2021 SMCM All-Student Show
SASS 2021 – Student Art Selection Spotlights
Every two weeks the SMCM community will select one artwork from a set of three to be put on display in the Gallery and part of online programming. Keep tuned for details and vote through social media and by emailing boydengallery@smcm.edu.
Sensory Narratives through Sculpture
Join us for a virtual opening of “Sensory Narratives through Sculpture” to celebrate the work of ARTH440 students! Co-created and produced by the Boyden Gallery and SMCM students as the Gallery as Learning Lab, the exhibition invites visitors to experience 15 sculptures from the College’s collection through sensory journeys. Make an appointment at boydengallery@smcm.edu to see the exhibition in person from Oct 27 – Nov 7 and follow us on the web and social media for online content.
51st All-Student Exhibition 2020
While the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the physical exhibition in the spring semester, the 2020 All-Student Show is open August 17 – 29 by appointment. Please schedule a time to see the work of SMCM student artists through boydengallery@smcm.edu and take a look at the 51st All-Student Exhibition 2020 Catalog. We’re thrilled to wrap up the 2020 All-Student Show with online documentation of the installation and artist interviews!
Robots, Rayguns, and Alternate Views of Reality: Experiencing Art Through the Sci-Fi Paperback Collection in the SMCM Archives.
In showcasing the extraordinary collection of sci-fi novels donated to the College Archives by the family of beloved History Professor Thomas M. Barrett, visitors are invited to experience numerous artforms like literature, film, music, and cover art paintings and design. Exploration of these artforms will lead to the stories of Tom Barrett as a collector and the rise of the paperbacks in the 1950-70s for the sci-fi genre.
ART SMP In-Progress Exhibition
Come check out what the Studio Art SMP students have been working on this academic semester.
Environmental Justice as a Civil Right
"Environmental Justice as a Civil Right" which was first exhibited at the architecture pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Antigua and Barbuda are affected by climate change drastically like many other tiny islands when the amount of pollution to affect the climate is caused by larger countries. In the wake of multiple hurricanes destroying Barbuda completely in 2017 and government buildings in Antigua, this exhibit also discusses the restoration process afterwards.
The Stadium and Spectacle: The Art of Show in the College’s Fine Art Collection
Developed to coincide with the 2019 dedication of the Jamie L. Roberts Stadium at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, “The Stadium and Spectacle: The Art of Show in the College’s Fine Art Collection” invites visitors to explore complex connections through themes of competition, performance, and display. These themes resonate in twenty works from campus collections, some of which are on public display for the first time. The exhibition provides a platform to discover cross-connections in formal qualities and interrelations in subject matter and context of paintings, prints, and sculptures of artists like Marc Chagall, Salvador Dali, and Diego Rivera.
St. Mary’s Project 2019 Final Exhibition
Come check out what the Studio Art SMP students have been working on this past academic year. SMP Co-Mentors: Tristan Cai and Jessye McDowell Exhibiting Artist: Alex Booth Alex Taubman Austin Bean Brooke Lamplough Izzy PetersonKaisey McCallion Karol Carlsen Kelsey Joyce Ruby Bassford Shannon Pumputis
American Modernism in the Bocour Collection at St. Mary’s College of Maryland
This is an exhibition of work from the St. Mary’s Fine Art Collection. The art in this show comes specifically from a large donation by the collector Leonard Bocour, who worked in collaboration with the founding director of the Boyden Gallery Jonathan Ingersoll. The exhibition’s goal is to explore the visual and conceptual principles of American Modernism represented by this collection. The donations Bocour made to St. Mary’s provide the opportunity for the work of these New York-based artists, largely ignored by encyclopedic art history texts, to be put into historical context and expand the scope of modern art. The show allows us to see the inner workings of the New York art scene of the mid 20th century and recognize those modern artists on the edge of art history. Curated by Sami Wright (Art History and History ‘18) with help from Joe Lucchesi (Professor of Art History)