Guild of Berkshire Artists Launches Exhibit at the Berkshire Humane Society
Pittsfield— The Guild of Berkshire Artists announces the reception celebrating the opening of a new exhibition at the Berkshire Humane Society on Thursday, November 10 from 5 to 7 p.m. With subject matter featuring animals, nature and Berkshire landscapes, these works include photographs by Dana Goedewaagen, Mike Coyne and Pamela Pescosolido, natural scenes by Lori Bradley and Debbie Detwiller Smith, and paintings by Jaye Moscariello, Emily Bunnell and MJ Gelsomino. This event is free and refreshments will be served.
Emily Bunnell has four jewel like digital paintings of four every individual dogs with their idiosyncratic joys of life announced in their titles. Come decide which dog you prefer. One lucky winner will receive a print of their favorite one, as Emily is donating a print to the Berkshire Humane Society.
If you cannot make the art opening, you may enjoy the show when the shelter is open. For more information about adopting, visit https://berkshirehumane.org/.
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Magic in the Great Mountain Forest
Norfolk— Attend the Enchanted Forest Walk in the Great Mountain Forest on Saturday, November 12 from 1 to 3 p.m. The rain date is November 19. This event is free.
Please join the Firefly Fairy from the Sova Dance and Puppet Theater to celebrate the changing of the seasons in the Great Mountain Forest. Miss Eileen, the Norfolk Library, and Great Mountain Forest invite folks of all ages to wander through the woods and find cozy nooks to build faerie huts. A pleasant fire and warming cider will be offered at the end of our stroll by GMF staff Matt Gallagher. Magical costumes are welcome. Meet at the east entrance to GMF at the end of Windrow Road.
Please register for this program here or by calling the Norfolk Library front desk circulation 860-542-5075 ext. 2. This program is supported by an Artists Grant to Adelka Polak of Sova Dance and Puppet Theater from the Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of the Arts which also receives support from the Federal ARPA.
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Fresh Takes: Emerging Art Historians Explore the Clark Collection
Williamstown— On Friday, November 11, at 12 p.m. take a new look at old favorites in the Clark’s permanent collection in conversation with a Williams College art history graduate student. In this new program, students in the Williams College/Clark Graduate Program in the History of Art share their thoughts on an object in the collection through the perspective of new scholarship. Tours begin in the Museum Pavilion at 12 p.m.
Free with gallery admission; no registration is required. For more information, visit clarkart.edu/events.
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Eloise and More: The Life and Art of Hilary Knight Exhibit at the Norman Rockwell Museum
Stockbridge— Norman Rockwell Museum announces their fall/winter exhibition “Eloise and More: The Life and Art of Hilary Knight,” featuring iconic illustrations by 95-year-old artist Hilary Knight opening on November 12. This is the most comprehensive exhibition on the career of one of the most published and beloved illustrators of the last seven decades. Best known for his work in the Eloise picture book series by Kay Thompson, many of Knight’s illustrations of the spirited six-year-old girl who lives in the Plaza Hotel are included, together with a curated selection from his extensive portfolio of published and personal work.
This retrospective exhibition presents the full range of the artist’s accomplishments with more than 140 artworks and objects created by Knight, and a rare selection of paintings and drawings by his accomplished and artistic parents, Katharine Sturges Dodge and Clayton Knight. Much of the work on view has rarely been seen. The exhibition will also feature original illustrations from many other picture books by the artist, as well as Drawn from Life, an illustrated memoir.
Artist Hilary Knight plans to be in Stockbridge for opening weekend events; updated information will be posted on the Museum’s website- NRM.org.
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42nd Annual E. F. Schumacher Lecturer Kate Raworth Delivers Talk on Economics
Great Barrington— On Saturday, November 12 at 2 p.m. the 42nd Annual E. F. Schumacher Lecturer, “renegade” economist and renowned author Kate Raworth will speak on new tools in Economics for the 21st century. The event will be held virtually. Registration is free.
Kate Raworth teaches that economic models cannot be isolated from ecological health nor holistic human wellbeing. Among today’s economists replacing old paradigms with new tools, Kate stands among the most accomplished and well-recognized. A Senior Associate at Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute and a Professor of Practice at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, her work is focused on making economics fit for 21st century realities. She is the creator of the much-lauded Doughnut Economic framework for living within social and planetary boundaries, and co-founder of Doughnut Economics Action Lab. Kate’s internationally best-selling book, Doughnut Economics: seven ways to think like a 21st century economist, has been translated into over 20 languages.
Register for free here: https://centerforneweconomics.org/events/42nd-annual-e-f-schumacher-lecture/
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BBG’s “Seeding Community in the Garden” Symposium
Stockbridge— Berkshire Botanical Garden’s 8th annual Rooted in Place ecological gardening symposium will take place on Sunday, November 13, 10 to 5 p.m., at Lenox Memorial Middle and High School’s Duffin Theater.
The theme for this year’s symposium is “Seeding Community in the Garden,” an acknowledgement that gardeners’ work extends beyond the soil and ripples out to communities of every type. Symposium speakers are Wambui Ippolito, Page Dickey, Elijah Goodwin, and Annie White. The speakers will consider the positive impacts gardening can have on the immediate surroundings and larger world.
Both in-person and online options are available. To register, visit BerkshireBotanical.org/rooted or call 413-298-3926.
- Wambui Ippolito’s talk, “Growing in Weeds,” will address how so many children grow up with sterile green spaces designed with their safety in mind — structured spaces that don’t allow for exploration, imagination and the sense of danger that fuels curiosity.
- Page Dickey’s talk, “Bringing Meadows into the Garden,” will keep climate change and energy conservation in mind as she discusses the merits of cutting down on mowing and blowing and replacing some of our lawns with higher grass.
- Elijah Goodwin’s talk, “Agriculture as Conservation: Lessons for the Landscape,” will focus on how our increasingly complex environmental challenges can’t be met by wildland preservation alone.
- Annie White’s talk, “Ecosystem Approaches to Landscape Design: Building Resiliency Through Community,” will focus on how today’s gardeners are faced with more challenges than ever before — a changing climate, more pressure from invasive plants and pests, and more decisions about what to put into and how to manage our landscapes.
