This course will focus on the investigation of form for the soda firing process. Altering utilitarian wheel thrown forms with the intention of creating surfaces that will emphasize the firing technique. Students will develop wheel throwing skills while learning to consider the depth that can be created through sculptural additions and layering of slips and […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios
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
Looking for things to do and explore with the kids over the February Break? New events will be added as they come in! Berkshire Art Center - February Vacation Program: Five Days of Joy: 2/16-2/20 for children ages 6 and up Berkshire Botanical Garden - Farm in the Garden Camp: 2/17-2/20 for ages 5-10 Berkshire […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios, Family Friendly, School Vacation
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
Join Pat Hogan on Wednesdays for a winter watercolor series at Berkshire Botanical Garden. Let’s celebrate the crystal beauty of the Berkshire Botanical Garden in the winter landscape, like painting breath on glass as James McNeill Whistler described his ethereal work. Inspired by the frozen pond, snow-capped buildings and blanketed fields, we will focus our […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios
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
Looking for things to do and explore with the kids over the February Break? New events will be added as they come in! Berkshire Art Center - February Vacation Program: Five Days of Joy: 2/16-2/20 for children ages 6 and up Berkshire Botanical Garden - Farm in the Garden Camp: 2/17-2/20 for ages 5-10 Berkshire […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios, Family Friendly, School Vacation
A versatile approach to the art of watercolor painting, this class will familiarize students with supplies, theory, and techniques. Practicing washes and brushwork, students will learn about water control and working with their paints. We'll slowly expand the skills covered to include more subtle and nuanced techniques each week. By the end of the class […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios
Looking for things to do and explore with the kids over the February Break? New events will be added as they come in! Berkshire Art Center - February Vacation Program: Five Days of Joy: 2/16-2/20 for children ages 6 and up Berkshire Botanical Garden - Farm in the Garden Camp: 2/17-2/20 for ages 5-10 Berkshire […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios, Family Friendly, School Vacation
Whether you are an amateur or professional horticulturist, you are a steward of the landscape, and probably spend more time than anyone among the flowers, shrubs and trees. This course taught by Tom Ingersoll, is designed for those who might not necessarily be first to climb 100 feet up a northern red oak or wrangle […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios