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Clark Art Hosts Free Weekly Writing Program| 08:00AM / Saturday, August 31, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — As part of the Clark Art Institute's free evening hours through Sept. 25, and in connection with the Guillaume Lethière exhibition, the Clark presents a free drop-in writing program exploring how creative writing can be used for political and social change. From 4–5 pm, workshop participants have complimentary access to the Guillaume Lethière exhibition. From 5–6 pm, reserved seating is available for participants to share their writing on the Fernández Terrace. According to a press release: Just as artist Guillaume Lethière depicted themes of revolt and revolution in his paintings and >> Read More |
Clark Art Hosts Book Launch With Artist | 11:35AM / Thursday, August 29, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, Sept. 3 at 6 pm, the Clark Art Institute hosts the book launch for "Emma Kohlmann: Watercolors," featuring a conversation between Kohlmann and her sister, Charlotte, followed by a book signing. This free event takes place in the Hunter Studio, located in the Lunder Center at Stone Hill. The monograph features hundreds of works from 2011 to 2021 created using sumi-e ink washes and other techniques to capture the contours and nuances of embodied moments with exquisite sensitivity, celebrating a sensuality freed from analysis and gender norms. Emma Kohlmann (b. 1989, Bronx, New York) is an internationally recognized >> Read More |
Clark Art Presents Djs at Sunset: LDER| 08:01AM / Wednesday, August 28, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sept. 4 at 6 pm on the Fernández Terrace, the Clark Art Institute presents a free sunset concert by Haitian-American music producer LDER as part of its DJs at Sunset series. 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 independence, from U.S. occupation to the diasporic communities in which she was raised. The exhibition is >> Read More |
Clark Art Hosts Outdoor Classical Concert and Family Concert| 08:10AM / Sunday, August 25, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Over Labor Day weekend, The Knights orchestra returns to the Clark Art Institute to present two free concerts. The first is an outdoor concert on Saturday, Aug. 31 at 4 pm on the Fernández Terrace by the Clark's reflecting pool. The second is a family-friendly concert on Sunday, Sept. 1 at noon in the Clark's auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center.
Saturday, Aug. 31, 4 pm
Focused on its string section, The Knights celebrate the Clark's major summer exhibition by playing a double violin concerto, Symphonie Concertante in G Major, by Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier de Saint-George, a contemporary of painter Guillaume
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CATA Artists Shine at Clark ExhibitBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
07:02AM / Saturday, August 24, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — In a gallery filled with vibrant art and art admirers at a world famous museum, Dalton's Katherine Butler meticulously works on her next creation. Is she creating a piece for CATA's next annual art show? "Maybe, I don't know yet," Butler says with a smile. This summer, Butler joined 200 other artists in Community Access to the Arts programs to contribute pieces for a show that ran at Pittsfield's Lichtenstein Center for the Arts through Tuesday and continues at the Clark Art Institute through Sept. 22. On Tuesday afternoon, CATA and the Clark hosted a Meet the Artists and Community Art Making event in >> Read More |
Clark Art Talk: Views of Venice| 08:18AM / Friday, August 23, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, Aug. 28 at 1 pm, the Clark Art Institute's Manton Study Center for Works on Paper hosts the final of this summer's Works on Paper Highlights Talks. William Satloff, graduate intern in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper, presents "Views of Venice." In the talk, he highlights prints of Venice's Piazza San Marco by American and British artists (1900–1930) and discusses the Renaissance architecture of that site. With masterpieces of graphic art from the fifteenth through the early twentieth century, the Clark's collection of prints, drawings, and photographs is a veritable treasure >> Read More |
Williamstown ZBA Passes Art Museum ProjectBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:26AM / Tuesday, August 20, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Zoning Board of Appeals on Thursday approved plans for a new Williams College Art Museum on the former site of the Williams Inn. On a vote of 5-0, the board granted the college the two special permits it needed and finalized the body's development plan review, wrapping up a hearing that began in July. The decision cleared the way for the college to break ground on the project in September with a planned opening in 2027. First, the college's development team addressed some questions raised by the board during the opening of the hearing and responded to concerns raised by abutters in the Main Street and >> Read More |
WCMA Awarded Grant To Support Energy Efficiency in New Building| 04:00PM / Thursday, August 15, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williams College Museum of Art has received a grant from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation to implement Direct Digital Controls (DDC) in the new museum building to optimize the energy efficiency of the building's heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system.
WCMA was one of 69 arts organizations across the country selected to receive a grant through the Frankenthaler Climate Initiative (FCI), which conferred a total of $3.3M this year. Dedicated to advancing climate action in the visual arts, FCI supports a wide range of transformative energy-efficiency and environmental sustainability projects that help arts organizations assess, develop, >> Read More |
Clark Art Invites Visitors To Meet CATA Artists| 08:23AM / Thursday, August 15, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, Aug. 20 at 1 pm, the Clark Art Institute invites visitors to meet the CATA artists featured in "I Am a Part of Art" and participate in community art-making activities. The event takes place in Hunter Studio, located in the Lunder Center at Stone Hill. The annual exhibition presented by Community Access to the Arts (CATA) and the Clark, "I Am a Part of Art," celebrates the work of artists with disabilities. Spend the afternoon with the artists featured in the exhibit, learning and creating together as they share their approaches to making art. Materials will be available for visitors to experiment with the >> Read More |
Clark Art: Spore Into Specimen Workshop| 08:20AM / Wednesday, August 14, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On August 17 at 1 pm, the Clark Art Institute's Andrea Puccio, director of the library, and Terri Boccia, collections development librarian, lead a tour of rare books in the Clark library's collection featuring mushrooms. The workshop takes place in the scholars' seminar room, located in the Manton Research Center. Jan Rolin from Mycoterra Farm (South Deerfield, Massachusetts) teaches participants about the mushroom lifecycle and how to harvest their own mushrooms using a grow-at-home kit. Learn how mushrooms can help us both environmentally and physically as you discover how to pick, store, and cook the mushrooms you >> Read More |
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