Childs + Clark Gallery presents ‘Geoffrey Moss: Era of Manifestations: Epilogue’ and ‘Jennifer Violette: Rural Landscapes and Garden Vignettes’
Great Barrington— From July 12th through August 4th, Childs + Clark Gallery presents “Geoffrey Moss: Era of Manifestations: Epilogue” and “Jennifer Violette: Rural Landscapes and Garden Vignettes.”
“The Era of Manifestations” was a period from 1837 to the mid-1850s when Shakers came under a spiritual revival marked by visions and ecstatic experiences among the followers. They expressed their visions in song, dance, and drawings. Several pieces of art were created as part of the manifestation in Hancock and New Lebanon, N.Y. These were called “gift drawings” and depicted visions received by the Shakers during this time. “The Era of Manifestations” ended when Shaker community members became embarrassed by the “emotional excesses and mystical expressions of this period. This epic farm series by Geoffrey Moss is inspired by the ingenuity, creativity, and style of the Shaker’s visual aesthetic.
Violette’s unique sculptural landscapes combine velvety smooth hand blown glass hills with small bronze barns or glass houses, inspired by the historic farm dwellings that dot the rolling hills of pastoral Vermont where she resides. Echoing Moss’s Shaker farm life paintings, Violette’s “Garden Vignettes” include seeds, sprouts, vegetables and small farm animals, all precisely rendered in blown and sculpted glass.
The exhibit is on view from July 12th through August 4th at Childs + Clark Gallery, located at 684 Main Street in Great Barrington. There will be an opening reception on Saturday, July 12th from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. More information can be found online.
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Bernay Fine Art presents ‘Summertime,’ their annual group exhibition
Great Barrington— From July 12th through August 10th, Bernay Fine Art presents “Summertime,” its highly anticipated annual group exhibition.
This year’s show features a remarkable lineup of acclaimed women artists whose work captures the vitality, warmth, and reflection of the season: Joy Taylor, Janet Rickus, Linda Pochesci, Lawre Stone, and sculptor Joy Brown.
These artists have exhibited at major institutions including the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the National Academy of Design. Their work has been featured in The New York Times, Sculpture magazine, and New American Paintings, and is held in private and public collections across the U.S. and internationally.
The exhibit is on view from July 12th through August 10th at Bernay Fine Art, located at 296 Main Street in Great Barrington. There is an opening reception on Saturday, July 12th from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. More information can be found online.
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Lauren Clark Fine Art presents ‘All the Comforts of Home,’ oil paintings in oil by Pamela Berkeley and Joan Griswold
Great Barrington— From July 12th through August 4th, Lauren Clark Fine Art presents “All the Comforts of Home,” oil paintings in oil by Pamela Berkeley and Joan Griswold.
In addition to her outward looking landscapes, Berkeley refers to her lovely interior still life tableaus as alters, “they feel so full of memories and life one wants to know the stories behind each and every object. My main preoccupation in my paintings is the tension between the still life objects close to the picture plane and the distant imagery (landscape) that is the farthest away. I don’t have “backgrounds” in my work. Foreground imagery and what is behind are of equal importance, painted at the same time, side by side, and locked into each other”.
Griswold creates peaceful, inviting interiors and the occasional views beyond them. Her interiors are marked by the kind of classic comfort that exemplifies country houses, with a keen ability to paint the soul of a place. She says, “I love making what looks like a mess, has all the energy of a mess, up close. But as you step back, the mess becomes a book on a desk, a pillow on a couch, a lamplight across a bed.”
The exhibit is on view from July 12th through August 4th at Lauren Clark Fine Art, located at 684 Main Street in Great Barrington. There is an opening reception on Saturday, July 12th from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. More information can be found online.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra presents worldwide leading pianist Seong-Jin Cho at Tanglewood
Lenox— On Saturday, July 12th at 8 p.m., Boston Symphony Orchestra presents worldwide leading pianist Seong-Jin Cho at Tanglewood for a program of Debussy and Ravel, conducted by Andris Nelsons.
Seong-Jin Cho has established himself worldwide as one of the leading pianists of his generation and most distinctive artists on the current music scene. With an innate musicality and consummate artistry, his thoughtful and poetic, virtuosic, and colourful playing can combine panache with purity and is driven by an impressive natural sense of balance. He is celebrated unanimously across the globe for his expressive magic and illuminative insights.
