August 2020
American Modern Opera Company
The American Modern Opera Company (AMOC) returns to the Clark this summer for a twilight outdoor performance of Luigi Nono’s La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura (1988-89). Inspired by a wall inscription the composer encountered in a monastery in Toledo – “Wanderer, there is no way, there is only wandering”– this richly theatrical composition is a meditation on how we move forward when no path seems to exist.
Find out more »Virtual: Lin May Saeed: Arrial of the Animals Book Launch
Clark editor Kevin Bicknell and exhibition curator Robert Wiesenberger mark the release of the catalogue for Lin May Saeed: Arrival of the Animals with a discussion of the book’s form and contents.
Find out more »September 2020
Virtual: Clark Connects with Benedicte Boisseron
Bénédicte Boisseron, associate professor of Afroamerican and African studies at the University of Michigan, discusses animality and otherness. Boisseron, who is the author of Afro-Dog: Blackness and the Animal Question (Columbia University Press, 2018), will be joined by Associate Curator of Contemporary Projects Robert Wiesenberger.
Find out more »Virtual: The Embodiment of Experience: Steven Nelson on African Art & Writing History
In this episode of In the Foreground, Caro Fowler speaks with Steven Nelson, who in March 2020 was named Dean of the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, or CASVA.
Find out more »October 2020
Virtual: Curating Earthquakes: Between Ballroom Marfa’s “Hyperobjects” & Jerome’s Life of St. Hilarion
This lecture explores the relation between memory and place, shuttling between Marfa, Texas, and Paphos, Cyprus, a contemporary exhibition and a fourth-century literary work.
Find out more »Soundings: New Music at The Clark with the Parker Quartet
For this inaugural program of Soundings: New Music at the Clark, the Parker Quartet and percussionist Ayano Kataoka will perform works by J.S. Bach, Béla Bartók, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Jacob Druckman, Michio Mitazume, and Stuart Saunders Smith. Guests are welcome to bring a blanket and enjoy a picnic out on the grounds before the concert begins! Food is available for purchase at Café 7 until 3PM. Advance registration is required.
Find out more »Virtual: “A Set of Ways of Engaging”: Lisa Lee on Thomas Hirschhorn & Materiality.
In this episode of In the Foreground, Starr Director Caroline Fowler talks with Lisa Lee, who was the Florence Gould Foundation Fellow in spring 2020.
Find out more »Virtual: “An Enactment of ‘The Impersonal’”: Brigid Doherty on Re-thinking Subjectivity in Art.
In this episode of In the Foreground, Starr Director Caroline Fowler talks with Brigid Doherty, associate professor in the departments of Art and Archaeology and German at Princeton University. They are joined by Emmelyn Butterfield-Rosen, associate director of the Williams Graduate Program in the History of Art, who worked with Doherty as a doctoral student at Princeton.
Find out more »Virtual: Black and White, Reconsidered
Among the most prominent collaborative works involving both an African American and Asian American artist, Black & White (1993) by Glenn Ligon and Byron Kim occupies something of exemplary space in an art history particularly attuned to multiculturalism and its analogues.
Find out more »November 2020
First Sundays Free: Drawing Together
Experience the art of figure drawing in the special exhibition Lines from Life , and try your hand at complimentary drawing activities inspired by the exhibition. Visit the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper to enjoy a pop-up display of drawings from the permanent collection. As timed ticketing remains in use, please register online for free tickets to attend First Sundays.
Find out more »December 2020
First Sundays Free!
Share some seasonal harmony at a music-themed Free Sunday. See—and hear!—the galleries in new ways with downloadable art-themed playlists, and pick up a take-home kit to create "giftable" art inspired by musical images from the permanent collection. Admission to the galleries is free all day. As timed ticketing remains in use, please register online for free tickets to attend First Sundays.
Find out more »January 2021
First Sunday Free
Enjoy free admission to the Clark as part of the First Sundays Free program. As timed ticketing remains in use, please register online for free tickets to attend First Sundays.
Find out more »Virtual: Holy Manna Concert Screening
Experience the uniquely American sounds of shape note music with a three-part screening of Holy Manna performed by the early music ensemble Ruckus in collaboration with bass-baritone John Taylor Ward. The series culminates with a live Zoom conversation between Ward, Ruckus ensemble leader and bassoonist Clay Zeller-Townson, and the Clark’s Head of Public Programs Teal Baskerville.
Find out more »Virtual: Holy Manna Concert Screening
Experience the uniquely American sounds of shape note music with a three-part screening of Holy Manna performed by the early music ensemble Ruckus in collaboration with bass-baritone John Taylor Ward. The series culminates with a live Zoom conversation between Ward, Ruckus ensemble leader and bassoonist Clay Zeller-Townson, and the Clark’s Head of Public Programs Teal Baskerville.
