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Clark Art Presents Artist Talk About Sculptural Garden | 08:01AM / Wednesday, September 06, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, Sept. 17 at 3 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents an artist talk with Pallavi Sen. Sen leads an informal conversation about the sculptural artist's garden that she and a group of Williams College students are cultivating as part of the Clark's Humane Ecology: Eight Positions exhibition. The talk takes place on the Lunder Center's Moltz Terrace. Sen and the students walk through the garden and discuss the process of cultivation from seed-to-seed. They also describe the garden's double status as an artwork and productive food source. According to a press release: Featuring eight contemporary artists who >> Read More |
Clark Art Poetry Workshop| 02:38PM / Monday, September 04, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, Sept. 16 at 2 pm, the Clark Art Institute invites writers aged sixteen and older of all experience levels to a guided outdoor poetry workshop. Drawing inspiration from the special exhibition Humane Ecology: Eight Positions, the workshop considers the complex and interdependent relationships between humans and their surrounding environments. While the workshop focuses on poetry, a broad interpretation of the genre and creative thinking about how to interact with the themes is encouraged. Free. Advance registration required; capacity is limited. Materials provided. Meet at the Clark Center Admissions desk. For more >> Read More |
Williamstown Artist's Major Arcana Paintings and Tarot Deck at Wild Soul River| 03:56PM / Monday, August 28, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Original artwork from Jane Hudson's Major Arcana series will be displayed at Wild Soul River, located at 248 Cole Avenue, from Sept. 1 to Dec. 24. Timed with the autumnal equinox, Wild Soul River will host an experiential opening on Sept. 22, 2023, 4-7 p.m. These paintings, inspired by the Major Arcana cards in the traditional Rider-Waite tarot deck, are also the inspiration for a Major Arcana-specific 22-card tarot deck released by Hudson this summer with Wild Soul River. According to a press release, Hudson has been a practitioner of the Tarot since her 20's. Introduced to the Tarot and other practices in the early 1960's >> Read More |
Williamstown Group Seeking to Install 'Ancestors' at Field ParkBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:45AM / Thursday, August 24, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A group of residents wants to find a home for a public art installation honoring the first people to call the region home. And they think one of the highest profile parts of town is just the place. Bette Craig and Polly Macpherson met with the Diversity, Inclusion and Racial Equity Committee this week to talk about their goal of installing sculptures from Rose B. Simpson's "Counterculture" at Field Park. "We just think that since Field Park is kind of our public square, it's where we show up when we want to protest or raise an issue, it would be a wonderful place to have this sort of public art," Craig told the >> Read More |
Ghent Playhouse Announces 2023-2024 Season| 02:32PM / Monday, August 21, 2023 | |
 GHENT, N.Y. — The Ghent Playhouse has announced the lineup for the 2023-2024 season. Kicking off its 49th year is "Outside Mullingar," followed by the annual panto with "Beauty and the Beast: Ugly is as Ugly Does," Arthur Miller's tragic drama "All My Sons," "The Bridges of Madison County" and, closing out the season, Annie Baker's "Circle Mirror Transformation." In rural Ireland, next-door neighbors Anthony and Rosemary are straddling 40. Rosemary is determined to have Anthony, but his father threatens to disinherit him and a land feud is simmering between the two families. Will their >> Read More |
Clark Art Presents Talk on Edvard Munch | 12:02PM / Monday, August 21, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, Aug. 30, in conjunction with the Clark Art Institute's major summer exhibition, "Edvard Munch: Trembling Earth, Manton Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs" Anne Leonard presents the Clark's full set of works on paper by this Norwegian artist. The talk takes place at 1 pm in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper, which houses the Clark's collection of more than 6,500 prints, drawings, and photographs. In this final installment of the Works on Paper Highlights Talk Series, Leonard examines how Munch's prints challenged conventional ideas about the portrayal of the human figure, the role of >> Read More |
Williamstown's Images Cinema Enjoying Banner SummerBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
08:09AM / Sunday, August 20, 2023 | |
Moviegoers queue up for a private screening recently at Images. The single-screen theater and Pittsfield's Beacon Cinema are now the only open movie houses in the county. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Greta Gerwig is the undisputed favorite of North County cinephiles. The folks at Images Cinema have the receipts to prove it. "In the before times, pre-COVID, the biggest film we ever had was 'Little Women,' which was directed by Greta Gerwig," Images Executive Director Dan Hudson said this week. "I'm finding it interesting that [Gerwig's] 'Barbie' is now our biggest box office draw." And it is part of a big summer for >> Read More |
Clark Art Screens 'Johnny Guitar'| 08:06AM / Friday, August 18, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, Aug. 30, the Clark Art Institute concludes its five-part Summer Outdoor Movie Series with a screening of "Johnny Guitar." The film screens outdoors near the Clark's Reflecting Pool, beginning at dusk (7:30 pm). According to a press release: One of the boldest and most stylized films of its time, Johnny Guitar (1954; 1 hour, 50 minutes) is quirky, political, and twisted—a psychosexual drama between two powerful women, wrapped up in the duds of a B-Western. Joan Crawford stars as the tavern-owner, Vienna. Her archenemy, Emma—a cattle baron (never baroness)—is played by Mercedes >> Read More |
Music and Poetry Along the River Concert| 08:35AM / Thursday, August 17, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Join the Hoosic River Watershed Association (HooRWA) for the Music and Poetry Along the River Outdoor Concert on Thursday, Aug. 24 at 5:30pm at The Spruces. This concert is free and open to the public and will be held on the lawn behind the pond near the Pollinators Garden. Bring a lawn chair or blanket for this outdoor concert. Picnickers and families welcome. If inclement weather is predicted, check HooRWA.org after noon on Thursday Aug. 24 if the concert needs to be canceled. Participating poets in the Music and Poetry Along the River project include: Elizabeth Beck, Sarah Sutro, David Crews. Dianne Olson, Adrian Dunn, >> Read More |
Clark Art Hosts Opportunity to Meet CATA Artists| 12:15PM / Tuesday, August 15, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, Aug. 22 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 same >> Read More |
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