• Special Event
• UChicago Students

UChicago Alumni Weekend: Smart x SCAV

Sat. May 3 • 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM

For Alumni Weekend 2025, and on the occasion of the Museum's 50th anniversary year, the Smart is teaming up with student creators of UChicago's storied Scavenger Hunt for a day-long program.

• Performance
• General Public

Give the Designer Some! MODA at the Smart

Sat. May 3 • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Join designers from MODA for an evening celebrating the world of artist Robert Earl Paige.

• Talk
• Conversation Pieces

Conversation Pieces: Irene Hsiao and Julian Stern

Fri. May 9 • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Join dancer, writer, and multidisciplinary artist Irene Hsiao and fourth-year student and Smart alum Julian Stern for a screening, reading, and discussion about Yeesookyung's Translated Vase.

• Art Making
• Families

Family Day: Painting Outside the Lines

Sat. May 10 • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Make your own abstract works, experimenting with tools, materials, and methods! Families and kids of all ages welcome.

• Talk
• Smart Salon

Smart Salon: Dieu Donné

Thu. May 15 • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Join artists LaKela Brown and Abdolreza Aminlari, studio collaborator Katharine L. DeLamater, and strategic advisor to Dieu Donné John Shorb for a panel about art in paper.

• Performance
• General Public

Choreographing the Smart

Thu. May 22 • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Join us for the public culmination of the UChicago course “Site-Based Practice: Choreographing the Smart Museum,” led by Julia Rhoads, Director of the Dance Program in Theater and Performance Studies.

• Art Making
• Families

Family Day: Bring it on Home!

Sat. June 14 • 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Families will construct and paint colorful birdhouses, while sharing stories of what “home” means to them. Also featuring a storytime in the galleries, the Chicago Public Library.

• Tour
• Families

Tuesdays Together: Family Tours with Special Topics

Tue. June 17 • 10:00 AM - 2:45 PM

Enjoy a guided tour of the Smart’s current exhibition, choosing from topics around ancient items, 3-D artwork, and Chicago-based artists.

• Families

Tuesday Together: Family Smart Find

Tue. June 24 • 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

This scavenger hunt will activate the galleries with hidden cues and clues that invite families to search for answers and engage with the artwork through a whole new approach.

• Art Making
• Families

Tuesdays Together: Story Time at the Smart

Tue. July 1 • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Start the day by creating a handmade bookmark to use with all of your favorite reads, then talk, sing, and listen along to Librarian Megan who will share stories about pattern, color, and nature.

• Families

Independent Activities: Family Time at the Smart

Tue. July 8 • 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Enjoy a series of engaging family-friendly independent activities including viewfinders, sketching prompts, art finds & more that will elevate your experience in the galleries.