SMC Emeritus

Emeritus Art Gallery

 

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 Photography Exhibition 2025

The exhibition will be presented online only, there will be NO IN-GALLERY RECEPTION EVENT.

Don't miss our highly anticipated annual photography celebration. Please view the exhibition with the link below. A live Zoom Virtual Launch Event featuring a selection of student photographers in discussion about their work — and hosted by Emeritus Associate Dean (interim) Guadalupe Salgado-Shower and Emeritus Gallery Curator Jesse Benson — was held Thursday March 13, from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Please click the link below to join us on Zoom.

View the exhibition:

Emeritus Student Photography Exhibition 2025 (opens in new window)

View the recorded Zoom event:

Emeritus Student Photography Exhibition 2025 Virtual Launch Event (opens in new window)

Photograph by Cindy Sanchez Mattson of misty empty outdoor basketball courts
Cindy Sanchez Mattson Sentinels

 

Upcoming Events

Archive of Past Gallery Events

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