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Start A Movement We educate visionary artists, scholars and communications professionals ready to make an impact on the world around them.

Our mission

Challenge yourself to find your voice, hone your craft and make the world better.

At Meadows, you'll start creating on day one. You’ll do more than prepare for the future at Meadows—you’ll shape it in your first year. We challenge each student to develop his or her gifts to the highest level. We challenge students to find their unique voices and to develop the highest level of craftsmanship. While message and craft are the foundations of art, at Meadows we also practice entrepreneurship, outreach and engagement because they make an artist employable and relevant.

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Where Are They Now?

A Meadows alum helps mentor a current student.

Meadows Mentor Program Provides Students with Professional Advice and Guidance

The new mentorship program created by the Office of Alumni and Career Success pairs current students with alumni and other volunteers share career advice.

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Tour SMU Meadows!

Join us as our student ambassador shows the state-of-the-art performance spaces, classrooms, study areas and facilities. See where SMU students practice everything from visual and performing arts to communications!

Life at Meadows

Explore what activities and opportunities await students attending SMU Meadows. Between concerts, performances, screenings, student organizations, and professional development, students can expect a vibrant, active community that will enrich their education and help prepare them for life after the Hilltop.

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Event Spotlight

Sergei Babayan, piano recital

Wednesday, September 10 | 7:30 p.m.
Experience an unforgettable evening of masterful piano performances as world-renowned pianist Sergei Babayan takes the stage for a full-length recital.

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Ongoing Exhibitions

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Women in parade in Mexico

Roaming Mexico: Laura Wilson

This exhibition will introduce viewers to a more comprehensive if deeply personal vision of our southern neighbor. It brings together over thirty years’ worth of images documenting Wilson’s sojourns across Mexico and areas just beyond its northern border.

September 14 – January 11, 2026

Laura Wilson, “Parade of Oxen, Grandmother with Granddaughter, La Feria de las Velas, Juchitán, Oaxaca,” 2011. Archival pigment print. © Laura Wilson.

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Manuel Álvarez Bravo: Visions of Mexico

Álvarez Bravo’s photography reflects the complexities of Mexican identity, often juxtaposing the everyday with the enigmatic. The exhibition will feature more than 30 silver gelatin prints spanning from the 1920s to the 1980s.

September 14 – January 11, 2026

Manuel Álvarez Bravo (Mexican, 1902–2002), “A Fish Called Saw (Un pez que llaman Sierra),” 1944, printed in 1977. Gelatin silver print, 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm). Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas. Gift of W. Barton Munro, MM.88.05.11. © Archivo Manuel Álvarez Bravo, S.C.

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Women in parade in Mexico

Roaming Mexico: Laura Wilson

This exhibition will introduce viewers to a more comprehensive if deeply personal vision of our southern neighbor. It brings together over thirty years’ worth of images documenting Wilson’s sojourns across Mexico and areas just beyond its northern border.

September 14 – January 11, 2026

Laura Wilson, “Parade of Oxen, Grandmother with Granddaughter, La Feria de las Velas, Juchitán, Oaxaca,” 2011. Archival pigment print. © Laura Wilson.

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alvarez-bravo-fish-called-saw

Manuel Álvarez Bravo: Visions of Mexico

Álvarez Bravo’s photography reflects the complexities of Mexican identity, often juxtaposing the everyday with the enigmatic. The exhibition will feature more than 30 silver gelatin prints spanning from the 1920s to the 1980s.

September 14 – January 11, 2026

Manuel Álvarez Bravo (Mexican, 1902–2002), “A Fish Called Saw (Un pez que llaman Sierra),” 1944, printed in 1977. Gelatin silver print, 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm). Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas. Gift of W. Barton Munro, MM.88.05.11. © Archivo Manuel Álvarez Bravo, S.C.

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Women in parade in Mexico

Roaming Mexico: Laura Wilson

This exhibition will introduce viewers to a more comprehensive if deeply personal vision of our southern neighbor. It brings together over thirty years’ worth of images documenting Wilson’s sojourns across Mexico and areas just beyond its northern border.

September 14 – January 11, 2026

Laura Wilson, “Parade of Oxen, Grandmother with Granddaughter, La Feria de las Velas, Juchitán, Oaxaca,” 2011. Archival pigment print. © Laura Wilson.

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alvarez-bravo-fish-called-saw

Manuel Álvarez Bravo: Visions of Mexico

Álvarez Bravo’s photography reflects the complexities of Mexican identity, often juxtaposing the everyday with the enigmatic. The exhibition will feature more than 30 silver gelatin prints spanning from the 1920s to the 1980s.

September 14 – January 11, 2026

Manuel Álvarez Bravo (Mexican, 1902–2002), “A Fish Called Saw (Un pez que llaman Sierra),” 1944, printed in 1977. Gelatin silver print, 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm). Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas. Gift of W. Barton Munro, MM.88.05.11. © Archivo Manuel Álvarez Bravo, S.C.

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Upcoming Events

Sergei Babayan Recital

10 September, 7:30 PMCaruth Auditorium – Owen Arts CenterExperience an unforgettable evening of masterful piano performances as world-renowned pianist Sergei Babayan takes the stage for a full-length recital.

2025 Rosine Smith Sammons Lecture in Media Ethics

16 September, 7:00 PMSMU Meadows alum Garrett Haake (B.A. ’07, Journalism) will present this year’s Sammons Lecture, titled “The President and the Press.” Haake is a Senior White House Correspondent for NBC News, based in Washington, D.C.

"By the Way, Meet Vera Stark" by Lynn Nottage

24 September, 7:30 PMBob Hope Theatre - Owen Arts CenterA sharp and funny Hollywood satire following Vera Stark, a Black maid and aspiring actress in 1930s Tinseltown, as she navigates race, fame and the shifting tides of the entertainment industry.

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