Chinese Jades in the Newly Reinstalled Ancient World Gallery
Yao Wu writes about a project last year, before the pandemic hit, of reinstalling the museum’s Ancient World gallery to provide a more global perspective.
Please join Kimberly Drew ’12, Thelma Golden ’87, Jenna Wortham and Amanda Williams for a conversation about Drew and Wortham’s recently released volume: Black Futures. The discussion will orbit around themes of art as a producer of and safeguard for Black futurity and the importance of preserving Black culture in the contemporary moment.
A Pair of Paintings in SCMA Then\Now\Next
One of my favorite pairings from 'SCMA Then\Now\Next' is separated by nearly five centuries: a Cubist painting by Picasso and a small Renaissance panel painting.
From the archives: Never Exhausted
From the archives: Cunningham Center Brown Post-Baccalaureate Curatorial Fellow Maggie Kurkoski '12 on master wood engraver Paul Landacre.
From the archives: Vanguards of Ukiyo-e: The Women of Modern Japanese Printmaking
This historic 'SCMA Insider' post from 2018 is about trailblazers: coming of age during World War II, Iwami Reika and Naoko Matsubara were two of the first women ukiyo-e woodblock printmakers in Japan.
From the archives: T. Frantisek Simon
We hope you enjoy this historic post from 2015 by Maggie Hoot '16 about the prolific, intriguing, but little-known Czech printmaker T. Frantisek Simon.
Open Eyes: An interactive look at a surprise work of art-FULL
3–3:30pm
Come together in a “Zoom Gallery” to share and hear what others see while taking a close-look at one work of art. The informal conversation will be facilitated by museum educator Taiga Ermansons. No prior art knowledge is necessary.
Registration limited to 15
Thanks to all for your interest. Registration is now closed for January 21st.
Open Eyes: An interactive look at a surprise work of art-FULL
3–3:30pm
Come together in a “Zoom Gallery” to share and hear what others see while taking a close-look at one work of art. The informal conversation will be facilitated by museum educator Taiga Ermansons. No prior art knowledge is necessary.
Registration limited to 15
Thanks to all for your interest. Registration is now closed for January 7th.
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