The concert is on Saturday, July 12th at 8 p.m. at Tanglewood’s Koussevitzky Music Shed, located at 297 West Street in Lenox. Tickets and more information can be found online.
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Music Mountain Summer Festival presents Grammy Award-winning Zaccai Curtis Quartet
Falls Village, Conn.— On Saturday, July 12th at 7 p.m., Music Mountain Summer Festival presents the Grammy Award-winning Zaccai Curtis Quartet.
Zaccai Curtis returns to Music Mountain to celebrate his Grammy win and to showcase his mastery of both the Jazz and Afro-Cuban Jazz lineages. As a musician who is so deeply steeped in the Jazz and Bebop tradition and so vivaciously immersed in the worlds of Afro-Cuban Jazz, Zaccai Curtis found himself wanting to pay homage to the great musicians in whose steps he has trod who brought together the distinct fusion of these musical cultures. In describing his latest album he said “‘Cubop Lives!’ points out the earliest of ‘jazz fusion’ and the combination of cultures that related to each other socially, politically and, of course, musically.”
The concert is on Saturday, July 12th at 7 p.m. at Music Mountain Summer Festival, located at 225 Music Mountain Road in Falls Village, Conn. Tickets and more information can be found online.
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Chesterwood presents a ‘Garden Tea Party’ to support its programs for children
Stockbridge— On Saturday, July 12th from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Chesterwood presents a “Garden Tea Party” to support its programs for children.
Held in the gardens of American Renaissance Sculptor Daniel Chester French, the event will feature tea, cocktails, live entertainment, and delicacies including a special boutique culinary and beverage experience created by Jeremy Kenny of Higher Bar. There will also be a And take the croquet challenge with Lenox Club’s own Preston Stuart as your guide.
This year’s event will celebrate sculptor Richard Blake, who has been named the first recipient of the Daniel Chester French Award, to be conferred annually to an artist, individual or organization who has made significant contributions to the art form. Richard Blake’s sculptures have been included in over 100 international and national exhibitions and in many private collections and public outdoor commissions. Blake is the sculptor of the W. E. B. Du Bois monument that will be unveiled at the Mason Public Library in Great Barrington on July 19th.
“For the recipient of the first Daniel Chester French Award, Chesterwood’s Advisory Council quickly agreed that Richard Blake was the ideal recipient,” says Miguel A. Rodriguez, Executive Director of Chesterwood. “Blake’s public works have always commemorated social activism and those that contributed to or fought for social justice. This could not be better exemplified by the upcoming unveiling of his W. E. B. Du Bois monument which pays tribute to Great Barrington’s native sociologist, historian, and African American civil rights activist.”
The event is on Saturday, July 12th from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Chesterwood, located at 4 Williamsville Road in Stockbridge. Tickets and more information can be found online.
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Town of Lee presents ‘Voices and Votes: Democracy in America,; a Smithsonian traveling exhibition
Lee— Through July 18th, the Town of Lee, in cooperation with Mass Humanities, presents “Voices and Votes: Democracy in America,” a Smithsonian traveling exhibition. The Town of Lee was expressly chosen by Mass Humanities to host “Voices and Votes” as part of the Museum on Main Street project, a national/state/local partnership to bring Smithsonian exhibitions and programs to rural cultural organizations.
“Voices and Votes” takes a broad look at the nearly 250-year-old American experiment of a government “of, by and for the people.” From the revolution and suffrage, to civil rights and casting ballots, everyone in every community is part of this ever-evolving story—the story of democracy in America. Exhibition sections explore the origins of American democracy, the struggles to obtain and keep the vote, the machinery of democracy, the right to petition and protest beyond the ballot, and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.
Upcoming programs include a voter registration day on July 12th for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Whether you need to register to vote, update your voter information, check your registration status, or simply have questions, Becket, Cheshire, Lee, Lenox, Otis, and Pittsfield Clerks will be there to help. Plus, representatives from the League of Women Voters of Central Berkshire will also be available to provide support and information.
The exhibit is on view through July 18th at Lee Premium Outlets, located at 17 Premium Outlets Boulevard in Lee. More information, including a full program line-up, can be found online.
