Join Kiara Hill for historical insight into cultural forces in the 1960s and 70s that helped give shape to The Studio Museum in Harlem, and will focus on the role of women in the Black Arts Movement.
Hill is a Ph.D. candidate in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at UMass Amherst.
Photographer Regina DeLuise is committed to an immersive experience of place. As an artist, she has spent a lifetime leaning towards what is unknown in order to create space for direct experience. Her work is formal in approach and springs from a place of inquiry. Utilizing film and a large format, 8x10 view camera, compels her to move slowly and interpret her surroundings at a pace that is in opposition to our culture’s spinning clock.
Wee the People presents a workshop for educators and caregivers.
Soprano Mary Hubbell and pianist Jiayan Sun perform exquisite songs by Henri Duparc and Ernest Chausson, accompanied by digital displays of selected French artworks from the collection of Smith College Museum of Art, in conjunction with the centennial celebration of the SCMA.
https://www.smith.edu/about-smith/performing-arts/performance-calendar
Join Kymberly Newberry, PhD Student, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, UMass Amherst, for a personal response to a single work of art in Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem.
Refreshments in the museum atrium immediately following.
From 4–8pm, participate in hands-on art-making and a guided conversation in the galleries.
4–7pm Hands on! Art making for all ages, inspired by works on view.
Dragons and Tigers and Buddhas, Oh My!
Explore representations of Buddhist deities, tigers, dragons, and more in Buddhas | Buddhisms: Across and Beyond Asia, and then stamp your own narrative hand scroll of repeating images.
6pm Open Eyes: Guided conversation exploring a different art object each month.
Museum shop open + complimentary light refreshments
Join our speakers for glimpses into their memories of artist Benny Andrews.
Benny Andrews is featured in the exhibition Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem. As an artist, his art was never separate from his life and activism. Speakers include: Jonathan Bruce, Former Director of the CRT Craftery Gallery (Hartford, CT) and Artistic Director for former Huntington House Museum, Rosemary Tracy Woods, Executive Director, Art for the Soul Gallery (Springfield, MA).
Tea, coffee, and treats provided following the program.
Join guest speaker Camille Ollivierre ’20, a Vincentian-American writer/poet and founder of Dey Magazine, for a personal response to a single work of art in Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem.
Refreshments in the museum atrium immediately following.
From 4–8pm, participate in hands-on art-making and a guided conversation in the galleries
4–7pm Hands on! Art making for all ages, inspired by works on view. Inspired by Glenn Ligon’s neon ME/WE , play with text, glowsticks and glow-in-the-dark paint to create your own concise poetic message
6pm Open Eyes: Guided conversation exploring a different art object each month.
Museum shop open + complimentary light refreshments.
From 4–8pm, participate in hands-on art-making and a guided conversation in the galleries
4–7pm Hands on! Art making for all ages, inspired by works on view. April showers bring May flowers! Explore still life paintings and landscapes on the second and third floor, and then bring the sweet smells of spring to life with scratch and sniff paint.
6pm Open Eyes: Guided conversation exploring a different art object each month.
Museum shop open + complimentary light refreshments
From 4–8pm, participate in hands-on art-making and a guided conversation in the galleries
4–7pm Hands on! Art making for all ages, inspired by works on view.
6pm Open Eyes: Guided conversation exploring a different art object each month.
Museum shop open + complimentary light refreshments