November Teacher Advisory Group meeting

4–6:30pm
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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.

Fragile Earth Gelatin print by Tom Young

Fragile Earth

July 19–November 10, 2019

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. 

Installation view of the exhibition SCMA:Then\Now\Next

SCMA Then\Now\Next

Sept. 11, 2020–Jan. 2, 2022

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.

Working in Museums graphic

Working in Museums: Smith Alums Meeting Challenges and Leading Change—This program has been postponed

weinstein auditorium | wright hall

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. 

Amanda Williams headshot by Tony Smith

Miller Lecture: Amanda Williams

5pm
weinstein auditorium | wright hall
talks

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.

Members Double Discount Days

Times vary by day, see below
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Show your current SCMA Membership Card to receive a 20% discount on ALL of your Museum Shop purchases, onsite + online. Join or renew today to get your discount. Discounts available online and in the Shop.
 
Please note special Museum Shop Hours for this event:
  • Thursday, Nov 14: 11–6
  • Friday, Nov 15: 11–4
  • Saturday, Nov 16: 11–4
  • Sunday, Nov 17: 12–4

Defiant Vision Q&A: Paintings or Prints?

In this series, Aprile Gallant, Senior Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs answers visitor questions about the SCMA exhibition Defiant Vision: Prints & Poetry by Munio Makuuchi.
Makuuchi plate
Black Refractions exhibition book cover

Free Opening Weekend for Black Refractions

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We will be celebrating the opening weekend of Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem by offering free admission all weekend, January 17–19, 2020.

The opening weekend will also feature our annual Free Community Day on January 18 (details below)

Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem will be on view at SCMA from January 17–April 12, 2020

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