Rebecca McClung is a Ph.D. student in the history department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her work focuses on modern Germany and the memory of the Holocaust in a divided postwar society.
The Society for Interdisciplinary French Seventeenth-Century Studies 44th Annual International Conference present a pop-up exhibition that includes a selection of prints at the Cunningham Center for the Study of Prints, Drawings and Photographs at the Smith College Museum of Art.
Co-sponsored by Smith College, the Five Colleges and Villa Albertine-Consulat Général de France a Boston.
This special double issue of our annual report covers a uniquely consequential period at the Smith College Museum of Art (July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025) that saw the elimination of an admission fee and a simultaneous surge in visitation, bringing attendance back up to pre-pandemic levels. We invite you to read about this and other initiatives on the pages below.
Zoey Ochieng ‘28 is a Statistical and Data Science and Economics Major. She has worked as a Student Engagement Assistant at the SCMA since 2024 and as an Interpretations Intern last summer.
Bag Day weekend is coming up! We’ve got art bags, zipper bags, tote bags, and maybe even a bag for your bag. Shop local, shop art, and get 20% off all weekend! In-store + online with Holidays20 at checkout.
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 Drop in for hands-on art making in the museum’s atrium and build your own mini-gallery! All ages welcome. Make your own museum at this month’s drop-in art making program! We will provide pop-up gallery walls, you add the artwork. Add miniature reproductions of art from the SCMA collection or add your own masterpieces to your take-home museum.
This sale runs November 22 through November 23, 2025.
Visit the SCMA Museum Shop for Northampton Bag Day at SCMA and get 20% off your entire purchase, both in-store and online! Find creative holiday gifts for everyone on your list. Use code Holidays20 online at checkout.
The Smith College Museum of Art (SCMA) and Hillyer Art Library are excited to co-sponsor Zine Lab with Looky Here, on October 9th from 3–6pm. This workshop is a collaboration with Looky Here, a Greenfield-based arts non-profit, gallery, and event space that features a community Risograph print shop, an art book press, and a thrift store for art supplies.
Join us Thursday, October 30 through Sunday, November 2 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–4 pm Tuesday through Sunday. This sale is also online.
Smith Students, this includes you!
Bring your current Smith Student ID and give us your email at the register to get the same discount (we take cash, credit or tap- no OneCard purchases). Think ahead to holiday shopping!
Crafts are functional objects creatively made by skillful artisans using specialized knowledge and techniques. As our world increasingly embraces modes of making that are ever more detached from the human hand and mind, what is the significance of making crafts?