In keeping with Smith College protocols related to COVID-19, we regret that the following program has been cancelled. Learn more
Join our speakers for glimpses into their memories of artist Benny Andrews.
In keeping with Smith College protocols related to COVID-19, we regret that the following program has been cancelled. Learn more
Join Kymberly Newberry, PhD Student, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, UMass Amherst, for a personal response to a single work of art in Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem.
Refreshments in the museum atrium immediately following.
LOCATION CHANGE: Stoddard Auditorium, 23 Elm Street, Smith College.
Join Kiara Hill for historical insight into cultural forces in the 1960s and 70s that helped give shape to The Studio Museum in Harlem, and will focus on the role of women in the Black Arts Movement.
Hill is a Ph.D. candidate in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at UMass Amherst.
Join guest speaker Daphne Lamothe, Smith College associate professor of Africana Studies, who will share a personal response to a single work of art in the exhibition Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem.
Refreshments in the museum atrium immediately following.
Join guest speaker Whitley Hadley, Smith College director of multicultural affairs, who will share a personal response to a single work of art in the exhibition Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem.
Refreshments in the museum atrium immediately following.
This is the final Q&A post for Defiant Vision: Prints & Poetry by Munio Makuuchi before it closes exhibition closes on Sunday, December 8. Be sure to check it out if you haven’t already had the chance!
In this series, Aprile Gallant, Senior Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs responds to visitor questions from the exhibition’s comment book. Accompanying images are in the slideshow above.
Question: Why are there mostly naked girls [in the images] and why are there not that many boys?
Answer: That’s a good question!
Who Can It Be Knocking At My Door? Portraits of the 21st Century curated by Isabel Beeman ‘20
"Since the 1990s, the world has been undergoing rapid changes in technology, politics, and culture. With a sense of surrealism, these photographs capture the discomfort and growing pains experienced by many while adjusting to a more fast-paced lifestyle, and an ever-changing emotional and political landscape."
Relax with SMC at your museum! You can make your own stamp inspired by artwork in the galleries. We’ll also provide coloring books and study spaces in the museum. Cider, donuts, and coffee will be available