Join author and storyteller Robert Oakes beside the fire at the famously haunted Ventfort Hall in Lenox, MA, as he brings back the Victorian tradition of telling ghost stories at Christmas. There among the shadows, under the watchful eyes of Ventfort’s ghosts, Oakes will read selections of Christmas-themed ghost stories by some of the most […]
Holidays, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
The Clark Art Institute celebrates the opening of its newest exhibition Shadow Visionaries: French Artists Against the Current, 1840–70 with a free lecture. Offering a new take on mid-nineteenth-century French art, exhibition curator Anne Leonard, Manton Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, introduces the exhibition. The lecture takes place in the Manton Research Center auditorium.
Arts and Culture, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
Join author and Grammy award–winning record producer and composer Thomas Z. Shepard as he shares the story of his journey from small-in-stature piano prodigy from East Orange, New Jersey, to classical music and Broadway recording producer. Shepard will share intimate, behind-the-scenes stories from his collaborations with some of Broadway’s most legendary figures.
Diversity and Inclusion, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
Join writer Anaїs Duplan for a multi-session, seminar-style series in our galleries to explore the concepts of privilege and power in contemporary art through reading short texts, writing in response to exhibitions, and discussion. This series focuses on exhibitions by Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) identifying artists at MASS MoCA, who explore the […]
Arts and Culture, Diversity and Inclusion, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
Join Christa P. Whitney, director of the Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, as she shares video highlights from the project’s growing collection. We’ll hear from actors who began their careers on the Eastern European stage, familiar faces from American screens who got their start in Yiddish theater, avid Yiddish theater-goers who share memories […]
Diversity and Inclusion, Literature, Lectures, and Talks, Online Event
Contemporary Nature: Tending the Garden is a public symposium featuring a keynote by writer and philosopher Báyò Akómoláfé that poses questions for our ecological future. Artists, scholars, and students convene to share their experiences on what co-becoming means to them in their art, gardening, and land stewardship practices. In addition to Homecoming's Amanda Lovelee and […]
Arts and Culture, Class, Workshop, and Open Studios, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
Contemporary Nature: Tending the Garden is a public symposium featuring a keynote by writer and philosopher Báyò Akómoláfé that poses questions for our ecological future. Artists, scholars, and students convene to share their experiences on what co-becoming means to them in their art, gardening, and land stewardship practices. In addition to Homecoming's Amanda Lovelee and […]
Arts and Culture, Class, Workshop, and Open Studios, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
Join writer Anaїs Duplan for a multi-session, seminar-style series in our galleries to explore the concepts of privilege and power in contemporary art through reading short texts, writing in response to exhibitions, and discussion. This series focuses on exhibitions by Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) identifying artists at MASS MoCA, who explore the […]
Arts and Culture, Diversity and Inclusion, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
Join writer Anaїs Duplan for a multi-session, seminar-style series in our galleries to explore the concepts of privilege and power in contemporary art through reading short texts, writing in response to exhibitions, and discussion. This series focuses on exhibitions by Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) identifying artists at MASS MoCA, who explore the […]
Arts and Culture, Diversity and Inclusion, Literature, Lectures, and Talks