Williams College Museum of Art ( WCMA )
15 Lawrence Hall Dr ., Williamstown artmuseum . williams . edu ; 413-597-2429
May 24 – Dec 22 , SO-IL , WCMA : Building A New Museum , organized by the architects of SO-IL who have designed the new WCMA building . The exhibition will showcase what the new WCMA will look like when it opens in 2027 .
Aug 23 – Dec 8 , Teddy Sandoval and the Butch Gardens School of Art , the first museum retrospective dedicated to Teddy Sandoval ( 1949 – 1995 ), a central figure in LA ’ s queer and Chicanx artistic circles .
The Clark Art Institute
225 South St ., Williamstown clarkart . edu ; 413-458-2303
May 11 – Sept 22 , Kathia St . Hilaire : Invisible Empires , an exhibition of St . Hilaire ( b . 1995 , West Palm Beach , Florida ), in the Clark ’ s Lunder Center at Stone Hill .
June 15 – Oct 14 , Guillaume Lethière , in partnership with the Musée du Louvre , features some 100 works of art that cele-
brate Lethière ’ s extraordinary career . ( More on page 76 .)
July 4 – Oct 27 , Treasures from the Corning Museum of Glass , in the Michael Conforti Pavilion , draws from the vast collection of the Corning Museum of Glass in New York .
July 13 – Oct 6 , Edgar Degas : Multi-Media Artist in the Age of Impressionism , in the Eugene V . Thaw Gallery for Works on Paper , Manton Research Center , coincides with the 150th anniversary of the First Impressionist Exhibition .
Berkshire Museum
39 South St , Pittsfield berkshiremuseum . org ; 413-443-7171
June 1 – Sept 29 , The Animal Art of Julie Bell explores Julie Bell ’ s paintings of animals in their natural habitats , showing a different side of one of today ’ s most successful fantasy artists .
June 15 – Sept 8 , Black Women as Muse contains 40 large-scale black-and-white photographs of African American women from all walks of life , photographed by Jerry Taliaferro in the style of the Golden Age of Hollywood .
June 15 – Sept 8 , Imaging Women in the Space Age includes vintage and current
images from space flight , fashion , television , film , animation , and pop culture , as well as new developments in space-inspired fashion .
Chesterwood
4 Williamsville Rd ., Stockbridge chesterwood . org ; 413-298-2023
June 8 , 5:30 p . m ., The Many Faces of Love by Isadora Duncan , a dance performance by Ian Spencer Bell .
June 22 , 5:30 p . m ., Poetry Reading by Rodney Jones and Owen Lewis .
June 29 , 5 – 6 p . m .: 46th Annual Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood opening reception , curated by Lauren Clark .
July 20 , 5 p . m .: Shakespeare & Company ’ s A Winter ’ s Tale pop-up performance .
July 27 , 3 p . m .: Michael Roth on his new book , The Student , in partnership with the Stockbridge Library .
July 28 , 2:30 p . m .: Musicians from the High Peaks Festival presented by Close Encounters with Music .
Aug 3 , 5:30 p . m .: Tableaux Vivants , created by director / actor Doria Bramante .
Aug 8 , 5:30 p . m .: Mr . French Takes on Mr . Lincoln : the Artist , the Hero , and the Monument , presented by Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer with actor Rufus Collins .
STRONG BRANCHES
DEEP ROOTS
Tracy Helgeson , Blue Around the Moon , oil on wood panel , 36 ” x 30 ”
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