Hildana Shiferaw ‘25 is an Engineering and Biology student. She helped translate an Amharic inscription that appears at the base of an Ethiopian Silver Cross from the 19th century that is currently on view in the installation Worlds in Process on SCMA’s third floor. Here, she shares her experience translating the inscription.
Join us for a Spring semester Smith Student Art Sale at SCMA featuring items made by Smith students, including jewelry, artwork, ceramics, accessories and more.
Dance to the music, enjoy the galleries with your friends, and support Smith’s talented student artisans!
Kay Horak ‘24 is a self-designed Art Conservation Major with a Mathematical Sciences Minor and Museums Concentration. She is the 2023-2024 Kennedy Museum Research Fellow in Art History at SCMA, working with Danielle Carrabino, Curator of Painting and Sculpture. Here, she shares some of what she’s learned about frames in the museum’s collection through her fellowship.
This sale runs Thursday, April 18 through Sunday, April 21!
Shop onsite or online!
Show your current SCMA Membership Card or enter a code online to receive a 20% discount on ALL of your Museum Shop purchases. Members, check your email for the code!
Enjoy an evening of fun at SCMA’s June 14 Second Friday! Drop in for hands-on! art making activities from 4–7pm in the museum atrium along with refreshments. Explore ways that late afternoon light interacts with nature and then create your own representation of shadows and lights inspired by Alma Thomas’s painting
May 23–May 26, 2024
Visit the Smith College Museum of Art 11am to 5pm, Friday and Saturday; 11 am to 4 pm, Thursday and Sunday.
Drop by the Smith College Museum of Art to explore the galleries, talk with museum staff, and visit the exhibition A Beacon to the World: Art from the Sylvia Smith Lewis ’74 and Byron E. Lewis Sr. Collection.
May 16–19, 2024
Visit the Smith College Museum of Art 11am to 5pm, Friday and Saturday; 11 am to 4 pm, Thursday and Sunday.
Drop by the Smith College Museum of Art to explore the galleries, talk with museum staff, and visit the exhibition A Beacon to the World: Art from the Sylvia Smith Lewis ’74 and Byron E. Lewis Sr. Collection.
Aprile Gallant is Mary Walcott Keyes 1931 Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs and Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs.
SCMA and the larger contemporary art world lost a leading light this month with the death of Korean American artist Yong Soon Min.
