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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 |
Clark Art: Outdoor Screening of 'My Life as a Zucchini'| 07:55AM / Friday, August 09, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Aug. 14 at 8:10 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents a free outdoor screening of "My Life as a Zucchini" (2016) as part of its summer series of films that resonate with the themes of the exhibition Guillaume Lethière. According to a press release: After his mother's sudden death, Zucchini is befriended by a police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home, filled with other orphans his age. Brought to life through memorable character designs and expressive stop-motion animation, this story soars with laughter, sorrow, and joy, and stands as a testament to the resilience of the human heart. (Rated PG-13. Run >> Read More |
Clark Art Presents the Modern Opera 'Rome is Falling'| 08:17AM / Wednesday, August 07, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Aug. 10, the Clark Art Institute presents "Rome is Falling," a modern opera composed by American Modern Opera Company (AMOC*) member Doug Balliett. The event takes place at 4 pm in the Clark’s auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: Rome was one of the greatest civilizations in the world; yet, like all empires, it fell. Why, and how? The story is a mixture of politics, betrayal, immigration, religion, climate, pandemic, natural disaster, xenophobia, and bad luck (in short, everything human, and everything we face today). Rome is Falling is a zany lesson on the absurdity of what >> Read More |
Clark Art Talks Highlighting Works on Paper| 08:43AM / Sunday, August 04, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — This August, the Clark Art Institute's Manton Study Center for Works on Paper hosts a series of new talks celebrating the two-hundredth birthday anniversaries of several artists in the Clark's collection, including Jean-Léon Gérôme, Adolphe-Joseph-Thomas Monticelli, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Jozef Israëls, and William Morris Hunt. Each week, discover a unique selection of rarely exhibited works on paper with a member of the curatorial department. Offered Wednesdays in August from 1:00–1:30 pm. Topics and presenters include: August 7: "Many Happy Returns!" with Alexis Goodin, associate >> Read More |
Clark Art Presents Works on Paper Talk| 11:08AM / Friday, August 02, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, August 7 at 1 pm, the Clark Art Institute's Associate Curator Alexis Goodin highlights a selection of drawings and prints in the first of this summer's Works on Paper Highlights Talks, "Many Happy Returns!" She discusses the events of 1824 and pays particular attention to the early opportunities and influences that shaped the careers of the artists under discussion. The next Works on Paper Highlights Talk, "Curator's Choice," takes place on Wednesday, Aug. 14 and is presented by Esther Bell, deputy director and Robert and Martha Berman Lipp Chief Curator. Free. Capacity is limited. Seating is >> Read More |
Clark Art Screens 'The Umbrellas of Cherbourg'| 04:37PM / Thursday, August 01, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Aug. 7 at 8:20 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents a free outdoor screening of "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" (1964) as part of its summer series of films that resonate with the themes of the exhibition Guillaume Lethière. According to a press release: "In The Umbrellas of Cherbourg," Catherine Deneuve plays an umbrella shop owner's delicate daughter, glowing with first love for handsome garage mechanic Nino Castelnuovo. When the boy is shipped off to fight in Algeria, the two lovers must grow up quickly. Told entirely through lilting songs by composer Michel Legrand, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is one of the most >> Read More |
Clark's Newest Exhibit Re-examines Edgar Degas' Works By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:40PM / Saturday, July 27, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — One of the Clark Art Institute's newest exhibits re-examines Edgar Degas' works, process and social circle. The exhibit, "Edgar Degas: Multi-Media Artist in the Age of Impressionism," coincides with the 150th anniversary of the first impressionist exhibition, which was held in Paris in 1874. The exhibit in the Manton Research Center runs through Oct. 6. "So it's an ideal time to be re-examining Degas' work given his central place in that exhibition, given his role in inviting some of the participants to the show and bringing them in," guest curator Michelle Foa said. It >> Read More |
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