Grid of three tall x 4 wide collage artworks when together look like a map of the world upside down. Palette is green and light blue with some reds and yellows

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

September 1, 2023

11am–12pm

Museum admission and programming is free to all!

Join us for a special member preview of the upcoming exhibition Sum of Its Parts: Multi-Panel Works on Paper from the Collection (opening September 1).

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Men in robes gathered beneath a tree eating and reading

Painting the Persianate World: Portable Images on Paper, Cloth and Clay

February 2–July 7, 2024

Despite the mountain range that divides them, Greater Iran and the Indian subcontinent have long been in contact through trade and migration. Painting the Persianate World explores the circuitous histories of painted portable images from these regions across three mediums: paper, cloth and clay. Showcasing manuscript illustrations, dye-painted textiles and decorated ceramics, the exhibition draws primarily from the Smith College Museum of Art’s collection and also includes select key works from other local institutions, and is the first comprehensive project at SCMA to examine the Persianate world from a trans-media perspective.

Do the Clothes Make the Man?

Z Stevens ‘25j is an English Major and Museum Concentrator. They are a Student Museum Educator working with K-12 school groups.

man in civilian medieval dress holding a falcon on his bent arm, hands and falcon believed to be modern additions; man; bird; costume/uniform

Sidewalk Sales @ SCMA

July 27, 2023

11am–4pm

Museum atrium and in-store at SCMA

When: Thursday, July 27 through Sunday, July 30!
Everything from scarves and jewelry to ceramics will be discounted, 40-60% off.

The SCMA shop is participating in Northampton's annual Sidewalk Sales, happening Thursday July 27–Sunday July 30. This year, sale goods will be displayed inside the Atrium (adjacent to the Museum), and in the Shop itself.*

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Interviewing Contemporary Artists from the SCMA Collection

Indigo Casais ’23 is an art history and English double major. Indigo is also the 2022-23 Kennedy Museum Research Fellow in Art History at SCMA, working with Emma Chubb, Charlotte Feng Ford ’83 Curator of Contemporary Art.

vertical painting whose central figure is a black silhouette that appears to have five heads over which are layered eight extended forearms and hands rendered in graphite; palm trees and other plants are rendered in neon greens against an orange and peach sky in the background; white and red-and-white checkered fabric surrounds the figures at the sides and bottom foreground of the painting

Carved white jade figure sitting cross legged

Figuration and Abstraction: Asian Art at SCMA

July 28, 2023–October 5, 2025

Drawing from the SCMA's holdings of Asian art collected over more than a century, this exhibition features paintings, sculptures, prints, and religious and decorative arts that engage with the discourse of figuration versus abstraction.

DJ’s in the Museum! A Student-Centered Collaboration with Music and Art with the Smith College Radio Station

Maegan “Cloud” Osmond ‘24 is an Art History major with a Museum Concentration. They were the Program and Interpretation Assistant at the Smith College Museum of Art in Spring 2023 where they partnered with student organizations across campus and helped plan for future student collaborations.

pages 1 and 2 of the zine handed out to visitors during the "Art on Air" event, page 2 reads "What is Art on Air? Art on air is collaboration with Smith College's Radio Station, WOZQ 91.9fm, and the Smith College Museum of Art. DJs from WOZQ have looked around the museum and created specific playlists inspired by the collections on display. As you go around the gallery scan the spotify code to listen to what DJ's associate with art works. The art inspiration are across all three floors of the museum."

Re-Imagining SCMA’s Third Floor

Aprile Gallant is Mary Walcott Keyes 1931 Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs and Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs.

image of the third floor of the art museum completely empty

Still from movie with abstract image of a woman in foreground with colorful sleeveless shirt and reflection on her face

Deborah Jack: the water between us remembers, so we carry this history on our skins, long for a sea-bath and hope that the salt will heal what ails us (2018)

June 30, 2023–February 4, 2024

How do memory, place, nature, and the afterlives of slavery and colonialism connect? What possibilities do video (as a medium) and beauty (as an aesthetic approach) offer artists interested in these connections?

Black and white photo of two women laying down together on a mattress, heads and naked shoulders in view only

Pride Pop-Up: Queer Identities In the SCMA Collection

June 23, 2023

2–4 PM

Smith College Museum of Art

Smith College Museum of Art
This pop-up exhibition is open to all.

Drop-by the museum's Cunningham Center for Prints, Drawings and Photographs on SCMA’s second floor to see a special installation of art by and of LGBTQIA+ artists and subjects from the museum's collection.

Co-Sponsored and organized in partnership with the Office of Equity and Inclusion and Smith College’s LGBTQIA+ Staff & Faculty Affinity Group.

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