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Hancock Shaker Village: 20th Anniversary of Baby Animal Celebration

Kids and Family

April 16 | 11:00 am - May 8 | 4:00 pm  

Baby Animals returns for its 20th Anniversary celebration on Saturday, April 16 through Sunday, May 8.
Meet our newest arrivals and partake in hundreds of events and activities, from daily Livestock 101 talks
with our farm team, to a talk on the enduring Shaker influence on design, to walks, games, and talks
daily. Enjoy Easter brunch in Bimi’s Café, and follow a scavenger hunt to find the Easter chicks. On
Sheep Shearing Weekend Saturday and Sunday, April 23 and 24, watch our flock get their annual haircuts.
Follow the wool from fleece to fabric during After the Shearing Weekend, Saturday and Sunday, April 30
and May 1. And don’t forget our Behind the Scenes tours for a personalized experience. Highly popular,
there are a limited number of spots in each tour and they sell out quickly. Find blacksmithing,
woodworking, dyeing, spinning, and weaving demos, plus on weekends, take a pony ride and have your
face painted. Open 11-4 daily.

Baby Animals returns for its 20th Anniversary celebration on Saturday, April 16 through Sunday, May 8.

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Hancock Shaker Village

1843 West Housatonic Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201 United States
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413.443.0188
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For Immediate Release February 17, 2022 Digital Images Available Upon Request CLARK ART INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES SUMMER 2022 EXHIBITIONS (Williamstown, Massachusetts)— The Clark Art Institute announces its summer 2022 exhibition schedule, featuring a robust program of exhibitions including a major survey of Auguste Rodin’s sculpture, presenting important works included in museum collections across the United States in one of the most comprehensive looks at the artist’s early reception in America and the influential arts leaders who championed his work. “Each year, we try to present a range of exhibitions that offer new scholarship, spark new ideas, and introduce new concepts or artists to our audiences. But with every show, we also hope to inspire a moment of delight——pleasure in seeing something beautiful, learning something new, or seeing something different. We think that this year will be a summer full of delights at the Clark,” said Olivier Meslay, Hardymon Director of the Clark Art Institute. “We will look at one of the world’s great sculptors, Auguste Rodin, but we will be looking at his work through a very specific lens that tells a fascinating story of his early reception in the United States. We are particularly eager to introduce the distinctive prints of the Mexican modernist José Guadalupe Posada and believe they will offer new perspectives on an important period in Mexican history. And we are truly pleased to present an intriguing show that unites the works of two artists, Tauba Auerbach and Yuji Agematsu, under the canopy of a single concept, the meander.” The Clark’s summer exhibitions open on a staggered schedule, beginning in June. 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The exhibition examines the collecting frenzy of the early twentieth century, promoted by philanthropist Katherine Seney Simpson, performer Loïe Fuller, and collector Alma de Bretteville Spreckels. The role of museums in promoting and preserving Rodin’s work in the 1920s and 1930s is also explored, including the establishment of the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia. The enthusiasm of the early decades of the twentieth century was countered in the 1940s and 1950s, when, in the words of art historian Leo Steinberg, Rodin’s reputation was “in full decline.” The fervent celebration of Rodin in the 1980s, with blockbuster exhibitions and new scholarship, signaled another shift in the appreciation of Rodin’s sculptures and drawings. The exhibition concludes with exceptional works acquired by collectors and institutions from the late twentieth century to today. 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