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.

Olivia wearing a denim jacket with a bright pink background and framed with flowers.

Summer Curatorial Research Intern: Olivia White ’20 (UMass MA ’25)

As a master’s student in the History of Art & Architecture Department at the University of

Curator, Who Me?

The exhibition, developed in conjuncture with Smith’s Celebrating Collaborations conference, was truly a collaborative effort.
profile view of a woman wearing a pill box hat and a plaid jacket, holding an umbrella

Less is More: Josef Albers

The grandfather of Minimalism, Josef Albers was a prolific painter, printmaker, designer, and teacher who illuminated the importance of astute perception and restrained expression.
concentric red squares of increasingly dark shades

Visual Occupation

Within the Occuprint portfolio, a unique language has been spawned that encourages a visual occupation both in our minds and on the streets.
yellow ground with large black flowers; on top section: OCCUPY in yellow framed with black and BIG MOTHER in white; on bottom section: ITS WATCHING in white and EARTH in yellow framed in black; political

Sol LeWitt: Lines Both Large and Small

LeWitt envisioned his role in the creative process to be akin to that of a musical composer or an architect, as his work is often based on written plans that are physically executed by others.
concentric circles and lines dividing sheet into eight wedges

A Taste of Summer

I had not caught the summer bug yet, until one afternoon at work.
fenced-in garden with a windmill in it; city buildings in the background

Munakata Shiko

During the early 20th century Japanese printmakers actively sought to break with the tradition of ukiyo-e printing in which the cutter of the block was simply replicating the vision of the designer of an image.
four large birds with four baby birds, one perched on a rock with the others swimming in pond
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