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Clark Art to Host Gallery Tours Led by Williams College Students| 11:00AM / Friday, March 14, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute will present gallery tours led by Williams College graduate students as part of its "Fresh Takes" series. The tours will focus on the Clark's permanent collection. On Friday, March 21, at 12 p.m., a graduate student will offer their interpretation of selected artworks, incorporating recent scholarly perspectives. The event will encourage audience discussion. The tour will begin in the Museum Pavilion. The event is free and does not require registration. >> Read More |
Clark Art Presents Reflections Gallery Talk | 08:00AM / Friday, March 14, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, March 18 at 11 am, the Clark Art Institute presents Reflections, a monthly gallery experience during which visitors are invited to look contemplatively as they engage with works of art from the Clark's collection. Participants meet in the Museum Pavilion. With a tone that encourages investigation and audience participation, the group explores one or two artworks with the help of a Clark educator, working together to explore its meaning, find understanding, and raise questions. Distinct from a conventional gallery tour, Reflections provides an opportunity for close looking and introspection. Free. Advance registration required; >> Read More |
Clark Art Lecture on Aby Warburg's Mnemosyne | 03:52PM / Wednesday, March 12, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, March 18, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program presents a talk by Annie Bourneuf (School of the Art Institute of Chicago / Clark Professor 2024–25). She investigates one of the most enigmatic passages in the German-Jewish art historian Aby Warburg's picture-atlas Mnemosyne, his attempted summation in arrays of images of his work on the afterlife of antiquity, centered on Renaissance Europe and nearing completion when he died in 1929, stated a press release. This free event takes place at 5:30 pm in the Manton Research Center auditorium. According to a press release: Mnemosyne ends with >> Read More |
Clark Art Invites People With Dementia and Caregivers for Gallery Talk | 08:43AM / Wednesday, March 12, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Monday, March 17 at 1 pm in the permanent collection galleries, the Clark Art Institute presents Meet Me at the Clark. This free gallery talk program is designed specifically for people living with dementia and their care partners. On select Mondays, when the museum is closed to the general public, specially trained educators guide open-ended conversations about art and how it celebrates our shared humanity. Free. Advance registration required; capacity is limited. To register, call the Education Department Coordinator at 413 458 0563; accompanying care-partners must also register. >> Read More |
Clark Art Opening Lecture on Pastoral on Paper | 08:10AM / Tuesday, March 11, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, March 16 at 2 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents a lecture by William Satloff in conjunction with the opening of Pastoral on Paper. The exhibition's curator and a student in the Williams College/Clark Graduate Program in the History of Art, Satloff introduces the concept of the pastoral landscape. Surveying the rich array of books, drawings, paintings, and prints presented in the exhibition, he explores how leading artists of the Baroque and Rococo periods envisioned the idyllic lives of shepherds. This free event takes place in the Clark's Manton Research Center auditorium. Pastoral on Paper is organized by the Clark Art >> Read More |
Clark Art Screens 'George Washington'| 03:15PM / Friday, March 07, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, March 13, the Clark Art Institute continues its Small Town film series with a screening of "George Washington" (2000) at 6 pm in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: This film unfolds during a balmy July in a North Carolina town where kudzu embraces abandoned buildings. Four children at the edge of adolescence make a mistake that cannot be undone. They are forced to grow up, albeit only partially. One of them, George (Donald Holden), emerges as a local hero. Sublimely narrated by the twelve-year-old Nasia (Candace Evanofski), George Washington is about the relationship between choice and chance, and the >> Read More |
Clark Art Lecture On Queer Art And Artists in Medieval Europe | 08:05AM / Friday, March 07, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, April 11, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program presents a talk by Karl Whittington (The Ohio State University) titled "Queer Making: Artists and Desire in Medieval Europe." This free event takes place at 5:30 pm in the Manton Research Center auditorium. According to a press release: Whittington asks: what role does desire play in the making of art objects? Art historians typically answer this question with reference to historical evidence about an artist's sexual identity, personality, and relationships, or with reference to particular kinds of imagery in works of art. But how do we think about
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Sage City Symphony Presents Free Concert | 08:25AM / Thursday, March 06, 2025 | |
 BENNINGTON, Vt.—Sage City Symphony will perform a concert at 4:00 p.m. in Greenwall Auditorium, VAPA Building, Bennington College. The program includes works by Verdi, Glinka, Sibelius, and Mozart, as well as compositions by students from Long Trail School and Burr & Burton Academy. The performance will feature: Giuseppe Verdi's "Overture to Nabucco" Mikhail Glinka's "Valse-Fantaisie" Jean Sibelius' "Finlandia" Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Allegro Aperto" (1st movement) from "Concerto No. 2 in D Major for Flute and Orchestra," featuring soloist Julius Boxer-Cooper of Bennington College. Student >> Read More |
Clark Art Institute to Host 'Start with Art' Program| 10:30AM / Tuesday, March 04, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute will host a free program, "Start with Art," on Saturday, March 8, at 10 a.m. The program will focus on the theme of "Movement." The event is designed for children aged three to six and their caregivers. Activities will include art-making and discussions about artwork. Gallery guides will be available for children to use while exploring the museum's collection of paintings and sculptures. The program will take place in the Michael Conforti Pavilion. The event is free of charge. Accessibility inquiries can be made by calling 413-458-0524. >> Read More |
Contra Dance Event Scheduled in Williamstown| 03:22PM / Monday, March 03, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — North Berkshire Community Dance will host a contra dance on Saturday, March 8th, from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at the Community Hall of the First Congregational Church, located at 906 Main St. Luke Donforth will serve as the caller, providing instruction for each dance. Live music will be performed by the band Spare Parts. Admission is on a pay-as-you-can basis, with a suggested range of $12 to $20. Barter is also accepted. The event is open to individuals of all experience levels. New dancers and families with children are encouraged to arrive at 7:30 p.m. for introductory instruction. Spare Parts, featuring Bill Matthiesen on piano, >> Read More |
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