Monica Bincsik, Assistant Curator, Department of Asian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Followed by a post-lecture reception in the Brown Fine Arts Center Atrium, with book signing by the catalogue author and art collector. Explore the exhibition following the lecture—galleries are open until 7:45 PM.

Gen Saratani, a Japanese lacquer artist and restorer, will demonstrate key components of the complex lacquer process that has been passed down through generations. Drop in at any time during these open demonstration hours to meet the artist and see him at work.

Following his morning demonstration, Gen Saratani will present a technical overview of the complex lacquer process using some examples from his own work. Lunch will be provided for the first 30 attendees.

Join Jessica Nicoll, SCMA Director and Chief Curator, for a private gallery tour of A Dangerous Woman: Subversion and Surrealism in the Art of Honoré Sharrer before the exhibition opens to the public.

In 1949, Mademoiselle magazine declared Honoré Sharrer (1920–2009) “Woman Artist of the Year.” The distinction was certainly well founded, as Sharrer’s rise in the art world was meteoric. Starting at the tender age of nineteen and throughout her twenties, she was included in major exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Museum of Modern Art, which already included one of her paintings in its collection. At the age of 31, she was represented by a top New York art gallery and featured in Time, Newsweek, and Life magazines.

This is the first exhibition to fully reveal the formidable voice of this female artist. With equal part wit, seduction, and bite, her work presents a potent and often unsettling critique of the conventions of American culture.

More information about the exhibition.

Meet in museum lobby. FREE Space limited | Reservations required

Questions: SCMAmembers@smith.edu or 413.585.2777

Join Jessica Nicoll, SCMA Director and Chief Curator, for a private gallery tour of A Dangerous Woman: Subversion and Surrealism in the Art of Honoré Sharrer before the exhibition opens to the public.

In 1949, Mademoiselle magazine declared Honoré Sharrer (1920–2009) “Woman Artist of the Year.” The distinction was certainly well founded, as Sharrer’s rise in the art world was meteoric. Starting at the tender age of nineteen and throughout her twenties, she was included in major exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Museum of Modern Art, which already included one of her paintings in its collection. At the age of 31, she was represented by a top New York art gallery and featured in Time, Newsweek, and Life magazines.

This is the first exhibition to fully reveal the formidable voice of this female artist. With equal part wit, seduction, and bite, her work presents a potent and often unsettling critique of the conventions of American culture.

More information about the exhibition.

Meet in museum lobby. FREE Space limited | Reservations required

Questions: SCMAmembers@smith.edu or 413.585.2777