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Clark Art Announces Research and Academic Program Fellowships| 04:07PM / Sunday, April 13, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program (RAP) announces the appointment of its 2025–2026 class of Fellows for summer 2025 and the upcoming academic year. The Clark Art Institute is one of a small number of institutions globally that is both an art museum and a center for research, critical discussion, and higher education in the visual arts. Through RAP, the Clark hosts a residential fellowship program that welcomes leading scholars from around the world for periods ranging from two to nine months. To date, the community of Clark Fellows numbers more than 430 individuals hailing from thirty countries, forming a global network of >> Read More |
Images Cinema to Screen Antarctic DocumentaryBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:15PM / Saturday, April 12, 2025 | |
Sunrise over the Antarctic during southern winter from 'Antarctic Voyage.' WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Plenty of artists suffer for their work. Not many have to go under the knife for it. Documentary filmmaker Kevin Schreck screens his documentary "Antarctic Voyage" on Monday evening at Images Cinema. The film follows environmental scientist Samantha Monier on a research expedition to the remote South Atlantic island of South Georgia. It was a project years in the making and one for which Schreck had to go above and beyond. "I had to endure surgery to qualify for this [voyage,]," Schreck said in a recent telephone >> Read More |
Clark Art Reflections Gallery Talk | 07:53AM / Thursday, April 10, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, April 15 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 gentle 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 Colonialism, Image-Making, and Image-Reading | 07:47AM / Wednesday, April 09, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, April 15, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program presents a talk by Inês Beleza-Barreiros (Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal / Michael Ann Holly Fellow) on "Thinking Visually: Reparation, Gesture, Reparation." This free event takes place at 5:30 pm in the Manton Research Center auditorium. According to a press release: Beleza-Barreiros explores how colonialism inaugurated an epistemological tradition molded by image-making and image reading that remains operational to this day. Images neither illustrate arguments; they are themselves the (colonial) argument. Nor are they documents >> Read More |
Clark Art Lecture on History of Arcadia | 10:43AM / Tuesday, April 08, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, April 12 at 11 am, the Clark Art Institute presents "A History of Arcadia in Art and Literature," a talk by Paul Holberton. This free lecture is given in conjunction with the Clark's exhibition Pastoral on Paper and takes place in the Clark's Manton Research Center auditorium. According to a press release: Dr. Holberton, author of the acclaimed two-volume book A History of Arcadia in Art and Literature (2021), examines how idyllic landscapes and rustic scenes have been portrayed from antiquity through the Renaissance and into the eighteenth century. Responding to leading early modern literary and artistic >> Read More |
Clark Art, Morgan Library, the Mount Present Discussion on Belle Da Costa Greene| 10:55AM / Monday, April 07, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, April 13 at 2 pm, the Clark Art Institute, the Morgan Library and Museum, and The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home, present "Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian's Legacy," an examination of the inspiring life and career of the Morgan Library's first librarian and director Belle da Costa Greene. This free event takes place in the Clark's Manton Research Center auditorium. Philip S. Palmer and Erica Ciallela, co-curators of the Morgan Library's centennial exhibition Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian's Legacy, discuss their favorite objects in the show; examine Greene's life against the backdrop of >> Read More |
Clark Art Screens 'Stellet Licht'| 07:55AM / Friday, April 04, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, April 10, the Clark Art Institute continues its Small Town film series with a subtitled screening of Stellet Licht (2007) at 6 pm in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: Bookended by a sunrise and a sunset, Carlos Reygadas' film unfolds gradually and beautifully. Set and filmed in a German Mennonite community in Chihuahua, Mexico and with dialogue in the Mennonite dialect Plautdietsch, the film follows the simple story of a married man, Johan, (Cornelio Wall Fehr), who has fallen in love with another woman, Marianne, (Maria Pankratz), to the consternation of his wife Esther (Miriam Toews). The film >> Read More |
Clark Art Lecture On Museum Education and Ukrainian National Identity| 08:05AM / Thursday, April 03, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, April 8, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program presents a talk by Svitlana Tymkiv (City Museum of Lviv, Ukraine / Futures Fellow) titled "Museum Education as a Factor in the Formation of National Identity." This free event takes place at 5:30 pm in the Manton Research Center auditorium. According to a press release: Tymkiv examines how issues of national identity in Ukraine have become particularly relevant in the country since the outbreak of the full-scale war. In 2010, studies showed that in eastern Ukraine, the vast majority of the population self-identified as carriers of combined >> Read More |
Clark Art Institute to Host First Sunday Free: Artists' Books Day| 07:33AM / Wednesday, April 02, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute will present its First Sunday Free series on Sunday, April 6, coinciding with Artists' Books Day. The event will feature free admission and activities throughout the day, focusing on the Clark's collection of over 5,000 artists' books. Activities include: From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Michael Conforti Pavilion, the Clark will host a Book Expo featuring regional artists, practitioners, and artists' book publishers. Participating entities include Antler Editions, Draw Down Books, Ghost Proposal, Horse Gurl Press, Kareem Michael Worrell, Kylie Gellatly, La Horchata Zine, Looky Here, Messenger Press, Molly
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Clark Art Free Gallery Tours For Parents and Infants | 11:22AM / Sunday, March 30, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, April 5 at 10:15 am, the Clark Art Institute hosts the next in its series of free tours of its permanent collection galleries designed specifically to meet the interests of new parents/caregivers and their infants. Participants should meet at the Clark's main admissions desk. The program is specially designed to provide new parents and caregivers with a stress-free experience that offers chances to socialize with others who are caring for young infants. The guided gallery tour offers an informal visit to the Clark's permanent collection free from any concerns about short attention spans or fussy babies. Works by a >> Read More |
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