Tag: Williamstown

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    In sign of spring new life emerges on farms

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    Area events provide close encounters with piglets, lambs and more   Piglets are among the new arrivals this spring at the annual Baby Animals festival at Hancock Shaker Village in the Berkshires. Susan Sabino photo.   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer HANCOCK, Mass. The barn is different on a spring night. Calves lie in the hay… read more

    In sign of spring new life emerges on farms
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    Japanese prints in the 20th century – Tradition reshaped in a changing world

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    Exhibit traces evolution of Japanese prints in the 20th century   Kawase Hasui’s “Rain in Uchiyamashita, Okayama District” (1923) is among the works included in the exhibit “Competing Currents: 20th Century Japanese Prints,” which opens Nov. 30 at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass. Courtesy of Sterling and Francine Clark Art… read more

    Japanese prints in the 20th century – Tradition reshaped in a changing world
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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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    A season of sculpture

    From the Berkshires to Vermont, outdoor shows return and expand   The artist Peter Gerakaris has created a series of Byzantine-style paintings of owls. This spring, he has been working the mosaic artist Stephen Miotto to scale up one of his images for an outdoor installation at the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge. Courtesy photo… read more

    A season of sculpture
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    Les Lalanne make playful twists on a natural world

    Sculptors’ studios south of Paris hold bronze shapes like the veined cup of a giant cabbage — now at the Clark Art Institute. By Kate Abbott read more

    Les Lalanne make playful twists on a natural world
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    Push for police reform roils Williamstown

    Officials in Williamstown, Mass., say they want to commission an independent review of policies and procedures at the town police department, which in recent months has been rocked by allegations of racial and sexual harassment. But some critics, including members of a town advisory panel, say the Select Board needs to move more swiftly and… read more

    Push for police reform roils Williamstown
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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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    Ida O’keeffe – Forgotten sister finds new light

    Exhibit is first to gather works of Ida O’Keeffe Ida O’Keeffe’s oil painting “Variations on a Lighthouse: Theme IV” (1933), from the collection of Jeri Woflson, is among the works now on view at the Clark Art Institute. courtesy Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. She is making… read more

    Ida O’keeffe – Forgotten sister finds new light
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    Flights of fancy – Hot-air balloon travels as a show

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    Traveling exhibit, in form of hot-air balloon, to touch down locally An artist’s rendering shows “New Horizon,” which will visit the Berkshires in late July, stopping in Williamstown and Stockbridge. Courtesy photo   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. It will gleam like lake water and drift in a clear sky. In late July, the… read more

    Flights of fancy – Hot-air balloon travels as a show