Celebrate Election Day by exploring how feminist issues are addressed by artists in Women’s Work: Feminist Art from the Collection. Participate in guided conversations with guest speakers, curators, and museum educators, all modeling age-appropriate strategies for engaging high school students with contemporary art. Curricular materials to support in-gallery and classroom learning will be provided, as well as information on SCMA’s school visit programs with subsidized bus transportation opportunities.

$20 for members; $30 non-members. Cross-curricular teacher teams (art + history + language arts) will receive discounted registration.

Due to the sophisticated content of the exhibition, this workshop is intended for high school teachers.

Pre-registration required by October 30; museduc@smith.edu or 413-585-2773

11.3.15 teacher workshop registration form

Co-presenters:

Linda Muehlig, Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs and Curator of Painting and Sculpture

Diana Wolfe Larkin, Independent Art Historian

Alex Dika Seggerman, Five College Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Islamic Art

In 1942, Ramesseum at Thebes, a painting by Lockwood de Forest, was removed from the Museum's collection as part of a sale of 15 paintings to a dealer in Pittsburgh, PA.

Following a carefully coordinated, sustained research effort that involved Professor John Davis, Jessica Nicoll, Linda Muehlig, and Samantha Page '17, among others, the painting is now "back home" at SCMA in an installation that places the work in historical and aesthetic context.

The exhibition was co-curated by Diana Wolfe Larkin and Alex Dika Seggerman.

Members: $5 | Student Members: FREE Members may bring ONE guest. Space limited.

Reserve by November 2: SCMAmembers@smith.edu or 413.585.2777

Join us for this interdisciplinary conversation in the exhibition Dislocation/Urban Experience: Contemporary Photographs from East Asia moderated by exhibition curator Sam Morse, Howard M. and Martha P. Mitchell.Professor of the History of Art and Asian Languages and Civilizations, Amherst College.

Discover what’s new at SCMA and celebrate yourself in the Museum while participating in activities that explore themes of identity in contemporary art. Activities include button making, face painting, a photo booth, collage figures and snacks –free for all ages.

SCMA Family Day Poster Fall 2015

Travel by motor coach to New York City! Drop-offs at the IFPDA Print Fair at the Park Avenue Armory, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met). Light snack, bus fare, and 1 IFPDA Print Fair ticket included. Explore the city and art fairs on your own for the day. The bus will depart promptly at 8:00 a.m. in front of SCMA on Elm St., Northampton, MA 01063. Bus departs for the return trip at the Met. at 7 PM.

Reserve by October 31, 2015. Members: $60/ Student Members: $40/ Non-Members: $75 (space permitting). Details + registration: SCMAmembers@smith.edu / 413-585-2777

Program Registration (pdf)

4–6 PM Hands-on!  Art making for all ages, inspired by works on view

Talk Back!
Experience SCMA’s new space for focused interaction with a single work of art—Talk Back: Art in Conversation—by creating your own response. 

6 PM Open Eyes 
Join a guided gallery conversation exploring a different art object each month

Museum Shop open 11 AM–8 PM

Light Refreshments 

As we celebrate the completion of a two year comprehensive Gallery Redesign Project, K–12 educators are invited to check out the "New SCMA" and learn about museum resources for visiting with classes as well as supporting classroom learning.

FREE. No RSVP necessary. Books for the first 20 teachers who check in at the information table. Email museuduc@smith.edu for more information.

Schedule of Activities

• 4-6 PM In the Atrium, enjoy light refreshment and take part in a hands-on artmaking activity inspired by Chuck Close's Lyle, on view in our new participatory learning space Talk Back: Art in Conversation.
• 5:00-5:30 PM SCMA's student museum educators will engage teachers in interactive object-based learning activities around selected objects on the Third Floor galleries.
• 5:30-6:30 PM Over cider donuts and coffee, chat with SCMA's Associate Educator for School and Family Programs about opportunities for K-12 school visits, our bus subsidy program, educator memberships and upcoming teacher programs, including information about joining our teacher advisory board in 2016.
• 6:00-6:30 PM Experience our inquiry-based model for learning about art objects by taking part in an Open Eyes program in the new Christ Gallery for Asian Art, lead by SCMA Post-Baccalaureate Fellow in Education.

Find Unexpected Treasures and receive a 20% member discount on everything in the shop. Bag Day is Saturday, November 21st and everyone gets 20% off one item.