b'student perspective: emma guyette 20As much asSCMA is aboutthe art, it is about the people. The staff, students, artists, visitors, Amanda Williams delivering the 17th Annual Miller Lecture in members and donors all weave Art and Art History together into a community that drives and sustains our beloved museum and for three yearsMEMBERSHIP PROGRAMI was deeply involved in that as HIGHLIGHTSthe membership office assistant.August 2223, 2019 From my desk in the First Look with Aprile Gallant and Floyd Cheung, hidden office behind the emer-Defiant Vision: Prints & Poetry by Munio Makuuchi gency exit, I worked to connect November 9, 2019 people to the museum, spend-SCMA Shop Trunk Show, Los Angeles, CA, ing hours elbow deep in massive in conjunction with the Smith Club of L.A. and mailings, my fingers sticky and dyed orange fromSmith C.O.R.P.sealing envelopes. It was monotonous work torhythmically process the membership materials every November 14-17, 2019month, but I knew that each letter and packet I sent Members Double Discount Days would allow the museum to carry out its missionof connecting people to art, ideas and each other.January 17, 2020Doing that work to make the museum and its First Look with Connie Choi, Black Refractions: multitude of opportunities and programming acces-Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlemsible was a bright spot during my time at Smith, but it wasnt the job itself that made me stay as long asFebruary 6, 2020I did. It was the people, and in my coworkers, I found Reserved seating for members, Amanda Williams: incredible mentors who grew into dear friends. They 17th Annual Miller Lecture in Art and Art History never failed to make me feel cared for, and that was February 11, 2020amplified in May when multiple coworkers drove over Tour with Emma Chubb, Black Refractions: an hour to be part of a surprise graduation parade Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlemafter my virtual commencement. Seeing their beaming faces as they drove by holding signs congratulating February 18, 2020 me made me feel so incredibly loved and supported, Reserved seating for members, Lorraine OGrady, and that will forever be what I think of when I reflect on Artist in Conversationmy time working at the museum.As I move forward into my post-Smith life I do June 18-22, 2020not yet know where I will land. What I do know is that Members Double Discount Days (virtual) the confidence and knowledge I gained in the halls of SCMA will help propel me forward in whatever I do, connectingpeopleto each otherASSOCIATES PROGRAM and I am so fortunate to have this museum as part of March 8, 2020my story.Armory Show meet-up for ContemporaryAssociatesEmma Guyette 20 majored in American studies and history. She served as the membership assistant from 20172020.53'