Find out more »Virtual: Holy Manna Concert Screening
Experience the uniquely American sounds of shape note music with a three-part screening of Holy Manna performed by the early music ensemble Ruckus in collaboration with bass-baritone John Taylor Ward. The series culminates with a live Zoom conversation between Ward, Ruckus ensemble leader and bassoonist Clay Zeller-Townson, and the Clark’s Head of Public Programs Teal Baskerville.
Find out more »February 2021
First Sunday Free
Enjoy free admission to the Clark as part of the First Sundays Free program. As timed ticketing remains in use, please register online for free tickets to attend First Sundays.
Find out more »Virtual: Lines Ablaze: The Cliche-Verre in Nineteenth-Century France
In conjunction with the opening of A Change in the Light: The Cliché-verre in Nineteenth-Century France, Andrew Kensett, exhibition curator and 2020 graduate of the Williams Graduate Program in the History of Art, explores the history of the hybrid cliché-verre printing process and its adoption by a circle of French artists that included Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Charles-François Daubigny, Eugène Delacroix, Jean-François Millet, and Théodore Rousseau.
Find out more »Virtual: Valentine’s at Home
Send some love and good cheer to friends, family, a special someone, or yourself this Valentine's Day! Join us on Zoom for this cozy "craft-along" webinar with tips for making and mailing the most artful valentines ever. Enjoy a wealth of design inspiration from the Clark's collection as you discover new ways to express yourself and your feelings through envelope art. Visit clarkart.edu between February 1 and February 14 to download free envelopes and stationery inspired by the Clark’s collections—just…
Find out more »March 2021
First Sunday Free
Enjoy free admission to the Clark as part of the First Sundays Free program. As timed ticketing remains in use, please register online for free tickets to attend First Sundays.
Find out more »Virtual: Clark Connects With Erin Shirreff
Join artist Erin Shirreff as she discusses her work and her current exhibition at the Clark, Remainders. Trained as a sculptor, Shirreff works between photography, sculpture, and video to explore the relationship between objects and their representations, and the mythmaking behind art history. Her year-long installation in public spaces at the Clark encourages slow looking, forensic attention to detail, and an appreciation that things may not be quite as they appear.
Find out more »May 2021
Ground/Work Lower Campus Talk
Each Saturday & Sunday, Clark educators lead a guided walk and conversation about three Ground/work installations: Jennie C. Jones’s These (Mournful) Shores, Analia Saban’s Teaching a Cow How to Draw, and Haegue Yang’s Migratory DMZ Birds on Asymmetric Lens. Saturday walks meet on the Fernández Terrace. Rain cancels.
Find out more »Ground/Work Lower Campus Talk
Each Saturday & Sunday, Clark educators lead a guided walk and conversation about three Ground/work installations: Jennie C. Jones’s These (Mournful) Shores, Analia Saban’s Teaching a Cow How to Draw, and Haegue Yang’s Migratory DMZ Birds on Asymmetric Lens. Saturday walks meet on the Fernández Terrace. Rain cancels.
Find out more »Virtual: Opening Lecture – Claude & Francois-Xavier Lalanne, Nature Transformed
The imaginative and beautifully crafted art of Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne reflects their deep sense of kinship between the human, animal, and vegetal worlds. Exhibition curator Kathleen Morris, Sylvia and Leonard Marx Director of Exhibitions and Curator of Decorative Arts, provides an overview of the exhibition and explores the stories behind the objects on display.
Find out more »Ground/Work Lower Campus Talk
Each Saturday & Sunday, Clark educators lead a guided walk and conversation about three Ground/work installations: Jennie C. Jones’s These (Mournful) Shores, Analia Saban’s Teaching a Cow How to Draw, and Haegue Yang’s Migratory DMZ Birds on Asymmetric Lens. Saturday walks meet on the Fernández Terrace. Rain cancels.
Find out more »Ground/Work Lower Campus Talk
Each Saturday & Sunday, Clark educators lead a guided walk and conversation about three Ground/work installations: Jennie C. Jones’s These (Mournful) Shores, Analia Saban’s Teaching a Cow How to Draw, and Haegue Yang’s Migratory DMZ Birds on Asymmetric Lens. Saturday walks meet on the Fernández Terrace. Rain cancels.
Find out more »Ground/Work Lower Campus Talk
Each Saturday & Sunday, Clark educators lead a guided walk and conversation about three Ground/work installations: Jennie C. Jones’s These (Mournful) Shores, Analia Saban’s Teaching a Cow How to Draw, and Haegue Yang’s Migratory DMZ Birds on Asymmetric Lens. Saturday walks meet on the Fernández Terrace. Rain cancels.
