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Clark Art Presents Performance By Ximena Bedoya | 04:07PM / Thursday, July 11, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute presents a performance on Sunday, July 14 at 4 pm by Ximena Bedoya, an interdisciplinary artist and designer from Peru. This free performance takes place in the Clark's auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: Currently based in New York, Bedoya explores transitional states of mind, body, and space through audiovisual experiences. Her work teaches viewers to embrace life's fluctuating moments. Bedoya is half of Lobby Art Editions, a record and cassette label with roots in Western Massachusetts. She received an MFA in Applied Craft & Design from the Pacific >> Read More |
Director Susan Seidelman at Images Cinema| 01:38PM / Thursday, July 11, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — An Evening with Susan Seidelman is a fundraising event for Images Cinema on Wednesday, July 17 at 7pm. Following a screening of the 1985 film "Desperately Seeking Susan," director Susan Seidelman will be in conversation with Jessica Hecht, after which she will sign copies of her new memoir, "Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir about Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls." Tickets are $20; $18 for Images Cinema members; with the option to pay a higher ticket price to benefit Images. Susan Seidelman, director of "Smithereens," "Desperately Seeking Susan," and episodes of "Sex and the >> Read More |
Clark Art Hosts Free Community Day| 11:12AM / Thursday, July 11, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, July 14, the Clark Art Institute opens its doors for Community Day. There will be free admission all day (10 am–5 pm), and from 11 am to 4 pm, the Institute offers art-making activities, live entertainment, and more. Visitors can view the Clark's permanent collection galleries and special exhibitions, including Guillaume Lethière, Kathia St. Hilaire: Invisible Empires, Fragile Beauty: Treasures from the Corning Museum of Glass, Edgar Degas: Multi-Media Artist in the Age of Impressionism, and David-Jeremiah: I Drive Thee. The Clark's 140-acre campus offers walking trails through its woodlands and meadows >> Read More |
Edgar Degas Exhibit Opens At Clark Art| 11:18AM / Wednesday, July 10, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Timed to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the First Impressionist Exhibition, held in Paris in 1874, the Clark Art Institute presents "Edgar Degas: Multi-Media Artist in the Age of Impressionism." The exhibition is on view in the Eugene V. Thaw Gallery for Works on Paper in the Clark's Manton Research Center from July 13 through October 6, 2024. According to a press release: The exhibition highlights the innovative and experimental practices of Edgar Degas in the realm of works on paper. In his pastels, drawings, photographs, and prints, Degas was relentless in exploring unusual media and processes. A range of works >> Read More |
WCMA Summer Program| 02:31PM / Tuesday, July 09, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. The Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) will host a summer program series on three Tuesdays this July in the exhibition SO–IL \ WCMA: Building a New Museum. Visitors can learn about the plans for the new WCMA, get a behind-the-scenes look at what the museum has in store for the new building, and offer their own thoughts about the future of WCMA. Each program will begin at 5 p.m. and will be followed by a patio party at 6 p.m. The series kicks off on Tuesday July 9, with EDU 101: Exploring Education. WCMA's engagement curators will discuss how they are imagining education in the new museum in an informal setting with activities and >> Read More |
Clark Art: Guided By Glass, Weekly Drop in Art Making| 11:21AM / Tuesday, July 09, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — In celebration of the exhibition "Fragile Beauty: Treasures from the Corning Museum of Glass,"" the Clark Art Institute offers a weekly drop-in art-making program this summer on Thursdays from 1–4 pm, July 11, 18, and 25 and August 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29. According to a press release: Explore the unique characteristics of glass and learn about light, color, and transparency. Drop in anytime between 1–4 pm to decorate your own fun glass object to take home, and contribute to a large-scale, collaborative mural led by emerging local artists. Free. All materials provided. Meet on the Fernández Terrace; in case of >> Read More |
Bennington Museum Launches $3.2M Century Campaign | 12:27PM / Sunday, July 07, 2024 | |
 BENNINGTON, Vt. — The Bennington Museum has launched a "century campaign" with the goal of making $3.2 million in structural and programming improvements as it enters its second century. Over the next four years, the museum will raise funds to improve curbside appeal, create new community spaces, comply with modern safety and accessibility standards, and provide long-term stability so that the collections and programs will always be within reach of the community and the some 20,000 visitors it has each year. The goal is to complete a campus-wide transformation by the end of year 2028, the museum's 100th anniversary. "I am so excited by the >> Read More |
Clark Art Concert by Jacques Schwarz-Bart| 08:09AM / Monday, July 01, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.—On Wednesday, July 3, the Clark Art Institute kicks off its July Outdoor Concert Series with a performance by Jacques Schwarz-Bart and Band. This year, the July Outdoor Concert Series celebrates the French Caribbean with some of best musicians from Guadeloupe and Haiti. The free concert takes place at 6 pm on the Clark's Reflecting Pool Lawn. According to a press release: Born in Guadeloupe, Jacques Schwarz-Bart has voyaged across musical genres from neo-soul, where he worked with D'angelo and Erika Badu, back to his Carribean roots where he innovated hybrid jazz genres. Playing Gwo ka and Vodou jazz, Schwarz-Bart connects >> Read More |
Clark Art Offers Free Admission on July 4| 11:38AM / Saturday, June 29, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On July 4, 2024, the Clark Art Institute offers free admission for all. This special offering honors the tenth anniversary of the Clark's grand reopening following the completion of its 2014 campus expansion project and the opening of its Clark Center, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando. Additionally, July 4 marks the opening of the Clark's newest special exhibition, "Fragile Beauty: Treasures from the Corning Museum of Glass," on view in the Clark's Conforti Pavilion through October 27, 2024. At 11 am, Williamstown's Annual Hometown Parade will head down Spring Street, followed by a live >> Read More |
Clark Art Presents 'Fragile Beauty'| 11:45AM / Friday, June 28, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Drawn from the vast collection of the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY, "Fragile Beauty: Treasures from the Corning Museum of Glass" demonstrates how makers from across time and around the globe have taken inspiration from the natural world to create works of art. The objects in the exhibition range in date from antiquity to the present and show a remarkable breadth of color, technique, form, design, and function. The exhibition is on view in the Clark Center's Michael Conforti Pavilion from July 4 through October 27, 2024. "We often speak of the importance of appreciating art in nature," said Olivier Meslay, >> Read More |
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