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Clark Art Lecture On Photography and Antiblackness| 08:34AM / Thursday, November 28, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, Dec. 3, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program presents "Photography, Antiblackness, and the Politics of the Visual," a lecture by Kimberly Juanita Brown, Director of the Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life and Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. According to a press release: This free event takes place at 5:30 pm in the Manton Research Center auditorium. Brown examines photography's long history as tethered to global histories of antiblackness that have ritualized ways of seeing for the viewing public. She unpacks what she calls a >> Read More |
Clark Art Lecture on Abelardo Morell| 08:25AM / Wednesday, November 20, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, Nov. 23 at 11, in conjunction with the opening of its newest exhibition, Abelardo Morell: In the Company of Monet and Constable, the Clark Art Institute hosts a lecture by the artist Abelardo Morell. This free event takes place in the Clark’s auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: Walking in the iconic paths of nineteenth-century landscape painters John Constable and Claude Monet, Morell (b. 1948, Havana; lives and works in Boson) has traveled to locations in England and France with a tent-camera, a device that allows him to unite in a single photographic image the features of >> Read More |
Clark Art Airs Production of 'Tosca'| 12:02PM / Friday, November 15, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Metropolitan Opera's broadcast of "Tosca" airs at the Clark Art Institute on Sunday, Nov. 24 at 1 pm in the latest installment of the 2024–25 season of The Met: Live in HD. This award-winning series of live, high-definition cinema simulcasts features the full live performance along with backstage interviews and commentary. The Clark broadcasts the opera in its auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: Extraordinary Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen stars as the passionate title diva in David McVicar's thrilling production. British-Italian tenor Freddie De Tommaso makes his >> Read More |
Clark Art Blockchain and the Arts System | 08:09AM / Friday, November 15, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Friday, Nov. 22 from 1:30 to 6:00 pm, the Clark Art Institute hosts a one-day symposium on the new connections between blockchain and the arts system. This free event takes place in the Clark's Michael Conforti Pavilion. According to a press release: Blockchain—defined as a shared, immutable ledger that facilitates the process of recording transactions and tracking assets in a network—stands to offer solutions to long-standing inequities in the arts and culture sector. This symposium explores the potential of blockchain to create greater equity within arts' systems by bringing together practitioners at the forefront >> Read More |
Clark Art Invites People with Dementia, Caregivers| 08:34AM / Thursday, November 14, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Monday, Nov. 18 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. For more information, visit clarkart.edu/events. >> Read More |
Clark Art Reflections Gallery Talk| 11:13AM / Tuesday, November 12, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, Nov. 19 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. 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 introspection. Free with gallery admission. Advance >> Read More |
Clark Art Hosts Talk By Author| 08:06AM / Tuesday, November 12, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, Nov. 16 at 3 pm, the Clark Art Institute hosts a lecture by Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities and Associate Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University and bestselling author and public intellectual, writing for the New York Times and The New Yorker, among others. This free event takes place in the Manton Research Center auditorium. According to a press release: In this presentation, Lewis reads from her new book, "The Unseen Truth: When Race Changed Sight in America," which explores how the fight for independence in the Caucasus that >> Read More |
Clark Art Gallery Talk With Emerging Art Historians| 08:00AM / Friday, November 08, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Friday, Nov. 15, 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 on Images of the Female Body in 20th Century Argentina| 08:11AM / Thursday, November 07, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, Nov. 12, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program presents "Being Gorgeous Is a Duty!", a lecture by María Isabel Baldasarre (Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Argentina and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas / Every Page Foundation Fellow). This free event takes place at 5:30 pm in the Manton Research Center auditorium. According to a press release: Baldasarre analyzes how throughout the twentieth century a hegemonic image of the female body was shaped and spread through popular culture in Argentina. Visual culture—magazines, cinema, >> Read More |
Williamstown Community Contra Dance | 11:25AM / Tuesday, November 05, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass — On Nov. 9, North Berkshire Community Dance will hold its monthly contra dance with calling by Andy Davis, and live music by Mary Cay Brass and Laurie Indenbaum. The dance will run from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. in the Community Hall of the First Congregational Church, 906 Main St., Williamstown. Admission is pay-as-you-can, $12 to $20 suggested, and barter is also welcome. For more information, visit www.NorthBerkshireDance.org. According to a press release: Contra dancing is the contemporary face of a living tradition. The music is live, the dances are taught, and anyone is welcome, with or without a partner — people change >> Read More |
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