At last, a major institution in America is standing up to the bullying and extortion that seems to characterize every action of the Trump administration.
Perhaps by exposing these places of ‘fear’ we can finally exorcise the shame and guilt, and move forward rather than blame the victim or shame the oppressors. In other words, I hope we will always remember and try to forgive.
-- Setsuko Winchester, creator of Freedom From Fear/Yellow Bowl Project
Frank Packlick's artwork is part of the permanent collections of the LBJ Presidential Library, conductor Seiji Ozawa, Brown University’s War Library and the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
These studio pieces and commentary provide an unprecedented glimpse into the shadowy world of the outlaw street artist. The practice of illegally scribbling text in public places is, by any measure, nothing new. It predates the cuneiform script of ancient Mesopotamia.
West Stockbridge promises to become a vital art center in the near future. In addition to other galleries in town, a new 12-acre outdoor sculpture park is under construction at Turn Park Art Space.
Pediatric nurse practitioner Stephanie H. Taylor is now a resident of Great Barrington, having recently relocated to the Berkshires with her husband, Peter Taylor, president of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation.
At approximately 11 a.m. on Friday, August 5, members of the fire department's technical rescue team responded to Monument Mountain for reports of a 22-year-old woman with an injured ankle.
