Choose from a variety of activities that support your wellbeing and spark your creativity! Beginning at 9:30 am, start the day outside with an all-levels yoga session on the Reflecting Pool lawn inspired by the Clark’s natural landscape. At 10:30 am, continue connecting with nature on a guided walk through the woods designed to help […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios, Health and Wellness
Since 1993, the Summer Author Series has brought award-winning biographers to The Mount. This year's Series explores lives and ideas that have challenged convention. From unsung heroes to innovators, these talks invite us to reflect on how acts of courage—large and small—have challenged assumptions and expanded our collective imagination. 08/03 from 4-5 pm, 08/04 from 11-12 pm: Jeff […]
Literature, Lectures, and Talks
Engage contemplatively with works of art in the Clark’s collection. With a gentle tone that encourages audience participation and interpretation, the group examines a singular work of art with a Clark educator, working together to explore its meaning, find understanding, and raise questions. Unlike a conventional gallery tour, Reflections provides an opportunity for close looking […]
Arts and Culture, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
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
Hugh Jackman is an award-winning actor celebrated for his work across film, theater, and music. He earned a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media as the lead in The Greatest Showman, starring alongside Zac Efron and Zendaya, and his performance in Les Misérables captivated global audiences and garnered him a Golden Globe for Best Actor, […]
Performing Arts & Entertainment
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
Embark on a reflective journey through the woods, meadows, and grounds of Edith Wharton’s estate. Join Nancy, The Mount’s trail guide, as she leads us In the Footsteps of Edith, a mindful walk that will begin with reading a brief passage of Wharton’s writing—a poem, letter, or excerpt from a work of fiction—to enhance your connection to nature and frame […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios, Outdoor Event
Often with the sounds of the morning orchestra rehearsal as a backdrop, see the amazing variety of mature specimen trees on the Tanglewood grounds and enjoy views of the Berkshire Hills from a variety of different vantage points. As you tour the BSO’s beloved summer home, consider which trees may have inspired the Tanglewood name […]
Performing Arts & Entertainment
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
Enjoy a first look at all thirty-nine drawings included in the Aso O. Tavitian gift of art. 08/12: Tavitian Drawings Preview, Seventeenth Century 08/19: Tavitian Drawings Preview, Eighteenth Century 08/26: Tavitian Drawings Preview, Nineteenth Century
Literature, Lectures, and Talks