In the next week we can make paper out of old jeans, or see a potter lift the top off a raku kiln while the bowls inside are glowing like molten glass … Artsweek Berkshires is coming back.
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‘Imprinted’ honors BIPOC artists and histories and futures
Imprinted at the Norman Rockwell Museum honors contemporary BIPOC artists and considers representations of Black, Indigenous, people of color in America across 400 years.
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Global artists imagine Shaker sisters’ lives
Women worked here. Women lived here. When I walk through the Shaker kitchen, looking for Pinaree Sanpitak’s sculptures, I feel that in new ways.
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Catching the golden hours of summer – #Berkshireweekend
Sweet corn and peaches … the flavors mean late summer. We have a good month more of warm weather, but we feel the year begin to turn when the golden rod shows in the meadows.
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You were only waiting for this moment to be free — #Berkshireweekend
In the heart of a Shaker garden, Pinaree Sanpitak has made an affirmation of life and force in a woman’s body and a Buddhist sacred space.
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International artists on Shaker land — Exploring central Berkshires
We're looking for three international summer artists at Hancock Shaker Village on a summer day and exploring the center of the Berkshires around them.
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Indigenous Enterprise gathers Native dancers
Thunder sweeps into summer rain. The sound of water builds in growing force, and dancers are gathering in a circle. A woman holds a shimmering beat …
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Flavor ripens at 328North — Micro and flower farm
Tu Le picks leaves of Thai basil and rubs them in his fingers in his garden at 328North. He can smell clove in the scent, and anise and cinnamon. The flavor brings back visceral memories.
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Counterculture — women bridge earth and sky in clay
She’s wading knee-deep in the meadow, and the sky moves in her eyes. She’s standing among friends on an open hillside below the Taconic ridge …
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Eastern Woodland Dances return to the land
The Iroquois dancer holding the stage is keeping a beat in time to a tenor voice and a live drum. His father and grandfather are singing here tonight, as dancers carry living traditions.
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