April Teacher Advisory Group meeting—This program has been cancelled
In keeping with Smith College protocols related to COVID-19, we regret that the following program has been cancelled. Learn more
In keeping with Smith College protocols related to COVID-19, we regret that the following program has been cancelled. Learn more
Our March TAG meeting will focus on considering the many resources available to K-12 teachers on the campus of Smith College, including the Botanic Garden, Poetry Center, Special Collections, Clark Science Center, and more!
The January TAG meeting will feature an exclusive tour of the exhibition Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem with SCMA's Emma Chubb, Charlotte Feng Ford '83 Curator of Contemporary Art.
PreK-12 educators are invited to join SCMA’s Teacher Advisory Group (TAG), which meets four times a year to preview upcoming exhibitions, tour current exhibitions, plan teacher programs, and provide valuable feedback to SCMA educators. Meetings are scheduled on Thursdays from 4–6:30pm and include dinner. Teachers are eligible to receive an Educator level membership after attending three meetings and may request a certificate to document professional development hours.
The impact of human action on the earth has increased dramatically in the past 50 years. This installation, organized to coincide with Smith College’s Year on Climate Change, features a selection of works from the SCMA collection created between the early 1970s and mid-2000s that focus on the intersection of human life and our environment.
On the occasion of SCMA’s centennial, this exhibition asks what it means to make and continually remake a museum. Smith College began collecting art at its founding in the 1870s, but it was not until 1920 that the collection was recognized as a museum. Through strategic purchases and generous gifts, the majority of which have come from Smith alumnae, the collection continues to grow. The development of the museum’s collection over the past century reveals the institution’s evolving vision and values.
This program has been postponed until further notice. New dates will be announced as soon as possible.
Emily Hall Tremaine Symposium, March 27–28, 2020
Working in Museums celebrates the legacy of dedicated Smithies who have made their mark on museums throughout the past century. Over two days, a diverse group of current alums will speak candidly about their personal motivations and professional goals to move museums forward.
Based in Chicago, Amanda Williams is a distinguished visual artist whose creative practice employs color as a way to draw attention to the political complexities of race, place and value in cities. Her installations, paintings and works on paper seek to inspire new ways of looking at the familiar and in the process, raise questions about the state of urban space and citizenship in America. Williams launched SCMA’s Artist-in-Residence Program in summer 2019.