Find out more »Virtual: Stars and Stories: Writing Sessions
Aim for the stars at this imaginative writing program open to all—no experience necessary. Clark educators lead you through a series of open-ended prompts inspired by night scenes and nocturnes from the Clark’s collection. Share a few favorite sentences with the group at the end or simply write and observe. After the program, you will be provided with additional prompts to use the next time you want to write by night.
Find out more »Ground/Work Lower Campus Talk
Each Saturday & Sunday, Clark educators lead a guided walk and conversation about three Ground/work installations: Jennie C. Jones’s These (Mournful) Shores, Analia Saban’s Teaching a Cow How to Draw, and Haegue Yang’s Migratory DMZ Birds on Asymmetric Lens. Saturday walks meet on the Fernández Terrace. Rain cancels.
Find out more »Ground/Work Lower Campus Talk
Each Saturday & Sunday, Clark educators lead a guided walk and conversation about three Ground/work installations: Jennie C. Jones’s These (Mournful) Shores, Analia Saban’s Teaching a Cow How to Draw, and Haegue Yang’s Migratory DMZ Birds on Asymmetric Lens. Saturday walks meet on the Fernández Terrace. Rain cancels.
Find out more »Ground/Work Lower Campus Talk
Each Saturday & Sunday, Clark educators lead a guided walk and conversation about three Ground/work installations: Jennie C. Jones’s These (Mournful) Shores, Analia Saban’s Teaching a Cow How to Draw, and Haegue Yang’s Migratory DMZ Birds on Asymmetric Lens. Saturday walks meet on the Fernández Terrace. Rain cancels.
Find out more »Ground/Work Lower Campus Talk
Each Saturday & Sunday, Clark educators lead a guided walk and conversation about three Ground/work installations: Jennie C. Jones’s These (Mournful) Shores, Analia Saban’s Teaching a Cow How to Draw, and Haegue Yang’s Migratory DMZ Birds on Asymmetric Lens. Saturday walks meet on the Fernández Terrace. Rain cancels.
Find out more »June 2021
Ground/Work Lower Campus Talk
Each Saturday & Sunday, Clark educators lead a guided walk and conversation about three Ground/work installations: Jennie C. Jones’s These (Mournful) Shores, Analia Saban’s Teaching a Cow How to Draw, and Haegue Yang’s Migratory DMZ Birds on Asymmetric Lens. Saturday walks meet on the Fernández Terrace. Rain cancels.
Find out more »Ground/work Campus Talk
Clark educators lead guided walks and conversations about three Ground/work installations during each talk. Free. Pre-registration required.
Find out more »Virtual: The Rhinoceros, From Every Angle
The rhinoceros has been called a surrealist animal due to its associations with the work of Eugène Ionesco, Salvador Dalí, and François-Xavier Lalanne. Exhibition curator Kathleen Morris explores the ways these artists used the captivating mammal in their work. She focuses particularly on François-Xavier Lalanne, who repeatedly employed the animal as a subject, including mounting an exhibition in 1980 called “Le Rhinocéros dans tous ses états”.
Find out more »The Rhinoceros, from Every Angle
In this virtual talk, Kathleen Morris, curator of Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne: Nature Transformed, explores the ways surrealist artists like Eugène Ionesco and Salvador Dalí used the rhinoceros in their work. She focuses particularly on François-Xavier Lalanne, who repeatedly used the animal as a subject, including mounting an exhibition in 1980 called “Le Rhinocéros dans tous ses états.”
Find out more »Ground/Work Lower Campus Talk
Each Saturday & Sunday, Clark educators lead a guided walk and conversation about three Ground/work installations: Jennie C. Jones’s These (Mournful) Shores, Analia Saban’s Teaching a Cow How to Draw, and Haegue Yang’s Migratory DMZ Birds on Asymmetric Lens. Saturday walks meet on the Fernández Terrace. Rain cancels.
Find out more »Ground/work Campus Talk
Clark educators lead guided walks and conversations about three Ground/work installations during each talk. Free. Pre-registration required.
Find out more »Virtual: Artist’s Choice: Analia Saban and Bill Fox in Conversation
Ground/work artist Analia Saban joins Bill Fox, director of the Center of Art and Environment at the Nevada Museum of Art, for a virtual conversation about Saban’s Teaching a Cow How to Draw, currently on view at the Clark
Find out more »Ground/Work Lower Campus Talk
Each Saturday & Sunday, Clark educators lead a guided walk and conversation about three Ground/work installations: Jennie C. Jones’s These (Mournful) Shores, Analia Saban’s Teaching a Cow How to Draw, and Haegue Yang’s Migratory DMZ Birds on Asymmetric Lens. Saturday walks meet on the Fernández Terrace. Rain cancels.
Find out more »Ground/work Campus Talk
Clark educators lead guided walks and conversations about three Ground/work installations during each talk. Free. Pre-registration required.
Find out more »Ground/Work Lower Campus Talk
Each Saturday & Sunday, Clark educators lead a guided walk and conversation about three Ground/work installations: Jennie C. Jones’s These (Mournful) Shores, Analia Saban’s Teaching a Cow How to Draw, and Haegue Yang’s Migratory DMZ Birds on Asymmetric Lens. Saturday walks meet on the Fernández Terrace. Rain cancels.
Find out more »Ground/work Campus Talk
Clark educators lead guided walks and conversations about three Ground/work installations during each talk. Free. Pre-registration required.
Find out more »Virtual: Opening Lecture: Nikolai Astrup, the Visionary of Western Norway
Guest curator MaryAnne Stevens introduces Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, exploring the artist’s work, his horticultural achievements, and his early commitment to environmental issues in this virtual talk. She considers Astrup’s relationship to contemporary Norwegian artists and evaluates his unique contribution to the specific genre of the artist’s garden.
Find out more »Ground/Work Lower Campus Talk
Each Saturday & Sunday, Clark educators lead a guided walk and conversation about three Ground/work installations: Jennie C. Jones’s These (Mournful) Shores, Analia Saban’s Teaching a Cow How to Draw, and Haegue Yang’s Migratory DMZ Birds on Asymmetric Lens. Saturday walks meet on the Fernández Terrace. Rain cancels.
Find out more »Ground/work Campus Talk
Clark educators lead guided walks and conversations about three Ground/work installations during each talk. Free. Pre-registration required.
Find out more »Ground/Work Lower Campus Talk
Each Saturday & Sunday, Clark educators lead a guided walk and conversation about three Ground/work installations: Jennie C. Jones’s These (Mournful) Shores, Analia Saban’s Teaching a Cow How to Draw, and Haegue Yang’s Migratory DMZ Birds on Asymmetric Lens. Saturday walks meet on the Fernández Terrace. Rain cancels.
Find out more »Ground/work Campus Talk
Clark educators lead guided walks and conversations about three Ground/work installations during each talk. Free. Pre-registration required.
Find out more »Midsummer Eve Bonfire Celebration
Celebrate Midsummer Eve, a favorite Scandinavian holiday, at the Clark! The evening begins with a performance of traditional Norwegian folk dance accompanied by music played on the Hardanger fiddle. After the dancing, follow the plaintive sounds of the fiddle up Stone Hill to enjoy the brilliance and warmth of a bonfire on one of the shortest nights of the year.
Find out more »Ground/Work Lower Campus Talk
Each Saturday & Sunday, Clark educators lead a guided walk and conversation about three Ground/work installations: Jennie C. Jones’s These (Mournful) Shores, Analia Saban’s Teaching a Cow How to Draw, and Haegue Yang’s Migratory DMZ Birds on Asymmetric Lens. Saturday walks meet on the Fernández Terrace. Rain cancels.
Find out more »Ground/work Campus Talk
Clark educators lead guided walks and conversations about three Ground/work installations during each talk. Free. Pre-registration required.
Find out more »Ground/Work Lower Campus Talk
Each Saturday & Sunday, Clark educators lead a guided walk and conversation about three Ground/work installations: Jennie C. Jones’s These (Mournful) Shores, Analia Saban’s Teaching a Cow How to Draw, and Haegue Yang’s Migratory DMZ Birds on Asymmetric Lens. Saturday walks meet on the Fernández Terrace. Rain cancels.
Find out more »July 2021
Outdoor Tai Chi
Take a moment each week to reflect and refocus with tai chi near the Clark's water feature. This free weekly class with certified instructors from Berkshire Tai Chi is well suited for both experienced practitioners and newcomers. Explore strengthening poses and find a greater state of mindfulness while surrounded by the beauty of nature and modern architecture. Comfortable clothing and footwear are encouraged.
Find out more »Outdoor Tai Chi
Take a moment each week to reflect and refocus with tai chi near the Clark's water feature. This free weekly class with certified instructors from Berkshire Tai Chi is well suited for both experienced practitioners and newcomers. Explore strengthening poses and find a greater state of mindfulness while surrounded by the beauty of nature and modern architecture. Comfortable clothing and footwear are encouraged.
