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| Visual
Arts Events Calendar |
| The calendar seems to
always be packed full of art related events in the Berkshires.
Many local museums host changing exhibitions year-round
and galleries remain active even during the cold winter
months. Our calendar features only visual arts events.
If we’ve missed anything or if you are having an
event you’d like to let us know about, please contact
us. |
July
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Saturday,
July 1
Williams College
Museum of Art
Gallery Talk: Highlights
Saturday, July 1 at 2:00 pm
Education Staff
Contemporary
Artists Center
Jared Oder: Memorial Exhibition
Jared was an exemplary artist-in-residence
whose charm and congeniality touched many around him.
He brought a sense of freedom to his painting that
continues to inspire his peers.
Reception : Saturday, July 1, 2006 7-9 pm
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Sunday,
July 2
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Monday,
July 3
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Tuesday,
July 4
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Wednesday,
July 5
Contemporary
Artists Center
Wednesday, July 5,
2006 - 7:30 pm
Artist Talk: Adam Zaretsk
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Thursday,
July 6
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Friday,
July 7
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Saturday,
July 8
Williams College Museum of Art
Gallery Talk: Highlights
Saturday, July 8 at 2:00 pm
Education Staff
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Sunday,
July 9
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Monday,
July 10
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Tuesday,
July 11
Williams College Museum of Art
Gallery Talk on Jacqueline Humphries: New Work
Tuesday, July 11 at 2:00 pm
Curator Deborah Rothschild on Humphries and Jackson Pollock
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Wednesday,
July 12
Contemporary
Artists Center
Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 7:30 pm
Artist Talk: Jody Servon
Jody speaks about her
work and upcoming show at the CAC "The inevitable occurred
sooner than expected. I wasn't surprised, but I also
wasn't prepared. Everyone tells me you are never really
ready when it happens. So now all I can do is hang
on."
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Thursday,
July 13
The
Clark
Looking at Lunchtime: Jean-Baptiste
Geuze's Portrait
of General d'Oyre
Richard Rand, senior curator and curator of paintings
and sculpture, will give a half-hour gallery
talk about Jean-Baptiste Greuze's painting Portrait
of General d'Oyre.
12:30 PM
The
Clark
Lecture
by Michael Conforti: "Art and Patronage: The Sterling and
Stephen Clark Story"
The Clark's recent
research in anticipation of its current exhibition,
The Clark Brothers
Collect: Impressionist and Early Modern Paintings,
has shed new light on the Clark family,
the brothers, their relationship and sibling rivalry,
and their collecting.
July 13, 2006
7:00 PM
The Norman
Rockwell Museum
The American West – Frederic
Remington and the American Civil War: A Ghost Story
July 13, 2006 5:30pm
Join Alexander Nemerov, Ph.D., for a compelling gallery
exploration of Frederic Remington and the American
Civil War: A Ghost Story, a hallmark exhibition examining
an overlooked but significant aspect of Frederic
Remington's celebrated career – the great Western
artist's ongoing engagement with the American Civil
War. Dr. Nemerov will offer insights on the revolutionary
thesis that inspired the development of an exhibition
shedding new light on Remington's depictions of the
West. Guest curator of the exhibition, Alexander
Nemerov is a noted author and professor of art history
at Yale University. His books include The Body of
Raphaelle Peale: Still Life and Selfhood, 1812-1824,
Frederic Remington and Turn-of-the-Century America,
and Icons of Grief: Val Lewton's Home Front Pictures.
Free with Museum admission.
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Friday,
July 14
The
Norman Rockwell Museum
Community Connections: Model Citizens
July 14, 2006 2:30pm
Find out what it was like to pose for America's favorite
illustrator from one of Norman Rockwell's own models.
Free with museum admission.
Contemporary
Artists Center
Jody Servon: Hanging On
Reception : Friday, July 14, 2006 8:00pm
"Hanging
On," Servon's multi-media installation,
will involve sculptures, drawing, photography, wall
painting and projected video. This multi-sensory
experience will capture some of the pain and tribulations
that can be felt through family tragedies. "The inevitable
occurred sooner than expected. I wasn't surprised,
but I also wasn't prepared. Everyone tells me you
are never really ready when it happens. So now all
I can do is hang on."
Idle Fleet
Artists John Umphlett and Anthony Cafritts
will be making a site specific installation, collaborating
in a conceptual investigation of space and density,
exploring what is not seen but is felt in body and
experienced in mind.
