Julia Sumpter ‘27 is a History and Italian Major and Museums Concentrator. She works at the SCMA as a curatorial research assistant to Danielle Carrabino, Curator of Painting and Sculpture. 

So, what exactly is Frederic Church 200 and why is the Smith College Museum of Art participating with a label and blog post?

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.

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.