Organization

Collecting Art of Asia

Presented by Smith College Museum of Art at Smith College Museum of Art

February 1-May 26, 2013

Marking the 100th anniversary of the first gifts of Asian art from the preeminent collector Charles Lang Freer, “Collecting Art of Asia” will highlight transformative moments, people, and gifts in the history of collecting and displaying Asian art at Smith College Museum of Art. The exhibition, spanning three floors of the Museum,...

The Summer of Love: Psychedelic Posters from the SCMA Collection

Presented by Smith College Museum of Art at Smith College Museum of Art

June 14-September 15, 2013

Featuring 70+ original art posters by some of the major California poster artists of the 1960s–including Rick Griffin, Alton Kelley, Stanley Mouse, Victor Moscoso, and Wes Wilson–The Summer of Love strives to understand the emergences of the 1960s counterculture and the psychedelic aesthetic through the burgeoning realm of posters...

Second Friday

Presented by Smith College Museum of Art at Smith College Museum of Art

June 14, 2013

Put on your favorite tie-dyed attire for Peace, Love, and Rock ‘n Roll, a community art happening in celebration of Summer of Love.

There will be an art activity as well as an informal guided gallery conversation about an art object in Summer of Love. Dance to tunes from the psychedelic 60s

Free May 10 Second Friday

Presented by Smith College Museum of Art at Smith College Museum of Art

May 10, 2013

4–6 PM Hands on! art-making for ages 4+ w/adult (while supplies last) 6–6:30 PM Open Eyes: An informal guided gallery conversation about an art object Museum Shop open 10 AM–8 PM Image credit: Cao Fei, born 1978, Guangzhou, China. (Lives and works in Beijing, China.) The Birth of RMB City, 2009. Single chan- nel color video...

April 12 Free Second Friday

Presented by Smith College Museum of Art at Smith College Museum of Art

April 12, 2013

4–6 PM Hands on! art-making for ages 4+ w/adult (while supplies last)
6–6:30 PM Open Eyes: An informal guided gallery conversation about an art object
Museum Shop open 10 AM–8 PM
Light refreshments

Image credit:
Sopheap Pich. Born Cambodia, 1971. Seated Buddha—Abhaya Mudra, 2012. Bamboo,...

Miller Lecture: "Challenges, Revelations and Surprises"

Presented by Smith College Museum of Art

March 13, 2013

 Curator Keith Christiansen and paintings conservator Michael Gallagher will discuss some of their recent collaborations including preparations for the current reinstallation of the galleries of European paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Image credit:

Portrait of a Man, Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de...

Miller Lecture: "Challenges, Revelations and Surprises"

Presented by Smith College Museum of Art

March 13, 2013

Curator Keith Christiansen and paintings conservator Michael Gallagher will discuss some of their recent collaborations including preparations for the current reinstallation of the galleries of European paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image credit: Portrait of a Man, Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y...

March 8 Free Second Friday

Presented by Smith College Museum of Art at Smith College Museum of Art

March 8, 2013

4–6 PM Hands on! art-making for ages 4+ w/adult (while supplies last) 6–6:30 PM Open Eyes: An informal guided gallery conversation about an art object Museum Shop open 10 AM–8 PM Image credit: Huang Yan. Born China, 1966. Chinese Shan-shui Tattoo, 1999. Fourteen C-prints. Gift of Ethan Cohen in honor of Joan Lebold Cohen,...