The Clark Art Institute’s Research and Academic Program presents a talk by Annie Bourneuf (School of the Art Institute of Chicago / Clark Professor 2024–25), who investigates one of the most enigmatic passages in the German-Jewish art historian Aby Warburg’s picture-atlas Mnemosyne, his attempted summation in arrays of images of his work on the afterlife of […]
Shakespeare & Company’s Center for Actor Training has announced a new online workshop: Voice & Text: Language through Sound and Movement based on the sound and movement work created by Kristin Linklater. Led by Designated Linklater Voice teacher Ariel Bock, this workshop will be held over four Tuesdays in March and April, offering actors, performers, and language enthusiasts […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios
Goodnight Moon is a celebration of familiar nighttime rituals, while The Runaway Bunny’s pretend tale of leaving home evokes reassuring responses from his loving mum. Both feature endearing rabbit characters, and the soothing rhythms of bunny banter and dream-like imagery never fail to infuse young readers with a reassuring sense of security. Mermaid’s staged adaptation brings a new […]
Family Friendly, Performing Arts & Entertainment
The idyllic tranquility of the lives of shepherds became a prominent subject in literature, music, and the visual arts during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. A new exhibition at the Clark Art Institute, Pastoral on Paper, explores artistic depictions of rural life by considering their representations of the people and animals who inhabited the landscapes. […]
The idyllic tranquility of the lives of shepherds became a prominent subject in literature, music, and the visual arts during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. A new exhibition at the Clark Art Institute, Pastoral on Paper, explores artistic depictions of rural life by considering their representations of the people and animals who inhabited the landscapes. […]
Taught on Thursdays, April 18 to May 23, by Chuck Schnell and Walter Cudnohufsky, participants in this class will focus on the free-hand drawing techniques that precede the more precise and highly technical world of hard-line drafting of construction documents. Students will learn and put into practice Conceptual and Schematic style graphics which may appear […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios
Join Dr. Carol Salus for a virtual walk through the Modern Collection of the Jewish Museum in New York City. The focus will be on key works of art and media reflecting the Jewish experience in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Arts and Culture, Exhibits, History and Heritage, Online Event
Pittsfield’s commercial brewing history was over 60 years in the making when, in 1886, Jacob Gimlich, one of the principals of the successful Pittsfield brewery firm Gimlich and White, declared people should 'use beer for their refreshment and invigoration in a temperate, manly, proper way.' A part of Pittsfield and Berkshires culture since the English and Dutch came […]
Literature, Lectures, and Talks
The Writers at the Rock: Poetry & Fiction Series readings will take place in-person on Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. in Blodgett House on the campus of Simon’s Rock. All readings are free and open to the public. The first reading in the series will take place on Thursday, March 7 with author Tiana Clark. See […]
Arts and Culture, Diversity and Inclusion, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
Winter represents a period of deep introspection and learning which can provide us with great challenges. Some of us struggle to integrate the lessons we learn from the unpredictability of life—events like the pandemic, economic instability, political conflicts, climate crises, and various forms of systematic violence. What often builds up is a combination of both […]
Arts and Culture, Class, Workshop, and Open Studios, Diversity and Inclusion, Health and Wellness