Yomarie Silva-O'Neal, an artist in residencen at Mass MoCA, sculpts in her studio. Press photo by Thomas J. Logan, courtesy of Assets 4 Artists

Arts

Here are the Hill Country Observer’s articles about the Arts, listed from newest to oldest. Topics include theater, music, dance, painting, sculpture, film, and writing. The Hill Country Observer talks with artists and makers in many media, in New York, Vermont and Western Massachusetts.

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    A holiday landscape of light and sound

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      The grounds of The Mount, Edith Wharton’s historic home in Lenox, will be transformed by NightWood, a holiday season light and sound show that opens Nov. 19 and runs through Jan. 3. Courtesy photo   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer LENOX, Mass. The gardens will wake with elf-light and firelight, a drumbeat and a sound read more

    A holiday landscape of light and sound
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    Seeking strength and sanctuary

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    At MCLA artists put college’s focus on immigration Trinh Mai Thach works on a portrait of her husband at her studio in southern California. The work will be shown at Gallery 51 in North Adams as part of a yearlong show related to immigration.courtesy photo By KATE ABBOTT Contributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. In her read more

    Seeking strength and sanctuary
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    Dancing in the gardens and fields

    BodySonnet collective set to perform in Stockbridge, Chatham   The dance group BodySonnet will perform Sept. 4-5 at Chesterwood in Stockbridge, Mass., and Sept. 6-12 at PS21 in Chatham, N.Y. Courtesy photo   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer CHATHAM, N.Y. A woman turns her head to the sky. She arches with her shoulders open, her head read more

    Dancing in the gardens and fields
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    Finding healing power — in burlesque

    Berkshires-based performer sees dance form as path to empowerment Anna Brooke, a Berkshires-based burlesque dancer and teacher who performs under the stage name Legs Malone, displays an outfit created by the designer Catherine D’Lish.   By STACEY MORRISContributing writer GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. A hush falls over the stage at a burlesque theater in the Tribeca read more

    Finding healing power — in burlesque
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    Performing artists begin to step out

    Theater, music shows resume with caution, and nearly all outdoors   Cast members rehearse under an outdoor tent in July for Berkshire Th.eatre Group’s upcoming production of “Godspell.” The show runs Aug. 6-Sept. 4 in the tent outside the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield. Courtesy photo   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer PITTSFIELD, Mass. A woman is read more

    Performing artists begin to step out
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    Through photos, artist Wendy Red Star honors her people

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    Exhibit at Mass MoCA tells story of Montana’s Apsaalooke nation   A large cutout drawn from a historical photo is part of Wendy Red Star’s new exhibit, “Apsaalooke: Children of the Large-Beaked Bird,” in the Kidspace at Mass MoCA. Courtesy Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. He is read more

    Through photos, artist Wendy Red Star honors her people
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    The art of venturing outside

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    Grounds, gardens become destination for visitors to cultural sites   Atelier Van Lieshout’s “Blast Furnace” is among the works in the sculpture park at Art Omi in Ghent, N.Y. The arts center’s grounds have remained open to visitors during the Covid-19 pandemic even as its indoor galleries have been shuttered. Many other cultural sites across read more

    The art of venturing outside
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    The drama of democracy

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    WAM Theatre’s Suffrage Project explores voting rights, citizenship   Flo Brett, a member of WAM Theatre’s Elder Ensemble, is among those taking part in the theater company’s Suffrage Project, an online work begun in May that explores the ideas of voting and citizenship. Courtesy photo/Amy Brentano   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer LENOX, Mass. It’s an read more

    The drama of democracy
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    Retracing a family’s roots — and uprooting

    Illustrator’s memoir draws on childhood in wartime China James McMullan’s memoir tells the story of his family’s life in China and his childhood there amid the Japanese occupation of 1937-41. Courtesy photo   By JOHN SEVENContributing writer STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. With a family story centered on China that stretches back 100 years, illustrator James McMullan is read more

    Retracing a family’s roots — and uprooting
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    From her point of view — Women filmmakers

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      Sally Kelton (played by Sally Forrest) pleads with Steve (Leo Penn) in Ida Lupino’s 1949 film “Not Wanted.” Lupino’s work was the focus in the first of a series of seminars on women filmmakers now under way at Ventfort Hall in Lenox, Mass. Courtesy photo/Kino Lorber   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer LENOX, Mass. A read more

    From her point of view — Women filmmakers