A palm tree leans outward by a pool where the water ripples in concentric circles, as though a fish has just jumped and gone under … Gloria Calderon Saenz has come to the Berkshires to find space and time for her art, paintings and drawings, and most of all, woodcuts and woodblock prints.
Read articleBerkshire artists and artisans work in many fields — ceramics and glass, wood and metal, paint and ink and more. Many of them have invited me into their studios, and some have given me a chance to roll up my sleeves and join them. Come and see.
Wild Soul River brings healing into Williamstown
On the corner of Cole Ave and Hall Street in Williamstown, the old general store is now a gathering space and an ‘abolitionist herbal shop.’
Read articleWeaver and fiber artist grows and teaches her art
Sculptor, weaver and fiber artist Andrea Myklebust has come a long way from urban centers and metro lines to a farmyard where she cares for the goats and sheep who grow the wool she will weave by hand.
Read articleShops and co-ops link knitters and locally grown wool
It’s a quiet movement, sliding the yarn over the needle, pulling the loop through and repeating. The the feel of wool can be warm and earthy in your hands.
Read articleCheshire Glassworks glimmers with the colors of winter
In her studio at Cheshire Glassworks, Jill Reynolds is making beads. They reflect the changing seasons, the shifting landscapes outside her window.
Read articleOnly in My Dreams gives the Berkshires in a package
Imagine fresh coffee, or tea and honey, coming to you as a gentle surprise. Oskar Hallig and his husband, Michael Zippel, have evolved Only in My Dreams in the pandemic to offer locally sourced gift boxes and care packages.
Read articleBAC lifts artists in virtual holiday market
Blue marbled cups and sunset in canyon country, beads of polished wood … Berkshire Art Center is creating a virtual holiday market for artists in the region.
Read articleA holiday artist co-op forms in Great Barrington
In a year when Covid has cancelled in-person markets across the region, makers from the Great Barrington Arts Market and their friends are forming a popup holiday co-op.
Read articleSalem Art Works expands into a virtual holiday shop
Salem Art Works in Salem, N.Y., has opened a new webshop for their artists, with blown glass ornaments ceramics, cast iron and more — and their trails are open.
Read articleDon’t Touch the Art — performance moves from pain to healing
Raw, and difficult, and reaching for joy — somewhere trauma is etched in paint as a community breaths towards wholeness, and art offers a space for holding and healing …
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