Reception : Friday,
July 14, 2006 7-9 pm
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Saturday,
July 15
Williams College Museum of Art
Season Premiere Party 5:00–6:30 pm
Celebrate WCMA’s four new exhibitions
4:00 pm Artist Talk by Jacqueline Humphries
Gallery Talk: Highlights of Current
Exhibitions 2:00 pm
The Clark
Stephen Clark Collects
Van Gogh to Matisse
Sarah Lees, associate curator of European art, will
give the second in a series of four lectures, in
which Sterling and
Stephen Clark's accomplishments
as collectors come alive. Both men assembled impressive
collections of both European and American art, and
although they often purchased works by the same artists,
the character of their collections differed significantly.
Each of these four lectures will focus on one aspect
of either Sterling or
Stephen Clark's collections.
July 16, 2006
2:00 PM
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Sunday,
July 16
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Monday,
July 17
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Tuesday,
July 18
Williams College Museum of Art
Gallery Talk on Rhoda Holmes
Nicholls
Tuesday, July 18 at 2:00 pm
Curator Nancy Mowll Mathews on Nicholls, women artists,
and watercolors
IS183
Kevin Sprague lecture, Tuesday July 18th 7:00
pm
Kevin Sprague will show and discuss his work on current
projects including his development project "Muse",
a completely photographic novel incorporating over
100 composite images created from his archives of thousands
of images. Kevin will demonstrate some of the techniques
he uses to create his images and discuss how the revolution
in digital imaging is transforming the way that we
relate to photographs, storytelling and memory. For
over a decade Kevin Sprague has been creating photographs
and composing images for commercial and institutional
clients. Kevin’s images can be seen across media
in collateral materials, posters, web sites, fine art
collections, magazines and book covers. He is the recipient
of numerous regional and national awards for imaging
and design.
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Wednesday,
July 19
Contemporary
Artists Center
Wednesday, July 19, 2006 - 7:30 pm
Artist Talk: Mark Mulherrin
Mark Mulherrin explains how the guitar may very well
be a key to understanding the universe. His concurrent
MCLA Gallery 51 exhibition, ''The Pythagoras Project'
is an investigation and celebration of the Pythagorean
ideal using the guitar as a motif and metaphor for
ideas about culture, science, music and art history
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Thursday,
July 20
The
Clark
Art Buzz
Take some time at the end of the day to "buzz" with
friends and collegues at the Clark.
Start off the evening with light refreshments and a
cash bar as you network and catch up. Then, let the
game begin as Clark curators improvise
a one-minute talk on objects selected by you. If they
pause, repeat themselves, or stray off subject, they
will be "buzzed" and another curator will take their
turn. This light-hearted evening is co-organized by
the Berkshire Young Professionals.
July 20, 2006
5:30 PM
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Friday,
July 21
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Saturday,
July 22
Williams College Museum of Art
Gallery Talk: Highlights of
Current Exhibitions
Saturday, July 22 at 2:00 pm
Education Staff
The
Norman Rockwell Museum
Lecture and Demonstration: Casting Bronze
July 22, 2006 2:00pm
Frederic Remington's Bronco Buster, on view in our galleries,
is among the artist's most iconic works. Renowned sculptor
Andrew DeVries will join us to demonstrate the age old
process of bronze casting, from mold-making to the pouring
and hardening of molten metal. A sculptor specializing
in bronze for more than 25 years, Andrew DeVries seeks
to create symbols that inspire and convey meaning in the
modern world. This special demonstration will be held outside.
Please call to confirm in the case of inclement weather.
Free with Museum admission
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Sunday,
July 23
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Monday,
July 24
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Tuesday,
July 25
Contemporary
Artists Center
Wednesday, July 25, 2006 - 7:30 pm
Artist Talk: John Umphlett
and Anthony Cafritts
Umphlett and Cafritts talk about their collaboration
on the CAC exhibition, Idle Fleet, a conceptual
investigation of space and density, exploring what
is not seen but is felt in body and experienced in
mind.
