Articles, Press & Blog Posts
A collection of articles and stories about Saint Mary's College Museum of Art
2025
Rossmoor sculptors are part of effort to restore SMC ‘Elephant’ by Vicky Richardson
On a Sea of Dreams, Language is the Vessel by Han Briner
Through Landscapes Marred by Climate Disaster, Seonna Hong Mines ‘Past Lives’ by Gracie Ebert
Press Release: Saint Mary’s College Museum of Art Announces ‘Past Lives’ by Seonna Hong
2024
SMC Museum of Art features two new exhibits by Vera Kocha
Climate Smart for the Arts: SMC's Museum of Art Wins Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities by Mike Janes
Acquiring Art by Trinity Durfee, A.T. Johnson, Gabrielle Ly, Isabella Ruiz, and Jillian Yano
Lessons in the Galleries by Leah Ohms, Savannah Loyd, Laura Allen, Mirka Barbuis and Danielle Gutierrez
SMC Museum of Art features three new art exhibitions by Vera Kocha
Press Release: Saint Mary’s College Museum of Art (SMCMoA) New Exhibitions Expand Multiple Narratives
2023
Teaching Corita -Part II: ‘More than enough to work with’ by Suzanne C. Schmidt, Ph.D.
Dolly Parton, Roxane Gay, Lisa Congdon, The Other Black Girl, and More Pop Culture Musts For Fall by Callie Watts of Bust Magazine
The Art of an Opening by Anthony Romero of The Collegian
SMC's Museum of Art opens two new exhibits: "heroes and sheroes" with "Hold it Lightly" by Vera Kochan
Press Release: The Solo Debut of Lisa Congdon Exhibition to open at Saint Mary’s College Museum of Art
Press Release: Corita Kent’s Iconic ‘heroes & sheroes’ Series to Premiere in the Bay Area
SMC's River of Words 2023, a youth art and poetry competition, sparked dramatic results by Vera Kochan of the Lamorinda Weekly
Gallery Search on. Justice, Community, and Leadership students create activities to engage visitors by JCL 150 students: Karl Headley, Alyssa Huie, Julia McNair, Laibing Rhodes, and Alec Schaefer
Teaching Corita - Part I: Doing and making are acts of hope by Suzanne C. Schmidt, Ph.D.
Black Liberation: Exploring the Haitian Revolution through Jacob Lawrence’s Art by Katherine Treviño-Yoson
SMC Welcomes Two New Art Exhibits by Vera Kochan of the Lamorinda Weekly
Top Tickets: February 9-15 by Emily White of Diablo Magazine
Press Release: Exhibition of Jacob Lawrence Prints to Open at Saint Mary's College Museum of Art
Press Release: Saint Mary's College Museum of Art Exhibition Contextualizes Oakland Artist Louis Siegriest's Paintings From the Ground Up
2022
Fall
Curatorial Insights by A.T. Johnson
Questioning Artificial Intelligence (AI) as an Art Medium by Katherine Trevino-Yoson
In Practice: Exploring NFT Minting by Katrienne Lemye
Flora of the Briones Hills by Ann Drevno
New SMC exhibit explores authenticity in the art world by Vera Kochan of the Lamorinda Weekly
Press Release: Saint Mary’s College Museum of Art Explores the Fine Line of Authenticity in Art
Press Release: Saint Mary’s College Museum of Art Showcases Community Response to Art Inspired by the Permanent Collection
Spring
Blog: Justice, Community, and Leadership Blog Reflection on Power & Purpose Exhibition (JCL 150) by Elise Magee
SMC Museum of Art opens two new exhibits by Vera Kochan of the Lamorinda Weekly.
Press Release: Two New Exhibitions open at Saint Mary's College Museum of Art (SMCMoA) by Museum of Art
Interview with Andrew Mount conducted by Isaac Kyoungho Kim
2021
Fall
Saint Mary’s College Museum of Art (SMCMoA) Earns Highest National Recognition by Museum of Art
The Owls in the Museum by Britt Royer
Changing Museum Expectations of Space by Museum of Art
Diablo Magazine: Top Tickets: September 9-15 by Emily White
Lamorinda Weekly: Two Original Exhibitions
Press Release: Two Original Exhibitions Open at Saint Mary's College Museum of Art
Exploring Keith + Kari by Kamyrn Sobel
New Exhibitions At MoA Welcome Back the Arts on Campus by Melanie Moyer
New Work in the Museum Collection Speaks to the Pandemic Experience by Museum of Art
Spring
Free SMC Museum of Art exhibition through July 11
The SMC Museum Welcomes a New Exhibit - Aesthetic Forces: Nature in the Modern California Landscape, 1915-2015 by Kay Carney
2020
Museum of Art Opens New Exhibits by Sean Heiskell of The Collegian
Feminizing Permanence: Press Release
Sign of the Times: The Great American Political Poster 1844-2012: Press Release
2019
Kal Spelletich: Significance Machines and Purposeful Robots
Press Release
Please, do touch the art by Garrett Leahy of the Lamorinda Weekly
East Bay Fall Arts Preview by Deborah Kirk of Diablo Magazine
New Formalism In Painting and Photography
Press Release
R&D Collab Breaks Fine Art Rules Using Cinema 4D
Open Studio: Interdisciplinary Art Practice In Progress
Open Studio Exhibit Gives Fesh Look to Art by David Garza of the Collegian
Foad Satterfield: THINGS KNOWN
Press Release
New Art Exhibit Informed by Jim Crow South by Adriana Avila of the Collegian
The Artist's Studio | Foad Satterfield by Katie Korotzer of Piedmont Exedra
David Otis Johnson: NOCTAMBULANT
Press Release
2018
Graphicanos: Contemporary Latino Prints from the Serie Project
SMC 'Graphicanos' exhibit expresses art as visual literature by Lou Francher of the Lamorinda Weekly
Museum of Art on St. Mary's campus: A Sight to See by Kevin Basmajian of The Collegian
Darker Shades of Red: Soviet Propaganda from the Cold War Era
Soviet Propaganda Art Pertinent to Today by Jesse Hamlin of the San Francisco Chronicle
Soviet Propaganda Invades Saint Mary's College by DeWitt Cheng of Oakland Magazine
An Insider's Perspective into Life Under Communist Russia at SMC Museum of Art by Kara Navolio of Lamorinda Weekly
Quick Trips by Linda Summers Pirkle of the Alamo News & Danville News Today
2017
IRAN|USA
Artistic Impressions: Saint Mary's College Professor Challenges Viewer's Perception of Art
Peter Freund's IRAN|USA exhibit to open at the Museum of Art
Complex US/Iran Relationship Explored in Saint Mary's Exhibit