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Clark Art Lecture: 'To Represent, or Not'| 08:00AM / Friday, September 20, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, Sept. 24 at 5:30 pm, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program presents "To Represent or Not: An Ideology of the Image in the Kingdom of Ethiopia," a lecture by Clark Fellow Claire Bosc-Tiessé of the National Center for Scientific Research and School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences in France. The talk takes place in the Clark's auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: Bosc-Tiessé will look at what Ethiopians, depending on their position in society—rulers, high-ranking lay or religious dignitaries, parish priests or ordinary >> Read More |
Civic Cinema Series at Images Cinema| 11:33AM / Thursday, September 19, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Images Cinema announced a new film series, Civic Cinema, which examines American society through a hopeful and pragmatic lens. The series consists of three films fresh off the film festival circuit: "Bad Faith" (9/23), "Join or Die" (9/30), and "Girls State" (10/7). All three films are solutions-oriented documentaries aimed to prompt conversation and deliver real world steps to improve civic bonds in our communities, and are presented free and open to all. Images Cinema is located at 50 Spring Street, Williamstown. "There's a lot of talk about how polarized American politics is, about how >> Read More |
Clark Art Lecture on Race and Celebrity in Historical France| 08:13AM / Thursday, September 19, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, Sept. 21, the Clark Art Institute presents a lecture titled "Race and Celebrity in Historical France: Examining the Chevalier de Saint-George" by Christy Pichichero, Associate Professor of History, French, and African and African American Studies at George Mason University. This free event takes place at 11 am in the Manton Research Center auditorium. According to a press release: In her lecture, Pichichero explores race and celebrity in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century France, a topic that connects Guillaume Lethière to his contemporary, Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier de Saint-George. An >> Read More |
Clark Art Invites People with Dementia, Caregivers to Gallery Talk| 11:26AM / Wednesday, September 18, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. On Monday, Sept. 23 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 |
Clark Art Gallery Talk With Emerging Art Historians| 08:05AM / Wednesday, September 18, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Friday, Sept. 20, enjoy a new look at old favorites in the Clark's permanent collection. In Fresh Takes, a Williams College graduate student shares their take on an object with the perspective of new scholarship. Tours begin in the Museum Pavilion at noon. No registration is required. >> Read More |
Clark Art Lecture: Examining the Print Fetish| 08:11AM / Monday, September 16, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, Sept. 19 at 5:30 pm, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program presents "The Print Fetish," a lecture by Kristina Richardson (University of Virginia). According to a press release: In it she examines how historians and art historians have a responsibility to demystify their sources. By looking beyond the elevated status of print as a "fetish," we are provided with a new, essential recognition of both the social conditions of its production and the role it plays in social reproduction. The talk takes place in the Clark's auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. Free. >> Read More |
Adams Theater and Images Cinema Collaborate on a Classic Film Series | 12:09PM / Friday, September 13, 2024 | |
 ADAMS, Mass.—Images Cinema and the Adams Theater will hold a series of film screenings this fall. The theater will show selections from the 1930s-1960s from September 12 - October 10. All shows are at 7 PM and are ticketed events; visit the Adams Theater website to reserve tickets. Tickets are $8 ($9.50 including fees). The Shows 9/12 - 7 PM: Modern Times 9/19 - 7 PM: The Wizard of OZ 9/20 - 7 PM: Casablanca 9/26 - 7 PM: Rebel without a Cause 10/3 - 7 PM: Vertigo 10/10 - 7PM: The Graduate These six selections from the 1930s-1960s represent some of the greatest achievements in film, at a time when the original Hollywood studio system was at the height of its
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Clark Art Hosts Talk on Conceptual Autonomy of Kathia St. Hilaire | 08:05AM / Friday, September 13, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, Sept. 17, the Clark Art Institute hosts Haitian-American poet, writer, and social critic Patrick Sylvain, Assistant Professor at Simmons University, as he explores the art of contemporary artist Kathia St. Hilaire in "The Conceptual Autonomy of Kathia St. Hiliare." This free event takes place at 6 pm in the Manton Research Center auditorium. St. Hilaire's work, currently on view at the Clark in the Lunder Center at Stone Hill, uses reduction relief printing with materials like shredded tires and skin-lightening creams to create textured, multi-layered pieces. Sylvain examines how St. Hilaire’s work is deeply >> Read More |
Clark Art Presents Final Djs at Sunset| 08:10AM / Thursday, September 12, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sept. 18, the Clark Art Institute presents a free performance by Haitian electronic music composer, percussionist, and turntablist Val-Inc as part of its DJs at Sunset series. This event takes place at 6 pm on the Fernández Terrace. According to a press release: The DJs at Sunset series is presented in celebration of the exhibition, Kathia St. Hilaire: Invisible Empires. Kathia St. Hilaire (b. 1995, West Palm Beach, Florida; lives and works in New York), whose parents immigrated to the United States from Haiti, tells stories of the island nation’s history and the long shadows it casts, from French colonialism to >> Read More |
Clark Art: In Conversation on Impressionism| 08:15AM / Wednesday, September 11, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, Sept. 15, the Clark Art Institute hosts a conversation between Mary Morton, Head of the Department of French Paintings at the National Gallery of Art and co-curator of the Gallery's Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment exhibition, and Michelle Foa, Associate Professor of Art History at Tulane University and co-curator of the Clark's Edgar Degas: Multi-Media Artist in the Age of Impressionism exhibition. This free event takes place at 2 pm in the Manton Research Center auditorium. According to a press release: Morton and Foa explore how their respective exhibitions, both of which mark the 150th anniversary of the >> Read More |
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