Smith College Department of Art

You're Invited! To the opening reception of Memory & Other Homes, a Senior Studio Showcase.

The reception will be Wednesday, December 6th from 5:30-7:00pm in the Jannotta Gallery, Hillyer Hall, Brown Fine Arts Center.

This exhibition is open from December 4th 2023 to February 7th 2024. Gallery hours from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM.

The Smith College Department of Art is hosting visiting artist Emma Nishimura for a Print Workshop October 25-27.

Artist Emma Nishimura will develop new multi-layered photo-intaglio printmaking works. Visitors are welcome to drop in and observe the process.

Based in Toronto, Canada, Emma Nishimura works with a range of media, including printmaking, photography, sculpture and installation. Her work addresses ideas of memory and loss that are rooted within family stories and inherited narratives. For the past decade, Emma’s research and art practice has focused on the experiences her family and thousands of other Japanese Canadians endured throughout their forced incarceration during the Second World War. Her work explores this history and the reverberations these experiences have had throughout the subsequent generations.

Emma has exhibited nationally and internationally. Her work is in a number of public and private collections, including the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum, the Japanese Canadian National Museum and the Library of Congress. She is the recipient of the Queen Sonja Print Award 2018. Emma received her MFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and her BA from the University of Guelph. Emma is an Assistant Professor and the Chair of Photogra- phy, Printmaking and Publications at OCAD University.

Her work is currently on view in Sum of Its Parts: Multi-Panel Works on Paper from the Collection at the Smith College Museum of Art

Daniel Smith Artists' Materials

Live watercolor demo with Julie Ann Karlson this Friday.

This Friday, our guest artist from Sweden, Julie Ann Karlsson, will share her favorite watercolor palette and painting tips LIVE on Zoom and Facebook. Join us weekly to see our products in action, chat with artists, and ask John Cogley (Owner/CEO of Daniel Smith, Inc.) all your questions about pigments.

Chat with John - Thursdays; 2pm Pacific
Guest artist demo - Fridays; 10:30am Pacific

Zoom links available here: https://danielsmith.com/weekly-live-demos/

This is so cool!

How to Maintain Your Dragon A massive, winged beast prowls Calais—thanks to a dedicated team of operators and "veterinarians."

http://www.apearts.org/soundscores-for-living-scenery.html

A series of recorded soundworks created for specific outdoor locations in Northampton and the surrounding region. The first Soundscore will be available July 14 to be experienced at the 126 Main St. site of the A.P.E. Gallery. One Soundscore will be released each month through November 2023. Created by artist Sara Smith

Soundscores for Living Scenery A.P.E. Gallery, 42.31869424925156, -72.63040928671785 Listening location: Inside the doorway, facing the sidewalk in front of the gallery at 126 Main St. Audio here: on.soundcloud.com/PJ1Vg ​...

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/richmond-barthe-portrait-painting

Solving the Mystery of the Seated Man This rare portrait can now be credited to Harlem Renaissance artist Richmond Barthé.

Pepón Osorio: My Beating Heart/Mi corazón latiente

Through Sept. 17, the New Museum, 235 Bowery, Lower Manhattan, newmuseum.org

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/13/arts/design/pepon-osorio-new-museum.html

The Artist’s Wounded Heart At the New Museum, Pepón Osorio’s exhilarating assemblages and installations hold a mirror up to Latino communities and reflect his experiences in Puerto Rico and New York.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/11/arts/design/climate-protests-museums-sentences-art.html

After a Year of Climate Protests, the Toll Rises for Museums and Activists Museums must pay for added security and the conservation of precious paintings. Now they are suing eco-activists for damages, and authorities are bringing serious charges.

Sasha Kolomatsky '18 the 2017 Elizabeth Killian Roberts '54 Drawing Prize winner

Podcast: Gunnar Schonbeck Exhibit - More than 200 unconventional instruments are on display at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.

Podcast: Gunnar Schonbeck Exhibit More than 200 unconventional instruments are on display at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.