June 12 Second Friday
Schedule
Fri Jun 12 2026 at 04:00 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
20 Elm St., Northampton, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01063 | Northampton, MA
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SCMA is free and open to all.Join us from 4–8 p.m. for an evening of art, making, and community at the Smith College Museum of Art. Galleries are open until 8 p.m.
Second Friday Schedule
From 4–7 p.m.
Drop in for hands-on art making in the Boeckman Sculpture Court (Museum Atrium)! All ages welcome.
What kinds of spaces help us feel safe, rested, joyful, or connected? Inspired by the exhibition "Don’t Mind if I Do" and architect Phyllis Birkby’s idea of “fantasy environments,” this drop-in workshop with guest artist Jeff Kasper invites visitors of all ages to draw, collage, and imagine spaces they wish existed for rest, play, gathering, community, or care.
From 4–8 p.m. Enjoy four floors of art!
In addition, there will be a screening of films by architect and activist Phyllis Birkby in Graham Hall. These films showcase Birkby’s documentation of the feminist movement and NYC lesbian culture from the 1970s through the 1990s. Birkby's films document architecture (including her own designs), her personal life in home movies, and travel. The short films are drawn from the Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College Special Collections.
About the Teaching Artist, Jeff Kasper
Jeff Kasper is a Northampton, Massachusetts-based artist and educator. His public art, participatory learning, and making experiences bring together design thinking, mindfulness, storytelling, dialogue, and community building. Kasper’s projects explore how people navigate social support, proximity, and care in everyday life. Kasper is a featured artist in "Don’t Mind if I Do" at Smith College Museum of Art. He is an Associate Professor of Art at UMass Amherst and a trauma-informed teaching artist certified with the Bartol Foundation.
This event is in conjunction with Arts Night Out Northampton.
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