Art on Main Gallery New Exhibit: Oil Water Clay | 12:26PM / Friday, August 18, 2023 | |
 WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — A new exhibit by artists Mike Coyne and Bruce Shickmanter will open at the Art on Main Gallery on Aug. 24. There will be an opening reception on Aug. 26 from 2 to 4 pm. Gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday from 11 am to 4 pm. The gallery is located on 38 Main Street. Michael Coyne is a retired emergency physician whose artistic interests include metalwork, ceramics, photography, and painting. Michael’s art is inspired by; music, travel, the outdoors, and his love of colors. His works have been displayed in a variety of galleries and shows within New England and the Southwest. In his paintings, Bruce >> Read More |
Ralph Steadman Exhibit at The Red Lion Inn| 02:36PM / Thursday, August 17, 2023 | |
 STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — The Red Lion Inn and the Norman Rockwell Museum to co-present the exhibit, "Ride the Thunder." The iconic artworks of British Illustrator Ralph Steadman and the groundbreaking literary works of Hunter S. Thompson take center stage in the exhibit that includes never-before-seen pieces, curated by M. A. Cash. Ride the Thunder, co-presented by Theory Wellness, will be open to the public from August 20 through October 31, 2023, at The Red Lion Inn. "We are overjoyed to welcome this captivating exhibit to our hotel for a ten-week residency," said Sarah Eustis, CEO and Founder of Main Street Hospitality. "Filled with rich >> Read More |
Bidwell House Museum Online: Religion and Slavery in Colonial New England| 12:23PM / Wednesday, August 16, 2023 | |
 SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Join the Bidwell House Museum on Saturday, Aug. 26 for the final history talk of the 2023 season with Kenneth P. Minkema, Director of The Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University. In this presentation, Dr. Kenneth Minkema will examine some of the theological, religious, and biblical rationales for the institution of slavery, as expressed in the Puritan and Dissenting tradition inherited by many of the English colonizers of New England. Prominent ministers of western Massachusetts, such as Jonathan Edwards of Northampton, along with others, enslaved people of color. As the eighteenth century wore on, however, critiques of the slave trade and, eventually, of >> Read More |
The Classical Beat: Tanglewood, Sevenars Attain Their Peak This Week By Stephen Dankner, Special to iBerkshires
07:57AM / Wednesday, August 16, 2023 | |
 During this week of the Tanglewood Festival, the spotlight will focus on a wide range of extraordinary soloists and conductors. As a sample, we can look forward with eager expectation to the following: Maestro Andris Nelsons conducting the BSO in programs with stellar soloists violinist Leonidas Kavakos, and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet. Esteemed Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki leading concerts with the BSO and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, and participating in a TLI In Conversation event. TLI In Conversation with American composer Carlos Simon. A unique Shed recital with Emanuel >> Read More |
New Marlborough to Celebrate Elihu Burritt Day| 12:10PM / Friday, August 11, 2023 | |
 NEW MARLBOROUGH, Mass. — New Marlborough will host its 47th annual Elihu Burritt Day on Saturday, Aug. 19 from 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The event will take place on the Village Green (Route 57) in New Marlborough. The free town fair offers fun and entertainment for all ages, including live music, local arts and crafts vendors, food, and a live pet parade, with domesticated and farm animals. Hot sausage and pepper sandwiches, tacos, hamburgers and hot dogs, baked goods, ice pops, lemonade, vegetarian fare, and other delectable treats will be available from food vendors. Local crafters will sell their wares in Individual booths featuring antiques, artwork, >> Read More |
Mount Everett Artists Featured in Exhibit| 11:24AM / Wednesday, August 09, 2023 | |
SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Seven student artists from Mount Everett Regional School were selected to have their artwork featured in the "How Shall We Live" exhibit at the Berkshire Art Center. Students created their artwork as a response to the climate crisis, presented by Living the Change Berkshires, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to address climate change and climate justice with urgency, creativity, hope, and optimism on a local level. The student artwork will be displayed on Friday, Aug. 4, for First Friday in Pittsfield, until Wednesday, Aug. 30. "We have some very talented students at Mount Everett who have spent time researching the >> Read More |
W.E.B. Du Bois Sculpture Project Selects ArtistStaff Reports ,
05:39PM / Tuesday, August 08, 2023 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The W.E.B. Du Bois Sculpture Project has selected artist Richard Blake to create a monument to W.E.B. Du Bois that will be placed in front of the town's Mason Public Library. Blake was one of three finalists who presented models of their proposed statues to the Sculpture Project jury. The models were displayed to the public at the Mason Library in Great Barrington and at the Berkshire Athenaeum in Pittsfield. "All three of our applicants were talented, highly regarded sculptors, each with a unique vision of Du Bois," said jury leader and board member Lauren Clark, a gallerist. She was joined on that panel by painter/sculptor >> Read More |
Tenth Year of Berkshire Pottery Tour| 12:20PM / Friday, August 04, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Berkshire Pottery Tour which highlights potters in their studios. The Berkshire Pottery Tour was founded by a group of pottery friends who met at the Berkshire Art Center (then IS 183) in 2013. "Berkshire Pottery Tour offers a glimpse into each potter's creative process and an intimate time to understand the work behind the final product," said Lucie Castaldo, executive director of the Berkshire Art Center. Visitors will be invited to look inside seven very different working pottery studios with a wide range of price points for those interested in purchasing pieces. Lorimer >> Read More |
West African Artist Brings New Perspective to Lincoln at ChesterwoodBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
08:01AM / Sunday, July 30, 2023 | |
STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Chesterwood is having a singular artist's exhibition on display alongside Daniel Chester French's work for the first time in the museum's history. West African artist Georges Adéagbo's evolving exhibit "Create To Free Yourselves: Abraham Lincoln and the History of Freeing Slaves in America" opened Saturday and runs through Sept. 4. The exhibit encourages people to see how they are limiting themselves because of external influences but it also about not letting these influences prevent them from doing something important, said Adéagbo. "No one can make your life work. You are the only >> Read More |
State Officials Promote Act for Accessible Creative Economy By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:38PM / Saturday, July 29, 2023 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Local lawmakers and the cultural leaders on Friday called for the inclusion of people of all abilities in the creative economy.
The proposed Accessibility in the Creative Economy Act would would provide grants to organizations focused on arts, culture, humanities, and interpretive sciences that remove barriers for people with disabilities.
Community Access to Arts Executive Director Margaret Keller emphasized that art is for everyone. "We are missing out as a community, as a culture, and as a commonwealth when we fail to include everyone," she said during a press conference at CATA on Friday. "We're missing out on the
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