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Wednesday,
July 26
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Thursday,
July 27
The
Norman Rockwell Museum
The American West – American
Civil War Photography: A Stereoscopic Experience
July 27, 2006 5:30pm
During the American Civil War, the new and rapidly
developing technology of photography made detailed
pictures of the conflict accessible to mass audiences
- inspiring impassioned reactions nationwide. Join
Civil War historian, Bob Zeller, for a fascinating
look at the photographic history of the period. Most
Civil War photographs were taken in 3-D and viewed
by many Americans viewed in stereoscopic form. With
the help of 3-D glasses, we'll enter into stirring
battlefield portrayals and some of most famous photographic
tableaus of the era. Bob Zeller is the author of
The Civil War in Depth, Volume One and Volume Two.
Free with Museum admission.
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Friday,
July 28
The
Norman Rockwell Museum
Linwood Living History: Meet Mr. Butler
July 28, 2006 2:30pm
Spend some time getting to know Charles Butler, New
York City attorney and owner of Linwood House, a
gracious Berkshire Cottage overlooking the Housatonic
River. Mr. Butler will greet you in the library,
where he will share stories of his life and times.
Participants are invited to join him for refreshments
in the courtyard after the program, which brings
the owner of this 1859 home to life.
Free with Museum admission.
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Saturday,
July 29
Williams College Museum of Art
Gallery Talk: Highlights of Current Exhibitions
Saturday, July 29 at 2:00 pm
Education Staff
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| Sunday,
July 30
The
Clark
Clark Brothers
Lawn Party Family Day
Celebrate the exhibition The Clark Brothers
Collect: Impressionist and Early Modern Paintings
from the Collections of Sterling and
Stephen Clark with
family-inspired activities for all ages including
art projects, family portraits, outdoor games, a "Collecting Clarks" antiques
appraisal tent, and much more indoors and out.
July 30, 2006
11:00 AM
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Monday,
July 31
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Major Ongoing Exhibitions
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Ahistoric Occasion: Artists Making History
Through March
2007
MassMoCA
North Adams, MA |
At a time when the very idea of history seems under siege - by governments grown
forgetful, by media which assaults already shortened attention spans with ever
tighter news cycles, and by historians themselves, who are provocatively re-interpreting
long held truths - artists are exploiting the material of history to shape and
give new meaning to the present. Ahistoric Occasion spotlights the growing
interest in historic reenactment and revision in contemporary art. |
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House of Oracles: A Huang Yong Ping Retrospective
Through February 2007
MassMoCA
North Adams, MA |
Born in China and living in France, Huang Yong Ping has a clear view of the rapidly
changing lines that demarcate East from West, tradition from modernity. House
of Oracles, the first-ever retrospective of his work, opened March 18 at
MASS MoCA (the exhibition's only East coast venue). The exhibition muses on history,
cultural identity, and globalization through 40 surprising - and sometimes jaw
dropping - works ranging from a gladiatorial arena for insects to a 20-ton sand
castle to a full-size airplane fuselage. |
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Kamrooz Aram: Realms and Reveries
January 14, 2006 -- July 30
MassMoCA
North Adams, MA |
New York-based artist Kamrooz Aram creates iridescent, exuberant works that present
complex views of our current visual landscape. Aram draws from an assortment
of design motifs, ranging from Persian carpet patterns to early Nintendo video
game graphics. Creating highly stylized landscapes that complicate the conventional
definitions of binary terms such as East and West, Aram uses traditional icons,
spectacular light effects, and remnants of digital culture with stunning results.
