Student highlights
The Student Highlights page aims to share the museum's collection and resources with Smith and Five College students. The integration of student work and museum content communicates an interconnectedness between SCMA and students interested in art. It is an especially important time to stay connected with students who would normally be benefiting from the galleries on a daily basis. This page will collect and build a variety of informal opportunities to interact remotely with SCMA's permanent collection.
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Smith College Department of Art
A/SYNCHRONOUS
Senior Studio Exhibition
May 3 - May 21, 2021
Jannotta & Oresman Galleries in Hillyer Hall
Click to view gallery website: A/SYNCHRONOUS
Listen to the playlist linked below while envisioning a story between the two dynamic figures in this 19th century etching, Reunion of the Soul and Body
Playlist: Reunion of the Soul and Body
List of songs:
- Requiem in D Minor K626, III. Sequenz: Lacrimosa dies illa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Kaval Sviri, A Kaval Is Playing by Ensemble Trakia
- Acrobat by Angel Olsen
- Show You A Body by Haley Heynderickx
- Soft Sounds from Another Planet by Japanese Breakfast
- Angels Watching Over Me by Utica Institute Jubilee Singers
- I Put A Spell On You by Nina Simone
- La boheme by Charles Aznavour
- Nearer to Thee by Weyes Blood
- Roman Candle by Elliott Smith
- Glory Glory by And The Kids
- The Prophecy, 1998 Remastered Version by Iron Maiden
- I Feel the Earth Move by Carole King
- Next Lifetime by Erykah Badu
Gift of Mrs. Lamson Blaney (Louise Walker, class of 1939)
- Grace Miceli '11(top left) is a Brooklyn based freelance artist. Her work has been used in a variety of well regarded publications such as The New Yorker and The New York Times. Grace’s work tends to include simple colorful illustrations of recognizable brands with altered messages. Candid statements such as “I’m just A Little Desperate for Attention” are immediately turned self satirizing and relatable when incorporated into the Pillsbury doughboy logo. Grace graduated from Smith in 2011 and while there was in a band with friends and played music around campus. Image: Grace Miceli. Hopes, date unknown, Digital illustration
- Grace Farr Knowlton '54 (top right), sculptor, attended Smith in the early 1950’s and went on to teach at the Arts Student League in New York City. Knowlton is known for her Spheres which are orbs created by, in her own words, “the laying of hands”. Knowlton lives in an eclectic barn loved by many friends and visitors. Here, she is inspired by the nature and adventurous animals that surround her. Image: Maria Robledo. Unfinished works in Grace’s house studio, 2013. Photo
- Sandy Skoglund '68 (bottom right) studied studio art and art history at Smith from 1964-68. After working with filmmaking and printmaking in her graduate studies, Skoglund began working as a conceptual process-based artist. By the end of the 70's Skoglund taught herself photography and used to this medium to convey her interest in pop culture, resulting in her most well known meticulous tableaus. Image: Sandy Skoglund, American, born 1946. Patients and nurses, 1982
- Janet Fish '60 (bottom left) studied printmaking and sculpture at Smith in the 1950's. She then went on to study painting at Yale. Fish's work mainly consists of still life paintings, often included plastic and glass. The movement of light over reflective surfaces inspires the bulk of Fish's work. Image: Janet Fish, American, born 1938. Box of Grapes, 1969, Oil on linen
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Is the official fashion magazine at Smith—keep in touch by following them on Instagram
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Is a digital platform for and by BIPoC "centering creativity in a taxing society," partially lead by Smithies—see their Instagram for more information
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Is one of Smith's student-run arts and literature magazines—see them on Instagram
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Is an arts and culture magazine based at Smith—find more on their Instagram
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Is the zine made by Smith College Radio DJs—check out WOZQ's Instagram
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Is an e-Zine featuring the lives, art, and experiences of young marginalized people, partially led by Smith students—find them on Instagram
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Art computer is one of the Smith-student-run newspaper's digital zines—follow them on Instagram to stay in touch
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Watch some of SCMA's best artist talks, interviews and alum symposia on the museum's Youtube channel
SCMA Smith Alumnae Connecting Art + People Symposium panel
Smith Alumnae join in conversation about the work of connecting people with art in deeply meaningful ways, both within art museums and through the activist work of other community-based organizations. They will reflect on their own motivations and challenges in this work, while also sharing personal perspectives on integrating art in our lives and communities today.
This program was presented by the Smith College Museum of Art, in collaboration with the Smith student organization, Feminists of Smith, and was part of the related programming for the exhibition: Women’s Work: Feminist Art from the Collection on view September 11, 2015–January 3, 2016.
For over 30 years, the Guerilla Girls have been using images, facts, and humor to expose discrimination and corruption in art, politics, and pop culture. In a live performance, two "Girls" will share the story of this influential group's activism and creative process.
Artist Maria Magdalena Campos Pons on Sugar: Bittersweet
Artist Maria Magdalena Compos Pons speaks about and works on components of her installation, Sugar: Bittersweet, for the exhibition Sugar which was on view at SCMA from September 2010–January 2011.