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MEMBERS' EXTRAS: Art Insights
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Museum of Art, 8:00 am - 11:00 pm
Join SCMA Members for a day in NYC! Register for New York City Art Scene: Do-it-Yourself! (includes 1 IFPDA Print Fair ticket p/p, drop offs at various museums and city art guide). Limited to 45 / Bus departs at 8 AM. Details and registration at: http://www.smith.edu/artmuseum/membership/member_programs.htm
Fee: Members: $50 / Student Members: $40 / Non-Members: $65 (space permitting)
 
Made by Hand: Free Family Day at SCMA!
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Museum of Art, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Families with young children are invited to share a day of art-filled exploration and hands-on experimentation, featuring our Touch Fire: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics by Women Artists exhibition. See a local artist demonstrate ceramics technique, and try your hand at a variety of projects that focus on handcrafted objects in the Museum’s collection. Family Day activities and Museum admission are free all day. Spanish-speaking greeters and Smith student volunteers will be present. Art projects are designed for ages four and up, accompanied by an adult. No registration is required; drop in anytime during Family Day hours (project areas close at 3pm, galleries will remain open until our regular closing time of 4pm).
 
Lecture: "Forging the Renaissance: The Meaning of Material Research for the Art of Faking"
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Weinstein Auditorium, 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Join us for this lecture by Henk van Os, former director, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam and 1987 Kennedy Professor in Renaissance Studies. This program has been made possible by the Ruth and Clarence Kennedy Endowment for Renaissance Studies and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. It is part of IDP 118: "The History and Critical Issues of Museums" and is co-presented by the Art Department and Museum of Art. Free and open to all.
 
Members' Double Discount Days
Thursday, November 12, 2009 - Sunday, November 15, 2009
1st Floor - Museum Store, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
SCMA Members receive 20% off at the Museum Shop (with current Membership card) during Museum Shop hours: Tues - Sat, 10-4; Sun, noon - 4. Second Fridays, 10-8 (4-8 free to all).
Lunchtime Gallery Talk: A Student Perspective
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Lower Level - Targan, 12:15 pm - 12:45 pm
Amanda Pollock ‘AC, co-chair of the Ceramics Club at Smith College, shares her impressions and thoughts about the exhibition Touch Fire: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics by Women Artists.
SCMA Second Friday Fun!
Friday, November 13, 2009
Lower Level - Stairwell Art Area, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Explore the folding screens on display in the Touch Fire: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics by Women Artists exhibition, and then create your own Japanese style mini-folding screen.
SCMA Second Fridays Artist on Art- Katsumata Chieko
Friday, November 13, 2009
Lower Level - Targan, 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Katsumata Cheiko will lead a gallery talk about her artwork on display in Touch Fire: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics by Women Artists with Samuel C. Morse, Professor of the History of Art and Asian Languages and Civilizations at Amherst College, as translator.
MEMBERS' EXTRAS: Art Insights
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Museum of Art, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Join SCMA Members for a gallery talk: Curator's Choice: Permanent Collection Highlights with Linda Muehlig, associate director for curatorial affairs and curator of painting and sculpture. Registration and details: http://www.smith.edu/artmuseum/membership/member_programs.htm
Fee: Members: $5 / Student Members: $5
SCMA Second Fridays Fun!
Friday, December 11, 2009
Lower Level - Stairwell Art Area, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
A new wave in the art world is video art! Check out the Museum’s new film, What Will Come, by William Kentridge, and try your hand at making a video with a Flip® camera.
SCMA Second Fridays Artist on Art- TBA
Friday, December 11, 2009
Museum of Art, 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
A local artist will speak about a work of art in the Museum's permanent collection.
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