From many perspectives, internationally acclaimed artists are looking closely at the roots of the nation’s ideas of freedom, and how they play out in the 21st century.
Read articleEluding Capture: Rising light at Mass MoCA — #berkshireweekend
On a sunlit afternoon, I walked into the labyrinth of Eluding Capture, the newest exhibit at Mass MoCA, where Gulnur Mukazhanova, a Berlin-based artist, is telling stories in traditions of cloth from her native Kazakhstan …
Read article10×10 Festival
The city in the hills is at play. The annual 10×10 Festival is in town, and you can watch a new play or dance to Afro-Cuban rhythms, try a new microbrew or listen to jazz, or walk in the winter sun ...
Read articleArt in the Berkshires — Winter 2024
When Raven Chacon composes, he seems to draw the voices of a forest. We haven’t yet had the chance to hear his music in the Berkshires — but we can see him, and artists with him and around him, re-imagining the world.
Read articleWorks on Paper map connections at the Clark
The Clark Art Institute takes a trip through their collection of 6,000 prints, drawings, and photographs, from Impressionist Paris to Saitō Kiyoshi’s Sakurada-Mon Tokyo and beyond.
Read articleBerkshire Candle burns cleanly at both ends
Light glimmers in glass, or in a wooden bowl, warm and moving gently in the air. When Jenna Gable of Lanesborough pours her own for Berkshire Candle Co., the room can fill with a scent of balsam fir or cinnamon.
Read articleBerkshire makers welcome the holidays
Do you know the cool smooth thump of clay when you knead it? The slide of wool around a knitting needle, or silkscreen ink as thick as melted chocolate ... From iron to wood to paint, Berkshire artists and artisans find color and texture in their studios.
Read articleOracle Bones hold family through time
Artist Elizabeth Atterbury links past and present at the Clark Art Institute with sculpture in wood, metal and stone, and abstract prints in bright color.
Read articleLeo Lionni connects gently between worlds …
International artist and children’s book author Leo Lionni can tell complex stories in bright strokes, as his characters question their worlds with open curiosity … and transform them.
Read articleWinter holidays in the Berkshires
Holidays return in the Berkshires — even in an uncertain year, we can find music and storytelling and lights in the dark, and an energy in local places ...
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