Artful adventures in and around the museum for 2-5 year olds and their caregivers! Explore a different theme each session, offered on selected Fridays through the year. Registered families can join us in the atrium of the Smith College Museum of Art for open play and art experiences from 9:30–11:30 a.m. Upon arrival, sign up for a museum tour slot for 9:45 a.m., 10:15 a.m., or 10:45 a.m.
Featuring guest musical performers Little Roots! This program will focus on Shape of Sound: The Intersection of Music and Art
Artful adventures in and around the museum for 2–5 year olds and their caregivers!
Unwind with a night of guided meditation in the galleries and art making inspired by the exhibition Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Customize your own scent palette with DIY sachets or craft a mosaic coaster inspired by Alma Thomas. Specialty tea and treats provided! For all Smith students. Co-sponsored with the Botanic Garden.
Celebrate spooky season at SCMA with an evening of art, storytelling, and hands-on making. SCMA is free and open to all.
October Second Friday celebrates the spooky season and marks the opening of the installation Beyond the Floating World: Viewing Japanese Prints with Smith Faculty. Selected by eight Smith College faculty members, these 35 Japanese woodblock prints invite viewers to consider how works of art can speak across disciplines.
4–7 p.m. | Art Making
Curious where artworks hang out when they’re not on view? Join us for an SCMA Open House just for SCMA Friends, including Smith Students, and get a behind-the-scenes peek at our collections storage. Tour the climate-controlled spaces where thousands of works live and hear from the Collections Management team about handling, housing, and conservation.
SCMA is free and open to all.
Join us from 4–8 p.m. for an evening of art, making, and community at the Smith College Museum of Art. Galleries are open until 8 p.m.
A special visit for caregivers and children under two. Meet other grown-ups, enjoy conversation about art and activities led by art museum and Northampton Public Schools Early Childhood Center staff. We'll be the only ones in the galleries during these special hours, with no worries about gurgles, gagas and crying over the art -- from the adults or the little! This tour will focus on the new SCMA exhibition, Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas from the Smithsonian Museum of American Art.