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Clark Art Presents 'Chariots of Fire'| 04:07PM / Friday, November 24, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, Nov. 30, the Clark Art Institute continues its series of British films honoring the birthplace of Sir Edwin Manton during its Manton Research Center's fiftieth anniversary. The Clark shows "Chariots of Fire" at 6 pm in its auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press realease: Although perhaps remembered as a celebration of gritty Brits triumphing over much-fancied Americans, Chariots of Fire is actually a portrait of social outsiders making their contribution to the greater national good—Ian Charleson's God-fearing Scot, who refuses to run on the Sabbath, and Ben Cross's >> Read More |
Clark Art Symposium on British Art | 04:00PM / Wednesday, November 22, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, Nov. 29, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program hosts a conversation between Olivier Meslay, Hardymon Director of the Clark, and Caroline Fowler, Starr Director, Research and Academic Program, to open the symposium British Art 1750–1919: Reflections and Futures. The talk takes place at 5:30 pm in the Clark's Michael Conforti Pavilion, located in the Clark Center. The symposium, which continues on Thursday, November 30 from 9 am to 5 pm, is presented in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Manton Research Center building, which is the home to the Clark's gallery dedicated to British >> Read More |
Clark Art Announces Summer 2024 Exhibitions | 10:12AM / Tuesday, November 21, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute announces its summer 2024 schedule, featuring exhibitions, events, and activities. Leading its summer program is a major new exhibition of works by French artist Guillaume Lethière featuring some eighty paintings, prints, and drawings. Organized in partnership with the Musée du Louvre (Louvre Museum), the exhibition premieres at the Clark and then travels to Paris for an autumn 2024 exhibition at the Louvre. "We are already looking forward to summer 2024," said Olivier Meslay, Hardymon Director of the Clark Art Institute. "Our exhibition on Guillaume Lethière promises to be an >> Read More |
Clark Art Opens Exhibit on its British Prints, Drawings| 11:43AM / Wednesday, November 15, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of its Manton Research Center, the Clark Art Institute presents a varied selection of British works on paper acquired over the last fifty years. "50 Years and Forward: British Prints and Drawings Acquisitions" opens on Nov. 18, 2023 and is on view through Feb. 11, 2024 in the Eugene V. Thaw Gallery, located in the Manton Research Center. "The Manton Research Center is the home of our works on paper collection and its fiftieth anniversary commemoration provides us with a wonderful opportunity to showcase the exceptional British prints and drawings that are a part of this >> Read More |
Clark Art Talk by Stockbridge-Munsee Author| 11:36AM / Tuesday, November 14, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, Nov. 19 at 2 pm, the Clark Art Institute hosts a talk by Stockbridge-Munsee author Misty Cook exploring the use and history of local plants. The event takes place in the Clark's auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. In this talk, Misty Cook discusses tribal history and plant medicines, creating a rounded picture of what life was like in the Homeland prior to being forcibly removed. She also examines how Mohican peoples interact with the land around them to use these herbal medicines today. Free. Presented in collaboration with the Stockbridge-Munsee Community. >> Read More |
BArT Theatre Presents 'Tracks' | 08:00AM / Tuesday, November 14, 2023 | |
ADAMS, Mass. — Berkshire Arts and Technology (BArT) Charter Public School Theatre announced its production of "Tracks." The show will run on Friday, Nov. 17 at 7:30 pm, with additional performances on Saturday, Nov. 18 at 2:30 pm and 7:30 pm. "Tracks" was written by Peter Tarsi. This production is directed by BArT Senior Jace Ziarnik and stage-managed by BART Senior M Schrade. According to a press release: A group of strangers meet in a dirty subway station. They have arrived with limited personal belongings. Their watches have stopped. They all claim to be in different cities. But they soon learn there is no way out of the station. And >> Read More |
Clark Art Airs 'X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X'| 11:57AM / Monday, November 13, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Metropolitan Opera's broadcast production of "X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X" airs at the Clark Art Institute on Saturday, November 18 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: Theater luminary and Tony-nominated director of Slave Play Robert O'Hara oversees a potent new staging that imagines >> Read More |
Architect To Give WCMA's Plonsker Lecture| 10:59AM / Friday, November 10, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Florian Idenburg, co-founder of SO-IL, the architecture firm selected to design and build WCMA's new home in Williamstown, will give the annual Plonsker Family Lecture on Thursday, Nov. 16, at 6 p.m. in the '62 Center for the Theatre and Arts. The presentation will include an historical overview of the museum's evolution as a building type, touching on the drivers that have changed our thinking and how to design a museum for the future. Idenburg also will discuss some of SO-IL's previous work. The lecture will be preceded by a reception at the '62 Center from 5 to 6 p.m. SO-IL was founded by Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu >> Read More |
Clark Art Presents 'Lavender Hill Mob'| 11:03AM / Thursday, November 02, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. On Thursday, Nov. 9, the Clark Art Institute continues its series of British films honoring the birthplace of Sir Edwin Manton during its Manton Research Center's fiftieth anniversary. The Clark shows "The Lavender Hill Mob" at 6 pm in its auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. "The Lavender Hill Mob" might be the archetypal Ealing comedy. The film features everything the studio is famous for—loveable crooks, class conflict, London streets, avuncular bobbies, pratfalls, slapstick, tea, buns, and Alec Guinness—but with a Hitchcock-inspired thriller plot that makes it the most pacily enthralling of their >> Read More |
Clark Art First Free Sundays Continues| 08:00AM / Thursday, November 02, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute's First Sundays Free program continues on Sunday, Nov. 5. offering free admission from 10 am–5 pm. The day also features a series of music-themed special activities from 1–4 pm, including a classical music performance by the JAK Duo and Daniel Temkin. According to a press release: Engage with music throughout the Clark. Move your body and join artist and educator Molly Hess for all-ages dance workshops at 1 and 2 pm. These workshops incorporate rhythm, pulse, and the visual elements of music. Then, embark on a guided soundscape experience at 3 pm, and add your own chorus of sounds to the galleries, >> Read More |
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