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The SMFA Art Store is open Saturday, September 26 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

SMFA F1 Visa Students virtual drop-in hours: Tufts International Center Advisor, Sylwia Kohut, and Associate Dean of Academic Advising, Leah Gadd, will be available to answer questions.

Internship Opportunity at Baldwin Gallery in Aspen, Colorado for 2027 winter break, $25/hour for a 40 hour week. Gain hands-on experience in gallery operations, exhibitions, and the art market. Housing in Aspen can be difficult to secure. Contact Gallery Director Kiki Raj.

The SMFA Sidewalk Sale is on Saturday, October 10 on the Medford Campus as a part of Parents and Family Weekend. Register by September 24 to be a vendor. The outdoor market features student vendors selling handmade ceramics, jewelry, prints, and more.

Applications for Skowhegan’s 2027 Program are open. Skowhegan is an art school located in rural Maine. Each summer, a group of emerging artists and faculty engage in experimental framework of learning that promotes the sharing of knowledge and skills between artists. Deadline: October 16.

The Stephen D. Paine scholarship is dedicated to giving financial assistance to undergraduate art students in Boston. Once logged in, use access code PAINE. Email questions to StephenPaineScholarship@tpi.org. Deadline: October 26 at 5 p.m.

Layout design opportunity: Voces, the Tufts Romance Language Journal, is looking for a layout designer for the 2026/2027 issue. You will work with a template, no InDesign experience required.

SMFA Club & Resource Fair
When: Wednesday, September 23 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: SMFA Courtyard, SMFA Boston campus
Connect with SMFA student organizations at this fair organized by the Student Government Association (SGA). Meet people, find resources, learn about student clubs, and get swag.

“Arnold J. Kemp: Not One Thing” Community Reception
When: Thursday, September 24 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Where: Aidekman Arts Center, Medford/Somerville campus
The exhibition focuses on Kemp’s performative and material traditions of masking, traced throughout his sculpture, painting, printmaking, photography, and plays.

Arnold J. Kemp: Artist Lecture-Performance
When: Friday, September 25 from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Where: Anderson Auditorium, SMFA Boston campus
Arnold J. Kemp will reprise a 2023 performance lecture he developed after his first encounter with N. H. Pritchard’s poems. Kemp will bring together recent scholarship and dynamic performance.

Visualizing Non-Normative Bodies in Children’s Illustration from Tenniel to Today
When: Friday, September 25 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Where: Hirsh Reading Room, Tisch Library, Medford/Somerville campus
Celebrate the opening of Through the Looking-Glass World, an exhibition exploring how children’s illustration shapes the ways we see, understand, and imagine bodily difference. Curated by Rhea Dias, MFA '27.

TGE Education Abroad Fair 
When: Monday, September 28 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: Alumnae Lounge, Medford/Somerville campus
Explore your many international opportunities at this year’s Education Abroad Fair. 

Copley Society of Art: Let's Get Funded with Terry Plater
Where: Tuesday, October 13 at 6 p.m.
Where: Virtual on Zoom
Join the Copley Society of Art for a workshop on writing effective applications for residencies, grants, open calls, and any kind of funding opportunity.

Professor of the Practice Riccardo Giacconi is an Associate Fellow at the Film Study Center, Harvard University for 2026–2027.

Damien Hoar de Galvan, Post-Bacc '08, is a recipient of the ICA's 2025 Foster Prize.

Professor of the Practice Patte Loper's collaborative exhibition Laboratory for Other Worlds is on view at the NYU Gallatin Wetlab teaching gallery and living laboratory on Governors Island, New York. The project is in collaboration with Department of Earth and Climate Sciences faculty Andrew Kemp and former SMFA faculty members Erin Genia and Tanya Crane. On view through October 15.