Tiffany Chung: Re-Mapping Memories of the Vietnam War

April 30th, 1975 marked the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. This blog post by Diem Nguyen ‘25 honors its 48th anniversary and welcomes the beginning of May, AAPI Heritage Month with maps of Vietnamese-American artist Tiffany Chung.  Diem Nguyen ‘25 is a sophomore interested in art history. She currently works with Yao Wu, Jane Chace Carroll Curator of Asian Art, as an Asian Art Curatorial Assistant.

Left: Map of battle field on dark paper Right: Map of battle field on bright yellow paper

Goya On Display: First Visit to the New Cunningham Center

Josie Wong '26 discusses her visitor experience to view Goya's Los Caprichos collection. She is currently a Student Assistant at the Cunningham Center for Works on Paper at the SCMA.

During my first week of working at the Cunningham Center, I was tasked to create new labels for the storage boxes. As I typed up each label into InDesign, I couldn’t help but notice how many cases were labeled ‘Goya Los Caprichos’. I labeled the boxes, finished my shift of the day, and headed to class. 

Spanish satirical print; satire; social satire; two young women harrying out the door three plucked chickens with head of men with brooms; two old women observing behind them; Celestinas, prostitutes

Exploring Asian Presence at Smith and in the US: an Interactive Website

Diem Nguyen ‘25 is a sophomore interested in art history. She currently works with Yao Wu, Jane Chace Carroll Curator of Asian Art, as an Asian Art Curatorial Assistant. Here, she describes her experience researching and designing an educational website inspired by the film China Town.

side by side images of woman and girl leaning on each other over header reading, "China Town, Inspired by Chien-Chi Chang's China Town film, this website provides information on Asian immigration in the US, and Asians at Smith College"
dark haired man with glasses in deep blue button down shirt standing in front af a wall with red and deep green colored ivy hanging off it

Abdessamad El Montassir Residency

March 6–April 21, 2023
Abdessamad El Montassir is SCMA’s spring 2023 Artist-in-Residence. With a deeply research-based approach, he creates film, photography, and sound installations that address histories outside of official narratives, especially as they relate to the western Sahara and themes of memory, intergenerational trauma, and what he describes as the right to forget.
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