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Clark Art Kids Can Cook! Program Returns| 10:17AM / Monday, December 22, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute's Kids Can Cook! program returns on Saturday, Dec. 28, with two classes. The first session for children ages 4–7 is at 10:30 am. A second session for ages 8–12 follows at 1:30 pm. Both classes take place in Café 7, on the Clark Center's lower level. Little chefs will learn cooking techniques and whip up goodies from around the world inspired by the Clark's collection, stated a press release. Tickets $30 ($28 members). A take-home goodie bag is included. Advance registration for an age range-specific slot is required. Registration reserves a spot for a child and their guardian (a >> Read More |
Clark Art Airs Pruduction of 'The Magic Flute' | 12:00PM / Friday, December 19, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Metropolitan Opera's broadcast production of The Magic Flute airs at the Clark Art Institute on Saturday, Dec. 27 at 1 pm in the latest installment of the 2025–26 season of The Met: Live in HD. The award-winning series of high-definition cinema simulcasts features full performances along with backstage interviews and commentary. The broadcast takes place in the Manton Research Center auditorium. According to a press release: A treasured holiday tradition, Mozart's heartwarming fairy tale takes the stage in the Met's abridged, English-language production by Julie Taymor—the Tony Award–winning >> Read More |
Clark Art Exhibition on French Artists Who Challenged Realism| 08:21AM / Friday, December 19, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute presents an exhibition on mid-nineteenth-century French artists who looked beyond realistic subject matter. Their work encompasses the Gothic nostalgia of architectural photography, the social critique embedded in searing allegorical illustrations, and the literary connections with fantastical art. "Shadow Visionaries: French Artists Against the Current, 1840–70" is on view Dec. 20, 2025 through March 8, 2026 in the Clark Center lower level. According to a press release: Although Realism is often seen as the dominant aesthetic of mid-nineteenth-century France, many artists working outside of >> Read More |
BAAMS Students Compose Music Inspired By Clark ArtBy Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
08:17AM / Sunday, December 14, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Berkshires' Academy for Advanced Musical Studies (BAAMS) students found new inspiration at the Clark Art Institute through the "SEEING SOUND/HEARING ART" initiative, utilizing visual art as a springboard for young musicians to develop original compositions. On Saturday, Dec. 6, museum faculty mentors guided BAAMS student musicians, ages 10 to 16, through the Williamstown museum, inviting students to respond directly to the artwork and the building itself. "As they moved through the museum, students were invited to respond to paintings, sculptures, and the architecture itself — jotting notes, sketching, >> Read More |
Clark Art Collage Club Returns | 08:47AM / Saturday, December 13, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute's monthly Collage Club returns on Wednesday, Dec. 17. Visitors are welcome to drop in between 6–8 pm on the third Wednesday of the colder months of the year to make a creative collage. This free art-making program takes place in the Manton Research Center reading room. Open to beginners, experienced artists, and everyone in between. Upcoming 2025–26 Collage Club Dates: Wednesday, January 21 Wednesday, February 18 Wednesday, March 18 Free. All materials provided; recommended for ages 16+. >> Read More |
Clark Art, Images Screen 'The Third Man'| 07:27AM / Friday, December 12, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, Dec. 18 at 6 pm, the Clark Art Institute, in collaboration with Images Cinema, concludes its Noir Film Series with a screening of "The Third Man" (1949). This program takes place in the Clark's Manton Research Center auditorium. According to a press release: Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime—and thus begins this legendary tale of love, deception, and murder. Thanks to brilliant performances by Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, and Orson Welles; Anton Karas's >> Read More |
Clark Art, Images Cinema Hosts Screening of 'Kiss Me Deadly'| 07:58AM / Monday, December 08, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, Dec. 11 at 6 pm, the Clark Art Institute, in collaboration with Images Cinema, continues its Noir Film Series with a screening of "Kiss Me Deadly" (1955). This program takes place in the Clark's Manton Research Center auditorium. According to a press release: In this atomic adaptation of Mickey Spillane's novel, directed by Robert Aldrich, the good manners of the 1950s are blown to smithereens. Ralph Meeker stars as snarling private detective Mike Hammer, whose decision one dark, lonely night to pick up a hitchhiking woman sends him down some terrifying byways. (Run time: 1 hour, 46 minutes) Free. >> Read More |
Clark Art First Free Sunday Program on Dec. 7| 07:51AM / Monday, December 01, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute continues its First Sunday Free series on Sunday, Dec. 7. In celebration of Hugh Hayden's sculpture, the End, December's First Sunday Free theme is "Beasts and Bones." Enjoy free museum admission from 10 am–5 pm and take part in free special activities from 1–4 pm. Hayden's massive artwork evokes the ribcage of a long-gone giant. From 1–4 pm, visitors can draw "x-rays" and sketch skeletons, watch a recording of the artist discussing his artwork, and view the outdoor sculpture up close, guided by our activity card. A special Print Room Pop-Up featuring >> Read More |
Clark Art, Images Screens 'Pickup On South Street'| 07:35AM / Monday, November 17, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, Nov. 20 at 6 pm, the Clark Art Institute, in collaboration with Images Cinema, continues its Noir Film Series with a screening of "Pickup on South Street" (1953). This program takes place in the Clark's Manton Research Center auditorium. Petty crook Skip McCoy (Richard Widmark) has his eyes fixed on the big score. When the cocky three-time convict picks the pocketbook of unsuspecting Candy (Jean Peters), he finds a more spectacular haul than he could have imagined: a strip of microfilm bearing confidential U.S. information. Tailed by manipulative Feds and Communist puppeteers, Skip and Candy find themselves pitting greed
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Clark Art Names Inaugural Curator of its Aso O. Tavitian Collection | 11:53AM / Sunday, November 16, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute announced that Lara Yeager-Crasselt has been appointed to serve as the first Aso O. Tavitian Curator of Early Modern European Painting and Sculpture. Yeager-Crasselt is currently the Curator and Department Head of European Painting and Sculpture at the Baltimore Museum of Art, where she oversees the museum's collection of fifteenth- through eighteenth-century painting and sculpture, including its research, exhibition, loans, acquisitions, and publication. Prior to her current role at the Baltimore Museum of Art, she held prestigious curatorial and research positions at The Leiden Collection in New York and at KU Leuven, Belgium, >> Read More |
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