SMA Playlist

Explore the Stark Museum of Art with custom soundtracks curated just for you! Each playlist features a selection of songs inspired by an exhibition or work of art at the Stark Museum of Art. Listen along while you work, play, or visit the museum.

A free Spotify account is required to listen to the entire playlist. Signing up is easy – just type in your email, create a password, and start enjoying the music.

Special Exhibition: A Noble Pastime

Special Exhibition: Spirit of Bethlehem

Gallery 1

16 songs, approximately 1 hour

Gallery 2

20 songs, approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes

Gallery 3

17 songs, approximately 1 hour

Gallery 4

18 songs, approximately 1 hour 

Lobby: The American Birds of Dorothy Doughty

18 songs, approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes

Lobby: A Collector’s Life in Cars

13 songs, approximately 50 minutes | View all three vehicles featured in this exhibition here

Lobby: A Collector’s Life in Cars (SMA Road Trip)

13 so52 songs, approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes | View all three vehicles featured in this exhibition here

Hallway 2: The United States in Crystal

21 songs, approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes | View the works of art that inspired this playlist here

Summer Days: Inspired by Fremont Ellis’s “Summer Clouds, New Mexico”

15 songs, approximately 55 minutes | View the work of art that inspired this playlist here

Valentine’s Day: Inspired by Frank Tenney Johnson’s “The Door Was Flung Open Suddenly, a Pair of Troubled Grey Eyes Were Looking at Him Searchingly”

26 songs, approximately 1 hour and 33 minutes

Past Exhibitions

Special Exhibition: Enlarging the View

18 songs, approximately 1 hour | View selected works of art from this exhibition here

Special Exhibition: The West As Home

29 songs, approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes | View selected works of art from this exhibition here

JUXATPOSED: 2022 Juried Student Art Exhibition

20 songs, approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes

This playlist features a diverse range of songs selected by the student artists from this year’s juried student art exhibition. Learn more about the artists and their selections by downloading this guide.