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Smith College Museum of Art.

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Lilly standing in a black and white tile bathroom and pulling a white, amorphous full-body suit up and over their head.

Welcome Lilly Watson, Our New Assistant Museum Educator

Hello everyone! My name is Lilly Watson (they/them) and I am the new Post Baccalaureate Assistant Museum Educator here at SCMA.

The Clamorous Owl

Named "The Owl," this piece was the creation of Leonard Baskin, who taught at Smith College between the years of 1953 and 1974.
over life-size owl with wings spread and rough surface finish

Keїta’s Legacy

Building on the rich African tradition of portrait photography, Seydou Keїta worked through the mid to late 20th century documenting Bamako society in Mali at a time of considerable social and political change.
woman seated in front of patterned cloth, head wrapped in scarf, wearing printed dress, earrings, bracelet and ring, hands crossed over one another on her lap, details of cloth, earrings and fingernails hand tinted red

Homage to Quevedo

The Cunningham Center holds one of Cuevas’ literary portfolios, Homage to Quevedo. This suite of prints was inspired by the poetry of Francisco Gómez de Quevedo, a Spanish writer who worked in the seventeenth century.
profile view of man wearing hat and holding small circular object

Death in Stasis

Death was a fact of life during the Victorian era. People coped with loss through the creation of images of the deceased.
profile view of an old man lying on a bed, propped up against pillows

Man's Best Friend

Erwitt’s photographs of dogs often depict them in such a way that they don’t seem to be dogs at all.
city sidewalk, pair of women's feet wearing wedge shoes with ankle strap, small short-haired dog wearing sweater facing camera, city buildings with people in background at left, cars visible at back right

The Poetic Body

After a friend lent Leslie Dill a book of Emily Dickinson's poetry, the artist became fixated on the poet's spare, emotional lines.
dress with short sleeves and long skirt, lithographed heart on bodice front, text on remaining dress, dress mounted on paper

Student Picks: Mother and Child

Given the universality of motherhood, this exhibition explores the theme of “Mother and Child” across time and cultures.
barn door, top half open showing a light bulb shooting light rays over crying women holding a small child overlapping with two horse's heads

Roy Lichtenstein

Following a long tradition of artists who beg, borrow, and steal elements from other artists, Roy Lichtenstein was a master of creating art about art stemming from both so-called “high” and “low” culture.
close-up of woman smiling with bright red lipstick

Lady in White

Completely enamored with mystery and intrigue, I became obsessed with the woman in white and was determined to unveil her secrets. 
close-up of woman with fancy updo in her hair, wearing a white hat and a white dress with a high collar

CHM 100 Visits the Cunningham Center

CHM 100 is the chemistry for non-science majors offering from the chemistry department. It covers all the important introductory chemistry subject matter using art objects from the museum as illustrations for chemical principals.
tables set up around a room with artworks propped up on them. students look closely at the artworks using magnifying glasses

Agnes Martin: On a Clear Day

The enigmatic Canadian-born American artist Agnes Martin spent her long life and career purging her mind and art of all conceptual thoughts, living and working by inspiration alone in the pursuit of beauty and purity.
cream-colored sheet with 12 identical horizontal lines
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