SCMA Second Fridays Fun!
Friday, February 12, 2010
Museum of Art, Atrium, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Calling all students, kids, grown-ups, and everyone in between! Tap in to your inner creativity at the hands-on station in the Museum Atrium (featuring crayons, crafting and face painting).
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Student Picks by Sami Keats AC
Friday, February 12, 2010
2nd Floor - Cunningham Center, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Ada Comstock scholar Sami Keats selects works on paper for display from 4-6pm in the Cunningham Center on the Museum's second floor.
event for Smith College students open to the general public

SCMA Second Fridays Artist on Art- Bob Hepner
Friday, February 12, 2010
Galleries - General, 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Northampton-based artist Bob Hepner turns his playful eye on work in the Museum’s collection as part of tonight's "Release Your Inner Child" Second Friday theme.
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SCMA Second Fridays- A cappella in the Galleries!
Friday, February 12, 2010
3rd Floor - General, 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm
Join us for the Northamptones from Northampton High School (performing in the 3rd floor galleries) followed by Smith's very own Groove on the lower level.
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SCMA Second Fridays- Unit 7 Performs
Friday, February 12, 2010
Museum of Art, Atrium, 7:45 pm - 8:45 pm
Local band Unit 7 performs their "Speakeasy Music for the 21st Century" in the Museum atrium. 
http://www.unit7band.com/
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A Bloomsbury Tea: Virginia Woolf in America
Thursday, February 18, 2010
On Campus - Neilson Library Browsing Room, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
This tea features a talk by the renowned literary scholar Mark Hussey, Professor of English and Women's and Gender Studies, Pace University, on the role of Second Wave American feminism in Virginia Woolf studies. A Bloomsbury tea will follow in the Sophia Smith Collection. Sponsored by the Mortimer Rare Book Room and the Study of Women and Gender Department.
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Film Screening: Who Does She Think She Is?
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Weinstein Auditorium, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
This documentary explores the challenges women face as professional artists, mothers, and wives. Director Pamela Tanner Boll follows the lives of five women artists over a period of several years through their personal successes and struggles.
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Hot Seat Discussion: Who Does She Think She Is?
Thursday, February 25, 2010
On Campus - Campus Center 103, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
"Who Does She Think She Is: Women, Creativity and Commitments - A Conversation With Women in the Arts"
A student, a writer, and a professor will talk about the hard and easy choices of leading a "creative" life.


Emily Hall Tremaine Symposium: Real Lives of Women Artists
Friday, February 26, 2010
Weinstein Auditorium, 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm

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MEMBERS' EXTRAS: ART INSIGHTS
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Museum of Art, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
MUSEUM TALK Kin and Kindred: Reflections on Childhood With Henriette Kets de Vries, manager of the Cunningham Center and exhibition curator Space limited. Registration and information: http://www.smith.edu/artmuseum/membership/member_programs.htm
Fee: Members: $5 / Student Members: $5
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Film Screening: Howard's End
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Weinstein Auditorium, 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
In honor of the upcoming exhibition A Room of their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections the Smith College Museum of Art is sponsoring a screening of Howard’s End, a tour-de-force adaptation of the 1910 novel by E.M. Forster, who was an acclaimed figure in the intellectual and artistic collective known as the Bloomsbury group. The film was named Best Picture of 1992 by the National Board of Review, received nine Academy Award nominations, including that of Best Picture, and was one of the most critically acclaimed pictures of the 90s.
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Art is Good for You
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Museum of Art, 12:15 pm - 12:45 pm
Just for students, this new 30-minute program at the museum will leave you feeling re-energized and inspired. Join Maggie Lind, Associate Educator for Academic Programs, for a relaxing, informal, no-pressure conversation about an artwork in the Museum. Learn about how looking at art can help you feel better and de-stress. Continue the conversation over cookies and snacks in the Hillyer Student Lounge. Meet in the Museum's Front Lobby.
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SCMA Second Fridays Fun!
Friday, March 12, 2010
Lower Level - Stairwell Art Area, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
See the many works in the Museum that feature children and families, and make foam engravings of your own favorite family memories, vacations, stories, toys, and whatever else you can imagine!
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Student Picks by Yang Li '12
Friday, March 12, 2010
2nd Floor - Cunningham Center, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Yang Li '12 selects works on paper for display from 4-6pm in the Cunningham Center on the Museum's second floor.
event for Smith College students open to the general public education program

