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Weekend Outlook: Fall in Love, Laugh It Up & Dance, DanceBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:48PM / Thursday, January 30, 2025 | |
 There are several events this weekend to help you recharge from your week, including a free museum day, plays, live music, and more. The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown Sunday 1 to 4 p.m. The museum is opening its doors for free to provide people the chance to see its permanent and temporary collections. This month's theme is "All You Need is Love," it is the start of February, after all. The museum will celebrate all types of love by inviting visitors to create a Valentine's Day card using images from the Clark's collection. At 1 p.m., an educator-led tour will highlight love-themed objects in the permanent >> Read More |
Clark Art Hosts 'Introvert/Extrovert A Two-Piano Recital'| 10:40AM / Thursday, January 30, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, Feb. 8 at 6 pm, the Clark Art Institute hosts a dazzling two-piano recital by composer-pianist Matthew Aucoin and pianist Conor Hanick. The pair team up for an inventive concert featuring a new work composed by Aucoin for Hanick. This concert takes place in the Manton Research Center auditorium. In addition to Aucoin's new piece, which is inspired by the recent poetry of Ben Lerner, Hanick and Aucoin play a program divided into "introverted" and "extroverted" halves: in the former category, a work by Morton Feldman, and in the latter category, a selection of music for one and two pianos by Gabriella Smith, >> Read More |
Clark Art Offers Free Gallery Tours for Parents and Infants| 08:12AM / Thursday, January 30, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, Feb. 1 at 10:15 am, the Clark Art Institute hosts the next in its series of free tours of its permanent collection galleries designed specifically to meet the interests of new parents/caregivers and their infants. Participants should meet at the Clark's main admissions desk. The program is specially designed to provide new parents and caregivers with a stress-free experience that offers chances to socialize with others who are caring for young infants. The guided gallery tour offers an informal visit to the Clark's permanent collection free from any concerns about short attention spans or fussy babies. Works by a >> Read More |
Clark Art First Sunday Free| 08:00AM / Wednesday, January 29, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute First Sunday Free series continues on Sunday, Feb. 2 from 1 to 4 pm. February's theme is "All You Need Is Love!" According to a press release: The Clark welcomes family, friends, and everyone in between to a First Sunday Free that celebrates all types of love. Visit the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper from 11 am to 1 pm to enjoy a special pop-up display of works showcasing artists' portrayals of that special feeling in its many forms—from the joys of love shared by romantic partners, friends, and family, to the dramatic turns of love lost and scorned. At 1 pm, join an educator-led >> Read More |
Clark Art Welcomes New Collage Club This Winter | 12:45PM / Tuesday, January 28, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute welcomes a new evening Collage Club. Drop in between 6–8 pm on Wednesday, Jan. 29, Feb. 26, and March 26 to make your own creative collage. According to a press release: Get inspired by images from the Clark's collection or the beautiful backdrop of the Clark's architecture and enjoy an evening with a community of other collage-makers. Open to beginners, experienced artists, and everyone in between! This free program takes place in the Manton Research Center reading room. All materials provided; recommended for ages 16+. >> Read More |
Clark Art Announces Ground/Work Outdoor Exhibition | 08:11AM / Saturday, January 25, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute announces its second outdoor sculpture exhibition, Ground/work 2025, opening in summer 2025. Set throughout the woodland trails and open meadows of the Clark's distinctive 140-acre campus, the exhibition includes newly commissioned, site-specific installations by six leading contemporary artists. According to a press release: Curated by independent art historian Glenn Adamson, Ground/work 2025 features a dynamic range of outdoor presentations by international artists, Y? Akiyama, Laura Ellen Bacon, Aboubakar Fofana, Hugh Hayden, Milena Naef, and Javier Senosiain that respond to the Clark's unique >> Read More |
Clark Art Screens 'Young Frankenstein' | 08:03AM / Thursday, January 23, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, Jan. 30, the Clark Art Institute screens the latest installment in its Hollywood Auteurs film series, "Young Frankenstein" (1974), at 6 pm in the Manton Research Center auditorium. According to a press release: Presented in partnership with Images Cinema, this series captures the explosion of creativity, critical acclaim, and box office success that Hollywood directors found after the fall of the studio system. This film is shown in the Manton Research Center auditorium. As the serious side of New Hollywood took its inspiration from the French New Wave, the comic side embraced burlesque. Writer and director Mel >> Read More |
Clark Art Announces New Series of Installations| 11:43AM / Wednesday, January 22, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute presents a new series of year-round public installations, Paginations, featuring works drawn from the Clark library's extensive holdings and curated by members of the library staff. The installations are featured in a newly designed space located in the Manton Research Center's reading room, just outside the entrance to the Clark's library and are on view for free during all visiting hours. The inaugural display in the program, A–Z: Alphabetic Highlights from the Library's Special Collections, opens Jan. 21. The first installation in this new program celebrates the building blocks of type and text, >> Read More |
Clark Art Hosts Talk on Contemporary Tapestries| 11:07AM / Tuesday, January 21, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, Jan. 26 at 2 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents "Between Tradition and Experimentation: The Contemporary Creation of Tapestry," a talk by Lucile Montagne, Chief Curator at the Mobilier national. This free lecture is given in conjunction with the Clark's exhibition "Wall Power! Modern French Tapestry from the Mobilier national, Paris," and takes place in the Clark's Manton Research Center auditorium. According to a press release: The Mobilier national of France has supported crafts and creation since the seventeenth century. Since the 1930s, the national tapestry manufactories of Gobelins and >> Read More |
Clark Art Airs Live Production of 'Aida'| 08:15AM / Tuesday, January 21, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Metropolitan Opera's broadcast production of "Aida" airs at the Clark Art Institute on Saturday, Jan. 25 at 12:30 pm in the latest installment of the 2024–25 season of The Met: Live in HD. The award-winning series of high-definition cinema simulcasts features the full 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: American soprano Angel Blue headlines as the Ethiopian princess torn between love and country in a new production of Verdi's Aida by Michael Mayer that brings audiences >> Read More |
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