Find out more »Outdoor Tai Chi
Take a moment each week to reflect and refocus with tai chi near the Clark's water feature. This free weekly class with certified instructors from Berkshire Tai Chi is well suited for both experienced practitioners and newcomers. Explore strengthening poses and find a greater state of mindfulness while surrounded by the beauty of nature and modern architecture. Comfortable clothing and footwear are encouraged.
Find out more »Full Moon Ground/Work Talk
Experience Ground/work and Stone Hill by the light of the full moon in this guided evening walk for all ages.
Find out more »Outdoor Tai Chi
Take a moment each week to reflect and refocus with tai chi near the Clark's water feature. This free weekly class with certified instructors from Berkshire Tai Chi is well suited for both experienced practitioners and newcomers. Explore strengthening poses and find a greater state of mindfulness while surrounded by the beauty of nature and modern architecture. Comfortable clothing and footwear are encouraged.
Find out more »Summer Book Club: The Wreath
This summer, join Clark staff and other book lovers for lively discussions of three novels by Norwegian authors. The first novel is from Sigrid Undset’s trilogy, Kristin Lavransdatter. The Wreath begins the saga of a strong fourteenth-century woman. Undset carefully reconstructed medieval Norway, enriching her text with descriptions of cultural traditions and folklore, setting Kristin’s adventures against Norway’s dramatic mountains and stunning fjords. Undset won the Nobel Prize for Literature for these volumes in 1928.
Find out more »August 2021
Norwegian Culinary Traditions with Darra Goldstein
Noted culinary expert Darra Goldstein discusses Norwegian culinary traditions and the contemporary Nordic food scene, honoring the role that rhubarb plays in Norwegian cooking and its prominent role in Nikolai Astrup’s paintings. Guests will be served drinks and dessert featuring rhubarb. A book signing for Goldstein’s Nordic cookbook, Fire and Ice, follows her presentation.
Find out more »Outdoor Tai Chi
Take a moment each week to reflect and refocus with tai chi near the Clark's water feature. This free weekly class with certified instructors from Berkshire Tai Chi is well suited for both experienced practitioners and newcomers. Explore strengthening poses and find a greater state of mindfulness while surrounded by the beauty of nature and modern architecture. Comfortable clothing and footwear are encouraged.
Find out more »Virtual Norwegian Film Festival
In conjunction with the exhibition, Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, the Clark and Images Cinema partner to present a four-week series of recent Norwegian films. Kicking off the film festival is Astrup: Flammen over Jølster (August 4–10), a remarkable biopic detailing Nikolai Astrup’s life story. Additional titles include Hope (August 11–17), What Will People Say (August 18–24), and the award-winning documentary The Men’s Room (August 25 –31).
Find out more »Virtual Norwegian Film Festival
In conjunction with the exhibition, Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, the Clark and Images Cinema partner to present a four-week series of recent Norwegian films. Kicking off the film festival is Astrup: Flammen over Jølster (August 4–10), a remarkable biopic detailing Nikolai Astrup’s life story. Additional titles include Hope (August 11–17), What Will People Say (August 18–24), and the award-winning documentary The Men’s Room (August 25 –31).
Find out more »Virtual Norwegian Film Festival
In conjunction with the exhibition, Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, the Clark and Images Cinema partner to present a four-week series of recent Norwegian films. Kicking off the film festival is Astrup: Flammen over Jølster (August 4–10), a remarkable biopic detailing Nikolai Astrup’s life story. Additional titles include Hope (August 11–17), What Will People Say (August 18–24), and the award-winning documentary The Men’s Room (August 25 –31).
Find out more »Virtual Norwegian Film Festival
In conjunction with the exhibition, Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, the Clark and Images Cinema partner to present a four-week series of recent Norwegian films. Kicking off the film festival is Astrup: Flammen over Jølster (August 4–10), a remarkable biopic detailing Nikolai Astrup’s life story. Additional titles include Hope (August 11–17), What Will People Say (August 18–24), and the award-winning documentary The Men’s Room (August 25 –31).
Find out more »Virtual Norwegian Film Festival
In conjunction with the exhibition, Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, the Clark and Images Cinema partner to present a four-week series of recent Norwegian films. Kicking off the film festival is Astrup: Flammen over Jølster (August 4–10), a remarkable biopic detailing Nikolai Astrup’s life story. Additional titles include Hope (August 11–17), What Will People Say (August 18–24), and the award-winning documentary The Men’s Room (August 25 –31).
Find out more »Outdoor Tai Chi
Take a moment each week to reflect and refocus with tai chi near the Clark's water feature. This free weekly class with certified instructors from Berkshire Tai Chi is well suited for both experienced practitioners and newcomers. Explore strengthening poses and find a greater state of mindfulness while surrounded by the beauty of nature and modern architecture. Comfortable clothing and footwear are encouraged.
