SCMA is free and open to all!
Join us from 4–8pm for an evening of art, making, and community at the Smith College Museum of Art. Galleries are open until 8pm.
From 4–7pm Hands-on Art Making
Fighting for Justice, and Dying for Art: Lea Grundig-Langer (1906-1977), an activist artist who risked it all
Henriette Kets de Vries is the Associate Curator and Manager of the Cunningham Study Center for Prints, Drawings and Photographs.
Art has always been instrumental in challenging the establishment. Historically, well-known European artists such as Francisco Goya or Honoré Daumier tackled hard issues by holding up a mirror and calling people out. Making art like this is never without danger. These controversial artists risk censure, imprisonment, or banishment, often working in total obscurity for the good of the cause.
January at SCMA: Museums and Meditation at MacLeish
Anna Ziegler is a senior Art History major and works at the Cunningham Center at SCMA. Here, she shares a day spent at MacLeish for the January-term course MUX222: When Contemporary Art Goes Outside.
Free and open to all Smith students!
Botanical Crafts and Guided Meditation
Download poster here
The whisper of spring is in the air! This April, SCMA is collaborating with the Botanic Garden to celebrate the dawn of warmer weather and the blooming of new life. Hop between the museum atrium and lobby for botanical crafts.
Behind the Scenes with SCMA and the Botanic Garden
12–1 pm
This is an on-line only event.
Spring Student Art Sale
2–5 pm
The Smith Office for the Arts will be hosting the Spring Student Art Sale as a kickoff event to Smith Arts Day. This event is a chance for student makers to share (and sell) their work—including ceramics, prints, photographs, fashion, jewelry, and more. Presented by Smith Office for the Arts in partnership with the Smith College Museum of Art. Learn more about Smith Arts Day! https://bit.ly/3XLIN0Z
Smith Arts Day
Learn more about all Smith College campus events here: www.smith.edu/smithartsday
Smith Arts Day events at SCMA include:
Member Double Discount Days at the SCMA Shop!
11 am–4 pm and online 24/7
Thursday, April 24 through Sunday, April 27
Join us Thursday, April 24 through Sunday, April 27 for Member Double Discount Days at the SCMA shop!
Museum Members get 20% off purchases by showing their valid SCMA Membership Card. The SCMA Shop is open 11am–4pm daily except Mondays. This sale is also online. Shop here! scmashop.smith.edu
‘Excavating Hung Liu’s Archive: The Refusal of Historical Erasure’ by Dorothy Moss ’95
5pm
This lecture and free and open to all.
Learn more about this lecture: https://bit.ly/3Y4sRr1
Join us for this 'Excavating the Image' lecture with Dorothy Moss ’95, founding director of the the Hung Liu Estate. For over ten years Dorothy Moss was a curator of painting and sculpture at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Mindful Museum Meanderings
As a community health organizer, I worked with SCMA over the J-term to develop and refine mindfulness projects in the museum space. Bridging wellness and art at Smith has been on my senior year bucket list! This opportunity refreshed and added on my perspectives, as a peer health educator, a museum visitor, and a museum staff member. As SCMA is working towards diverse ways to interact and engage the student community, I am excited to see how mindfulness experiences change visitors’ perspectives on wellness, artworks, museum spaces, and more!