Programs

PROGRAMS SPRING 2023

Opening Celebration: Thursday, February 16, 4 to 8 p.m.

Join Saint Mary's College Museum of Art for the opening celebration of Spring 2023 exhibitions.

• Engage with new exhibitions 
• Experience live music 
• Mingle with art lovers, colleagues, and friends 

This event is free and open to all. Light refreshments will be provided. Glee club will perform featuring music at 5:30 p.m. 

Mindfulness & Yoga with Nick Harris: Thursday, February 23, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Join the Museum of Art for a morning coffee hour followed by an InTension workshop with alumni Nick Harris. Harris combines goal identification with journaling and movements to align actions with intentions. He combines mindfulness and yoga as part of this practice. 

• 10 - 11 a.m. - Coffee and Community Hour
• 11 - 11:30 a.m. - Q&A with Nick 
• 11:30 - 12:30 p.m. - Mindfulness and Yoga Session 

This program is co-sponsored by Center for Women & Gender Equity, CCIE Sub-committee on Gender Equity and Women’s History. This program is aligned with SMC 44 days. 

About Nick Harris:

Yoga has been the element of life that allows Nick to harness a multitude of robust experiences into a practice based in gratitude, presence, and energetic flow. Nick’s classes demonstrate an understanding and appreciation for both beginners and seasoned yogis. When not teaching yoga, Nick can be found offering leadership programs, serving in houseless shelters, touring as a professional musician, and engaging special populations with positive messages of self-care and perpetual improvement. Through disciplined self-reflection and powerful daily self-improvement practices, Nick will arrive to class equally humbled and excited to share the yoga experience with you.

Documentary Screening + Q&A: Wednesday, March 1 at 1 p.m. 

Join the Museum of Art for an afternoon screening of the new documentary 100 Years from Mississippi. Followed by a Question & Answer with the film’s director and producer, Tarabu Betserai Kirkland.

In 100 Years from Mississippi, Kirkland amplifies the story of his late mother, Mamie Lang Kirkland, who fled Mississippi as a child in 1915 to escape lynchings and returns to confront the painful part of her history as a 108-year-old woman. 

This program is co-sponsored by Center for Women & Gender Equity, CCIE Sub-committee on Gender Equity and Women’s History, Mission & Ministry, Dean of Students 

Lift Your Voice Reception for Angela Harrelson: March 14 at 5:30 p.m.

Join the Museum of Art in welcoming Angela Harrelson to Saint Mary’s College of California. Author of Lift Your Voice, Angela was George Floyd’s aunt and closest relative in Minnesota. Her story tells the behind-the-scenes of George’s family—how he lived and why he died—and how the world can find a solution to racism through his death. Angela will speak to her work in the chapel at 7 p.m. following the 5:30 p.m. reception at the museum. 

Hosted by and in collaboration with Dean of Students, The Cummins Institute, Residential Experience, The Center for Women and Gender Equity, The Black Leadership Coalition, CCIE Sub Committee, and the Museum of Art 

Yoga & RePosture in the Galleries: March 11 at 1 p.m.

Join us for a free afternoon yoga and reposture session with instructor Clarissa Louis. 

This session combines elements of vinyasa flow yoga, weight + resistance training, cardio intervals and plyometrics. Given the full range of effort, and variety of postures offered/modified, it is a great way to augment a wellness routine for all fitness goals and skill levels.

This program is co-sponsored by Center for Women & Gender Equity, CCIE Sub-committee on Gender Equity and Women’s History. 

Saint Toussaint and Sinner L’Ouverture: Hagiography or Cancellation? March 23, at 2 p.m.

Art Talk with Claude-Rheal Malary

Join the Museum of Art for an afternoon art talk with scholar and SMC professor Claude-Rheal Malary. This talk will focus on Jacob Lawrence's Toussaint L'Ouverture series featuring the beloved leader and cultural icon of the Haitian Revolution. Lawrence’s depiction of the leader, both as paintings 1936-38 and as prints in the later 1980s, reflect the political and social significance of reception, memory, and identity. Malary's talk will explore Lawrence's work through the diasporic lens of black Americans, visual iconography, and cultural symbols.  

Study Salon Midterms (Student Program): Sunday-Tuesday, March 12, 13, and 14

Join the Museum of Art (MoA) for a late-night study session! For midterms week (Sun–Tues), MoA is open late.

•  Gaze at some art.
•  Set up a study spot at the gallery tables.
•  Enjoy quiet time and a few laughs.

Study Salon Finals (Student Program): Sunday-Tuesday, May 14, 15, and 16

Join the Museum of Art (MoA) for a late-night study session! For finals week (Sun–Tues), MoA is open late.

•  Gaze at some art.
•  Set up a study spot at the gallery tables.
•  Enjoy quiet time and a few laughs.

Student Art Capstone Opening Celebration: Thursday, May 18, 4 to 6 p.m 

Join the Museum of Art and the Department of Art and Art History to celebrate the graduating students of art practice. Enjoy mixed media prints, photography, and more. Light refreshments provided.