Find out more »Virtual Norwegian Film Festival
In conjunction with the exhibition, Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, the Clark and Images Cinema partner to present a four-week series of recent Norwegian films. Kicking off the film festival is Astrup: Flammen over Jølster (August 4–10), a remarkable biopic detailing Nikolai Astrup’s life story. Additional titles include Hope (August 11–17), What Will People Say (August 18–24), and the award-winning documentary The Men’s Room (August 25 –31).
Find out more »Virtual Norwegian Film Festival
In conjunction with the exhibition, Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, the Clark and Images Cinema partner to present a four-week series of recent Norwegian films. Kicking off the film festival is Astrup: Flammen over Jølster (August 4–10), a remarkable biopic detailing Nikolai Astrup’s life story. Additional titles include Hope (August 11–17), What Will People Say (August 18–24), and the award-winning documentary The Men’s Room (August 25 –31).
Find out more »Virtual Norwegian Film Festival
In conjunction with the exhibition, Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, the Clark and Images Cinema partner to present a four-week series of recent Norwegian films. Kicking off the film festival is Astrup: Flammen over Jølster (August 4–10), a remarkable biopic detailing Nikolai Astrup’s life story. Additional titles include Hope (August 11–17), What Will People Say (August 18–24), and the award-winning documentary The Men’s Room (August 25 –31).
Find out more »“Hands on” Casting Workshop
Enjoy a firsthand experience with the art of casting in your own home! Artist Kathryn LaCroix leads a hand-casting workshop inspired by the exhibition Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne: Nature Transformed. Learn how to transform your hands into unique works of art.
Find out more »Virtual Norwegian Film Festival
In conjunction with the exhibition, Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, the Clark and Images Cinema partner to present a four-week series of recent Norwegian films. Kicking off the film festival is Astrup: Flammen over Jølster (August 4–10), a remarkable biopic detailing Nikolai Astrup’s life story. Additional titles include Hope (August 11–17), What Will People Say (August 18–24), and the award-winning documentary The Men’s Room (August 25 –31).
Find out more »Virtual Norwegian Film Festival
In conjunction with the exhibition, Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, the Clark and Images Cinema partner to present a four-week series of recent Norwegian films. Kicking off the film festival is Astrup: Flammen over Jølster (August 4–10), a remarkable biopic detailing Nikolai Astrup’s life story. Additional titles include Hope (August 11–17), What Will People Say (August 18–24), and the award-winning documentary The Men’s Room (August 25 –31).
Find out more »Virtual Norwegian Film Festival
In conjunction with the exhibition, Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, the Clark and Images Cinema partner to present a four-week series of recent Norwegian films. Kicking off the film festival is Astrup: Flammen over Jølster (August 4–10), a remarkable biopic detailing Nikolai Astrup’s life story. Additional titles include Hope (August 11–17), What Will People Say (August 18–24), and the award-winning documentary The Men’s Room (August 25 –31).
Find out more »Virtual Norwegian Film Festival
In conjunction with the exhibition, Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, the Clark and Images Cinema partner to present a four-week series of recent Norwegian films. Kicking off the film festival is Astrup: Flammen over Jølster (August 4–10), a remarkable biopic detailing Nikolai Astrup’s life story. Additional titles include Hope (August 11–17), What Will People Say (August 18–24), and the award-winning documentary The Men’s Room (August 25 –31).
Find out more »Outdoor Tai Chi
Take a moment each week to reflect and refocus with tai chi near the Clark's water feature. This free weekly class with certified instructors from Berkshire Tai Chi is well suited for both experienced practitioners and newcomers. Explore strengthening poses and find a greater state of mindfulness while surrounded by the beauty of nature and modern architecture. Comfortable clothing and footwear are encouraged.
Find out more »Virtual Norwegian Film Festival
In conjunction with the exhibition, Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, the Clark and Images Cinema partner to present a four-week series of recent Norwegian films. Kicking off the film festival is Astrup: Flammen over Jølster (August 4–10), a remarkable biopic detailing Nikolai Astrup’s life story. Additional titles include Hope (August 11–17), What Will People Say (August 18–24), and the award-winning documentary The Men’s Room (August 25 –31).
Find out more »Virtual Norwegian Film Festival
In conjunction with the exhibition, Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, the Clark and Images Cinema partner to present a four-week series of recent Norwegian films. Kicking off the film festival is Astrup: Flammen over Jølster (August 4–10), a remarkable biopic detailing Nikolai Astrup’s life story. Additional titles include Hope (August 11–17), What Will People Say (August 18–24), and the award-winning documentary The Men’s Room (August 25 –31).
