SMC Emeritus has its own art gallery on the first floor at 1227 Second Street, Santa Monica in addition to an online gallery program. See SMC Events for a calendar of events.
Click the links below to take a look at the beautiful artwork created by our students, faculty, and community members!
Emeritus Student Art Exhibition 2025 Part 2
The exhibition and reception will be presented online, NO ON-CAMPUS EVENT.
May 22 (online)
Please join us for the Part 2 (online-only) component of this year's Emeritus Student Art Exhibition. Please view the exhibition with the link below. A live Zoom Virtual Launch Event featuring a selection of student artists in discussion about their work — and hosted by Emeritus Associate Dean (interim) Guadalupe Salgado-Shower and Emeritus Gallery Curator Jesse Benson — will be held Thursday May 22, from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Please click the link below to join us on Zoom.
View the exhibition:
(Link to be posted here by 5pm May 22)
Join us on Zoom:
(Link to be posted here by 5pm May 22)

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Emeritus Student Art Exhibition 2025 Part 1
The exhibition and reception will be presented on-campus, NO ONLINE EVENT.
April 24 - June 6
On-campus reception Thursday April 24, 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Emeritus Gallery is pleased to announce Part 1 of the 2025 iteration of the SMC Emeritus Student Art Exhibition. Part 1 returns to an on-campus reception celebration in the gallery, the first for the Student Art Exhibition since 2019. The exhibition is free to enter during gallery hours.
Emeritus Gallery
1227 Second Street, Santa Monica
Monday – Friday | 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.

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Emeritus Gallery:
1227 Second Street, Santa Monica
Gallery Hours: Mon – Fri, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. & 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. (during run of exhibitions)
contact: benson_jesse@smc.edu