The Berkshires has long been home to internationally recognized cultural contributors to the arts. Residents have included Daniel Chester French, sculptor of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, and American illustrator, Norman Rockwell. Many well known artists now make their homes in the Berkshires and the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, located in North Adams, is one of the worlds largest contemporary art museums and a major player in the international art scene . Located within 3 hours of Boston and New York City, this area attracts summer residents, vacationers and weekenders by the millions throughout the year.

Downtown North Adams will again host Downstreet Art. 34 visual arts destinations include Gallery Haiti, showing the work of contemporary Haitian-American artists. DownstreetArt.org



Kolok Gallery
121 Union St
North Adams, MA 01247

(413) 664 7381


Set in the Historic Windsor Mill in North Adams, Kolok Gallery represents and exhibits artwork by emerging and mid-career, nationally and internationally-based artists.


 
Melissa Lillie
North Adams, MA
melissalillie.com

Melissa Lillie's paintings reference natural forms using a personal visual language of vibrant colors and complex layers to reflect on the macroscopic and microscopic world.


Artists Claw Their Way to the BottomCulture - 2paragraphs.com

2paragraphs.com

Artists Claw Their Way to the BottomCulture
2paragraphs.com
Selected by Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art curator Denise Markonish (who also curated the recent MASS MoCA exhibition “Oh, Canada,”) the “Stockpile” artists are: Dean Baldwin, Brendan Fernandes, Diane Landry, Divya Mehra, Luanne ...

Berkshires inns offer high quality, higher costs - Boston Globe

Boston Globe

Berkshires inns offer high quality, higher costs
Boston Globe
They gave the Red Lion to their daughter Nancy, who in 2001 opened The Por-ches Inn at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA) in North Adams. Blantyre went to daughter Ann, who restored it to its former glory. When I made our ...

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Daniel Barrow's installation - The Coast Halifax

The Coast Halifax

Daniel Barrow's installation
The Coast Halifax
This wasn't how we imagined starting our trip from Halifax to Massachusetts to catch MASS MoCA's largest exhibition of contemporary art, Oh, Canada (May 26-April 8). We haven't even left Halifax and group divisions are starting to rear their heads.

Art and fandom at Mass MoCA - North Adams Transcript

Art and fandom at Mass MoCA
North Adams Transcript
NORTH ADAMS -- "Love To Love You," which opens at Mass MoCA on Sunday, May 26, gathers art work that takes fan culture as a cue to examine not only the specifics of how we express affection for people far removed from us, but also what that means ...

'Ra.One,' most expensive Bollywood film to date debuts in Pittsfield - North Adams Transcript

'Ra.One,' most expensive Bollywood film to date debuts in Pittsfield
North Adams Transcript
One" took place at MASS MoCA. The crew would speak a mixture of English and Hindi. Eighteen companies across the globe, including Kleiser's Synthespian Studios in Williamstown, worked on "Ra.One." Kleiser conducted meetings between them all right ...

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