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UPDATE: Art After Hours: For the Love of...

6–8:30pm

SCMA Smith Student Event!

Smithies, join us in the Atrium on Thursday, February 20, from 6–8pm for Sweet Treats & Tango! 

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the museum and its galleries are closed until future notice. The Atrium will be open and we will still have sweet treats (6–8pm) and the tango workshop with dance artist Laura Grandi (7–8pm). Open to all Smith students (and their guests). 

Come enjoy a treat, dance, and connect with friends at this abbreviated Art After Hours!

Playdates at the Smith College Museum of Art

9:30–11:30am

Register here: https://bit.ly/4aHvLGG

Artful adventures in and around the museum for 2–5 year-olds and their caregivers! Explore a different theme in each session on selected Fridays throughout 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, 10:15, or 10:45 a.m. 

bird's eye view of an atrium full of about 32 people of all ages making art at tables and eating refreshments

February 14 Second Friday

4–8pm

Join us for an evening of art, making, and community at the February 14 Second Friday at the Smith College Museum of Art.  SCMA is free and open to all!

4–7pm Hands-on! Art making for all ages, inspired by works on view. Use stamps and collage materials to create an artistic representation of a loved one or of yourself in the form of valentine or mini-portrait to gift, inspired by fascinating faces on view on the second and third floor permanent collection galleries.

4–8pm Explore and enjoy four floors of art!

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January Second Friday

4–8pm

Join us for an evening of art, making, and community at the January 10 Second Friday at the Smith College Museum of Art! SCMA is free and open to all. 

From 4–7 p.m., participate in hands-on art making for all ages. How many different ways can you make a snowflake? Inspired by the repetitions of forms in the art of Younes Rahmoun, create one-of-a-kind snowflakes in all different shapes and textures by cutting, folding, tracing, and painting. Light refreshments will be served in the atrium. 

From 4–8 p.m.,  enjoy and explore four floors of art!

People of all ages in a large room standing and sitting while printing at long tables

November 8 Second Friday

4–8pm

SCMA is free and open to all.

Join us for an evening of fun at the November 8  Second Friday! 

From 4–7pm: Hands-on! Art making for all ages, inspired by works on view. Experiment with the collagraph printmaking process using found materials of different textures. Plan out, glue down to cardboard and then print from a composition of flat simple shapes inspired by Cubist art in SCMA’s collection, like Pablo Picasso’s 1919 painting Table, Guitar and Bottle found on the third floor.

From 4–8pm Explore and enjoy four floors of art!

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Sidewalk Sales @ SCMA

Thursday, July 25 to Sunday, July 28 | 11am–4pm

In-Store Only!

Join us for Northampton Sidewalk Sales 2024 and enjoy 40-60% off original prices.
Shop Hours are 11am–4pm.

Where?
SCMA, 20 Elm Street, Northampton, MA
 


 

Bird eye view of people of varying ages sitting at tables making art

June 14 Second Friday: Art and Light

4–8pm

Enjoy an evening of fun at SCMA’s June 14 Second Friday!  Drop in for hands-on! art making activities from 4–7pm in the museum atrium along with refreshments. Explore ways that late afternoon light interacts with nature and then create your own representation of shadows and lights inspired by Alma Thomas’s painting 

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