Boys sneaking past a “No Swimming” sign to take a dip. An old fisherman who’s caught a mermaid in his trap. These and other richly humorous illustrations by Norman Rockwell will be spotlighted this summer in Norman Rockwell: Illustrating Humor, a special exhibition opening Saturday, June 22, at Norman Rockwell Museum. The exhibition remains on view through Feb. […]
Community Access to the Arts (CATA) presents its annual art show, I Am a Part of Art, featuring a collection of 200 paintings, drawings, and sculptures by over 150 artists with disabilities. The exhibit takes place in partnership with the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA, and the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts in Pittsfield, […]
Arts and Culture, Exhibits, Family Friendly
Imaging Women in the Space Age showcases the achievements of America’s pioneering female astronauts and highlights achievements of pioneering and current female astronauts. From the earliest moon goddesses to today’s galactic fashions, visions of females in space have sparked the creative imagination.
Black Woman as Muse contains forty large-scale black and white photographs of African American women from all walks of life, posed and photographed in the style of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Photographer Jerry Taliaferro has selected these photographs from hundreds he has taken for more than two decades.
Arts and Culture, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibits
This summer, The Mount and Lenox Yoga are offering a beautiful blending of arts and movement with outdoor yoga classes all summer long. Join us every Tuesday from May 14 to September 3 for an outdoor, all-level yoga class. Instructors from Lenox Yoga will guide you through a gentle morning practice as you immerse yourself in the […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios, Nature and Recreation, Online Event
Explore Edith Wharton's original estate, including its woods, wetlands, and meadows. Learn skills to bird by sight and sound as we look for numerous bird species, including bobolinks, woodpeckers, vireos, and warblers. Walks depart from the main parking lot. For the safety and enjoyment of all, advanced registration is required. Walk-ins cannot be accommodated. This […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios, Nature and Recreation, Outdoor Event
This exhibition explores the unforgettable art and satire of MAD, from its beginnings in 1952 as a popular humor comic book to its emergence as a beloved magazine that spoke truth to power and attracted generations of devoted readers through the decades. MAD’s influence and cultural impact will be explored in this landmark installation, which […]
Arts and Culture, Family Friendly
MASS MoCA, in association with Williamstown Theatre Festival, is thrilled to announce The Plastic Bag Store as part of its 25th Anniversary Season. Created by artist Robin Frohardt and produced by Pomegranate Arts, this guided and immersive, multimedia experience will be open from May 9 through September 2, 2024, in MASS MoCA’s Building 1 and is […]
In conjunction with the 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) will present newly commissioned and recent works by Sadie Barnette, Alfred Conteh, Maya Freelon, Hugh Hayden, Letitia Huckaby, Jeffrey Meris, and Sable Elyse Smith in a new exhibition visualizing Black freedom, agency, and the legacy of the Civil […]
Arts and Culture, Diversity and Inclusion, Family Friendly, History and Heritage
Kathryn Sheehan,Executive Director of the Hart Cluett Museum and Troy City Historian returns to speak at Ventfort Hall this summer on Spiritualism in the Gilded Age. Her talk at Ventfort Hall is on Tuesday, June 25 at 4 pm. Tea will be served after her presentation. Spiritualism was a religious movement postulating the belief that […]
Arts and Culture, Literature, Lectures, and Talks