OPEN CALL FOR SMC STUDENTS:
Are you an art major? Or have you taken a few art classes on campus? If so, and if you’d like to display your work on campus, the Exhibition and Display program is currently accepting submissions for a vinyl banner show.
The banners will be located on the second floor of the Student Services building at the Counselors Offices. The banners will be up until Spring 2027. As students come in and out from their appointments, they’ll see your amazing work and the opportunities SMC’s Art Department (@smcarts ) offers for its students!
Deadline to submit images of your work is May 22nd! The link is in our bio, and you’ll also find our flyer with QR codes across the different campuses. If you need support with getting high-quality images of your work, you can schedule a photoshoot with our curatorial team through the form.
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SAVE THE DATE: The Pete and Susan Barrett Gallery is pleased to announce the upcoming student group show Well Fed, opening May 19th! Join us for the opening reception on May 21st from 5-8 pm 🎉
The Santa Monica College Art Department presents Well Fed, an exhibition featuring work from the Mentor Program taught by Professor Emily Silver (@emilysilverstudio ), and curated by students from the Gallery Program taught by Professor Kim Garcia (@kimwantscoffee ).
Feast your eyes, your ears, your minds. Well Fed has all you can eat, and more: oppressive surveillance, shattered conventions, haunted houses, and endless overstimulation. Is your mouth watering yet? The featured artists are insatiable, eager for you to come and digest their work. So bring your appetite and take a bite.
Participating artists include Ava Baroni (@_avabaroni ), Duncan Bielman (@duncbiel ), Alex Cruz, Charlie Danger (@chachadanger ), Kate McGinnis (@katedianeiskatediane ), Caleb Deal (@caleb.deal ), Louie Esteem (@dookie_hunny ), Kim Farbota (@kim.farbota ), Jeffery Heimer, Ernie Mcpeek, Jenny Park (@jennyparkstudio ), Alejandre Rodriguez (@alecraftstattoos ), sarah k. skogland (@sarahkskogland ), Kaili Stafford (@ksstwiggs ), April Vázquez (@aprilmayjune17 ), and Ira Zimmerman (@ira_zimmerman ).
Opening reception:
📍SMC Pete and Susan Barrett Gallery, 1310 11th Street, Santa Monica 📅 May 21st
⏰ 5 pm - 8 pm
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Thank you Maaz Alin and @smdailypress for featuring our latest exhibition ‘Calls From Home’ in their newest article!
The article highlights SMC students in the Gallery Exhibition & Display course and their show at @18thstreetarts “Calls from Home.” Working collaboratively with the artist residency center’s staff and 8 incredible LA-based artists, “Calls from Home” explored important themes about community, displacement, and identity. In bringing this project to life, students got hands-on experience in curating and executing a successful exhibition. To read the full article, click the link in our bio.
A big shout out to Professor Garcia Kim (@kimwantscoffee )for their guidance. Thank you everyone for the huge support!
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𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗗𝗲𝗰 𝟱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟭𝟮-𝟭𝗣𝗠 for the last talk in our Visiting Speaker Series co-hosted by Art 80, 82, & 84 Exhibition Display & Production & AHIS 72 African American Art History 🌟
𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗮: 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲, & 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗯𝘆 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 @essenceh
𝓢𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓓𝓪𝓽𝓮!
𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗗𝗲𝗰 𝟱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟭𝟮-𝟭𝗣𝗠
𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗦𝗠𝗖 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅, 𝟮𝟭𝟰 @smcarts
Essence Harden will speak about her experience in the first part of the talk, and the second half will be conversational 🌟
Headshot photo by Barrington Darius 📸
This is Tote-ally something you don’t want to miss out on!
For our 8th meeting we’re customizing our very own tote bags in a special collaboration with the SMC Art Department! 🖌️👜
Bring your ideas to life by submitting your own stencil designs.
‼️The final day to submit designs is Nov 2 (PNG & JPEG ONLY) ‼️
🎟️ Note: Space and materials are limited! Participation will be first come, first served for the first 85 people.
*If you wouldn’t like a tote or don’t make the cut for the first 85, feel free to bring your own fabric to stencil*
Let your creativity shine, we can’t wait to see your amazing designs! 🌟
Welcome back! Professor @marctrujillo has a welcome poster that he posts on the first day of class and welcomes students to add any language that is not already on it! If you know how to say welcome in a language that isn’t already here, please add it in the comments! We try to stick to ones that you can add without having to look it up.
The Pete and Susan Barrett Gallery is pleased to announce the upcoming group show HERE/NOW❗
Join us for the opening reception on May 22nd from 5-8pm🎉
HERE/NOW, a group exhibition of student work made in Santa Monica College’s Artist Mentor Program. Dormant for almost a decade, previously known for producing the leading contemporaries in the art world, Mentor is now back. A collection of driven artists under the guidance of Emily Silver and Carlson Hatton form a community dedicated to pushing each other’s practice.
HERE/NOW embodies both the time and space we habit. How do we respond to and shape our surroundings? What does it mean to be present? Engaging with our environment through the visual, auditorial, and tactile, we define our world’s orientation: here and now. Coming from varied phases of life, cultural backgrounds, and beliefs, the works represent who we are as individuals as well as our collective voice.
It is our job as artists to define the present. The 2025 mentor class is heavily engaged in the social and political issues that will impact our futures. Why is “now” important? Marking the moments of omnipresent transition, this show is a time capsule. The art anchors the viewer in the present through confrontation, authenticity, and humor. In the future we will be able to reflect on events, ideas, and emotions that become versions of who we are, where we are, and when we are.
HERE/NOW Opening Reception
Thursday, May 22, 2025
5:00pm-8:00pm
We hope to see you there!
The SMC Art Department is excited to announce its spring Open Studio Day, to be held on Saturday, May 24th from 11am until 5pm at the SMC Art Complex, rooms A124 and A125. Come watch the artists turn molten glass into amazing works of art! Students and staff will be demonstrating glassblowing in the SMC hot shop and displaying finished glass pieces for sale. 30% or art sales will be donated to support the SMC Art Department. We look forward to seeing you there!
Tuesday, May 6th at the Barrett Gallery: 1310 11th St. in Santa Monica from 5pm to 7pm: Join us in celebrating the accomplishments of the artists and SMC students who worked on this show for over a year. 1500+ people have already visited. Let's enjoy sounds from live DJ Leah King, food, and our SMC community at this fun, free event!
Welcome back from Spring Break folks! We have a big day of programming in collaboration with @blacklunchtable both in the gallery and on campus.
From 11-1 PM in the Barrett, we’ll be hosting a people’s table. We’ll come together and discuss current civic and socio political issues. If you can’t make that time, no worries. We’ve got another from 2-4 PM! Space is limited, so make sure to sign up using the link in our bio.
From 5-7 PM we’ll have a wiki edit a thon in Art 119! The Wiki Edit-a-Thon is a dedicated space for the SMC Community to address gaps in Wikimedia coverage related to the lives and works of Black visual artists and cultural workers. Food will be served.
