SCMAinsider

SCMAinsider offers dynamic perspectives on the diverse collections and visions that shape the
Smith College Museum of Art.

We welcome contributions from all members of our community and seek to cultivate a range of
voices and experiences. If you want to contribute to the blog, please contact us at scmacuratorial@smith.edu.

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

August 27, 2025

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

Martin Parr: British Food

In the mid-1990s, long before everyone had a food blog, Martin Parr shot British Foods,a series of meals, side-dishes and sweets with a decidedly different vibe.

cooked carved turkey on a platter and lamp near wall

In Space

Munch’s body of work went through several phases of experimentation but most pieces adhered to his lost sense of self and melancholic understanding of life.

Cupid and Psyche

Drawings such as Cupid and Psyche reveal a moment in this artistic process, frozen on a page for us to see.

nude male with wings leaning forward and holding semi-nude draped female before a partially drawn bed

Student Picks: Human Connections - Manifestations of the Mundane

This exhibition brings our ordinary lifestyles into the limelight.

low hills in distance, lake with moored boats in middle ground, in foreground maroon and grey sedan with young woman seated in driver's seat arms on the window sill

Surreal Dreams and Nightmares

Though he was a contemporary of the Realists and Impressionists, Redon took a very different path, both in becoming an artist and what he created.

Seated figure with a floating hollow orb above him and a solid dark orb next to him

What’s your ART STORY?

This upcoming weekend, Smith College will formally welcome Kathleen McCartney as the 11th President of Smith College. The Museum is celebrating her inauguration with ART STORIES, a special exhibition featuring art that has left a lasting impression on the widespread Smith community.

two women stand in front of a painting of a girl on a swing, looking at the painting and talking to one another

Student Picks: Brahma Vihara - The Sublime States

Brahma Vihara is a show inspired by a series of four Buddhist virtues and the meditative practices that cultivate them.

white outer border, irregular inner border of pink and blue, image of seated Buddha surrounded by floral patterned backing, seated on pillow that hangs in the air, colors bleed from pink to orange to yellow to light green

Eye on the Street: Joel Meyerowitz

While at first Meyerowitz shot both black and white and color film, in 1972 he made the unconventional decision to devote himself exclusively to color photography.

street view of a sidewalk with a bridge in the distance, staircase ascending along the right side of the image with grass and trees behind it

Announcing the 2013-2014 Student Picks Winners

The Student Picks Sweepstakes ended last Friday, and we’ve found our six winners!

clear box sitting on a black countertop. box has green sign that says "ENTER HERE" on it and has pink and orange slips of paper inside of it

Student Picks Highlights

To celebrate the new year of student exhibitions, we’re highlighting pictures and blog posts from past Student Picks shows.

students standing in an art gallery. prints propped up on a table and on a cabinet

A Look at SCMA's Digitization Project

The Smith College Museum of Art has just completed a two-year digitization project, funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

man sitting at a desk with a bookshelf behind him. to the right are two large box lights projecting onto an easel with an artwork on it. man stands with a camera in front of the easel.

Native American Tribe Culture in Psychedelic Art

In my research for the current exhibition Summer of Love: Psychedelic Posters from the SCMA Collection, I came across an interesting undertone motivating counterculturists in 1960s America: tribe culture.

brown ground, black text around central photo of young man with long hair, feather in hair, wearing three bead necklaces