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From 4–8pm, participate in hands-on art-making and a guided conversation in the galleries.
4–7pm Second Friday Hands on! art making for all ages, inspired by works on view. Spatial Relations—Combine drawing and collage to express your vision of imagined landscapes inspired by climate justice and equity.
6pm Open Eyes: Guided conversation exploring a different art object each month.
Museum shop open + complimentary light refreshments.
November 14, 2019
- Thursday, Nov 14: 11–6
- Friday, Nov 15: 11–4
- Saturday, Nov 16: 11–4
- Sunday, Nov 17: 12–4
November 19, 2019
The Smith College Poetry Center and SCMA are pleased to present Lee Roripaugh, poet laureate of South Dakota. Roripaugh, a second-generation Japanese American, created a series of portraits in Beyond Heart Mountain (1999), in the voices of Japanese American internees at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming. In Year of the Snake (2004), she explored issues of mixed-race identity, myths, Japanese fairy tales, and metaphors of transformation.
Her latest collection is tsunami vs. the fukishima 50. This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Defiant Vision: Prints and Poetry by Munio Makuuchi.
December 03, 2019
"Panel discussion: Reclaiming Munio Makuuchi, an American artist" is about the relevance of the artist's poetry and prints nearly 20 years after his death. Speakers include Curator Aprile Gallant, Professor Floyd Cheung, Printer Andrew Balkin and art historian Margo Machida.
- Aprile Gallant, Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs and Senior Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, SCMA
- Floyd Cheung, Professor of English Language & Literature and American Studies, Vice President for Equity and Inclusion, Smith College
- Andrew Balkin, Artist & Founder, Andrew Balkin Editions, AGB Graphics Workshop, Wisconsin
- Margo Machida, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of Art History and Asian American Studies, University of Connecticut
December 13, 2019
4–7pm Hands on! Art making for all ages, inspired by works on view. Light up the Night—Create luminous treasure boxes to light up the dark days of winter, inspired by the shape and colors of the reliquary box on the 2nd floor of the museum
January 10, 2020
From 4–8pm, participate in hands-on art-making and a guided conversation in the galleries.
4–7pm Hands on! Art making for all ages, inspired by works on view.
6pm Open Eyes: Guided conversation exploring a different art object each month.
Museum shop open + complimentary light refreshments.
January 17, 2020
We will be celebrating the opening weekend of Black Refractions: Highlights from the Studio Museum in Harlem by offering free admission all weekend
The opening weekend will also feature our annual Free Community Day on January 18 (details below)
Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem will be on view at SCMA from January 17–April 12, 2020
January 18, 2020
Free Admission ALL DAY with activities from 11:00–3:30pm. All Ages Welcome! Join us for a Free Community Day to launch the opening of the exhibition Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem (on view January 17–April 12, 2020).
Activities include gallery talks by Springfield youth, drop-in art making workshop, photo booth, musical performance by Smith Campus School Chorus, and more!
Program partners include Smith College Project Coach and Boston-based Wee the People. Free coffee, hot chocolate and snacks. Major support for Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem and accompanying programs is provided by Art Bridges.
February 06, 2020
Save the date. Details to come.
February 14, 2020
From 4–8pm, participate in hands-on art-making and a guided conversation in the galleries.
4–7pm Hands on! Art making for all ages, inspired by works on view.
6pm Open Eyes: Guided conversation exploring a different art object each month.
Museum shop open + complimentary light refreshments