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Shape the SCMA Permanent Collection: Meredith Moody Artist Purchase Program 2026

October 29, 2026

4:15–6:00 p.m.

Cunningham Center, Smith College Museum of Art

Students

Registration required

Artist Sydney Mieko King seeks new ways of imaging the body and its trace through continuous material exploration.
Open to all Smith undergraduates. Only 15 students selected.

How It Works
Each year, Smith students choose a work for SCMA’s permanent collection by a female-identifying photographer selected for the Meredith Moody Residency at Yaddo, a leading retreat for artists and writers. Participants will meet with museum staff to learn about collection building, examine works by featured artist Sydney Mieko King, and vote by secret ballot to choose this year's purchase, concluding with a free buffet dinner.

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Key Dates & Deadlines

Apply By: Friday, October 5, 2026 Register here.
Acceptance Notification: October 9
Prep/Info Session: Wednesday, October 21, 4:15–6:00 p.m. (at SCMA)
Purchase Program & Vote: Thursday, October 29, 4:15–6:00 p.m. (at SCMA)
Buffet Dinner: Thursday, October 29, 6:00–7:30 p.m.

Questions? Email Aprile Gallant,Mary Walcott Keyes 1931 Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs, at agallant@smith.edu.

Organized in partnership with the Smith College Art Department and Smith Office for the Arts. Supported by the Hiram F. Moody and Sarah Goulard, class of 1967, Photography Fund.

Right: Portrait of Sydney Mieko King. Photograph by Sophie Schwartz; Above: Sydney Mieko King, First Light (Grandma and Hibachan's Room, July 11–October 3rd, 2022)