Join Friends of the Museum for a special guided tour of Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas from the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Led by Emma Chubb, Charlotte Feng Ford 83 Curator of Contemporary Art, this tour offers a closer look at Alma Thomas's vibrant paintings while exploring the stories, themes, and artistic innovations behind the exhibition.
May 8, 2026 | 4–8 pm
Smith College Museum of Art
Free and open to the public
Second Friday Schedule
4–7 p.m.: Hands-on Art Making
Location: Boeckman Sculpture Court (Museum Atrium)
Try your hand at "felt sushi" with artist Paige Quinn-Vasic. Learn a unique wet-felting technique to create colorful, swirly soft sculptures. All ages are welcome to participate!
6–6:45 p.m.: Gallery Talk
Location: Third Floor
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 8pm.
From 4-6 p.m. Visit Hillyer Art Library to enjoy an installation of children's art from The Smith College Center for Early Childhood Education at Fort Hill. This program is presented as part of Northampton's Week of the Young Child Celebration.
The Society for Interdisciplinary French Seventeenth-Century Studies 44th Annual International Conference present a pop-up exhibition that includes a selection of prints at the Cunningham Center for the Study of Prints, Drawings and Photographs at the Smith College Museum of Art.
Co-sponsored by Smith College, the Five Colleges and Villa Albertine-Consulat Général de France a Boston.
SCMA is free and open to all! All ages welcome!
Join us from 4–8pm for an evening of art, making, and community at the Smith College Museum of Art.
Smith students, apply to participate in the Meredith Moody Artist Purchase program!
Apply by Friday, October 3, 2025: https://bit.ly/scmamoody. | Open to all Smith undergraduates.
SCMA is free and open to all!
Join us from 4–8pm for an evening of art, making, and community at the Smith College Museum of Art. Galleries are open until 8pm.
From 4–7pm Hands-on Art Making
SCMA is free and open to all!
Join us from 4–8pm for an evening of art, making, and community at the Smith College Museum of Art. SCMA is free and open to all!
SCMA is free and open to all!
From 4–7pm: Hands-on! Art making for all ages, inspired by works on view. Design and draw your own special place inspired by architectural forms in Younes Rahmoun’s Ghorfa series, in Hubert Robert’s Pyramids, and in Lilly Martin Spencer’s painting Reading the Legend.
Register here: https://bit.ly/4aHvLGG