At Mass MoCA, a group of artists are seeking ways to grow and go on when life and health and well-being feel fragile.
Read articleEarly signs of fall color — #berkshireweekend
Up on Stone Hill, marigolds are flowering vividly in Pallavi Sen’s garden, and here by the reflecting pool I’m looking at the berries of a coffee plant and wondering if I’ve ever seen them before …
Read articleBeatriz Cortez’ Portals open across time
Los Angeles artist Beatriz Cortez speaks to people across time in Portals at the Williams College Museum of Art, sharing resonances with Antigua and Guatemala and El Salvador.
Read article10th Berkshire Pottery Tour will open studios
Ceramics artists show their art this weekend, as the 10th annual Berkshire Pottery Tour opens studios across Stockbridge, Great Barrington, new Marlborough and Monterey.
Read articleAmal brings unexpected brightness — #berkshireweekend
Amal, the 12-foot puppet, has come to Ashfield. She steps onto the town common, and she takes a visible breath and squares her shoulders, facing the crowd who have come to see her …
Read articleHigh culture, low pay — Local arts groups push for change
Berkshire arts nonprofits are exploring the need for diversity, equity, fair pay – and for understanding the experiences of their workers and investing in their futures.
Read articleLet it shine murals brighten Pittsfield — #berkshireweekend
Bluebirds are flocking on North Street. Phoenixes are lighting down on the corner and in the park. Migration season is coming … but this is more than I was expecting. The Let It Shine artists are finishing their murals …
Read articleWalk with Amal — a global traveler crosses America
Amal — a 12-foot-tall puppet, a moving work of theater creating community and art across three continents — comes to Mass MoCA and to Ashfield to find rest and music and home.
Read articleWomen in the sky in vivid color — #berkshireweekend
Two women holding each other, relaxed and smiling in a swirl of color — they look like the kind of world I want to live in, and they’re vivid and tall as trees in the middle of North Street.
Read articleMoving right along — Tony Sarg gives puppets an artist’s hands
Tony Sarg has come a long way to reach the Norman Rockwell Museum this summer. An artist and illustrator in Germany, London and New York, he influenced puppetry across America — even to the Muppets.
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