Day With(out) Art 2025: Meet Us Where We’re At… With Artist Mary Patten Mon. Dec. 1st, 2025 - 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM The Smart Museum of Art is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2025 by presenting Meet… Learn more
Poetry Open Mic Night @ The Smart Thu. Feb. 26th, 2026 - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Join us for an open mic night of poetry readings and performances. All are welcome to recite a short poem–whether… Learn more
Printmaking Workshop: Rubber Band and Paperclip Prints Thu. Aug. 15th, 2019 - 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM This two-part printmaking workshop presented in collaboration with Spudnik Press is inspired by Tara Donovan: Fieldwork and draws on mundane… Learn more
Animating Value in Community: Toward a Future Free of Lead Contamination Sat. May. 22nd, 2021 - 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Help us imagine a future free of lead poisoning! This interdisciplinary and participatory workshop brings together scholars, advocates, lawyers, organizers,… Learn more
Museum Careers Workshop Tue. May. 5th, 2020 - 10:30 AM - 11:50 AM Are you curious about what it is like to work at a museum or how to begin your museum career?… Learn more
Discussion: Imagine a Day Without Water Wed. Oct. 21st, 2020 - 12:00 PM - 12:00 PM Please join the Smart Museum and Sweet Water Foundation and communities across the nation on October 21 as we Imagine… Learn more
Smart Reads: The Four Agreements Thu. Feb. 18th, 2021 - 6:00 PM - 6:00 PM Join in the Smart Museum of Art’s virtual book club, Smart Reads! In our first 2021 Smart Reads selection, The… Learn more
Conversation Pieces: Dr. Martha Ward Fri. Feb. 14th, 2025 - 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM Conversation Pieces is a programming series that invites University of Chicago scholars and their surprise guests to enter into dialogue… Learn more
Art and Love in the Renaissance Thu. Apr. 8th, 2021 - 5:30 PM - 5:30 PM Lust, Love, and Loss Opening Talk Join Andrea Bayer and Jacqueline Musacchio as they reflect on the themes of Lust,… Learn more
Material Stories: Hair Wed. May. 20th, 2020 - 12:00 PM - 12:00 PM Weaving a soft architectural structure with hair sourced from around the world, gu wenda’s united nations: american code is a… Learn more