SCMA conversations
3:00pm
From the archives: Claire Leighton and A Connection to the Land
In this blogpost from 2016, Renee Klann ‘19 wrote about how, rather than focusing on the picturesque qualities of the landscape, Claire Leighton chose to portray the people who worked the land.
A series of conversations in which a curator and an expert discuss one artwork from the exhibition Then\Now\Next.
Danielle Carrabino, Curator of Painting & Sculpture, discusses the conservation of Mummy Portrait of a Woman with Kate Smith ‘94, Conservator of Paintings/Head of Paintings Lab, Harvard Art Museums
SCMA conversations
3:00pm
A series of conversations in which a curator and an expert discuss one artwork from the exhibition Then\Now\Next.
Emma Chubb, Charlotte Feng Ford '83 Curator of Contemporary Art, and Terry Ragasa, butcher and owner of Sutter Meats in Northampton, take a close look at Honoré Sharrer’s painting, Meat (1975–78).
A Memory of Emma Amos (1937–2020) and the acquisition of One Who Watches
In 2001, the Smith College Black Students Alliance gave a painting, One Who Watches, by Emma Amos to SCMA. Alona C. Wilson, former Curatorial Assistant and Manager of the Cunningham Study Center, recounts her memories of this collaborative acquisition process.
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May 13 - May 16
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Spinning Diana
When art handlers at the SCMA moved Saint-Gaudens’s Diana of the Tower (1899), they discovered an unexpected quirk of the sculpture: it spins. But why does this American statue of a Roman goddess twirl on its base? Guest blogger Matt Blanchard examines this intriguing sculpture, and the reason why it moves.
Open Eyes
3pm - 3:30pm
Open Eyes Art Group—Come together in Zoom Gallery for a close look at one “surprise” work of art. The casual conversation will be facilitated by museum educator Taiga Ermansons. No prior art knowledge is necessary.
Installing Maya Lin’s Sculpture in Neilson Library
Nikolas Asikis, Chief Preparator, shares the process of installing Along the Cappawonganick (Mill River), a sculpture by Maya Lin created specifically for the renovated Neilson Library.
New Acquisition: Saloua Raouda Choucair
Curator of Contemporary Art Emma Chubb discusses sculptor Saloua Raouda Choucair's Dual, a recent acquisition on view in SCMA Then\Now\Next.
