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 ...
Read articleThankful for clear and quiet nights — #berkshireweekend
This is the season for spice and texture — evergreens and candlelight and makers gathering to show what they create by hand …
Read articleGathering warmth to carry us through the winter — #berkshireweekend
Winter makers and winter harvests are coming to us this week — as the Norman Rockwell Museum opens a retrospective on internationally known illustrator Leo Leonni, the nights are warming up with music.
Read articleDaydreaming collage meets a native winter garden
On a clear November morning, I was walking through the native plant garden at the Bennington Museum, and I found a mouse telling stories.
Read articleAshley Eliza Williams explores nonhuman senses and sentience
Moths can fly in wind and rain, Ashley Eliza Williams writes, and in her painting, a ghostly form opens wings like lightening. They fan out across the night sky over the sea ...
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