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Clark Art Presents Reflections Gallery Talk
07:08AM / Tuesday, September 02, 2025
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, Sept. 9 at 11:30 am, the Clark Art Institute presents Reflections, a monthly gallery experience during which visitors are invited to look contemplatively as they engage with works of art from the Clark's collection.    Participants meet in the Museum Pavilion.   According to a press release:   With a gentle tone that encourages investigation and audience participation, the group explores one or two artworks with the help of a Clark educator, working together to explore its meaning, find understanding, and raise questions. Distinct from a conventional gallery tour, Reflections provides an opportunity for close looking and

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Clark Art Hosts Event For Area College Students
08:13AM / Wednesday, August 27, 2025
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, Sept. 3, the Clark Art Institute hosts "Night at the Clark," an evening of special activities and exclusive gallery access to celebrate the arrival of the Class of 2029 to the Berkshires.   Students from Williams College, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Berkshire Community College, Bennington College, State University of New York at Albany, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Smith College, and more are invited come together to explore, connect, and make memories on the Clark's campus.   Activities:   5–7 pm Reflecting Pool Lawn Join a collaborative vinyl session hosted by WCFM 91.9 and Belltower Records.

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Clark Art Hosts Free Outdoor Classical Concert, Family Concert
08:19AM / Tuesday, August 26, 2025
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.—Over Labor Day weekend, The Knights return to the Clark Art Institute to present two free concerts.   The first is an outdoor concert on Saturday, Aug. 30 at 4 pm on the Fernández Terrace. The second is an indoor, family-friendly concert on Sunday, Aug. 31 at noon in the Manton Research Center auditorium. Both performances complement the Clark's "A Room of Her Own: Women Artist-Activists in Britain, 1875–1945" exhibition, which spotlights women artists working in Great Britain who created spaces for themselves and others in a field that was dominated by men.   Outdoor Concert Saturday, Aug. 30, 4 pm In celebration of the A Room

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Clark Art Presents Talk on J.M.W. Turner
08:26AM / Wednesday, August 20, 2025
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, Aug. 27, at 1 p.m., the Clark Art Institute will present a close look at the work of British artist J.M.W. Turner.    Timed to coincide with the 250th anniversary of Turner's birth, this presentation concludes the summer's series of free curatorial talks highlighting rarely exhibited prints, drawings, and photographs from the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper's unique collection. This event takes place in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper, located in the Manton Research Center.   According to a press release:    J.M.W. Turner (1775–1851) is beloved for his incomparable landscape watercolors.

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Clark Art Disussion on Ground/Work 2025 Artist
08:13AM / Tuesday, August 19, 2025
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, Aug. 23 at 1 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents the next installment in its Ground/work 2025: A Close Look discussion series.    Through guided conversation and reflection, participants in these events consider how each artist's work is in active dialogue with the Clark's natural environment.   On Aug. 23, a Clark educator leads a close examination and in-depth discussion around the outdoor sculpture the End by American artist Hugh Hayden. The artist, best known for his works in salvaged wood with protruding, preserved natural branches, transforms local hemlock trees into a massive upside-down ribcage, a form that suggests

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Clark Art Presents a Morning of Self-Care
02:01PM / Thursday, August 14, 2025
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, Aug. 19, the Clark Art Institute presents a "Morning of Self-Care" with activities designed to engage and relax.   From 9:30 am to 10:30 am, local yoga instructor Mary Edgerton leads the season's final free all-levels yoga session inspired by the sights and sounds of the Clark's natural landscape. Yoga takes place on the Reflecting Pool lawn and is free. Bring your own mat.   Continue a morning of self-care and introspection indoors when the museum opens at 10 am. Visitors can pick up a Pause and Reflect Guide at the Clark Center admissions desk and embark on a contemplative engagement with art in the galleries, alone or

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Clark Art Presents Talk on America's Grand Tour
10:20AM / Thursday, August 14, 2025
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, Aug. 20 at 1 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents "America's Grand Tour," the fourth in a new summer series of free curatorial talks highlighting rarely exhibited prints, drawings, and photographs from the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper's unique collection.    This event takes place in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper, located in the Manton Research Center.   According to a press release:   In response to Europe's Grand Tour, nineteenth-century American writers, artists, and poets embarked on their own coming-of-age trek through New England's natural wonders and pastoral landscapes.

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Clark Art Talk Explores Beauty of its Granite Walls
By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:00PM / Sunday, August 10, 2025
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — When the Clark Art Institute opened its expanded campus more than a decade ago, the Tadao Ando-designed Clark Center won acclaim throughout the worlds of art and architecture.

However, according to a retired Williams College professor, at least one glowing review may have understated the beauty of the project.

"You approach the new Clark Center along smooth walls of red granite that can feel a bit daunting. But a reward is imminent," New York Times art critic Roberta Smith wrote in July 2014, going on to discuss everything on the other side of that wall.

Bud Wobus offers a different perspective: The red granite walls outside are part of the

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Berkshires Creating with Crochet Coral Reef Project
By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
07:13AM / Saturday, August 09, 2025

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — More than a dozen people of all ages were crocheting colorful versions of coral out of yarn on Friday at the Berkshire Art Center's Gallery Shop on North Street. 

Their creations will become part of the worldwide Crochet Coral Reef Project, which has attracted thousands of participants from around the world. 

Williams College in Williamstown has been collaborating with community members and local organizations on artists Christine and Margaret Wertheims' international project that will become part of a life-size installation.

"What we're going to be doing is working with the campus and the community together to create a living and

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Clark Art, Tanglewood Host Pulitzer Prize-Winning Art Critic
03:00PM / Friday, August 08, 2025
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Presented in partnership with the Tanglewood Learning Institute and Tanglewood Music Center, the Clark Art Institute hosts an evening celebrating French music and art of the late nineteenth century with Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Sebastian Smee on Tuesday, Aug. 12 at 7 pm.    A limited number of tickets are still available for this event, which takes place in the Clark's auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center.   Fellows from the Tanglewood Music Center will present a performance of chamber music featuring Fauré's Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15 along with Ed Gazouleas, Director of the Tanglewood Music Center,

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