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Clark Art Screens 'Force of Evil'| 08:00AM / Thursday, January 25, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, Feb. 1, the Clark Art Institute continues its free five-part film series highlighting a group of classic films that have been recently restored to provide an exceptional viewing experience. The Clark shows Force of Evil at 6 pm in its auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: "Force of Evil" (1949; 1 hour, 18 minutes) concerns an unscrupulous lawyer, Joe Morse (John Garfield), who, by consolidating a numbers racket, has the opportunity to partner with ruthless gangster Ben Tucker (Roy Roberts). As a fitting backdrop for this tale of moral corruption, director Abraham >> Read More |
Clark Art Presents Conversation on Environmental Issues in Art | 08:10AM / Wednesday, January 24, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, Feb. 4 at 4 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents "We Tried to Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970–2020." This conversation between Tim Medland, curator of the current exhibition at Poster House in New York, "We Tried to Warn You!," and Clark curator of contemporary projects, Robert Wiesenberger, takes place in the Clark's auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: For the last half-century, artists and designers all over the world have sought to express the urgency of environmental issues in graphic terms—and to spark action. Their efforts have met >> Read More |
Clark Art Presents Sensing Nature At the Clark | 08:00AM / Tuesday, January 23, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, Jan. 28 at 2 pm the Clark Art Institute presents a new program, Sensing Nature at the Clark: From the Outside In. Clark educators lead a slow engagement with nature and art, focused on enhancing wellbeing. This new seasonal program encourages visitors to connect deeply with the landscapes on the Clark's campus and in the galleries. The event begins outdoors, with a short, mindful walk in the woods designed to engage your senses with the natural environment. An experience in the galleries using the same contemplative approach to explore one or two works of art follows. Free. Advance registration encouraged; recommended for >> Read More |
Clark Art Airs Live Production of 'Carmen'| 08:00AM / Monday, January 22, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. The Metropolitan Opera's broadcast production of "Carmen" airs at the Clark Art Institute on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 12:55 pm in the latest installment of the 2023–24 season of The Met: Live in HD. The 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: Acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell reinvigorates the classic story, revealing at the heart of the drama issues that could not be more relevant today: gendered >> Read More |
Mass Humanities Announces 2024 Funding Opportunities| 11:34AM / Sunday, January 21, 2024 | |
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. — Humanities, the Commonwealth's leading funder of humanities programs, announced upcoming opportunities for its 2024 grant season. Application materials for Expand Massachusetts Stories (EMS) grants are available now on the website, with the application window opening on February 5. EMS grants support projects that collect, interpret, and share stories about the Commonwealth. Special consideration is given to humanities programming, events, and creative works that emphasize the voices and experiences of residents that too often go unrecognized, or have been excluded from public conversation and public history. This year, Mass >> Read More |
Clark Art Presents 'Writing Closer'| 08:13AM / Friday, January 19, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Friday, Jan. 26 at 10:30 am, the Clark Art Institute's Manton Study Center for Works on Paper invites writers of all experience and skill levels to come be inspired by thematic selections from the Clark's collection of works on paper. According to a press release: January's theme, "Through the Lens of a Portrait," features prints, drawings, and photographs of sitters whose stories beg to be revealed. Whether it's poetry or prose, fiction or non-fiction, a story-in-progress, or something completely new, allow the works to inspire your writing! Basic materials are provided. Writers bringing their own supplies >> Read More |
Clark Art Screens 'All That Money Can Buy'| 08:00AM / Thursday, January 18, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, Jan. 25, the Clark Art Institute continues its free five-part film series highlighting a group of classic films that have been recently restored to provide an exceptional viewing experience. The Clark shows "All That Money Can Buy" (aka The Devil and Daniel Webster) at 6 pm in its auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: Set in 1840s rural New Hampshire, Faustian gothic fantasy "All That Money Can Buy" (1941; 1 hour, 47 minutes) centers around down-on-his-luck farmer Jabez Stone (James Craig). His desperation leads him to a seven-year deal with the devil, known as >> Read More |
Clark Art Gallery Talk With Emerging Art Historians| 08:00AM / Monday, January 15, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Friday, Jan. 19, 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. Admission to the Clark is free through March 2024. No registration is required. >> Read More |
Clark Art Open on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day| 08:00AM / Friday, January 12, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute is open from 10 am–5 pm on Monday, Jan. 15 in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Admission is free for all through March 2024. Visitors can view the pair of exhibitions "50 Years and Forward: Works on Paper Acquisitions" in the Clark Center lower level and "50 Years and Forward: British Prints and Drawings Acquisitions" in the Eugene V. Thaw Gallery for Works on Paper. These exhibitions mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Manton Research Center with a choice selection of prints, drawings, and photographs acquired since 1973. Also on view is "Elizabeth Atterbury: >> Read More |
Community Contra Dance in Williamstown| 08:00AM / Monday, January 08, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The first community contra dance of 2024 will be hosted on Saturday, Jan. 13, by North Berkshire Community Dance. All dances will be taught by Paul Rosenberg, and live fiddle music will be led by Eric Buddington. The dance will run 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 - $20 suggested, and barter is also welcome. Health precautions: Masks required. For this first post-holiday dance in a season of rising respiratory illness, NBCD has chosen to require masks on the dance floor. (Performers may go >> Read More |
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