Tag: Williams College

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    Keeping the life in live performance

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    Professors’ play explores theater’s power amid perils of a changing world By KATE ABBOTT Contributing writer WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. Two colleagues from the theater department of a large West Coast university are talking in an apartment at night. “It’s no joke,” one says. “Like I should be so grateful to be the one person hired to… read more

    Keeping the life in live performance
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    From oppression to liberation — Black artists uplift emancipation at WCMA

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    New show at Williams museum explores the journey of Black Americans     John Quincy Adams Ward’s 1863 bronze sculpture “The Freedman,” left, helped to inspire an exhibition by seven contemporary Black artists exploring the meaning of emancipation in the 21st century. Hugh Hayden’s 3-D printed “American Dream,” right, offers a direct answer to Ward’s… read more

    From oppression to liberation — Black artists uplift emancipation at WCMA
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    Noche Flamenca brings Goya’s passion to life

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    Spanish master’s images inspire a dance troupe’s evolving new work   The dance company Noche Flamenca will offer a work-in-progress preview of “Searching for Goya” on April 8 in the ‘62 Center at Williams College. The work draws its inspiration from the turbulent, sometimes dreamlike images captured by the Spanish master Francisco Goya in the… read more

    Noche Flamenca brings Goya’s passion to life
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    WCMA welcomes artists rooted in Tibetan traditions

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    Group show at Williams pairs historical, contemporary works   Gonkar Gyatso’s “Family Album” is among the works included in “Across Shared Waters,” a new group show at the Williams College Museum of Art. The exhibit pairs traditional Tibetan art with work by contemporary Tibetan artists from around the globe. Photo courtesy of Pearl Lam Galleries… read more

    WCMA welcomes artists rooted in Tibetan traditions
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    Williamstown festival works to transform and cast off a toxic legacy

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    Williamstown festival works to transform, cast off a toxic legacy   Students head out the back door of the ‘62 Center for Theatre & Dance at Williams College, where the college and Williamstown Theatre Festival have set up a new intensive training program this summer. Photo by Susan Sabino   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer WILLIAMSTOWN,… read more

    Williamstown festival works to transform and cast off a toxic legacy
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    At MCLA and Williams, new works by contemporary artists

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    At MCLA and Williams, new works by contemporary artists   Joshua Ross, the artist in residence this fall at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, is working on a series of drawings in colored pencil in the Art Lab at Gallery 51, the college’s exhibition space in downtown North Adams. Susan Sabino photo   By KATE… read more

    At MCLA and Williams, new works by contemporary artists
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    Now back to class? Colleges prepare for influx of students

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    Area colleges make plans to welcome students back as virus surges nationally   A seating area behind the Case Campus Center at Skidmore College awaits the arrival of students. The college is among several in the region that aim to resume in-person classes this month.Joan K. Lentini photo   By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer CASTLETON, Vt.… read more

    Now back to class? Colleges prepare for influx of students
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    Exploring a vibrant arts scene in Los Angeles

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    Williams professor helps reunite works from group of Chicano artists   Mundo Meza’s painting “Merman with Mandolin” (1984) is among the works brought together for the exhibit “Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A.” — now on view at the Williams College Museum of Art. Photo courtesy of Williams College Museum of Art   By… read more

    Exploring a vibrant arts scene in Los Angeles
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    Self-portraits for a digital age

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    Exhibit puts Instagram ‘selfies’ among art exploring gender, identity The South African photographer Zanele Muholi’s 2012 portrait of Kekeletso Khana, part of her “Faces and Phases” series, is among the works on view in the current “Possible Selves” exhibit at WIlliams College Museum of Art. The show also includes 200 Instagram images.Photo courtesy of Williams… read more

    Self-portraits for a digital age
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    Vivid images, colliding cultures — Meleko Mokgosi explores love and democracy

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    In scenes from Africa, artist explores lessons of love and democracy By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.   A detail from one of Meleko Mokgosi’s large-scale paintings, now on view at the Williams College Museum of Art, shows two boys playing with a dog. The paintings depict scenes of daily life in southern Africa while… read more

    Vivid images, colliding cultures — Meleko Mokgosi explores love and democracy