Berkshire Art Center’s 2024 Berkshire Artist Residency Program is coming to a close with three exhibition openings this summer and fall at Chesterwood, The Red Lion Inn and Ventfort Hall. This year, local artists, Dai Ban, Grigori Fateyev, Kyle Strack, Kara Smith, and Stacy Scibelli worked at their respective sites for three months using each unique historical setting as inspiration for their art-making.

Red Lion Inn Artist-In-Residence, Kara Smith, will have an opening of her exhibition, Room 322: A Visual Investigation, in the Sun Room located on the first floor at The Red Lion Inn. Smith’s exhibition will feature her newest collection of paintings, prints and mixed media work driven by an interest in memory, visual storytelling and modes of communication.