November Events At The Clark
General Info:The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
225 South Street, Williamstown, MA 01267
413-458-2303, www.clarkart.edu
Hours:
Open Tuesday through Sunday, September through June, 10 am to 5 pm
Closed on Thanksgiving Day
Open daily, 10 am to 5 pm, in July and August
Admission:
Free - November 1 through May 31
$12.50 - June 1 through October 31
Always free for children 18 and under, members, students with valid ID
Exhibitions, Public Programs, And Special Events In November
Through November 16: Visions of the Stage: Prints and Drawings, 1600-1800, a focused exhibition, draws on works in the collections of the Clark and the Chapin Library of Rare Books at Williams College, and includes drawings, prints, and books relating to theater and performance, including drawings by Watteau, illustrations by Francois Boucher and many others, as well as costume designs, portraits of actors and designs for theaters. The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA. www.clarkart.edu, 413-458-2303
Through November 30: American artists Winslow Homer and John Singer Sargent captured sensations ranging from North Atlantic cold to North African heat. Homer and Sargent from the Clark, the inaugural exhibition in Stone Hill Center, features 12 of the Clark's masterpieces by these two great artists, shown in contemplative gallery spaces that connect art and nature. The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA. www.clarkart.edu, 413-458-2303
Through January 4: Drawn to Drama: Italian Works on Paper 1500-1800 features Italian Old Master drawings by a wide range of artists including Giorgio Vasari, Guercino, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Luca Giordano, and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Through telling juxtapositions focusing on such concepts as expression, gesture, and motion, the exhibition reveals the ways in which these artists used the human body for visual storytelling. Explore the creative solutions that artists devised to meet the narrative challenges of depicting miraculous, visionary, heavenly, and obscure imagery. The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA. www.clarkart.edu, 413-458-2303
November 1: Catch a free screening of Porco Rosso (1992, 94 min., rated PG). Part of the "Anime for Grown-ups: The Art of Japanese Animation" film series. Held at 1 pm (Japanese with English subtitles) and 3 pm (dubbed American version). The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA. www.clarkart.edu, 413-458-2303
November 2: George Goldner, chairman of the department of drawings and prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and connoisseur of Italian drawings, will present a lively illustrated discussion of recent acquisitions of Old Master drawings at the Met. Free, held at 3 pm. The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA. www.clarkart.edu, 413-458-2303
November 6: Catch a free screening of Goya (1971, 134 min., in German with English subtitles, not rated). Part of "The Many Faces of Goya" film and lecture series. This is a rare opportunity to see Goya, a massive Eastern European co-production, in its original widescreen glory. Presented in cooperation with the Center for Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Williams College, the film will be introduced by Barton Byg, longtime teacher of German and film at UMass Amherst and founding director of the DEFA Film Library. Free, held at 7 pm. The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA. www.clarkart.edu, 413-458-2303
November 7: On selected Friday mornings, the Clark galleries warmly welcome new parents and their infants with highlights from the permanent collection. Strollers are permitted. Free, held at 10:15 am. The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA. www.clarkart.edu, 413-458-2303
November 8: Catch a free screening of Whisper of the Heart (1995, 111 min., rated PG). Part of the "Anime for Grown-ups: The Art of Japanese Animation" film series. Held at 1 pm (Japanese with English subtitles) and 3 pm (dubbed American version). The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA. www.clarkart.edu, 413-458-2303
November 11: Clark Fellow Branden Joseph, associate professor in the department of art history and archaeology at Columbia University, will present the lecture "The 'Roh' and the Cooked: Film, Actionism, Paracinema" at 5:30 pm. Free. The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA. www.clarkart.edu, 413-458-2303
November 13: Spend a half-hour with a Clark curator and feed your hunger for art. These focused talks will whet your appetite for more. Michael Cassin, Director of the Center for Education in the Visual Arts, will look at Second Scene of Robbers by Louis Léopold Boilly. Free, held at 12:30 pm. The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA. www.clarkart.edu, 413-458-2303
November 13, December 11: During "The Art of Politics" series of lectures, Michael Cassin, Director of the Clark's Center for Education in the Visual Arts, will look at how artists through the centuries have engaged with, reflected upon and sometimes influenced the world of politics. To register (not required) call 413-458-0489. Cost is $6 per class ($4 for members). Held 5:30 to 6:30 pm. The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA. www.clarkart.edu, 413-458-2303.
November 15: Catch a free screening of Grave of the Fireflies (1988, 88 min., PG-13). Part of the "Anime for Grown-ups: The Art of Japanese Animation" film series. Held at 1 pm (Japanese with English subtitles) and 3 pm (Dubbed American version). The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA. www.clarkart.edu, 413-458-2303
November 16: The thirteen dynamic artists of the Walden Chamber Players will present Composer Spotlight: Donald Wheelock. For ticket information, call Walden Chamber Players at 866-393-2927. Held at 3 pm. The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA. www.clarkart.edu, 413-458-2303
November 18: Clark Fellow Felicity Scott, assistant professor of architecture in the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University, will present the lecture "Territorial Insecurity" at 5:30 pm. Free. The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA. www.clarkart.edu, 413-458-2303
November 20: Catch a free screening of Goya in Bordeaux (1999, 105 min, in Spanish with English subtitles, rated R). Part of "The Many Faces of Goya" lecture and film series. Mark Ledbury, associate director of the Research and Academic Program at the Clark, will lead a discussion of the artist and film. Free, held at 7 pm. The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA. www.clarkart.edu, 413-458-2303
November 22: Catch a free screening of Tokyo Godfathers (2004, 92 min., rated PG-13). Part of the "Anime for Grown-ups: The Art of Japanese Animation" film series. Held at 1 pm (Japanese with English subtitles) and 3 pm (dubbed American version). The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA. www.clarkart.edu, 413-458-2303
November 29: Catch a free screening of Paprika (2006, 90 min., rated R). Part of the "Anime for Grown-ups: The Art of Japanese Animation" film series. Held at 1 pm (Japanese with English subtitles) and 3 pm (dubbed American version). The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA. www.clarkart.edu, 413-458-2303.