The exhibition includes Aram's recent paintings, delicately rendered drawings
and a MASS MoCA-commissioned wall drawing, located in the second-floor mezzanine
of the Hunter Center for Performing Arts. |
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Carsten Hoeller: Amusement Park
Through October
2006
MassMoCA
North Adams, MA |
Creating a vast, surreal landscape of radically
altered carnival midway rides, Carsten Höller
explores human perception, sensory experience,
pacing, balance and time with his large-scale
installation. Amusement park rides familiar from
childhood - the dizzying Gravitron, bumper bars,
Twister and others - are installed in MASS MoCA's
massive Building 5 space but with light, sound,
and movement dramatically slowed. Hoeller tampers
with the velocity of the rides, the pattern of
the lights, and the volume and speed of the music
to unsettle the viewer's mind, just as conventional
amusement parks unsettle the body through radical
changes in gravity, direction, and bodily orientation. |
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The
Clark: Celebrating 50 Years of Art in Nature
May 17, 2005 - September 4
Clark Art Institute
Williamstown, MA |
The Clark: Celebrating 50 Years of Art in Nature
is a special installation devoted to the Clark's
history and future, featuring never-before-seen
photographs and archival material that will give
new insight into Sterling and Francine Clark and
the Clark family and about the founding of this
remarkable institution. The installation documents
the growth of the Clark over the past five decades
and explores the exciting future as evidenced by
our forthcoming expansion designed by the Pritzker
Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando. |
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The Clark recently acquired a lively oil painting
by the great French Romantic painter Eugène
Delacroix (1798–1863). Two Horses Fighting
in a Stormy Landscape was painted in the late
1820s at the time Delcroix was gaining fame as
one the most brilliant and audacious painters
of his generation. For Delacroix and his contemporaries
wild horses represented force and instinct as
opposed to civilization and rationality. The
excitement of the scene is perfectly expressed
in Delacroix's virtuosic handling of the brush
and the rich colors. This new acquisition will
be displayed alongside a selection of drawings
and prints of horses by Delacroix, Degas, and
other nineteenth-century French artists. |
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The Clark Brothers Collect :
Impressionist and Early Modern Paintings
June 4, 2006 - September 4
Clark
Art Institute
Williamstown, MA |
Stephen and Sterling Clark amassed two of the most important art collections
of the twentieth century, greatly developing America's taste for Impressionist,
Post-Impressionist, and early modern painting. While they shared a love for great
art, the brothers' preferences and collecting habits varied considerably. Sterling
was an astute self-taught private collector, whose French Impressionist and nineteenth-century
American masterpieces would form the core collection of the art museum and center
for research and higher education that bears his and his wife's names. Stephen,
an influential businessman and museum trustee, acquired landmark modern works
by such masters as Cézanne, Matisse, Picasso, and Hopper, donating many
of them to the public institutions with which he was affiliated. |
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Jackson Pollock at Williams College is a unique
opportunity to see three of Pollock's famous “drip” paintings
in the Berkshires. These works are extremely fragile,
due to the materials with which they were painted,
and rarely travel. The exhibition features Number
2, 1949, which was treated last month at the
Williamstown Art Conservation Center. Number
2, 1949 is being displayed on a specially
designed free-standing plinth. The backing of Number
2, 1949 has been removed so that visitors
can literally “see” beneath the surface
of this monumental, sixteen-foot painting. This
is the first time in history one of Pollock’s
paintings has been displayed in this revealing
way. |
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Jacqueline Humphries is a New York-based artist working in the language of rich
color and gestural form. In this new, site-specific installation at WCMA, Humphries’s
eight-foot paintings create a total environment within the gallery walls. The
luminous and reflective qualities of the silver pigment make these works at once
visually bold and subtly open-ended; as the lighting conditions and the position
of the viewer shift within the gallery, the paintings reveal their full range
of depth, color, and form. This experience of the dynamic interplay of
materials and light brings to mind the very questions about painting and vision
that, in part, led the artist to create these works. |
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Bug Out of the Box: Contemporary Art, Science, and History of Bugs
July 8-October 29, 2006
The
Berkshire Museum
Pittsfield, MA |
Collected insects are usually seen pinned in tidy rows inside boxes. What happens
when you take bugs “out of the box?” Works of art by nationally recognized
and emerging artists, as well as natural science specimens and historic artifacts,
challenge your perceptions of insects and spiders. Works range from the tiny
eight-inch drawing Cocoon by Hillevi Baar to an eight-foot metal praying mantis
by sculptor Don Jones. Louise Bourgeois’s spiders are featured in major
museums worldwide. Greg Edmondson paints moths and butterflies into the patterns
of vintage wallpaper. Catherine Chalmers photographs roaches in human settings
and explores the cycle of life and death. Jennifer Angus creates room installations
that fool the eye with “wallpaper” made entirely from exoskeletons
of bugs. |
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Frederic Remington
and the American Civil War: A Ghost Story
Ongoing through
October 29, 2005
The
Norman Rockwell Museum
Stockbridge, MA |
At the dawn of the American Century, an Eastern
artist best known for his illustrations in the
periodicals of the day defined national values
through his romanticized images of the cowboy
on the American frontier. Frederic Remington
created powerful images that were accepted as
the distillation of the best of the American
character, conveying a sense of strong individualism
and identity embraced by President Theodore Roosevelt
and millions of readers who encountered his art
in the popular press. |
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