Find out more »Virtual Norwegian Film Festival
In conjunction with the exhibition, Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, the Clark and Images Cinema partner to present a four-week series of recent Norwegian films. Kicking off the film festival is Astrup: Flammen over Jølster (August 4–10), a remarkable biopic detailing Nikolai Astrup’s life story. Additional titles include Hope (August 11–17), What Will People Say (August 18–24), and the award-winning documentary The Men’s Room (August 25 –31).
Find out more »Virtual Norwegian Film Festival
In conjunction with the exhibition, Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, the Clark and Images Cinema partner to present a four-week series of recent Norwegian films. Kicking off the film festival is Astrup: Flammen over Jølster (August 4–10), a remarkable biopic detailing Nikolai Astrup’s life story. Additional titles include Hope (August 11–17), What Will People Say (August 18–24), and the award-winning documentary The Men’s Room (August 25 –31).
Find out more »Virtual Norwegian Film Festival
In conjunction with the exhibition, Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, the Clark and Images Cinema partner to present a four-week series of recent Norwegian films. Kicking off the film festival is Astrup: Flammen over Jølster (August 4–10), a remarkable biopic detailing Nikolai Astrup’s life story. Additional titles include Hope (August 11–17), What Will People Say (August 18–24), and the award-winning documentary The Men’s Room (August 25 –31).
Find out more »Full Moon Ground/Work Talk
Experience Ground/work by the light of the full moon in this guided evening walk for all ages.
Find out more »Virtual Norwegian Film Festival
In conjunction with the exhibition, Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, the Clark and Images Cinema partner to present a four-week series of recent Norwegian films. Kicking off the film festival is Astrup: Flammen over Jølster (August 4–10), a remarkable biopic detailing Nikolai Astrup’s life story. Additional titles include Hope (August 11–17), What Will People Say (August 18–24), and the award-winning documentary The Men’s Room (August 25 –31).
Find out more »Virtual Norwegian Film Festival
In conjunction with the exhibition, Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, the Clark and Images Cinema partner to present a four-week series of recent Norwegian films. Kicking off the film festival is Astrup: Flammen over Jølster (August 4–10), a remarkable biopic detailing Nikolai Astrup’s life story. Additional titles include Hope (August 11–17), What Will People Say (August 18–24), and the award-winning documentary The Men’s Room (August 25 –31).
Find out more »Outdoor Tai Chi
Take a moment each week to reflect and refocus with tai chi near the Clark's water feature. This free weekly class with certified instructors from Berkshire Tai Chi is well suited for both experienced practitioners and newcomers. Explore strengthening poses and find a greater state of mindfulness while surrounded by the beauty of nature and modern architecture. Comfortable clothing and footwear are encouraged.
Find out more »Virtual Norwegian Film Festival
In conjunction with the exhibition, Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, the Clark and Images Cinema partner to present a four-week series of recent Norwegian films. Kicking off the film festival is Astrup: Flammen over Jølster (August 4–10), a remarkable biopic detailing Nikolai Astrup’s life story. Additional titles include Hope (August 11–17), What Will People Say (August 18–24), and the award-winning documentary The Men’s Room (August 25 –31).
Find out more »Virtual Norwegian Film Festival
In conjunction with the exhibition, Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, the Clark and Images Cinema partner to present a four-week series of recent Norwegian films. Kicking off the film festival is Astrup: Flammen over Jølster (August 4–10), a remarkable biopic detailing Nikolai Astrup’s life story. Additional titles include Hope (August 11–17), What Will People Say (August 18–24), and the award-winning documentary The Men’s Room (August 25 –31).
Find out more »Summer Book Club: he Complete and Original Norwegian Folk Tales of Asbjørnsen and Moe,
Summer Book Clun presents The Complete and Original Norwegian Folk Tales of Asbjørnsen and Moe, compiled by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe and first published in 1841. Nikolai Astrup read and deeply admired these stories as a child. A new translation of the tales by Tiina Nunnally introduces readers to giant trolls, talking animals, and other remarkable beings that inspired Astrup in his creation of magical landscapes.
Find out more »Virtual Norwegian Film Festival
In conjunction with the exhibition, Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, the Clark and Images Cinema partner to present a four-week series of recent Norwegian films. Kicking off the film festival is Astrup: Flammen over Jølster (August 4–10), a remarkable biopic detailing Nikolai Astrup’s life story. Additional titles include Hope (August 11–17), What Will People Say (August 18–24), and the award-winning documentary The Men’s Room (August 25 –31).
Find out more »Virtual Norwegian Film Festival
In conjunction with the exhibition, Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, the Clark and Images Cinema partner to present a four-week series of recent Norwegian films. Kicking off the film festival is Astrup: Flammen over Jølster (August 4–10), a remarkable biopic detailing Nikolai Astrup’s life story. Additional titles include Hope (August 11–17), What Will People Say (August 18–24), and the award-winning documentary The Men’s Room (August 25 –31).
