The Art of Revolution

Josie Wong '26 explores the historical and visual context of Jarrell's Revolutionary. She is currently a Student Assistant at the Cunningham Center for Works on Paper at the SCMA.

Wadsworth Jarrell’s famous Revolutionary print immediately caught my eye as I was setting up artwork for a class visit to the Cunningham Center. Perhaps it was the vibrant yellows, oranges, and pinks that pulled me towards it or the figure hidden within a mass of words. Whatever the reason, I needed to learn more about this print.

bust length portrait of a figure facing left holding an object in their proper left hand near their open mouth. Figure has an afro hairstyle and is composed of words and letters printed in pink, maroon, orange, yellow, red, blue and black

Grid 4 rectangles wide by three rectangles tall of collage in palette of sea green when together, look like a map of the earth

Sum of Its Parts: Multi-Panel Works on Paper from the Collection

September 1, 2023–January 7, 2024

This installation includes multi-panel photographs, prints, and collages from the SCMA collection made between the 17th and 21st centuries. This selection highlights the long history and many approaches to making modular works of art.

Dancing Through the Past: An Exploration of a Smith Alum's Work

Anna Ziegler '25 is an Art History Major at Smith College, this is her first semester working as a Student Assistant for the Cunningham Center at SCMA.

a woman dresssed in an evening gown stands in the middle of a group of children with her arm out stretched towards the viewer

Ekphrastic Explorations: Tryon Prize Winners (2022) Katie Rebhun ‘24 and Aidan Wright ‘22 respond to collection works by Edwin Romanzo Elmer

Nina Peláez, Associate Director of Learning and Interpretation, with words and work by Katie Rebhun ‘24 and Aidan Wright ‘22

elmer's mourning picture with text overlaid which reads "ever since edwin romanzo elmer's mourning picture landed in the hands of smith college, it has demonstrated the magnetism unusual for a painting by a little known artist native to western mass. people keep returning to this painting. they write poems about it, compose musical scores, hold seances, write essays and articles that all start the same way: i visited the smith museum and was transfixed by this odd painting. so, of all the american...

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

winter at excavation sight, large pit covered with snow, two figures working at lower right, other figures near a small black train engine with white smoke coming from its stack, white smoke spewing from mid right near edge, cityscape in background under grey sky

Playdates at SCMA—RESCHEDULED to JUNE 16 | PROGRAM FULL- WAITLIST ONLY

June 16, 2023

9:30 AM

Smith College Museum of Art

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bright background with orange flamed fire at right and curving grey cloud with falling rain on left

Playdates at SCMA

May 5, 2023

9:30 AM

Smith College Museum of Art

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Person standing on the side of a road next to a car, in a leather jacket with scarf over their face with a hat that reads: Make America Indigenous Again, holding cardboard sign over their head that reads "Water is Life," No DAPL

Multiplying Power: Image as Protest in Prints and Photographs

March 24, 2023–February 11, 2024

This installation displays a range of prints and photographs from the SCMA collection whose circulation documents and sparks social change.

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"