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Clark Art Screens 'Shotgun Stories'| 07:59AM / Friday, March 28, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, April 3, the Clark Art Institute continues its Small Town film series with a screening of Shotgun Stories (2007) at 6 pm in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: Shotgun Stories hinges on the death of a father and the revenge of his sons. The sons he abandoned, a band of misfit brothers headed by Son (Michael Shannon), crash his funeral, which prompts the sons he had with his new wife to seek revenge. While the “dead-ass town” that the two branches of the family share is vague and seemingly sprawling, their blood feud binds them claustrophobically together. It’s an age-old problem, a town
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Triplex Cinema, Jacob's Pillow Announce 'The Red Shoes' Screening Fundraiser| 08:57AM / Thursday, March 27, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.—The Triplex Cinema and Jacob's Pillow have announced a special screening of the film "The Red Shoes" to benefit the Triplex Cinema. The screening will take place on Saturday, April 5, at 3:00 PM. Speakers at the event will include Norton Owen, Director of Preservation at Jacob's Pillow, and Lynn Garafola, Professor Emerita of Dance, Barnard College. Tickets are available for $75 at www.thetriplex.org. "The Red Shoes," directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and released in 1948, is a film about ballet. The film underwent a digital restoration at the UCLA Film and Television archive between 2006 and >> Read More |
Images Cinema Announces Earth Month Film Festival| 08:16AM / Thursday, March 20, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Images Cinema has announced the 2025 Earth Month Film Festival, focusing on the theme "Animals & Us." The festival will consist of four documentaries and two feature films shown between March 25 and April 22. The festival lineup includes: "Nocturnes": Tuesday, March 25, at 7:00 p.m. The screening will be preceded by experiential activities with Lauren Levato Coyne starting at 6:00 p.m. and a talk about moths at 7:00 p.m. "Every Little Thing": Tuesday, April 1, at 7:00 p.m. Ben Nickley from Berkshire Bird Observatory will be a special guest. "The Last of the Sea Women": Tuesday, April >> Read More |
Clark Art Kicks Off Music in the Manton Series | 01:54PM / Tuesday, March 18, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute presents the first of its three-part Music in the Manton concert series with Flore Laurentienne, Canadian Mathieu David Gagnon's incomparable musical project, on Friday, March 21 at 7 pm in the Manton Research Center auditorium. According to a press release: Flore Laurentienne comes from a happy marriage between electronic and classically influenced music. The project is committed to constantly pushing the boundaries between various genres, including ambient, experimental, and progressive rock. Flore Laurentienne has recently released a new album, 8 tableaus, available on Secret City Records. Composer, orchestrator, and >> Read More |
Clark Art Presents Series of In Focus Gallery Talks | 07:59AM / Sunday, March 16, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — This spring, the Clark Art Institute presents "In Focus," a series of free thematic tours of its permanent collection with a Clark educator on select Sundays at 11:15 am. Romance, excitement, and power are just a few words that might come to mind when you think about the color red. Learn how artists throughout history have used color to evoke feeling, convey atmosphere, and tell stories. Examine representations of home in the Clark's permanent collection. From paintings of famous artists' houses to scenes of domestic life, this tour explores how we define and understand home—is it based on a place, a feeling, the people we >> Read More |
Clark Art Screens 'Shadow of a Doubt' | 04:04PM / Friday, March 14, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, March 20, the Clark Art Institute continues its Small Town film series with a screening of "Shadow of a Doubt" (1943) at 6 pm in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: Set and partially shot in Santa Rosa, California, part of the brilliant tension that propels Shadow of a Doubt comes from its small-town setting. The town is at turns a haven and a claustrophobic trap for the teenage Charlie Newton (Teresa Wright). The film begins with Charlie bored out of her mind. When her worldly Uncle Charlie (Joseph Cotten), who is also her namesake, shows up, things become much more exciting—perhaps too exciting. >> Read More |
Clark Art to Host Gallery Tours Led by Williams College Students| 11:00AM / Friday, March 14, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute will present gallery tours led by Williams College graduate students as part of its "Fresh Takes" series. The tours will focus on the Clark's permanent collection. On Friday, March 21, at 12 p.m., a graduate student will offer their interpretation of selected artworks, incorporating recent scholarly perspectives. The event will encourage audience discussion. The tour will begin in the Museum Pavilion. The event is free and does not require registration. >> Read More |
Clark Art Presents Reflections Gallery Talk | 08:00AM / Friday, March 14, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, March 18 at 11 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. With a 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 introspection. Free. Advance registration required; >> Read More |
Clark Art Lecture on Aby Warburg's Mnemosyne | 03:52PM / Wednesday, March 12, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, March 18, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program presents a talk by Annie Bourneuf (School of the Art Institute of Chicago / Clark Professor 2024–25). She investigates one of the most enigmatic passages in the German-Jewish art historian Aby Warburg's picture-atlas Mnemosyne, his attempted summation in arrays of images of his work on the afterlife of antiquity, centered on Renaissance Europe and nearing completion when he died in 1929, stated a press release. This free event takes place at 5:30 pm in the Manton Research Center auditorium. According to a press release: Mnemosyne ends with >> Read More |
Clark Art Invites People With Dementia and Caregivers for Gallery Talk | 08:43AM / Wednesday, March 12, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Monday, March 17 at 1 pm in the permanent collection galleries, the Clark Art Institute presents Meet Me at the Clark. This free gallery talk program is designed specifically for people living with dementia and their care partners. On select Mondays, when the museum is closed to the general public, specially trained educators guide open-ended conversations about art and how it celebrates our shared humanity. Free. Advance registration required; capacity is limited. To register, call the Education Department Coordinator at 413 458 0563; accompanying care-partners must also register. >> Read More |
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