Arts
Crafting Worlds
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Person in a white dress and a young child sitting in a detailed car with a rug on the ground and a building in the background
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Photo of a foggy landscape with a hand on the left side up close holding sheets of red film
We Have Always Known
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Graphic on left of exhibition title: Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas from the Smithsonian American Art Museum with exhibition dates and credits and an image on the right of colorful concentric circles of colors made with dashes, starting with dark blu at center, followed by light blue dashes, organs, red and then yellow
Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Alma Thomas (1891–1978) is a singular figure in twentieth-century American art.
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Wooded landscape painting in forest with people and path
Painting Nature: 19th-century American and French Landscapes
Painting Nature: 19th-century American and French Landscapes brings together a group of paintings from three influential 19th-century…
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Plate displaced upright with blue drawing of peaches, leaves and flowers with a green glaze background
Crafting Worlds: Japanese Decorative Arts from the 18th through 21st Centuries
Crafts are functional objects creatively made by skillful artisans using specialized knowledge and techniques.
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Person in a dress sitting sitting on the edge of a car seat with the door open and lined with red velvet and sitting with a young person
People and Stories
This installation of photographs from SCMA’s collection invites visitors to slow down and imagine the lives unfolding in each image.
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Sepia photograph of two girls with their hair pulled back leaning out of a dormer window.

The Wing Sisters, Part III: The Wing Collection

Meredith Clowse ‘26 is an Art History Major and an Archives Concentrator at Smith.
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