Berkshire Overdose and Addiction Prevention Collaborative (BOAPC) and North Berkshire HEAL Coalition invites the community to experience ‘Into Light Project,’ a powerful nationwide arts activism initiative to reduce opioid stigma and honor lives lost, at Hotel Downstreet
North Adams– From March 13th through June 30th, the Berkshire Overdose and Addiction Prevention Collaborative (BOAPC) and the North Berkshire HEAL Coalition invites the community to experience “Into Light Project,” a powerful nationwide arts activism initiative, at Hotel Downstreet.
Despite a strong service network, Berkshire County continues to lead the state in overdose fatalities, with stigma and lack of awareness preventing many from seeking help. “Into Light” works to reduce stigma surrounding the opioid epidemic while raising awareness of lives lost to overdose. The installation features ten new portraits of beloved Berkshire County residents, alongside additional portraits from across Massachusetts. The project aims to reduce stigma related barriers to care, educate the community about substance use disorder and recovery, and offer a message of love and support to all those impacted.
The exhibit will be on view from March 13th through June 30th at Hotel Downstreet, located at 40 Main Street in North Adams. The installation will be accompanied by ongoing educational sessions with medical providers and community members, as well as a series of facilitated community conversations and forums. More information can be found online.
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Mad Rose Gallery presents ‘Living Color,’ a dynamic exhibition featuring paintings by John Ratajkowski and Francie Lyshak
Millerton, N.Y.– From March 1st to April 30th, Mad Rose Gallery presents “Living Color,” a dynamic exhibition featuring paintings by John Ratajkowski and Francie Lyshak.
An oasis of vibrant color amidst the stark winter landscape, this exhibition features lively, jubilant, bold, and soothing painted works whose animate auras dilate to fill the gallery space with their uplifting vital force.
John David Ratajkowski’s practice bridges the gap between rigorous figuration and vibrant abstraction. From an early mastery of draftsmanship to his celebrated portraits of American blues musicians and his poignant series documenting Alzheimer’s patients, he captures the human condition with profound empathy. His expansive abstract canvases, informed by decades of travel and international residencies, prioritize the visceral impact of color and form over representation, serving as a rhythmic, global dialogue that synthesizes a lifetime of technical innovation and geographic immersion.
Francie Lyshak explores the depths of emotional truth through a practice defined by color, texture, and minimalist gesture. A veteran of the East Village arts community and a vital voice in Second Wave feminism, Lyshak’s early narrative works, notably those in her visual memoir “The Secret,” served as essential tools for trauma recovery and personal healing. Her current practice has evolved into a refined, raw abstraction that sheds specific narrative in favor of elemental, deeply felt surfaces. Integrating her background as an art therapist with a sophisticated minimalist economy, Lyshak creates canvases that transcend personal history, utilizing the vibration of the palette to evoke pure, universal emotional states.
The exhibit is on view from March 1st to April 30th at Mad Rose Gallery, located at 5916 North Elm Avenue in Millerton, N.Y. There will be an artist talk and opening reception on Saturday, March 14th. RSVP at info@madrosegallery.com. Gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. More information can be found online.
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Clark Art Institute celebrates opening of its latest installation ‘Sónia Almeida: Stages’ with a conversation between artist Sónia Almeida and curator Robert Wiesenberger
Williamstown– On Saturday, March 14th at 11 a.m., the Clark Art Institute celebrates the opening of its latest installation “Sónia Almeida: Stages” with a conversation between artist Sónia Almeida and curator Robert Wiesenberger.
This yearlong exhibition presents three major installations by Sónia Almeida in public spaces at the Clark. Almeida is professor of fine arts at Brandeis University. Through her work, she studies the circulation of images and the status of painting in a post-digital age. The exhibition’s subtitle, “Stages,” reflects Almeida’s interest in the theatricality of artworks and the choreography they imply for viewers. It also implies process, and the steps and layers in Almeida’s mixed media work, which often adopts the visual language of diagrams and instructional materials.
The conversation is on Saturday, March 14th at 11 a.m. at the Clark Art Institute, located at 225 South Street in Williamstown. Admission is free. The year-long exhibition is free and open to the public. More information can be found online.
