Expanding the View
'South Pass Wind River Mountains, Wyoming' came into SCMA's collection nearly 70 years ago, and our view keeps changing.
SCMA is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2020.
The video program, TRANSMISSIONS premiered online on November 30 at 6 pm EST followed by a live Q&A.
Starting December 1, the videos are available to stream for free at: visualaids.org/transmissions
The six artists featured include:
Jorge Bordello
Gevi Dimitrakopoulou
Las Indetectables
George Stanley Nsamba
Lucía Egaña Rojas
Charan Singh
About That Narrative: Jess Dugan and Vanessa Fabbre
For over five years, photographer Jess T. Dugan and social worker Vanessa Fabbre traveled around the United States photographing and interviewing older members of the transgender community.
From Home: An Interview with Lucy Xiaochuan Liu '21
"I think that sometimes the value of grief and suffering are that they capture a moment, and, by capturing it, create a sense of existence."
The Ethics of Canon Correction: Creating New Narratives in Art History by Asma Naeem. Free and open to all
Dr. Asma Naeem shares her work at the Baltimore Museum of Art and the National Portrait Gallery to correct the art historical canon and tell a broader, more inclusive narrative of a shared history based on the values of equity, diversity and justice.
Asian Ceramics in American Paintings
Ceramic is a type of material that has been extensively traded and imitated around the globe.
Repairing an Ethiopian Triptych's Twine Hinges
Molly Hoisington, Assistant Preparator, describes the ups and downs of repairing this triptych's idiosyncratic twine hinges.
The historic art of political propaganda
Political propaganda is not as modern a concept as one might think.
From Home: An Interview with Matt Donovan
A conversation with Matt Donovan about The Map of Every Lilac Leaf: Poets Respond to the Smith College Museum of Art, a collaboration between the Boutelle-Day Poetry Center and the Smith College Museum of Art which was released earlier this week as a part of SCMA100, the Museum’s centennial celebration. We talked about how this project came together, what’s next for the Poetry Center, and whether he’s been writing in quarantine.
STEAM Halloween at the Haunted Museum
12:00 pm
What does an SCMA sculpture wear to trick-or-treat? What is the creepiest object in our collection? On the occasion of our centennial, we wonder, is the museum haunted? Join your hosts, the SCMA SMEs (Student Museum Educators), for a spooky silly afternoon of holiday hijinks inspired by artworks in the museum’s collection!