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!
Akemi Watanabe
The exhibition will be presented online only, there will be NO IN-GALLERY RECEPTION EVENT.
Emeritus Gallery is pleased to present a stunning exhibition of drawings and paintings by artist and Emeritus student Akemi Watanabe. Over 70 artworks are included in the presentation, showcasing Watanabe's prolific energy. A signature stylization has driven her work for years, and though beyond language, it is somewhat characterized by an overlap of beauty and material mastery. Lines, edges, and colors within Watanabe's poetic compositions push well beyond realism in imagery ranging from intricate floral renderings to emotive portraiture. A sort of quiet-yet-potent drama permeates -- an almost haunting type of beauty. Please join us in celebrating this amazing work online.
Please view the exhibition with the link below. A live Zoom Virtual Launch Event featuring the artist speaking about her work — and hosted by Emeritus Associate Dean (interim) Guadalupe Salgado, and Emeritus Gallery Curator Jesse Benson — will be held Thursday October 24, from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Please click the link below to join us on Zoom.
View the exhibition:
Join us on Zoom:
(Link to be posted here by 5pm Thursday, October 24)
Also current:
Uvi Poznansky
September 19 (Online AND On-campus exhibition)
The exhibition will be presented online AND in our on-campus gallery, but there will be NO IN-GALLERY RECEPTION EVENT.
Emeritus Gallery is very pleased to present a solo exhibition by USA Today bestselling, award-winning author, poet and artist Uvi Poznansky. The hybrid in-gallery and online exhibition offers a significant survey of Poznansky's interdisciplinary art practice, highlighting her range and mastery across multiple aesthetic and intellectual disciplines.
Included in the works on display will be paintings, videos, and sculptures in materials ranging from bronze to paper. Poznansky's unforgettable video animation shorts are based loosely on samples of her writing and showcase the artist at her most inventive. Within the playful animations Poznansky's sculptures come to life to dance and love and express profound hope and vulnerability, all through poetic language and dry wit.
In addition to the online presentation here, the exhibition will be available for viewing in person September 19 - November 1 in the gallery on campus at:
1227 2nd Street Santa Monica, CA 90401
9am-noon & 2pm-4:00pm Mon-Fri
The gallery installation will close November 1 but all online portions will remain posted indefinitely. The installation is free to enter during gallery hours and the online components and Zoom event are free and available to anyone with web access.
Please view the online portion of the exhibition with the link below. A live Zoom Virtual Launch Event featuring the artist speaking about her work — and hosted by Emeritus Associate Dean (interim) Guadalupe Salgado, and Emeritus Gallery Curator Jesse Benson — was held Thursday September 19, from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Please click the link below to view the recorded Zoom event.
View the exhibition:
View the recorded Zoom event:
Uvi Poznansky Virtual Launch Event
