Tag: Williamstown

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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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    A room of her own — Clark Art Institute honors British artist activists

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    Exhibit traces British women artists’ role in 20th century social change Dame Laura Knight’s “A Balloon Site, Coventry” (1943) is among the works gathered for the Clark Art Institute’s new exhibit “A Room of Her Own: Women Artist-Activists in Britain, 1875-1945,” which opens June 13. Imperial War Museums/courtesy of Clark Art Institute   By KATE… read more

    A room of her own — Clark Art Institute honors British artist activists
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    Housing that’s not just for the wealthy?

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    In the Berkshires, a new land trust aims to protect affordability Lillian Zavatsky, left, and Elizabeth Smith are among those involved in organizing a new Northern Berkshire Community Land Trust. Zavatsky, the group’s president, says it aims to help keep housing affordable. Joan K. Lentini photo   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. Victorian… read more

    Housing that’s not just for the wealthy?
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    Equity project pushes to transform region’s cultural workplaces

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    Equity project pushes to transform region’s cultural workplaces Christopher Duggan photo courtesy of Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer   Imagine the people who make creative work happen in an arts or cultural institution all having a stake and a voice in the organization’s operations and mission. Or imagine creative organizations clearly… read more

    Equity project pushes to transform region’s cultural workplaces
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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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    High culture, low pay — Local arts groups push for change

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    Local arts groups shine light on their own workplaces in push for change       By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. Guitars strum and fireflies gleam in the meadow. Actors are falling in love every night, and stages large and small are alive with dance and music. It’s summer in the Berkshires. But… read more

    High culture, low pay — Local arts groups push for change
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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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    For love of theater, festival must change

    To outsiders, the heady creative atmosphere of a summer theater festival might seem an unlikely place to be worried about workplace safety. But theater productions depend on people who wrestle with heavy equipment, hot stage lights and electrical connections — and who work with power tools to build sets. Physical exhaustion can contribute to dangerous… read more

    For love of theater, festival must change