Mayfest Returns to Downtown Bennington | 11:45AM / Wednesday, May 18, 2022 | |
BENNINGTON, Vt. — The 35th Annual Mayfest Arts and Crafts Festival returns to Bennington after a COVID-19 driven two-year hiatus. Main Street will be closed to vehicle traffic and filled with over 95 vendors offering juried crafts and specialty food on May 28 between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. This event is free and open to the public with plenty of free parking downtown. There will be many different types of live performances throughout the day on four separate stages including the Thomson Family Stage in Merchants Park as well as children's activities, live demos, and much more. Artisans will be offering a range of products, from handmade jewelry, 0 Comments
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Clark Art Hosts Roundtable on Blackness| 04:00PM / Tuesday, May 10, 2022 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program (RAP) presents an MCLA Artist Lab Roundtable on Blackness as a Multifaceted Experience and Giving Artists an Opportunity to Interpret the World on Their Own Terms on Thursday, May 12 at 5:30 pm. The event is free and is presented live in the Clark's auditorium. Caroline Fowler, Starr Director of the Clark's Research and Academic Program (RAP), joins a conversation with Conrad Egyir, a Ghanaian artist whose figurative narratives of the African Diaspora blend religious and West African folk iconography with domestic scenes; Joshua AM Ross, a multidisciplinary artist with a 0 Comments
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Clark Art Mother's Day Activities | 04:00PM / Friday, May 06, 2022 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — the Clark Art Institute hosts Mother’s Day at the Clark. Visitors are encouraged to bring their mothers to the Clark for a day of activities. The activities are offered free with gallery admission. Special gallery guides are available for visitors at the Clark’s Admissions desk to provide a self-guided walk through the galleries focused on the theme of mothering. After a walk through, visitors can make a card or bookmark to share with the special people in their lives. Artmaking activities take place in the Clark Center's lower lobby from 1 to 4 pm. 0 Comments
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Fresh Fest: A Farm and Food Film Festival At Images Cinema| 12:29PM / Tuesday, May 03, 2022 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Images Cinema presents Fresh Fest: A Farm and Food Film Festival, Friday, May 6 through Thursday, May 12. Produced by Images Cinema, in collaboration with Storey Publishing and the Williams College Center or Environmental Studies, this annual film festival explores the ways farming and food culture impacts lives, and makes links to local farmers and food producers. All events are at Images Cinema, 50 Spring Street, Williamstown, MA. Find more details at imagescinema.org. Friday, May 6 at 6:30pm: Opening Reception featuring refreshments from Cabot Creamery, Cricket Creek Farm, and Wild Oats Market. Entrance included with 0 Comments
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Clark Art Airs Met Production of 'Turandot'| 08:32AM / Tuesday, May 03, 2022 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, May 7 at 12:55 pm, the Clark Art Institute screens The Met: Live in HD's broadcast of Giacomo Puccini's "Turandot." The Met: Live in HD is an award-winning series of live high-definition cinema simulcasts that feature the full live performance along with backstage interviews and commentary. Soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska stars in the title role of the cold-hearted princess. Tenor Yonghoon Lee is the prince determined to win Turandot's love, alongside soprano Michelle Bradley as the devoted servant Liù and bass Ferruccio Furlanetto as the blind king Timur. Marco Armiliato conducts Puccini's stirring 0 Comments
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WCMA 'Remixing the Hall' Debuts New Acquisitions| 04:00PM / Friday, April 29, 2022 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.— The Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) presents the next iteration of "Remixing the Hall: WCMA's Collection in Perpetual Transition." This ongoing exhibition reinterprets the museum's encyclopedic collection through thematic groupings, highlighting new research, new acquisitions, and new curatorial voices. Drawing from the more than 15,000 objects in WCMA's collection, a group of five curators, including three Mellon Curatorial Fellows, have selected objects for display that span millennia and the globe, according to WCMA. According to a press release: Themes explored in this installation include domesticity, growth, 0 Comments
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Clark Art Announces Final Free Sunday of the Season | 08:01AM / Thursday, April 28, 2022 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute holds its final First Sunday Free program of the season on Sunday, May 1. Offering free admission to the galleries and special exhibitions from 10 am–5 pm, the day also features a series of activities from 1–4 pm, centered around this month's theme, "May Day at the Clark." Visitors are invited to weave a spring wall hanging, make a kit to plant your own flower garden, and enjoy live music. At 2 pm, join a docent to browse springtime highlights in the Clark's collection. This event is free. To reserve tickets, visit clarkart.edu/events. Visitors can see the Clark's current special 0 Comments
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Clark Art Announces Research and Academic Program Fellowships| 08:10AM / Wednesday, April 27, 2022 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program (RAP) announces the appointment of its 2022–2023 class of fellows for the upcoming academic year. The Clark is one of a small number of institutions globally that is both an art museum and a center for research. Through RAP, the Clark hosts a residential fellowship program that welcomes international scholars for periods ranging from two to nine months. To date, the community of Clark Fellows numbers more than 400 individuals hailing from thirty countries. While in residency at the Clark, fellows pursue independent research projects that span a variety of topics and pursuits, 0 Comments
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ArtWeek Berkshires 2022 Welcomes Submissions| 12:10PM / Tuesday, April 26, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire County's five Cultural Districts are partnering again to expand ArtWeek Berkshires 2022 that will take place from Sept 15 to Sept 25. The coalition recently posted its first call for artists. The non-juried event is free to all Berkshire County individuals, organizations, and businesses interested in showcasing creative work. Submissions from actors, cartoonists, crafters, dancers, designers, filmmakers, illustrators, mimes, multimedia artists, musicians, performance artists, poets, puppeteers, theater artists, visual artists, writers are welcome. Representatives from the five Cultural District began meeting in February to 0 Comments
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Clark Art Artist Talk and Book Launch With Anne Thompson| 11:04AM / Friday, April 22, 2022 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Artist Anne Thompson will visit the Clark Art Institute on Wednesday, April 27 at 6 pm to discuss her recent exhibition, "Trail Signs," in which she installed forty-eight unique prints on the Clark's wayfinding kiosks over the course of the winter. Thompson will discuss her artistic and curatorial practice in conversation with the Clark's Robert Weisenberger, associate curator of contemporary projects. The event also celebrates the launch of her limited-edition artist's book documenting the project. This event is presented live in the Clark's auditorium. Advance registration is required. For more information and to 0 Comments
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