Join us as Robert Oakes, author of Ghosts of the Berkshires, leads you through the rooms and halls of this historic estate sharing tales of its hauntings. Stand in the places where the eerie encounters occurred, listen to the first-hand accounts of those who experienced them, and maybe even experience something unusual yourself. This is not […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios
Join Ventfort Hall’s own Astrology and Tarot guide Chelsea Gaia in the Ventfort Hall Library for a spirited lecture pulling the celestial curtain back on relationship astrology – synastry, compatibility, cosmic chemistry, fated meetings, and the signatures in a chart that hints at why or when something begins…or ends. Learn how to recognize your own […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios
Join Ventfort Hall’s own Astrology and Tarot guide Chelsea Gaia in the Ventfort Hall Library for a spirited lecture pulling the celestial curtain back on relationship astrology – synastry, compatibility, cosmic chemistry, fated meetings, and the signatures in a chart that hints at why or when something begins…or ends. Learn how to recognize your own […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios
Every Monday - West African & Caribbean drum and song classes with Aimee Gelinas M.ED at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, Pittsfield. Beginner class at 5:30 pm; advanced class at 6:30 pm advanced. Registration required for all new students.
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios
Capturing the beauty of the many warm and cool whites of snow as the sun and shade shift, we will learn to use a myriad of different white or neutral slips, underglaze, terra sigillata, and glaze for our surface effects. Patchwork texture and an emphasis on the seams, created in the making process, will give […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios
In this class we will cover the basics of throwing on the potter's wheel. We'll get to know the various stages of the pottery-making process, and build skills to help you start your creative journey in clay. This class is meant for completely new folks, as well as beginners with some experience who would like […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios
Learn how to form and join small hand made clay components to create a larger, complex pot. Using hand made templates, we will make various smaller forms that will be joined at the leather hard stage in order to build bigger pots with repetitive shape: the results will be a dynamic creative and joyful form! […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios
On Wednesdays in July and August, the Clark Art Institute presents a free series of Works on Paper Highlights Talks in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper, which houses the Clark's collection of more than 6,500 prints, drawings, and photographs. Each week, discover a unique selection of rarely exhibited works on paper with […]
Arts and Culture, Class, Workshop, and Open Studios
This four-week course, taught by Jenna O’Brien, will teach the skills required for beautiful and successful container gardens. Get to know the plants that thrive in containers and how to care for them, and consider container selection, siting, planting, growing, and maintaining moveable gardens. This class will cover practical aspects of gardening in containers with […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios
A five class series focused on using watercolor to capture the beauty of landscapes. Learn how to use watercolor to paint light, texture, and space to depict vistas and scenes. Each week will cover a different skill or approach to watercolor landscape painting. The workshop will balance instructor demonstrations and independent student application. No class […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios, Outdoor Event