Find out more »Virtual Norwegian Film Festival
In conjunction with the exhibition, Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, the Clark and Images Cinema partner to present a four-week series of recent Norwegian films. Kicking off the film festival is Astrup: Flammen over Jølster (August 4–10), a remarkable biopic detailing Nikolai Astrup’s life story. Additional titles include Hope (August 11–17), What Will People Say (August 18–24), and the award-winning documentary The Men’s Room (August 25 –31).
Find out more »Virtual Norwegian Film Festival
In conjunction with the exhibition, Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, the Clark and Images Cinema partner to present a four-week series of recent Norwegian films. Kicking off the film festival is Astrup: Flammen over Jølster (August 4–10), a remarkable biopic detailing Nikolai Astrup’s life story. Additional titles include Hope (August 11–17), What Will People Say (August 18–24), and the award-winning documentary The Men’s Room (August 25 –31).
Find out more »Virtual Norwegian Film Festival
In conjunction with the exhibition, Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, the Clark and Images Cinema partner to present a four-week series of recent Norwegian films. Kicking off the film festival is Astrup: Flammen over Jølster (August 4–10), a remarkable biopic detailing Nikolai Astrup’s life story. Additional titles include Hope (August 11–17), What Will People Say (August 18–24), and the award-winning documentary The Men’s Room (August 25 –31).
Find out more »Outdoor Tai Chi
Take a moment each week to reflect and refocus with tai chi near the Clark's water feature. This free weekly class with certified instructors from Berkshire Tai Chi is well suited for both experienced practitioners and newcomers. Explore strengthening poses and find a greater state of mindfulness while surrounded by the beauty of nature and modern architecture. Comfortable clothing and footwear are encouraged.
Find out more »Virtual Norwegian Film Festival
In conjunction with the exhibition, Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, the Clark and Images Cinema partner to present a four-week series of recent Norwegian films. Kicking off the film festival is Astrup: Flammen over Jølster (August 4–10), a remarkable biopic detailing Nikolai Astrup’s life story. Additional titles include Hope (August 11–17), What Will People Say (August 18–24), and the award-winning documentary The Men’s Room (August 25 –31).
Find out more »Virtual Norwegian Film Festival
In conjunction with the exhibition, Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway, the Clark and Images Cinema partner to present a four-week series of recent Norwegian films. Kicking off the film festival is Astrup: Flammen over Jølster (August 4–10), a remarkable biopic detailing Nikolai Astrup’s life story. Additional titles include Hope (August 11–17), What Will People Say (August 18–24), and the award-winning documentary The Men’s Room (August 25 –31).
Find out more »September 2021
The Knights Orchestra: A Norwegian Celebration
A joyous celebration of nature and Norway brings the return of the renowned Knights Orchestra to the Clark to celebrate the Visions of Norway exhibition. This free outdoor concert features a new arrangement of traditional Norwegian folk music as well as Edvard Grieg's “Holberg Suite, Op. 4” along with works by Anna Clyne and Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Find out more »“Hands on” Crafting Workshop
Enjoy a firsthand experience with the art of casting in your own home! Artist Kathryn LaCroix leads a hand-casting workshop inspired by the exhibition Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne: Nature Transformed. Learn how to transform your hands into unique works of art.
Find out more »Bette Smith in Concert
Wind down a September evening with music on the lawn. Rock and soul singer Bette Smith and her band perform in a free concert near the Clark’s Reflecting Pool. Smith traces elements of her life-affirming new album The Good, The Bad & The Bette to her childhood in Brooklyn, creating a sound that musically connects to both the gospel music she heard in church and the soul music she heard on the street corners. A 2021 nominee for female Blues…
Find out more »October 2021
I/O New Music: Masque-Rondeau
The Williams College Percussion Ensemble performs Eliza Brown’s Masque-Rondeau under the direction of Matthew Gold as a part of the group’s continuing I/O program of new music.
Find out more »First Sunday Free
Free admission for all on the first Sunday of every month.
Find out more »The Met: Live in HD: Boris Godunov
Bass René Pape, the world’s reigning Boris, reprises his tremendous portrayal of the tortured tsar caught between grasping ambition and crippling paranoia, kicking off the highly anticipated 2021–22 Live in HD season. Conductor Sebastian Weigle leads Mussorgsky’s masterwork, a pillar of the Russian repertoire, in its original 1869 version. Stephen Wadsworth’s affecting production poignantly captures the hope and suffering of the Russian people, as well as the title ruler himself.
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