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Basilica Hudson presents ‘Left to Glimmer,’ a solo exhibition of mixed media paintings and collage by Genève Brossard
Hudson, N.Y.– Through March 22nd, Basilica Hudson presents “Left to Glimmer,” a solo exhibition of mixed media paintings and collage by Genève Brossard.
Meticulously cut, composed, printed, and painted, Genève Brossard’s works are a palimpsest of imagery, shapes, and color. Shards of two-dimensional planes are layered like glimmers of memory left on the page and in one’s mind’s eye. The paintings are at once delicate and fleeting abstractions, with a confident playfulness that allows the eye to jump and skip from one area to another. The eye moves from architectural spaces to pictorial fragments and the materiality of paint all coming together anew. What is left to glimmer implies an innate glint, shine, twinkle even after it has been separated from a source. What is left behind stands in its own light. If you catch it at the right angle or momentary flash you just might see what is said, and in many more ways what is left unsaid.
Genève Brossard received her practice-led PhD in Art, with Honors, from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2016. She has an MFA in Art Education from Brooklyn College and an MFA in Sculpture/New Forms from Pratt Institute. She received a BFA in Fine Art from Mount Holyoke College. Brossard is an artist, teacher, and scholar with an international record of exhibitions. Her work is in private and public collections, including the University Of London Women’s Art Library.
The exhibit is on view through March 22nd, Basilica Hudson’s Back Gallery, located at 110 Front Street in Hudson, N.Y. There is an opening reception on Friday, March 13th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. More information can be found online.
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Future Lab(s) Gallery presents ‘Luminous Deep: Dance on the Bottom of the Ocean Floor,’ a full night of live music and DJ sets deep inside ‘Glow Ocean,’ a glowing and immersive installation
North Adams– On Saturday, March 14th from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m., Future Lab(s) Gallery presents “Luminous Deep: Dance on the Bottom of the Ocean Floor,” a full night of live music and DJ sets deep inside “Glow Ocean,” a glowing and immersive installation on view through March 27th.
Future Lab(s) Gallery has been transformed into a luminous deep-sea world, and you’re invited to step inside it. Every wall, every surface, every corner is alive with bioluminescent creatures, neon coral, drifting jellyfish, and the eerie, electric glow of the deep ocean — all under black light. This is “Glow Ocean,” and it is unlike anything you’ve seen before.
The event is on Saturday, March 14th from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. at Future Lab(s) Gallery, located at 43 Eagle Street in North Adams. Dress for the deep sea: bioluminescent creatures, neon coral, jellyfish sparkle, or rave-ready diver looks that light up under blacklight. More information can be found online.
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Springfield Museums presents ‘Dinosaurs Still Live,’ a hands-on journey through the world of archosaurs
Springfield– On March 13th, the Springfield Museums will open “Dinosaurs Still Live,” a hands-on journey through the world of archosaurs
Archosaurs are a group of animals that includes all birds and crocodiles, as well as their extinct relatives like dinosaurs, pterosaurs (flying reptiles), and some ancient reptiles that lived in the oceans or on land during the age of dinosaurs. Scientists define archosaurs as all animals that come from the most recent common ancestor of today’s birds and crocodiles.
“Dinosaurs are one of the most popular topics at Springfield Museums! Our visitors have asked to learn more about animals that were alive at the same time as dinosaurs, and this exhibit illustrates the process of evolution while highlighting two other important reptile families,” says Jenny Powers, Director of the Springfield Science Museum. “The most requested new dinosaur was the velociraptor, and I am proud to say that this exhibit will also fulfill that request. I hope that our visitors will consider this new exhibition as educationally rich as it is fun.”
The dynamic permanent 1,400 square-foot exhibition invites visitors of all ages to uncover the surprising connections between dinosaurs, birds, crocodilians, and pterosaurs, blending hands-on discovery, immersive environments, and engaging storytelling to spark curiosity and inspire learning across generations. Throughout the space, scenic elements and hands-on components encourage active learning, discovery, and play—making complex science approachable and exciting for children and caregivers alike.
Presented in both English and Spanish, the exhibit opens on March 13th at the Springfield, located at Museums 21 Edwards Street in Springfield. More information can be found online.