SCMA Second Fridays Artist on Art- Chris Nelson
Friday, March 12, 2010
Galleries - General, 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Join Holyoke-based installation artist Chris Nelson to discuss a work of art on view at SCMA.
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A Bloomsbury Tea: Connecting Smith, Sexuality, Class and Bloomsbury
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
On Campus - Campus Center Carroll Room, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
This tea features a presentation by historian Emily Bingham on the cultural, intellectual, and sexual intersections between Henrietta Bingham (who came to Smith in 1920), her English professor, Mina Kirstein Curtiss (Smith 1918), and members of the Bloomsbury Group during the 1920s. The presentation will be followed by a discussion led by Darcy Buerkle, Assistant Professor of History at Smith College. Sponsored by the Smith College Museum of Art in honor of the upcoming exhibition A Room of Their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections.
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Teacher Workshop: Connecting the Garden and Museum
Friday, March 26, 2010
Botanic Garden, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Join education staff from Smith College’s Botanic Garden and Museum of Art in an exploration of the curricular ties between these two popular K-12 field trip sites. This day-long workshop will include tours of both sites, teacher resource handouts, and opportunities to brainstorm lesson plan ideas. A fee of $30 (Museum or Garden members, $25), required with registration, includes morning coffee and lunch. Registration is limited and should be received by March 19. Contact (413) 585-2781 or museduc@smith.edu to register.
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Art is in Bloom! Family Day @ SCMA
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Museum of Art, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Celebrate the arrival of spring and a new exhibition at the Museum! See images of families and nature in A Room of their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections, and try your hand at a variety of projects inspired by the works of art on display this season. 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).
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Dulcy B. Miller Lecture in Art: Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Weinstein Auditorium, 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm
The Seventh Annual Dulcy B. Miller Lecture in Art will be delivered by Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi of Weiss/Manfredi, a multidisciplinary design practice that encompasses architecture, landscaspe, and urbanism. The breadth of their work includes the Olympic Sculpture Park at the Seattle Art Museum and the Smith College Campus Center. The firm has won numerous international awards and competitions and received the Academy Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in recognition of the unique vision of the firm. They were also named one of North America's "Emerging Voices" by the Architectural League of New York and the firm won the New York City AIA Gold Medal of Honor.
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Lecture: "Roger Fry: Art and Life in Bloomsbury"
Thursday, April 8, 2010
On Campus - Seelye Hall 106, 1:00 pm - 2:30 am
Christopher Reed, associate professor of English and visual culture at Pennsylvania State University, examines Bloomsbury artist, designer, and critic Roger Fry's influential ideas on aesthetics and beliefs about life. Sponsored by the Smith College Museum of Art in honor of the upcoming exhibition A Room of Their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections.
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Opening celebration for Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group: A Pen and a Press of Their Own
Thursday, April 8, 2010
On Campus - Neilson Library Browsing Room, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Nancy E. Green, Gale and Ira Drukier Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University will present "Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell, and the Origins of Bloomsbury." Professor Michele Wick will present "Virginia Woolf, Creativity, and Emotional Well-being." Reception to follow in the Book Arts Gallery, level 3, Neilson Library. Sponsored by the Mortimer Rare Book Room; this exhibition will be on view through July 2010.
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Student Picks by Margaret Kurkoski '12
Friday, April 9, 2010
2nd Floor - Cunningham Center, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

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SCMA Second Fridays Fun! (ages 4+ with adult)
Friday, April 9, 2010
Lower Level - Stairwell Art Area, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Second Friday Fun! (ages 4+ with adult) See the decorative arts objects in the Bloomsbury exhibition, and turn everyday objects (plates, tiles, etc.) into beautiful works of art by adding your own personal touch.
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Lecture on the Bloomsbury Group by Frances Spalding
Friday, April 9, 2010
On Campus, Smith Campus Center, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Frances Spalding will talk about what Bloomsbury gained from Cambridge (England) and what, in turn, it gave back to this ancient university. She will also ask why, in the twenty-first century, Bloomsbury continues to excite admiration as well as irritation among its critics. Frances Spalding is both an art historian and the biographer of Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. Her book, 'The Bloomsbury Group', published by London's National Portrait Gallery in their 'Insights' series, offers a useful introduction to this subject. She is currently Professor of Art History at Newcastle University and wills be giving the annual Seymour lecture on biography at the National Library of Australia in Canberra later this year.
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Art is Good For You
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Museum of Art, 3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Just for students, this new 30-minute program at the museum will leave you feeling re-energized and inspired. Join Maggie Lind, Associate Educator for Academic Programs, for a relaxing, informal, no-pressure conversation about an artwork in the Museum. Learn about how looking at art can help you feel better and de-stress. Continue the conversation over cookies and snacks in the Hillyer Student Lounge. Meet in the Museum's Front Lobby.
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MEMBERS' EXTRAS: ART INSIGHTS
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Museum of Art, 8:00 am - 9:00 pm
BUS TRIP Boston Art Scene: Do-it-Yourself! 
Drop offs at various museums and city art guide included. 
Space limited. Registration and information: http://www.smith.edu/artmuseum/membership/member_programs.htm
Fee: Members: $40 / Student Members: $30 / Non-Members: $55 (space permitting)
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MEMBERS' EXTRAS: ART INSIGHTS
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Museum of Art, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
MUSEUM TALK A Room of Their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections 
With Cornelia Pearsall, professor, department of English and Karen Kukil, associate curator of special collections, William Allan Neilson Library 
Space limited. Registration and information: http://www.smith.edu/artmuseum/membership/member_programs.htm
Fee: Members: $5 / Student Members: $5
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The Museum Education Department invites groups to reserve guided tours, audio tours or self-guided visits to the museum. Adult groups of twelve or more receiving a guided tour are asked to make a donation of $2 per person toward a fund for educational programs at the museum. Free age-appropriate tours for school groups can be scheduled, and subsidies are available with transportation costs for school visits.

The Audio Guide allows visitors to choose from 91 stops, including 28 created for children, and to listen to them in any order. Rental fees: free for members; $2 all others. To schedule a tour or request additional information contact Julie Zappia, associate educator for school and family programs 413.585.2773 or jzappia@smith.edu.
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
     
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