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Clark Art Presents Lecture on Bernice Abbott| 03:32PM / Thursday, July 31, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, Aug. 3, the Clark Art Institute presents a lecture on Berenice Abbott presented by photographer Hank O'Neal in conjunction with the Clark's exhibition "Berenice Abbott's Modern Lens." This free lecture takes place in the Clark's Manton Research Center auditorium at 2 pm. According to a press release: Few people knew Berenice Abbott better than fellow photographer Hank O'Neal, who worked with her for the last nineteen years of her life. In this lecture, learn more about the fascinating woman behind the images from a man who knew her not only as a towering figure in the history of photography, but >> Read More |
WCMA Berkshires Satellite Reef Project | 06:00PM / Wednesday, July 30, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) and Williams College Gaudino Fund invite the community to take part in the Berkshires Satellite Reef Project. The next public Coral Crochet workshop will be held on Friday, Aug. 1, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Berkshire Art Center at the Brothership Building at 141 North St. in Pittsfield. The Berkshires Satellite Reef, a Gaudino Creative Residencies initiative, is part of the worldwide Crochet Coral Reef, a participatory art project that responds to climate change through the creation of crocheted coral reef sculptures. Conceived by artists Christine and Margaret Wertheim in collaboration with the Institute for
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Clark Art Free Discusion on Ground/Work| 11:17AM / Wednesday, July 30, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, Aug. 2 at 1 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents the next installment in the Ground/work 2025: A Close Look discussion series. Through guided conversation and reflection, participants consider how each artist's work is in active dialogue with the Clark's natural environment. According to a press release: On Aug. 2, a Clark educator leads a close examination and in-depth discussion around the outdoor sculpture "Bana Yiriw ni Shi Folow (Trees and Seeds of Life)" by artist Aboubakar Fofana. The artist, who has redefined and reinvigorated West African indigo dying techniques, includes spirals of handwoven, >> Read More |
Clark Art Presents Lecture on Women Artists Painting the Nude| 04:27PM / Tuesday, July 29, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, Aug. 2, the Clark Art Institute presents "Corruptive…Destructive:" Women Artists Paint the Nude, 1875–1945, a lecture by author and art historian Rebecca Birrell. This free lecture is given in conjunction with the Clark's exhibition A Room of Her Own: Women Artist-Activists in Britain, 1875–1945 and takes place in the Clark's Manton Research Center auditorium at 2 pm. According to a press release: In 1930, writing about her sister Vanessa Bell, Virginia Woolf describes how "it was held, until sixty years ago […] for a woman to look upon nakedness with the eye of an artist, >> Read More |
Clark Art Closes Outdoor Concert Series with Cedric Watson| 12:43PM / Friday, July 25, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute closes its series of free outdoor concerts with thematic connections to the Ground/work 2025 exhibition with a performance by Cedric Watson on Wednesday, July 30 at 6 pm on the Reflecting Pool Lawn. One of the brightest young talents to emerge in Cajun, Creole, and zydeco music over the last decade, Cedric Watson is a four-time Grammy-nominated fiddler, singer, accordionist, and songwriter. Although he comes from a very different part of Texas than Ground/work 2025 artist Hugh Hayden, he underscores how traditional, folk, and popular music in the United States is interwoven with the history of Black America. Free. Bring a >> Read More |
Clark Art Illustrated Talk on Revolutionary Fashion in Works on Paper| 12:37PM / Thursday, July 24, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, July 30 at 1 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents Revolutionary Fashion, the first in a new summer series of free curatorial talks highlighting rarely exhibited aspects of the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper's unique collection. This event takes place in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: In the wake of the French Revolution, fashion underwent radical shifts that mirrored the social and political upheaval of the era. Join curatorial assistant Sojeong Lim in looking at satirical prints and fashion plates dated c. 1795–1815, when scandalous >> Read More |
Clark Art: Art in Conversation| 08:29AM / Wednesday, July 23, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.—This summer, the Clark Art Institute presents a free series of interactive Friday discussions, Art in Conversation. A Clark educator leads an interactive exploration of what makes a sculpture a sculpture, examining the artwork of sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988) in dialogue with more traditional sculpture from the Clark's permanent collection. Discussions take place at 1 pm on July 25 and August 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, and are free with gallery admission. Capacity is limited. Pick up a ticket at the Clark Center admissions desk, available on a first-come, first-served basis. Meet in the Museum Pavilion. For more information,
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Clark Art Presents Discussion on Ground/work Sculpture | 07:13AM / Wednesday, July 23, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —On Saturday, July 26 at 1 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents the first installment in the Ground/work 2025: A Close Look discussion series. In these events, through guided conversation and reflection, participants consider how each artist's work is in active dialogue with the Clark's natural environment. On July 26, a Clark educator leads a close examination and in-depth discussion around the outdoor sculpture Gathering My Thoughts by British artist Laura Ellen Bacon. Using willow branches that are tied, looped, and woven together, Bacon's process evokes basket-weaving and the nest-building of birds. This event meets at the Lunder >> Read More |
Clark Art Family Artmaking Series| 08:23AM / Monday, July 21, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On select Thursdays this July and August, the Clark Art Institute presents a free series of family artmaking programs inspired by the sculptures of Isamu Noguchi. Check out the exhibition Isamu Noguchi: Landscapes of Time, and get inspired by Noguchi's floating lanterns, mini models, and sculptures of stone and steel. Drop by anytime between 1–4 pm to make your own light sculpture. Mix and match materials such as wire, reed, and rock to create a sculpture that can hold a little light. Bring home your "landscape of time" and see how your sculpture changes in different lighting. This series takes place on July 24 and 31 and August 7, 14,
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Clark Art Presents Exhibition of Isamu Noguchi| 08:14AM / Thursday, July 17, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.—The Clark Art Institute presents a survey of the acclaimed Japanese-American artist Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988). According to a press release: Isamu Noguchi: Landscapes of Time surveys Noguchi's perennial engagements with the concept of time, from his early design for a commercial kitchen timer to his late carvings of millennia-old stone. The exhibition is on view July 19 through October 13, 2025 in the Clark Center's Michael Conforti Pavilion. The exhibition was developed in collaboration with the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, Long Island City, New York. The Noguchi Museum's Curator and Director >> Read More |
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