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Lego Braille Pop-up

2–5 p.m.
Brown Fine Arts Center atrium/ Boeckman Sculpture Court, adjacent to SCMA's first floor level

The STEAM Team and Women's Brick Initiative present Lego Braille Pop-up in the Boeckman Sculpture Court (Hillyer Atrium). Pop by and engage with LEGO Braille bricks, letter pressing, or free build. Open to anyone in the community.

Hosted by: Jandon Center, Supported by the Smith Office for the Arts (SOFA) Cushion Fund,  the Smith College
Museum of Art (SCMA), the Wurtele Center, the Design Thinking Initiative, the Office of Equity & Inclusion, and the Smith College Engineering Department.

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Smith Student Art After Hours: Senior Masquerade

6–8pm

Smith seniors are invited to Art After Hours: Senior Masquerade. Dress code is semi-formal masquerade. There will be drinks & small bites in Boeckman Sculpture Court (Hillyer Atrium). 1 drink ticket/person (ID required). During an open gallery walk, vote on the senior class artwork! Music by WOZQ. This event is open only to senior Smith students. Presented by the Smith College Museum of Art and the Senior Class. The next Art After Hours for all students will be in April 2026.

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People and Stories

April 10–September 20, 2026

This installation of photographs from SCMA’s collection invites visitors to slow down and imagine the lives unfolding in each image. What each person notices, and what they bring from their own experiences, shapes the story they see. Moving from photograph to photograph, visitors may consider what is happening in the captured moment, which visual clues build a narrative, what lies beyond the frame, and what came before or might follow.

The Smith College Museum of Art: A Timeline

Z Stevens ‘25 is a graduate student at the Simmons University School of Library and Information Science. They have worked at SCMA in various capacities since 2023 and are currently the Collections Assistant.

1875: Smith College welcomes its first class of fourteen students.

1879: First purchases for the College Hall art gallery begin. The first recorded purchase is made in February, and Thomas Eakins’ In Grandmother’s Time, SCMA’s first accessioned object, is purchased in May.

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black and white portrait of a person, Rob Macaisa Colgate and a book cover of Hardly Creatures

Visiting Poet Rob Macaisa Colgate

5–6pm
Klingenstein Browsing Room, Neilson Library

Join us for programs with visiting poet Rob Macaisa Colgate

Thursday, February 12
Hardly Creatures: Poems on Access Intimacy and Collective Care
Reading and Q&A 
5-6pm
Klingenstein Browsing Room, Neilson Library, Smith College 
Free and open to all
Join Poet Rob Macaisa Colgate for a reading plus a question and answer session.

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2026 Miller Lecture in Art with Finnegan Shannon

5pm
Alumnae House | 33 Elm Street | Northampton

SCMA presents Learning How to Desire, Finnegan Shannon
Conversation to follow with curator Lauren Leving, moderated by Charlotte Feng Ford '83 Curator of Contemporary Art Emma Chubb.

The lecture will be in person at the Smith College Alumnae House and streamed live (below). Part of the annual Miller Lecture in Art series, the event is free and open to the public.

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February Second Friday

4–8pm
Smith College Museum of Art

SCMA is free and open to all. Come for an evening of art, making, and community. Galleries are open until 8 p.m.

4–7pm 
Drop-in Zine Making (Boeckman Sculpture Court (Museum Atrium)
Create a DIY mini-magazine inspired by the new exhibition Don’t mind if I do. Try prompts like “My favorite artists,” “Things I love,” or “Songs on repeat,” or make your own theme. All ages welcome; no experience needed. Materials provided. Explore the artists on view and the exhibition zine for ideas.

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